Beiträge von BBMatic

Thanks Arnie for that kind and detailed note, and Reinhard, thanks very much for your add-on, most interesting.
That engine bay does look a wee bit under-par.
Hope its not poor manners to ask, Reinhard, but would you know how much it sold for, last time it changed hands? TIA.

Time for that 1,000th member...

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BMW-…m3cc144b281#ht_527wt_1398

Thought this deserves its own thread maybe instead of being put in the ebay thread hereabouts? Its my kind of advert - blunt, he's obviously a lover of good cars..and actually drives them rather than store them. Highish mileage not a problem in my book...in fact its a plus, to me.

I'd be interested to hear thoughts from those that know, about why these 5.0s aren't perhaps revered as much as the 5.7?

Different engine obviously, and a 4 speed autobox - but how good are the engines and gearboxes in these B12s, as opposed to the 5.7?

Thanks for any info.. i dream of an Alpina as I'm sure many of us do.

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I will have louvers in my hood some day, just don't know when and how yet.

This is exactly how I feel.

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I almost want to get a cheap one and paint it yellow.

Are there rules against your importing/ driving a RHD in your location? Because the odd yellow 8er comes up in the UK very cheap.. In which case you wouldn't even need to paint it. (You only have to say the word and my radar will swing into action..)

Myself, I will happily drive LHD in the UK, I don't think safety is affected if you are reasonably in control of your wits. I've almost bought a LHD campervan a couple of times recently in fact.

Thanks again for the kind welcomes, and the kind words about yellow - which I do think is a devastating colour for an E31.

I'm also moderately pleased to confirm that indeed, Darren Clarke the golfer was the first owner of my car - he won it by making a hole in one I believe - and racked up 15k odd miles in a very short space of time before selling it to the very wonderful lady I believe of Swedish descent, who owned it from then until a month or two before I bought it.
She was one of those lovely people that drop their 8ers at BMW twice a year when they notice bird droppings on a wheel arch, and don't blink at the bill. (Or if she did - she'll have been doing a lot of blinking..bless her.)

Anyway she was great news for the car and great news for me. The crazy thing was that she sold the car for £2,250 to the chap who sold it on to me..(doubling his money but I don't mind). The car is so good its worth far more than that to me.

But £2,250?! the mind boggles..

Sorting some pix out for sure, in between my boring tasks today. Its always the best bit of joining a new forum - so, downhill from now then

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And must say i have started to like that color myself after some time to get used to it

I've never liked or even noticed yellow cars much at all but the advert had some amazing pix of the car actually on the beach at Brighton (evening shots with the pier in the background..) Not sure how the owner got it there tbh..
I thought 'wow' and then when i saw the car it was love at first sight. The black'n'yellow interior isn't bad either..
There is also something about the paint on these cars, thick, waxy and lovely. Probably filled with lead or something :o) but I'm not complaining.
Almost every friend I have thats seen the car saying 'hmm don't like the colour' at first, has completely changed their minds by now. Yellow works on an 8er for sure.

LOL at that washer bottle comment :o)

Pix will follow later today, i'm rushed off my feet today..thanks for kind welcome, its great to be here.

Hi there,
My name is Burn and I'm an alcoh-
oops, I mean, my name is Burn, I jumped aboard the E31 Express (finally!) at the end of last summer when I bought a 1998 840ci in dakargelb II, a car colour I didn't know I truly loved until I lived with it. My E31 obsession is at an advanced stage by now - its really got me...but I'm working on it.

I've joined other forums meanwhile but lurked quietly here as my usual somewhat rapid -reloading style of posting is perhaps not an ideal fit for this page, however, I have now got most of my first wave of over-excited posts out of my system and wish to open my account here.

I'm from London, I'm glad to say our 8er is almost completely as it left the factory, although recently, (inspired partly by the venerable Wuffer) I have made some very small and instantly reversible alterations mainly involving the roundels. Apart from that and a CD43 which I also added, the car really is stock, in lovely well cared for shape inside and out, not without its tiny flaws obviously but these merely add to her character --162,000 miles on the clock and drives almost like new..

I've had the privilege of briefly meeting Gerry 8-Tech and know Steve (Stevie) P from another forum - to the rest of you, I am pleased to say hello.

I'm assuming its fitting for me to now include a couple of pictures of the car.. These will follow in my next post on this thread, I'm trying to work out best way of adding images..

I have travelled to Portugal twice a year most years for the last 20 years as we have a place there, never seen an 8.

Hi guys,
I'm a longtime lurker on various E31 forums, and a lurker on here for some (lesser) time also.
I have not the experience of this forum to comment meaningfully on the very broad subjects touched upon in this thread, but I would quickly say:

The civility and maturity of this board is such a (positive) characteristic of this forum that I have so far felt compelled to stay in the shadows. I certainly wouldn't want this forum to change - better that i change, or at least, that i temper my usual enthusiasm to discuss all manner of E31 trivia and limit my occasional posts.
After all, I can discuss the trivia on other E31 forums.

I'm stating the obvious maybe, and have no solution to the longterm issues discussed here re: funding etc, but wish to say hello and hope that it doesn't change much. Now that I have introduced myself, perhaps i will try to participate a little more on the day-to-day threads, because as someone else has pointed out, every forum needs new blood/ activity and a sense of traffic, just hopefully "not too much" maybe in this case. But for sure I think my zest for the topics (being a new 8er) and enthisiasm in communicating will do its small part to helping this place continue to exist.

I think what i'm saying is - new users must be encouraged, it adds vitality, but also i think everyone recognises, with too many new users all the time, you risk changing the character of this place too much, and that really would be a shame. So - there is no easy solution to that conundrum, but new members who are mindful of the existing character must be encouraged, as much as possible.

My name is Burn, I'm from London, I have a dakargelb II 1998 840ci, I've spoken with Reinhard a few times via email regarding some small matters and speak with many forum members on the uk bimmer forum, but i'll endeavour to keep my posts here more thoughtful than on others.

ITs nice to finally say hello here, and hope this thread was not the totally least appropriate thread to announce myself!

kind regards to you all,
Burn