Who remembers this car?

[Sweetwater]

I ran across a local ad for:

'94 840ci Coupe. VERY RARE EXOTIC, just 81k miles. $17600. Call for website.
dl #xxxxx


I'm relatively sure this is the Nikasil block and don't have any history on it, but the car brings back some memories.

When my oldest son was having a "Fathers day" at his elementary school, I tooled into the BMW dealership with the 500SEL. We had bought it from a realitor for a very low price and it looked much nicer than it booked. So, I checked out an 8 coupe to take for a test drive, it had 31k miles on it and ran like a scalded cat. Zoomed into the parking lot at the school and the kids just wowed. As I recall, that coupe was priced in the high $30k range. Hard to believe they would still really be worth $17k, especially with those miles. I know they're low for a daily driver, but nobody could run that car at anything other than MAXED OUT.

I think I might bite and go look anyway.....

[632 Regal]

I read that those werent even made by BMW but rare none the less. I'll take 2!

[bahnstormer]

840 is weaksauce

[632 Regal]

Because you dont have one is why!

840 is weaksauce

[bahnstormer]

850 is hotsauce!

and u can't talk anymore regal u have a slushbox =\
heheheheh 5spd swap or ban!

[winfred]

i just got done 5 speeding a 94 325i saturday (while i was replacing the roasted motor) it was a little bit of a pain but the problems were easy enough to solve (clutch switch for cruise, reverse lights and squashing the tranny error code)

5spd swap or ban!

[DueyT]

Sweet, is it an M62 (4.4L) or M60 (4.0L)...I thought an 840Ci was a M62, which would have been Alusil, but being a 1994 seems to indicate 840i and the Nakasil M60.

Are you sure the car is an 840Ci?

I don't think any 840's ever had a manual tranny, but I'd sure take on if it was...they're a pretty sweet car...I'd prefer 840 and 6-speed over the 850's M70 engine....although I'd take an 850CSi's S70!

Cheers,
Duey

[bimmerd00d]

I bought my car frmo there, and we got my mom's E39 528iA from that place too, they have great quality cars.


there were no 840 6-speeds in the states, not sure about overseas though.

[Bill R.]

wouldn't exactly call them a rocket....Strange how the cosmoline is only discolored where the engine cover doesn't cover it.... Makes me think it was some kind of detailing garbage rather than cosmoline..

[callen]

would you ever consider buying one? timeless lines....