i keep having unheathy feelings about a car :x: keep dreaming that ive sold the zed and bought a new car and ime starting to get worried over increasing fondness for a bmw 850i :confused: ive tried but cant find a good enough reason to not want one

Just buy one!

Running costs are irrelevant - I can't afford a Z but I've still got one :D :rofl:

stick with the zed at least you know how much it costs to run, i think the zed gets more looks anyway and looks better. At the end of the day its a bmw, no one takes any notice of them any more, bm's are everywhere unlike the zed. Plus keeping the zed you could then have marmalade on your toast :rofl:

I'd get a Maserati 3200GT over a 8 series BM if I was prepared to spend that much on fuel/repairs.

i keep having unheathy feelings about a car :x: keep dreaming that ive sold the zed and bought a new car and ime starting to get worried over increasing fondness for a bmw 850i :confused: ive tried but cant find a good enough reason to not want one

 

 

bloody gorgeous cars!

Rx7 :x:

Rx7 :x:

:D nah got to convience the wife its "our" car (lol)

I've known two people who had 8 series', and they were both proper :xxx:'s, that's enough to out me off.

What kind of power are the V8 and V12?

 

 

I'm thinking of one just like that black one in the pic with a supercharger strapped on :D

Those wheels really suit it too.

I've known two people who had 8 series', and they were both proper :xxx:'s, that's enough to out me off.

thats ok mate since ive been on this forum ive never met so many :xxx: mostly all past may i add and they all owned zeds :D ;)

Good point :rofl:

Yeah it doesn't bother me what people think.

I get it all the time - tosser - small dick etc etc.

Anyone who likes their cars get's it all the time until you actually take someone out in a powerful car and they're hooked :D

Even had my sister in law called me a tosser last week for overtaking them when she was doing 40mph in a 60 limit and saying I was showing off LOL

No I was getting home 15 minutes before them on a half hour drive! LOL

Then she complains that her Pug 206 1.1 is slow. I rest my case.

im with you chrisc. ive been very tempted by an 8 series for a while and when you see pics like that black one it makes me want one more. my neighbours had an 840i about 4 years and had no probs what so ever so i guess its like all cars. luck of the draw to an extent. id have one now if i could.

sounds like we have a load of closset 850i admirers then :D http://www.850i.co.uk anyone??????? :x:

 

oh thats an intresting site :rofl: :rofl:

Just buy one!

Running costs are irrelevant - I can't afford a Z but I've still got one :D :rofl:

 

Great answer :D

 

The BMW will not be anymore expensive to run than the 300zx I reckon.

 

5.6 litre V12 is fastest; the earlier V12s are just gas guzzlers and do not have the performance you'd think. That's why the 4.4 V8 is probably the best buy.

 

They do look good, just don't buy that metallic red - it is better suited to the 5-series IMO. Black or silver all the way.

 

And whoever mentioned the Maseratti 3200 - awesome car; I'd buy one of those :bow:

 

Richard :smw:

Some figures on economy and BHP

Not much worse than the Z

 

 

Fuel Economy

840 (V8) MPG (city) 15 MPG (highway) 20 MPG (combined) 17

 

850 (V12) (city) 14 MPG (highway) 20 MPG (combined) 16

 

Source: US EPA (Environmental Protection Agency)

 

 

830Ci 1992 - 1992 M60B30 V8 2997 cm³ 160 kW 214.56 hp 290 Nm 213.86 lb/ft

840Ci 1993-95 1994-95 1992-96 M60B40 V8 3982 cm³ 210 kW 281.61 hp 400 Nm 294.99 lb/ft

840Ci 1996-99 1996-97 1995-99 M62B44 V8 4398 cm³ 210 kW 281.61 hp 420 Nm 309.73 lb/ft

850i/Ci 1990-94 1991-94 1989-94 M70B50 V12 4988 cm³ 220 kW 295.02 hp 450 Nm 331.86 lb/ft

850Ci 1995-99 1995-97 1994-99 M73B54 V12 5379 cm³ 240 kW 321.85 hp 490 Nm 361.36 lb/ft

850CSi 1992-96 1994-95 1992-96 S70B56 V12 5576 cm³ 280 kW 375.49 hp 550 Nm 405.60 lb/ft

M8 - - - S70/1 V12 6000 cm³ (approx) 410 kW 550 hp