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Originally Posted by RPiM5
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Originally Posted by M3 Adjuster
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Originally Posted by jackaleyess
A military in the US can actually afford a M5... damned son.. a military in my country can only buy a scooter. Salute u guys. I can see military held up high in the state side. Over here, military is just a tool for politician to bully unarmed citizen that opposed to the ruling party.
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We really don't pay our guys *that* well. 
It's great that the OP can afford an M5 but the typical person in the US military is nowhere near that pay level. |
US Military Officers with many years in, say about over 12 years, make very very good money, and can easily afford a $130k BMW M5. But they are very few. Most US Military have wives and kids they must take care of and don't really have the extra cash to buy a nice car.
But don't forget about US Diplomats too. A seasoned Diplomat at say the GS-14 pay scale or above also make excellent money. Diplomats also get a lot of Cost of Living adjustments for whatever country their in. But unless your a Diplomat who happens to be stationed in a nice Westernized 1st world country, you won't be really buying a new M5. Diplomats in Rwanda for example, won't be getting an M5 to drive around in that country. Although some Diplomats do indeed buy a car with their discount and then ship it back to the States to drive later when they get back, which I think doesn't make much sense either because as a career Diplomat your only option of going back to the US is going back to Washington DC which is a horrible area for owning any nice car. |
Ive seen embassy personal driving X5M when I was in Paris. Pretty sure it was fitted to be a custom security vehicle.