[V8] 740i vs. S8

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Manual boxes in later model auto cars are difficult to install. Not only are the transmissions expensive but you have to edit the engine software to ignore the auto trans inputs that aren't there. 

an appropriate 6 speed for an S8/S6 will run you about 3 grand flywheel and clutch another grand. Plus you got to use euro only prop shafts and cv shafts, and the list goes on and on...

----- Original Message -----
From: Jeremy Ward <jward at mti-interactive.com>
Date: Friday, January 7, 2005 9:48 am
Subject: [V8] 740i vs. S8

> I have toyed with the idea of 'upgrading' to a '99 740i Sport, but so
> far lack of $20k has kept me grounded in reality.  My ears perked up
> when I saw Unka Bart's email...
> 
> Can't be more costly to maintain than our V8's, can it?  Also, I 
> hadn'tconsidered the D2 S8 as my next car...  Anyone know how 
> reliable these
> babies are, what kind of $$ they are selling for, and (most 
> importantly)if Keith can drop a manual transmission into one? :-)
> 
> Anyone know of any old mags putting the 740i Sport and the S8 head to
> head?
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> - Jeremy
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: v8-bounces at audifans.com [v8-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf
> Of Ed Kellock
> Sent: Friday, January 07, 2005 7:11 AM
> To: v8 at audifans.com
> Subject: [V8] Re: NAC - '99 WMB 740i info request 
> 
> Glad to help.  I must say I've been tempted by the propeller on more
> than a few occasions, especially the pre-Bangle 7's.  Watching the
> first several minutes of the Transporter doesn't help either.  Those
> are very nice looking however it seems they're not as nice to
> maintain.  I guess I should always mandate that I watch the S8 scenes
> in Ronin as an antidote.
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Unka Bart" <gatorojo at earthlink.net>
> To: "Ed Kellock" <ekellock at gmail.com>; <v8 at audifans.com>
> Sent: Friday, January 07, 2005 7:01 AM
> Subject: Re: NAC - '99 WMB 740i info request
> 
> 
> > HI Ed,
> >
> > Thanks for the URLs for the my750 site.  I'd seen that site a couple
> of
> > years ago when I was considering the 750i, but hadn't bookmarked the
> > URL and lost it (the URL).  My neighbor has now completely discarded
> > the idea.
> >
> > Must have been a sudden attack of sanity...
> >
> > Bart
> >
> >
> 
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