Why no E39 or E60 forums?

Nativetexan · 11-16-2019, 08:57 PM

Just curious why Bimmerpost doesn't have forums for older Ms...

brad850csi · 11-16-2019, 10:42 PM

I think the older forums are eventually turned off as interest in a platform wanes. Which makes sense, you don't want ghost towns everywhere

I suspect in a year or two the F10 M5 forums will be cut down to a single general forum for the car.

mkoesel correct?

Dwaynos · 11-17-2019, 04:23 AM

The F10 forum is already a ghost town at times.

mkoesel · 11-17-2019, 08:22 AM

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Originally Posted by brad850csi

mkoesel correct?

Not necessarily. Technically there are still E39 and E60 forums:

https://e39.5post.com/forums/index.php
https://e60.5post.com/forums/index.php

But to you point, they aren’t very popular.

Nativetexan · 11-17-2019, 09:28 AM

That's odd to know they turn the older forums off. Why not leave them on for people to continue historical research on fixes and advice...?

94jedi · 11-17-2019, 10:54 AM

I think the F10 M5 may have a bit more staying power just due to the power for $$ this platform provides. you can pick up 2013's w/ higher mileage for mid 20's. That's going to be very appealing to some folks.

technician117 · 11-18-2019, 05:07 AM

m5board.com

Beast27 · 11-18-2019, 07:16 AM

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Originally Posted by technician117

m5board.com

Agreed - when i had my E39 and E60 - m5board.com was the site - very active at the time.

OnlyGerman · 11-18-2019, 07:49 AM

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Originally Posted by 94jedi

I think the F10 M5 may have a bit more staying power just due to the power for $$ this platform provides. you can pick up 2013's w/ higher mileage for mid 20's. That's going to be very appealing to some folks.

Got to love depreciation!

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