I would like to add an E39 M5 to the garage next to the F80 M3 in a few years' time. I grew up in that era of cars, playing Need for Speed at my mate's where there was a 2000 M5; I remember it being either Avus or Le Mans Blue. Early 2000's cars are just my jam... Another honourable mentions include the W211 & W220 55 AMG, B5 RS 4, 996 GT2, etc. I nearly twisted my neck seeing a super mint first-gen Audi Allroad the other day.
While they're both stick-shift sedans and I have not driven an E39, I'd say they would not feel the same at all. The M3 is the perfect track-able DD that I also like to take out for a Sunday morning backroad drive, and the M5 would just be my summer time private jet for cross-country travelling.
Preferred would be a 2001+ with M Texture seats, leather dashboard, Alcantara headliner AND trunk. I have yet to see such example for sale, but I have got my fingers crossed.
E61 M5 with a manual swap would be cool, too, but that's even less realistic than finding "my" E39.
