BMW V12 meets Jaguar V12

[Jamez 2147483647]

Sooooo as a few of you know April and I recently bought a 850i, Have done a few minor things like get new wheels and front lip (also get rid of the fart cannons) and fix a few electrical problems with a few more odd jobs to go.

Also pictured is my old mans V12 jag. It is inferior in every respect except it seems to rev a lot more down low.

So here it is so far....

[3series 0]

staunch! colourcoded twins.

Edited November 28, 2010 by bmw3

[hotwire 352]

Love both of them - for different reasons. Bit of a fluke with the colour similarity aye

[Braeden320 0]

Mint Cars

[deeveus 81]

Tough ride mate, congrats.

[hybrid 1044]

Bloody nice ! .. great to see it being restored to how it should be.

congrats you two.

[cytamen 1]

That 8-series looks a million times better than when it had those horrible stock wheels! Sure it sounds a lot calmer than with those huge cannons too.

[westy 614]

Ooo I'll have the Jag thanks.

[Jamez 2147483647]

Ooo I'll have the Jag thanks.

In what way....

• It has a smaller tank
• More cc but less power
• Uses more fuel
• Creates more drag
• Drives more like a boat than the bmw
• Is terrible to work on
• Lucus electrics
• Does not have aircon, ABS or Stability control
• Doesn't have back seats
• But most of all its English

[$toffz 0]

Jamez - how have you found the running costs? I know you didn't buy it to be economical , but is it manageable enough that you can use it for what ever you want?

[polley 916]

In what way....

• Mucus electrics

Fixed.

[westy 614]

In what way....

• It has a smaller tank
• More cc but less power
• Uses more fuel
• Creates more drag
• Drives more like a boat than the bmw
• Is terrible to work on
• Lucus electrics
• Does not have aircon, ABS or Stability control
• Doesn't have back seats
• But most of all its English

All true but, the other is an 8 series.

[bellicose 9]

Ooo I'll have the Jag thanks.

In what way....

• It has a smaller tank
• More cc but less power
• Uses more fuel
• Creates more drag
• Drives more like a boat than the bmw
• Is terrible to work on
• Lucus electrics
• Does not have aircon, ABS or Stability control
• Doesn't have back seats
• But most of all its English

All true but, the other is an 8 series.

HAHA classic, and i'm with you westy.

[hotwire 352]

In what way....

• It has a smaller tank
• More cc but less power
• Uses more fuel
• Creates more drag
• Drives more like a boat than the bmw
• Is terrible to work on
• Lucus electrics
• Does not have aircon, ABS or Stability control
• Doesn't have back seats
• But most of all its English

Ahh yes.... but it's got character. I have sworn & cursed at many Pommy cars over the years (as I have all others too) but not all are bad - there are some classic cars to have come out of that country, & some crap!

[Jamez 2147483647]

Jamez - how have you found the running costs? I know you didn't buy it to be economical , but is it manageable enough that you can use it for what ever you want?

Well, petrol .....40L/100km is my highscore with 10.2L/100km being my best to date. Sits on about 18L/100km with town driving.

I'm yet to pay for anyone to work on it yet but parts are cheap if you know people in the states with wrecks, going to be making a big order of random parts and Bili's soon, if anyone else with an 8 is looking for parts give me pm and I'll see if I can get it.

Also, don't bother buying new parts for 8's, I looked into getting a piece of outside trim for the roof (a long piece of flat metal about 1m long and 2cm wide) BMW NZ want $900,