The one at Budds' was the dark blue which is a beautiful colour. If you want a rare E39 M5 try finding a white one, they look hot .
$35,800 isn't that bad at all, I hope you are ready for maintence costs on an M car lol.

Aaron

AKA NVS SVT 98.5 Silver/Blue SVT#4553 Yeah it's modded 98 T-Red/Blue SVT Contour Totaled 06/05/06 03 3L,VCN 2000,CAT Cams,MSDS Headers w/Y-Pipe,XCal2 and lots more