taking a 840 beemer out for a spin tomorrow :) has anyone been in one or know anything about them? whats figures like compared to the zed?

 

looks a nice car and shoud be fun!

is there any car out there u fellass dont know something about?! :bow: :)

its an 840 im taking out but an 850 i would prefere! would have to be pretty special to swap mine for tho

My boss used to have an 850ci and I loved it - certainly wasn't slow!

Always wanted a yellow one, very flash!

hmmm...yellow?! not sure on that! black would be the ideal colour!

hmmm...yellow?! not sure on that! black would be the ideal colour!

knightrider :D

 

just need the flashy red light on the front :wack:

ahh good point!! gun metal grey then! best colour for any car! unbiased view!!! lol

Zed autoboxes aren't dodgy, anyone who has driven other autos will know they're excellent performance-wise. Reliability-wise... people service zeds badly, modify them and don't uprate cooling etc and they complain when things break :rolleyes: and then post on here saying they're crap. :wack:

 

 

Hail the Shrimpmeister - he knows the score! :bow:

 

The Z auto box is excellent.

The 850 might be a real bar stard if it goes wrong. 6 cylinders expensive, 8 more so but 12?

 

I'd only get either if I was (very) good with cars or there was a decent independent BMW specialist near me who knew the 8 series.

Thought it was just the early V8's that had nikasil problems, the v12 is an old style engine. Had the 4.0v8 in my 7 series, sounding nice under load :)

You're right, I was getting a little mixed up between the 850 and 840, it's the early 4 litre engine that had the problems. After 96 (I think) they changed the engine to the 4.4 V8 with different sleeves.

went to see it today, flippin gorgeous!

wouldnt start tho :headvswal and had a puncture :headvswal

 

saw a tvr griffith 500 on way home, bit out my price range but what a car!

Yeah, mine's been in the UK for 4 years now and I don't think it has one. I suppose not everyone who gets a Zed gets all the amazing advice that's available from this website, it should be the law for a Zed owner. :bow: (to the club in general)

 

Yep still going mate :cool: Link in my sig I think :duffer:

850CSi is the one to get, M-tech engine full of grunt! ;)

its an 840 im taking out but an 850 i would prefere! would have to be pretty special to swap mine for tho

A mate of mine has a 850 , under 60k excellent condition

looking for 10k

bubbles