03-02-2004, 07:27 AM
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There are two of these on my estate. One is blue and one is that purple colour. The owner of the purple one is really lazy....they drive to the station, which is a total of 5mins on foot lol
Appart from that, they are great cars. They eat petrol though. Starting to look a bit dated now. I would like to dive one, just to see what they are like!
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03-02-2004, 11:58 AM
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They're very nice cars. The 840 was a V8 and the 850s had the V12. I remember taking a trip to Dinan once, and there was a twin turbo 840 on the lift getting serviced. I don't know what the power output was though. Here's a few that are done up and listed at the BMW M Registry:
http://www.bmwmregistry.com/models.php?id=11
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03-02-2004, 07:19 PM
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Sure the 850 had a V12 and it was a marvellous car
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TT, I love you and all but I beg to differ. Its 276 hp V12 was underpowered, the car was over-priced at $90k, and it had horrible reliability. The 850Ci was pretty nice apparently, but I don't know enough about it to talk. The 8-series front, and at the time rare flipping head-lights looks hot, but the rear looks plain.
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03-02-2004, 07:22 PM
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Originally Posted by SnowboarderTom
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Sure the 850 had a V12 and it was a marvellous car
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TT, I love you and all but I beg to differ. Its 276 hp V12 was underpowered, the car was over-priced at $90k, and it had horrible reliability. The 850Ci was pretty nice apparently, but I don't know enough about it to talk. The 8-series front, and at the time rare flipping head-lights looks hot, but the rear looks plain. |
Thanks for your love, but please don't misunderstand me. I never said the V12 has enough power, I never said it was affordable and never said it's reliable.
I just said the 850 is marvellous, period 
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03-02-2004, 08:18 PM
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Originally Posted by SnowboarderTom
TT, I love you and all but I beg to differ. Its 276 hp V12 was underpowered, the car was over-priced at $90k, and it had horrible reliability. The 850Ci was pretty nice apparently, but I don't know enough about it to talk. The 8-series front, and at the time rare flipping head-lights looks hot, but the rear looks plain.
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The 840Ci had 286 hp and didn't have a V12, but a V8. The 850i and 850Ci had 300 hp and the 850CSi had 380. 286 hp may not be massive for a heavy car as the 840Ci, but it did hit 100 km/h in 7 seconds and had a top speed of 250 km/h, which isn't bad. The 850CSi did 0-100 a second faster than that.
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03-02-2004, 08:26 PM
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Will BMW try to bring a new one out just like they did with other models, like the 6 series for example??
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03-02-2004, 10:38 PM
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Originally Posted by he7luis
Will BMW try to bring a new one out just like they did with other models, like the 6 series for example??
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i doubt it because it wasnt a sucess 4 bmw, and btw the 850i has 300 hp, the ci has like 320 ans the csi does have 380, and its top speed i think is 300 km/h cause i saw a pic of the speedometer
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03-03-2004, 05:42 AM
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I thought the 850Ci has 239.8 kw / 326.0 bhp @ 5000 rpm...
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03-03-2004, 12:08 PM
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The 8 Series was the soul successor to the 6 series that vanished after the 80s. With the return of the new 6 Series, there won't be another 8 Series in the foreseeable future. It wasn't all that popular either (at least here in the US, not sure about everywhere else) due to the price.
It wasn't as performance oriented as an M5 and it wasn't as luxury oriented as a 7 Series. It fell in between where people weren't willing to pay that much for a car that was good at cruising straight, but with only one comfortable passenger.
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03-03-2004, 12:19 PM
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Thanks for your love, but please don't misunderstand me. I never said the V12 has enough power, I never said it was affordable and never said it's reliable.
I just said the 850 is marvellous, period
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Yeah true TT, sorry I was forgetting it was just your opinion. Haha, yeah that was my strong dislike for the 8-series coming through.  ops:
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03-03-2004, 10:48 PM
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Yeah it has a V12 engine, i have the road and track about this car, about 6.0 seconds for the 0-60 mph pass...i guess it´s to heavy, about 4400 lbs of weight....and not so powered...
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03-05-2004, 03:52 PM
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Oh man!! I saw a black 840 today!! The sound it makes is just terrific!! I wonder how kickass is the V12 versions noise!!
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