Hi

I bought a '93 850Ci a few months ago and it is a great car, but being a bit of a child I am looking at a few options and wondered if any of you had tried any of them. It is an auto, (4 speed box), with 80k miles and importantly it still has a BMW warranty which I don't want to lose. I have been thinking about 3 things:

1. Birds in the UK can upgrade the box to a steptronic using the wheel adjustment lever for changes at about £1,200;
2. £2,500 on completely new suspension;
3. A Motronic chip set.

The car is in excellent condition so merits the investment but would I be better off looking for a Csi? To be honest the engine isn't exactly lacking so it is the handling I am more interested in, but a little extra torque is always nice......


Cheers

Julian

(Incidentally, the car was used in BMW magazine a few months ago in an article tracing big coupes from 6 through 8 back to the new 6 and today it was used by another magazine looking at big coupes along with an XJS, 560SEC, and 928. I'm still happy with my choice, but the 928 did sound gorgeous with what must have been close to straight through pipes!)

Welcome to the club!!

Please Introduce youself here:

http://forum.clube31.com/

That forum seems to be fast becoming a center of the UK 8 series world.

Also there are usually lively discussions on suspension and power here:

http://bimmer.roadfly.org/bmw/forums/e31/

Great archives, several active UK members and I believe an 8 fest in Gaydon coming up.

And you must register your 8 here:

http://www.8-fest.com/

By the way I am 60 and have lowered my 840 and am waiting for the custom sway bars from GregK on Roadfly to come. See it here:

http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum/showthread.php?t=149432

Thanks for this Terry. I'll take a look and choose a forum to ask my next question there as well. Do you know whether there are any options to tune the damping control? If the M5 used the same system did it use the same settings? I'd love to be able to stiffen up the comfort setting to something just a little softer than the current sport, and make sport stiffer for good roads. I'm hoping to find a good road sometime soon!

Cheers

I haven't heard of anyone doing anything with the EDC except replacing it wit Bilstiens.

Being still under warranty, perhaps you can get the dampers replaced and pick up a bit of stiffening in the suspension. If you wait until the warranty expires they are too expensive to replace!

If you find a good road, watch out for Cameras!!!