Comments on: Appleby’s M5 Ute at Deni Muster

By: sean

sean — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 08:03:21 +0000

to all the idiots that have said this is a bad thing or its ugly or anything else get F***ed this is one of the best things u could do to a BMW it down right awesome to alex leave it alone mate it wicked maybe it you who hasn’t got any taste in cars and to who ever said a Ute wasn’t practical maybe you need to get away from the city and ya desk job and go to a place with Utes hardtop or not Utes ARE PRACTICAL and an AUSTRALIAN ICON UTES RULE and Matt brogan good show mate again this is one of the best things you could do with a BMW every one has the right to there own opinion and mine is that this is awesome to all the people who have said this is good then good on ya.good thinking Stuart couldn’t have done it better myself.

By: karkas9

karkas9 — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 15:36:14 +0000

i don’t believe someone can be so stupid to do this. i mean he got the car, he drove it for a while and thought what i need is a pick up tuck because it drives better and looks better also it shows my respect to the M so i will make it one. btw have u posted this in any M5 forum??? i bet a hit-man will pay the owner a visit to shove his sandals in his mouth. lol…

By: w

Sun, 23 Nov 2008 16:35:32 +0000

For everyone who says this is tasteless waste of an M5 – I am the worlds most stalwart BMW enthusiast. I am private school born & raised. My father is old money english born aristocracy. I believe I have a valid opinion of what constitues good taste. This car is beautifully executed and is a work of art. The only thing that bites me is the bonnet vents. Wonderfully executed and brilliantly engineered it is truly unique. I tip my top hat to Stuart for what he has commissioned. Well done I love it.

By: Millatime

Millatime — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 12:54:37 +0000

Well done Appleby, that’s awesome, geat job, brilliant! Can’t believe BMW don’t offer an M5 ute and that a man has to go and build his own. Silly Germans.

And as for all the critics, particularly that salesman fella that lives and breathes and sells Korean cars (do you reckon he lies awake at night depressed about his wasted life?), jealousy is a curse!

Bravo Appleby!!

By: Bush Boy

Bush Boy — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 06:50:40 +0000

I forgot to mention, the http://www.m5ute.com site is usually updated monthly so I’m guessing it might have some newer pics of it finished in the next week odd?
I looked on the SRC site http://www.southernrodcustom.com and didn’t see anything real new.
Gotta say that guy’d got some nice builds going.
BB

By: Bush Boy

Bush Boy — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 02:20:45 +0000

I’ve been watching this build for well over a year.
I was very much thinking “what the hell”
But when he made a web site about the build http://www.m5ute.com I started to watch it.
The time and effort the shop has put in this is of the highest level.
I guess if your going to do something this different then it better be done 100% correctly.
If you do “M5 ute” You Tube search you’ll get more stuff on the stages of the build and I just found a bit of it finished and starting up.

The quarter glass and rear was a totally custom nothing from the Holden parts bin.

By: tonyn

tonyn — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 11:23:52 +0000

i broke my ban on here seeing you guys have forgiven them, i will too…. so i will post on here again!!

Its very slow BM!

I think what appeals to me is how close it is to being OEM spec, the fact it hasnt got gullwing doors or anything really appeals to me, its my kind of custom!!

By: Wheelnut

Wheelnut — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 05:23:53 +0000

Unfortunately I can’t see BMW building a M3 or M5 ute.
However; if he was going to make a truly unique one off vehicle then he should’ve added either Gull-wing Doors; Suicide Doors; or even Doors like on the Ford GT-40

By: Bavarian Missile

Bavarian Missile — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 00:40:37 +0000

HEY Tonyn you what you doing on here…………slow day? I doubt BMW will be that adventurous babe………

By: tonyn

tonyn — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 00:17:14 +0000

i reckon this thing is really cool, i know shane rowe form souther rod and custome really well, its prob better built that oit was in germany!!!

With BMW doing all sorts of crazy cars at the minute i wonder if we will ever see a factory produced M5 UTE!

By: Matt Brogan

Matt Brogan — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 10:58:11 +0000

Hey Alex,

No one’s doubting your love for the product mate, but everyone should be allowed to enjoy their vehicle how they see fit to enjoy it. Imagine no T-Buckets, no Rods or no modified streeters – it’d be pretty dull hey?

I’m all for preserving rare and one-off beasts (I have one of my own), but there’s heaps of M5s, and losing one to someone who’s going to enjoy it isn’t a great loss. If anything, I can see some upsides.

Anyway, I just wanted to say that I don’t think you’re wrong and I’m not saying I’m right, it’s just a difference in opinion and thanks for having the b*alls to leave it.

Oh and enjoy your collection BTW, sounds rather sweet, especially the ‘67 CS.

Cheers Matt.

By: Alex

Alex — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 07:02:13 +0000

Im gonna bow out of this because I obviously don’t agree with what a lot of other people here think. I just want to clear up one thing with Ivan first which is, in my 15 years of driving, I have owned/do own 9 BMWs. I currently have a 1967 BMW 2000 CS, a Z3 Coupe, a current M5 Touring (yes I can afford one), an old Isetta (not sure what year) and Im also having an old 850i restored. I have owned an original X5, a first generation 530i, an E34 M5 Touring and a 1992 318i Cabriolet. My dream that I still want to find is an immaculate, red original M1. I suppose the thing for me is that I love BMWs and hate to see any of them altered. I want original wheels, paint jobs, light clusters etc. and I certainly don’t like to see them altered into that. Im sure you can also tell that I am not a ute fan in the slightest.

By: Wheelnut

Wheelnut — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 06:54:16 +0000

I don’t mind it except for the louvred bonnet – it looks tacky and so boy racer… a binnet bulge nostrils or a subtle bonnet scoop would be far more BMW-esque

I also think that the rear guards could have been flared more and the sailplane should have flowed into the tray more – something like the HRT Maloo concept maybe

By: Bavarian Missile

Bavarian Missile — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 06:09:29 +0000

hahaha him own BMWs and wear a Toyota shirt,that’s not likely to happen.

By: The Salesman

The Salesman — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 05:46:56 +0000

Would you say that if he was wearing a Toto and an FPV shirt?
No offence, I am just really board today. No customers to talk to. Hopefully that 1% rate drop will be passed on by the banks and stimulate the economy.
More customers = less boredom = less comments on blog…….

By: Bavarian Missile

Bavarian Missile — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 05:36:09 +0000

Salesman……………you seem to be an expert on fashion too now,who cares if hes wearing thongs with jeans,hes also wearing an FPV shirt. Shows he really does have taste!

Anti spam word BMWM5…………spooky!

By: The Salesman

The Salesman — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 04:32:03 +0000

I just released he is wearing thongs with his jeans, I haven’t seen anyone do that since 1996 at the Semaphore hotel in Adelaide, classy. Speaks volumes and explains the brain explosion that led to the BMW Ute.

By: Iz

Iz — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 04:30:21 +0000

ChopstaR87: “is this M5 a V8 or V10, not sure what engine this model had as i am not in to BMWs that much…”

Its a 5.0L V8 in the E39 M5. Don’t really know why he’d turn one into a ute, but oh well.. its his cash, his car.

By: ChopstaR87

ChopstaR87 — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 03:48:21 +0000

nice job with the M5 Ute… very well done… i reckon it looks sweet, and thanks god that he did it properly and not half Arsed….

M5 for stuart is a avg car for him considering that he does own a Lambo and a Ford GT(40) so really a M5 for him is like a SS or XR8 to the rest of us…

is this M5 a V8 or V10, not sure what engine this model had as i am not in to BMWs that much…

By: Ivan

Ivan — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 02:18:11 +0000

I guess if you owned that many BMW before, it sounds more reasonable. I bet Alex would have just 1 or 2 BMW in his life, and cannot afford an M5. But the person in the article would have been bored with the standard M5 already, and made it something that he personally liked.

I wonder why he hasn’t started out with the new BMW M5 Touring Wagon chassis.