[V8] Re: Perfect Quattro weather...

[George Tur]

On Friday 16 January 2004 09:09, Coleman, David wrote:
> > Oh, and yes.  I often think about an S-6!  But I am also
> > thinking about a
> > BMW 850.....   ;-/
>
> Make it an 850csi and you'll have something..
>
> -DaveC.
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I've lusted after one of those myself, but after talking to a few 840 and an 
850 owner I've had a change of heart. I've run into them while picking up my 
beast at the local independent. Reliability wise the engines are very strong, 
but are expensive to work on for routine maintenance, more so than than our 
V8s. The 850 is especially expensive. While they are put together well they 
do tend to have electrical gremlins, the number of electrical accessories and 
electronic aids is much greater, as they age and these are hard and expensive 
to track down. The real downside to the 800 series is that they handle like 
pigs in the twisties and wet weather. The chassis balance is not as a good as 
a 928 or corvette and the engine is a tad too much for it. The 800 series is 
very much a high speed high way cruiser. It's nicely put together but doesn't 
deliver what you would expect from the looks.

This is all second hand, but it's stuff from 3 owners and the mechanics that 
work on them.

My bit of car gossip

George Tur
91 V8