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Post by BeeEmm » Sat Dec 21, 2019 10:16 pm

I took ‘proper’ delivery of my new car today. I just cannot resist a two door BMW, straight six, 3 litre, rear wheel drive Coupé.
The car is an 840i in Sapphire Black with Fiona Red/black Merino leather with gloss black wheels. Love it, love it and love it.
The dealership gave me space and time to give it a machine polish and ceramic coating before I drove it to have PPF (paint protection film) on the whole front section up to the door mirrors.

I got it back today with all the protection finished. First drive planned to the Midlands next week followed by Edinburgh in February and Northern Italy in April. My main aim is to tour as much of Europe as possible within the next 3 years. I regard this car as a proper Grand Tourismo and as I have worked pretty much solidly for the past 56 years this car is a wee treat in my retirement to satisfy my love of driving. I will take my wife as well, of course!
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Post by Smartbear » Sat Dec 21, 2019 10:18 pm

What a beast! Looking forward to hearing about your road trips in it 8)
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Post by IRD » Sat Dec 21, 2019 10:32 pm

A true Grand Tourer. Beautiful and elegant as well as being very comfortable on a long journey. Lucky man! :thumbsup:
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Post by greg81 » Sat Dec 21, 2019 10:34 pm

I hope you have a great time in Edinburgh. I'm very proud of my city :)
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Post by buzyg » Sat Dec 21, 2019 10:39 pm

Whole lot of of cool. 8) :thumbsup:
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Post by Mr Tidy » Sat Dec 21, 2019 11:48 pm

It looks really mean and moody in those photos OP - lovely. :thumbsup:

And your planned trips sound great too - enjoy! :driving:

I was a bit late discovering the joys of BMW straight 6 petrol engines, but I'm trying to make up for that now. :lol:
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Post by ben g » Sun Dec 22, 2019 12:23 am

These are absolute beasts on the road. They're huge! Love them 8)
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Post by idej_z4 » Sun Dec 22, 2019 1:39 am

I've been telling everyone the 8 is my dream retirement car... sadly I've got another 30 years to go before retirement so might be jumping the gun a bit.

Looks stunning!! :thumbsup:
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Post by Wyldie85 » Thu Dec 26, 2019 9:26 am

Fantastic. A black one passes my house most mornings and it looks awesome.
Your adventures sound like lots of fun.

Lots more pictures please.
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Post by MrPT » Thu Dec 26, 2019 10:39 am

I really like these too. Great choice. :thumbsup:
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Post by firebobby » Thu Dec 26, 2019 12:59 pm

That should be a blast in Europe, gangster car :thumbsup:
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Post by R90GRN » Thu Dec 26, 2019 1:30 pm

These are lovely motors!

Enjoy enjoy enjoy :driving:
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Post by Angelus666 » Thu Dec 26, 2019 2:33 pm

Not for me, I was looking a these in the dealership and for £100k-ish it's doesn't look or feel special at all. It's very similar to the look and interior of a 1 series.

I think the overall cost of a Bentley GT would be about the same and a far nicer environment to be in.
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Post by BeeEmm » Thu Dec 26, 2019 2:59 pm

Angelus666 wrote: ↑Thu Dec 26, 2019 2:33 pm Not for me, I was looking a these in the dealership and for £100k-ish it's doesn't look or feel special at all. It's very similar to the look and interior of a 1 series.

I think the overall cost of a Bentley GT would be about the same and a far nicer environment to be in.
I appreciate that you have a different view to mine and that’s fine, but I have heard it said that if someone says that one car looks like another, they don’t really know anything about cars, nor do they appreciate subtle but important differences. It is like saying that a Monet painting is like a Cezanne as they are both impressionists. My wife has little interest in cars and she says that “they all look the same to me”. Does the 1 series have a Carbon Core?
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Post by BeeEmm » Fri Jan 10, 2020 6:39 pm

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