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falkster
4,151 posts
72 months
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E31Shrew said: falkster said: It looks awesome mate!! That roof really does set it off. Your M3 looks pretty special too. Do you still have it? Thanks, the M3 will never leave me. Ive had it 10 years next month. There isnt a week that goes by that I dont have an 8 series in my watched items on ebay!! Theres a massive difference in prices/values so its not as simple as diving in for a bargain. Ive seen them go for as little as £1200 (yesterday) to way over £12k for a mint sport.
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E31Shrew
Original Poster
4,890 posts
61 months
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Amazing when you put so much time and effort in to a car that you just couldn't bear to let it go. Huge difference in prices on the E31, with dealers being more than a tad optimistic. A mate of mine has a lovely 25k mile 840 Sport in silver which is stunning. http://bmwclassics.co.uk/840cisport01/index.html
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falkster
4,151 posts
72 months
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E31Shrew said: Amazing when you put so much time and effort in to a car that you just couldn't bear to let it go. Huge difference in prices on the E31, with dealers being more than a tad optimistic. A mate of mine has a lovely 25k mile 840 Sport in silver which is stunning. http://bmwclassics.co.uk/840cisport01/index.htmlThat really is perfect, Ive always like estoril, brilliant and topaz in E31s but warming to the dakar yellow ones and that silver one (is it sterling?) My M3 isnt quite as good as that but my 968CS isnt far off.
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shalmaneser
2,649 posts
64 months
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I love these cars, black roof totally works!
Maybe a raw carbon fibre one down the line, a'la M3 CSL?
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turbolucie
3,358 posts
51 months
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Chunkychucky
3,924 posts
38 months
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Very nice, love the Alpinas on it. I am determined I will have an 850csi in the garage at some point, although i'll probably ruin myself fuelling it..
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E31Shrew
Original Poster
4,890 posts
61 months
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turbolucie said: That one does look stunning especially with the cross spokes. Many moons ago in 99 I bought an ex demo 840 Sport but it had the unfortunate colour of Romantic Red. However it did have the champagne interior. Cracking car 
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falkster
4,151 posts
72 months
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turbolucie said: Love the colour combo but never liked style 5s on an E31, got to be M Parallels or throwing stars.
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aussieinlondon
490 posts
88 months
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Spot on mate, great looking car. I use to eye off each morning I was out for a run a somewhat forgot about parked up in a residence parking compound covered in leaves in a nice blue with the champagne interior and what appeared to be old school e30 style BBS wheels, and then one day it was gone and replaced by a jag, shame really.......
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E31Shrew
Original Poster
4,890 posts
61 months
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aussieinlondon said: Spot on mate, great looking car. I use to eye off each morning I was out for a run a somewhat forgot about parked up in a residence parking compound covered in leaves in a nice blue with the champagne interior and what appeared to be old school e30 style BBS wheels, and then one day it was gone and replaced by a jag, shame really....... CHeers. The wheels are the Style 5 s as in the ad above!
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BriC175
883 posts
49 months
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Very nice! FWIW, I like the black roof too 
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MJK 24
3,643 posts
105 months
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E31Shrew said: That one does look stunning especially with the cross spokes. Many moons ago in 99 I bought an ex demo 840 Sport but it had the unfortunate colour of Romantic Red. However it did have the champagne interior. Cracking car Romantic Red is a rather unfortunate name but the colour itself is very nice and well suited to the 8 series IMO!
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E31Shrew
Original Poster
4,890 posts
61 months
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MJK 24 said: E31Shrew said: That one does look stunning especially with the cross spokes. Many moons ago in 99 I bought an ex demo 840 Sport but it had the unfortunate colour of Romantic Red. However it did have the champagne interior. Cracking car Romantic Red is a rather unfortunate name but the colour itself is very nice and well suited to the 8 series IMO! It didn't help when one of my relatives, bought a Barbie Pink 8 series toy, for one of my daughters.
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milu
950 posts
135 months
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That red one stands really nice.
I've just bought one. Doing a few jobs on it but it's basically ok.
Need to get my roof done too and did consider black or maybe a wrap but as my car is orient blue its probably best left as is colour wise.
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E31Shrew
Original Poster
4,890 posts
61 months
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milu said: That red one stands really nice.
I've just bought one. Doing a few jobs on it but it's basically ok.
Need to get my roof done too and did consider black or maybe a wrap but as my car is orient blue its probably best left as is colour wise. Orient is pretty dark anyway so not sure a black roof would give enough contrast. What year is yours? Have a gander at the clube31 site. Good luck. Lovely motors
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heisthegaffer
511 posts
67 months
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Stunning car OP... lovely.
Love the M8 prototype!
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milu
950 posts
135 months
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Mines a 1996 ] 
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heisthegaffer
511 posts
67 months
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milu]Mines a 1996 said: Lovely too!
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Pvapour
6,250 posts
122 months
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always had s soft spot for the 8 series, think yours looks very nice in particular shrew, my first choice of wheel was always the 3piece bbs but your Alpina wheels look  always thought i'd get a V12 but the V8 seems universally preferred even though it wasn't BMWs flagship, I can understand it being liked, I think its the same engine that's in our 4.4 RR? a corker even in 3 tons of metal. anyways, nice cars chaps
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Jw Vw
4,022 posts
32 months
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milu]Mines a 1996 said: Very nice. Lovely alloys.
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