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| 8 Series (E31) (1991 - 1997) As the last E24 rolled off the production line in 1989, its replacement was quick on its heels to fulfill the fantasies of those looking for a touring coupe with all of the luxury, performance, and prestige of a BMW, only now with both 8 and 12 cylinder engines. |
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03-22-2004, 08:34 PM
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Spotted An 850csi Last Week
On my way to school on 680 southbound last week I saw a black 8 series. Im in the lowly CR-V so I slow down to let him pass me. He comes up slow and I can see the business end of his car. It reads 850CSI. I was stunned.
So I was driving all around it; front, back both sides. It was an older gentleman driving. The plates read DLR on the side *for dealer*, and it had a dinan license plate frame. The paint was absolutely immaculate. It was so beautiful. He had 4 exhaust tips, and they looked similar to the 996 where 2 sort of overlap. It was very pretty. I wish I had a digi cam, I would have snapped a few pics for you guys. About how many csi's were imported into America?
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1987 Delphin Grau 325i/4 Alpine - Kosei - Vorshlag - UUC - Porterfield - Koni - Ireland Engineering - GC - Rogue Engineering - Dinan Sold  Just my E36 now 
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03-23-2004, 01:17 AM
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Somewhere around 215 CSIs were imported by BMW and probably about 25 imported by individuals as gray market cars.
The Bay area is pretty much a hotbed of 8s. Even an active group of owners - "Bay Area 8s" There is another bunch in SoCal that put 26 cars at an 8 meet a year ago. In September of last year we had 76 cars in one place at Garberville including 17 850CSi's if I remember correctly. Now that is an AWESOME sight - 76 in a row tearing down the back roads along the Lost Coast!!
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Terry
'95 840Ci Arctic Silver '00 Range Rover Vitesse '98 SVT Cobra Mustang Convertible www.wuffer.net www.8coupe.com www.8er.org
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03-23-2004, 11:48 AM
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I wish I had been there...
*dream*
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03-23-2004, 04:40 PM
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Registration is up to 31 for the East Coast 8 Fest now and people are making arrangements for European visitors to be picked up at the airports with a place to stay.
8ers are a great bunch!!
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Terry
'95 840Ci Arctic Silver '00 Range Rover Vitesse '98 SVT Cobra Mustang Convertible www.wuffer.net www.8coupe.com www.8er.org
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03-26-2004, 07:36 PM
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Thats very cool, I would love to own one some day. I think they look absolutely beautiful.
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1987 Delphin Grau 325i/4 Alpine - Kosei - Vorshlag - UUC - Porterfield - Koni - Ireland Engineering - GC - Rogue Engineering - Dinan Sold Just my E36 now
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03-27-2004, 09:44 AM
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Maybe next year...
This year I am totally filled with planning the German2000... Hey Terry, Wanna take part?
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03-27-2004, 01:44 PM
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http://www.german2000.com/html/english.html
Made my Heart Race!!!! If the dollar and the Euro were once again 1:1 like they are supposed to be I would love too!! But currently it would be more than I am willing to pay for a Euro 850CSI in Dollars. That would be a wild test drive of a "new" car!! My wife really thinks that I am getting too old for this kind of thing though. Is 60 really old? The last time I was on an Autobahn was in 1970 going from Italy thru Munich to Bremerhaven to put my Opel Kadette Rallye 1.9 on a boat for the states. I could only run at about 200kph so I was slow traffic and had to stay out of the way!
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Terry
'95 840Ci Arctic Silver '00 Range Rover Vitesse '98 SVT Cobra Mustang Convertible www.wuffer.net www.8coupe.com www.8er.org
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