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    Hey, I found these pics on my phone and was curious if anyone knew what it was. It came into the shop a few years ago for an oil change, and just for fun, I looked at it on kbb.com and it was still worth $53,000.

    Photo0051.jpg

    Photo0053_001.jpg
    Jeremiah Hodgins
    99 BMW M3
    Understeer is when you hit the wall with the front of the car and oversteer is when you hit the wall with the rear of the car.
    Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall and torque is how far you take the wall with you.

  • #2
    M-1, methinks.

    See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:19...3%BCdkehre.jpg
    Chuck Schultz
    Another black(ish) Miata
    2007 Jetta GLI Fahrenheit

    http://csgoodphotos.com or http://art.csgoodphotos.com

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    • #3
      Not an M1...that's an 8-series. 840 was a v8, so this one looks to be an 850 12cyl.
      Rod H
      Bringing a knife to a gun fight.

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      • #4
        5.0L of awesome. Greg Lee almost bought one a while back.
        M. Cholewa

        Because they heard I liked my name, so they put my name as my name so I could have my name in my name... all the time.

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        • #5
          Originally posted by rodhx View Post
          Not an M1...that's an 8-series. 840 was a v8, so this one looks to be an 850 12cyl.
          Duh, not square enough.
          Chuck Schultz
          Another black(ish) Miata
          2007 Jetta GLI Fahrenheit

          http://csgoodphotos.com or http://art.csgoodphotos.com

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          • #6
            Its an 850, but an 850 what?
            Jeremiah Hodgins
            99 BMW M3
            Understeer is when you hit the wall with the front of the car and oversteer is when you hit the wall with the rear of the car.
            Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall and torque is how far you take the wall with you.

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            • #7
              the car would be called a BMW 850i or 850Ci depending on what year it was. Its a V12 engine.
              Mark K
              1989 BMW 325i
              1990 BMW 325i
              2013 BMW 135i

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              • #8
                its a 93' and a Ci is close.
                Jeremiah Hodgins
                99 BMW M3
                Understeer is when you hit the wall with the front of the car and oversteer is when you hit the wall with the rear of the car.
                Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall and torque is how far you take the wall with you.

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                • #9
                  It's an 850Ci. The motor is an M73B54. It's a 5.4L v12 w/ 322 hp.

                  The car is also known as a nightmare. It's not worth anywhere close to 53k. I could pretty easily find someone willing to dump there 850 on you for under 10k. You can find an 840 under 5k, especially if it needs new batteries.

                  Now, if it were an 850CSi you would have something.
                  Last edited by bimmertech; 01-14-2011, 10:36 PM.
                  Casey Stallings
                  caseystallings@live.com


                  It's all fun and games until someone loses an everything.

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                  • #10
                    Oops. The motor is an M70B50. It is a 5.0L v12 w/ 295hp.

                    Just read the '93 part. I was thinking it was ~'95.
                    Casey Stallings
                    caseystallings@live.com


                    It's all fun and games until someone loses an everything.

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                    • #11
                      Well you finally got it, and it is a CSi

                      Photo0052_001.jpg

                      I thought this would be a fun thing to kinda cover the gap between the events. It came into the shop bout 2008 or so and I've had the pics on my phone forever. Just thought it would be interesting.
                      Jeremiah Hodgins
                      99 BMW M3
                      Understeer is when you hit the wall with the front of the car and oversteer is when you hit the wall with the rear of the car.
                      Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall and torque is how far you take the wall with you.

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                      • #12
                        Sorry, but regardless of what the badge says that is not a CSi. The CSi would have a S70B54, which the posted car does not. Of note the 850CSi has the only V12 built by "M".
                        Casey Stallings
                        caseystallings@live.com


                        It's all fun and games until someone loses an everything.

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                        • #13
                          yeah, not a CSi....but a pretty fun game
                          Mark K
                          1989 BMW 325i
                          1990 BMW 325i
                          2013 BMW 135i

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                          • #14
                            This is what the S70 CSi engine looks like

                            Last edited by e30Racer; 01-15-2011, 11:30 PM.
                            Mark K
                            1989 BMW 325i
                            1990 BMW 325i
                            2013 BMW 135i

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                            • #15
                              well, hope they didn't pay for a csi lol!
                              Jeremiah Hodgins
                              99 BMW M3
                              Understeer is when you hit the wall with the front of the car and oversteer is when you hit the wall with the rear of the car.
                              Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall and torque is how far you take the wall with you.

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