What do people think of them? Old mans car, or smart? I have always liked the look of them and saw this....

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/275114.htm

I think it seems a quite reasonable price considering their price new! Anyone had any experience with them? Is the 840ci quick? Dont see many knocking about. I thinks its quite cool.

 

They have the worst brakes ever we look after a few at work costly for parts as well

 

I had a feeling parts/servicing etc would be a bit steep! Suprised at brakes being bad though!

Apart from that was it a nice drive?

 

4.4. 840 sport is the one to get.

They use the 8 series calipers on the E36's, are a great upgrade, but suppose the 8 series weighs twice as much

Cool looking cars, but is a 60k car, will be terrible to run, and if you're unlucky empty your pockets big time

Tempting cars for the money though

 

i wanted one a while back, went to look at a 750i instead tho and the fella put me right off the 8 series, he'd had many bad experiences with them having owned a few... theyre prone to catch fire mainly due to the fact that it has all the same electronics, engine, gearbox etc as the 7 series but in a car half the size!!!

lot of car for the money tho and they do look phat in red with nice 5 spokes on...

 

I think they are very good cars.

costly to fix, but hey, must of us have spent grands on cosworths.

 

now that is true, i coulda bought 2 850's with wot i spent on me s2...!!

 

Elec probs with them as well as above.They are ok to drive nothing too special they are very heavy..A E39 540 sport is a much better car all round

 

The brakes are terrible good pedal but dont work that great & its not ust one car ive been in they are all rubbish.If you ever drive one you will know exactly what i mean

 

had a few bm's, theyve all had shit brakes!!!

 

A lot of people slag off the M3's brakes, I love them.
Never tracked it, but is a road car to be fair with standard brakes.
They don't seem keen to put more than one piston in a caliper on the 3's though lol.

God knows what the 8's weigh - quick google 1900 kg's for the 850

 

My Dad had an 8-series.

Was nothing but problems, sump gasket, brake sphere, ABS, it just went on and on.

Although it was a lovely car!

 

I know what you mean! never really properly drove one on the road but trying to get one to stop at even low speed is an effort, gotta press the pedal hard!

 

was offerd one of these few months ago, guys property rich pocket poor has lots of things no money

20000 miles full history same guy owned from new £4K

If your interested i can see if he has sold it or not?

 

850, 840 is sloooow.

 

Cheers for the info guys...
From the sounds of it, they seem to go wrong quite often.. I want a car for daily use with loads of comfort so cant be arsed with having to fix it every 2mins!!. I thought one of these would be good as there quite rare and look well comfy! Shame.

Looks like its gonna be a 5 series then

 

do not get the 850 V12. I've seen many cases of the coils failing which means one side of the engine will not be firing so you will only be running on 6 cylinders. That and other bad electronic faults.

the 840 has the mroe reliable engine and this came from a mechanic not me.

 

 

+1 on the 540i

 

+2, and remap to 340 brake

 

isn't the 540i and the 840i the same engine??

 

i had a 4 year old 850csi, 5.6 V12, worst piece of shit i have ever owned 80k on the clock with full BMWSH and the fookin engine blew up 11.5k to rectify

i would describe them as heavy slow and thirsty ...oh and fucking unreliable

buy one at your peril................

 

oh and ask yourself why they are cheap.....cos no one fookin wants them

 

Both M60's.

But there are different versions.

4.0 and 4.4.

 

i remember reading that things like replacing the front suspension costs a few thousand pounds and sftermarket stuff isnt available for them so its the main dealer only.

 

and the problem is they are so complex the main dealers...well the one i used didnt know their arse from their elbow with these things...feckin morons .....called me to say mr sharp we have the engine out of your car and it also needs a flywheel ....i,m like cant we skim it....no its a complex doulbel mass item....i say ok i,ll nip down and have a look....got into the workshop and it was a feckin coventional flywheel...cunts...i got it skimmed for £20

 

buy a 530d m-sport, i did, had it mapped fooking flys

 

i've heard the 850i is a pile of crap but not the 840.

 

Yeah right! i also heard the V8,s are as troublesome as the V12,s...was something to do with the cylinder liners..both engines liners were made from same material

they are a troublesome money pit ....end of

 

Here Here - Best car I have ever owned. Period!

E39 - the BEST BMW ever made, from an engineering perspective its such a perfect piece of machinery.

Great looks and a great drive too. The diesel variant (530d) has what was at the time, a world class leading diesel lump, and its still in production today with the latest 5 and 3 series BMW´s - perfect

 

That would be the Nikasil problems.

New block time!

They were OK unless you kept moving it short distances, in and out the garage etc.