Here's Why the BMW 850CSi Was the Best BMW of the 1990s 

The hold old days!

Thats awesome mate! This car is still futuristic waaay ahead of its time. Thing is new M8/850i is nowhere a true 8

T... Th... That's the most 90s thing I ever read.

bliss

Nice! Best game ever.

Junky DIY guy & a very costly one too

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xHarux3 Why would anyone do that to a 100k+ car? It isnt a 1995 civic

xHarux3 If you own a 100k car you most likely wouldnt mind buying a new hood

xHarux3 K, like 2 ten yearolds can replace a hood in an hour. And once you are so rich, you probably can get a private mechanic. Gosh, i cant believe we are arguing about a rust spot on a car, that we most likely wont even see.

Mr Debunker Thank for sharing your story! I am planning to get one as my first car. Any tips and things I should keep an eye for when buying one?

@@Caca990SSR For the love of God, do not get a BMW 8-series as your first car. Fast enough to get you in trouble, and your parents will need to be rich to afford the maintenance.

Thatsru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-QJOEfrZ1T-E.html

Do you still have it?

@@instasingingvids3529 of corse yes suturday sunday i m goin for a ride to racing and then to some cofee

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I always make sure to have a proper look when a 90s bmw drives past. Modern ones, not so much.

What u doing here

Definitely. The new 8 series doesn't even come with a manual transmission.

They looked sharp

Me too! They look so much better than newer ones

slazem se skroz prvi ga je goran vukovic majmun imao :)

@@milfhunter6329 Pa to, pucački auto.

slazem se niko posten ga nije mogao priustiti , prosjecna plata 200 njemackih maraka , za njega ksenon 300 ahhaha

Kosovo is Albania !

@@nikosmouras1201 Kosovo is Serbian

What do you mean money pit? Because of auto gearbox? Poor maintenance? They are reliable cars.

@@bag2963 They run for a long time but they generally develop a lot of leaks so if he's not working on his own car a dealer or specialist will charge out the wazoo to fix those

@@typicalmountainbiker Yeah, the key is just to look after this small stuff so they won't grow into something big, then people complain about E39 poor reliability.

@@bag2963 I sold it 10 years ago, but I remember problems with the throttle body getting clogged with dirt, numerous oil leaks, and trouble with the ABS. Lights were always flashing on the dashboard. But a beautiful car and fun to drive.

It sounds like you thoroughly enjoyed the car. Thumbs up

i wonder if the one you drove had stuff added to it like better sway bars? yk for body roll so it can drive thru corners

@@oni5909 yh or over time the car becomes looser?

@@Felix21798 hmm maybe i think it’s only happening like that if you drove it hard before

The W140 had far worse cupholders. Far far worse, very flimsy too. Actually, cupholder. There was only one, and it was in the glovebox as well. The Germans never understood that Americans demanded cupholders.

It's classed really as an acquired taste amongst most car enthusiasts but when I first saw it, in the early nineties at Uni, I instantly knew there was something special about this car, but nobody else, except Clarkson on Top Gear, thought the same, 25 years on and everyone's seeing hearts in their eyes, funny! This was a financial flop for BMW too at the time by the way, because times were tough and mainstream people weren't spending that sort of money on vehicles, and it drank fuel like it was going out of fashion and they lost big,

German quality

Bill DeSha Well It’s German engineering nobody can’t beat

@@Batman-wv5ng have you seen today's BMW's lol they are crap

That's what great design will do. Last a lifetime.

ian thomas I mean, you can get a c5 Corvette for like $162.45 if you want a 6 speed manual and pop up headlights. I'm not sure if the C4 had a 6 speed but someone would probably pay you to take away one of those turds.

ok..........V12 with a 6-Speed

somanymods no v12 though so....

Schwarznigga so....it may actually run instead of being a pretty paperweight?

somanymods but old Corvettes are plastic shit built on a tractor ? New ones are nice tho

Good ones with not too many miles are 80k if not more.

@@norwegiangangsta95k+ now

E46 M3-s are going up as well, so on the long run you probably saved money (although the 850CSI is a lot cooler)

lol rip

Lmao! 😂

Its nice to be relaxed when traveling over 50. At 80 it's probably in super high relax mode. Jealous.

Check out the new tahoes. If your about to switch lanes and there is a car in your blind spot the seat will vibrate on that side. There's all kinds of cool quirks in the new high end Tahoe.

Anthony Colon 😀😄🤣😂😂

Ever heard of an alignment?

MidnightSpecial Not gonna lie the e60 m5 & e63 M6 with their v10 & 6 speed, not far off from exotic BMWs. Obviously their more common but exotic nonetheless!

So exotic I didn't know that it existed. But this makes it more desirable to me. (:

ricky v I remember the first time I saw one of these in a 1990 movie with the actor Bruce Willis. I thought this was the coolest looking bmw I had ever seen and the fact that it was a coupe made it even sexier.

Dankz That was my thinking as well. I prefer BMW coupes over their sedans.

M1 is rarest, i believe

What do you think of the new 8 series and M8?

It really is. Just saw recently an Alpina version of this. Now I am kinda pissed off that I haven't taken pictures from it, because it's so rare. Even the normal 850 is so rare (rarer than any Supercar that you can name).

It's like the E60 M5. Stunning cars but very unreliable... That's why they get forgotten...

Let’s hope it stays that way

@@SavedbyHim the E60 M5 is def not forgotten

@@SavedbyHim not quite. The E60 is well known because of its unreliability...and the glorious V10 sound.

@what do you know about cars : thanks, hope you enjoyed the videos you've seen.

modelllichtsysteme L

light switches are straight from bmw 5 series E34 and 7 series E32. phone is the exact same I have in my BMW E38, and its bullshit that it doesnt work. it works perfectly even today when u place even modern SIM card (you can google how to do it, and you have 2 places to place simcard: under a phone or in the trunk in the GSM module - ofc it doesnt accept microSIM). The exact white flahlight I had in my low end BMW E34 520i, also in glovebox, meh. 850cis is my dream, right after E24 M6 (M635csi), but really? Most of the quorks and features you're bragging about like they're unique, every beemer owner knows from their low ends, earlier models... Every older BMW strucks hood with windshield wipers. At least all I owned. Like E34 and E38. It might be due to the little electrical engine, that over time fails, that is supposed to stick the wipers little more to the windshield, once car drives at certain higher speeds. Yep you didn't mentioned that BMWs had that mechanism, didn't you? Anyway I'm only half of the video. And don't wanna even talk about what's gonna be next :P Oh and also: E31 850csi had rear wheels control. They were turning a little, on the corners. Why not mention that? This car is awesome, your channel is awesome. But you, failing to even mention that 850csi had rear wheel geometry changing with steering movement, to improve that little shorter 7 series BMW? BUUUUU! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-wkTK67FJIy4.html

@@szponiasty That rear wheel steering was only in Euro models

This is my favourite pun of all time

And in 2019

I am here from the future and it is still is in 2020

@ZionHillCalling Bullshit, new 3, 5 and 8 series are gorgeous.

Troy Fox Dosen't say much with how ugly cars are becoming...

The Best Car in the World :)

maxxjett films YESSS.

WEll you better know a private repair shop that specializes in BMW's and that you trust.

Jeff K the old V12s arent really that bad tho. A big negative is of course the fact that they have 2 of several expensive parts.

Would twin straight sixes tided together count? After all this V12 is basicly two straigh sixes tided together at the crank with two of everything from a bmw of that year like mass airflow senors.

maxxjett films then lost me at $100,000 lmao

Jeff Boski dang, good one.

Those jokes are getting old , get a life .

And were out

Weekend Value: 2

Unfortunately, this one has essentially been done before. I believe there is still potential for the type-of-guy jokes, but they've got to be completely unique.

Ding ding ding ding this. All my pixels are mint

They do fade unfortunately.

I have an 06 Mazda 3 with this exact same type of head unit display, same font and everything, and it has what looks like "bubbling" where some kind of film over the screen is getting loose, causing some parts of the screen to be darker than others. The 850 in the video has the same issue in one area over the spot that the pixels are dead on the right side. Will changing the connector fix that issue too, or is that a different issue? And where can I get the connector part that yo replace? I will probably need it eventually so I might as well be prepared even though the display in my car still has all it's pixels working.

@PatriotPigeon bro its a mazda just crush it and yet an actual cool fun car lmao

Yes and that one actually had a McLaren engine

And its red

@@joey_-__-_88t90 I guess you mean the V12 from the Mclaren F1, that is a BMW engine. McLaren didn't build engines until the 12c

2 actually, one was a full build and that is indeed currently within the BMW main museum, but there has been a second reproduction with original parts and original bodykit.

You sure know our shit better than demuro lol Yes they made it

Jany Van Lul 😂😂😂😂😂

Good man. There are still BMW drivers who aren't inconsiderate egocentric dickheads. Oh wait, that was the Audi drivers. I meant, inconsiderate egocentric dickheads with more money than Audi drivers.

^

Anvilshock why do they have more money than Audi drivers??

Hey, I try to use my blinkers whenever possible in my BMW. Usually I'm just too busy making important calls and texting

If you consider that this vehicle is wonderful still, and that the mentioned phone, although I prefer its internally upgraded and externally seemingly identical successor, possesses a rather practical size to hold and to carry around, in my view you were not or at the very least not that wrong!

It looks good yeah, but man the 507 is on another level to me.

The M1?

Irineu Santos Just beautiful .

@@thomasm5263 80s but a great car

@@TheThunderwarsglad it's just you, to me the 507 looks like shit

Bimmer Jim the cockpit to small

Thanks for the review, Neil

another issue with engines is that M70 / S70 were OBDI and thus 1980s tech. I preferred my M73 powered car which had a much happier valve train [roller drag levers, etc] and was smoother running. I did put a Schrick cam in the S70 engine with the updated injectors so I got a little more efficiency and power with the Dinan software. But it still wasn't enough to make that heavy car move like I wanted. M73 engine, not much you could do to that one though.

Finally somebody with a clue....thanks man !

OBDII brought the M73 into compliance with pre & post cat lambda sensors, new MAF and 80 tooth flywheel and updated DME. This was developed in 1994 and my car was delivered in Dec as a 1995 model, the first ever M73 off the line.

"Chiquita yellow" I believe.

He seemed to be a car guy, dude owned a prowler, a wildcat and a z3 as well

Justin my -nigga- ninja

Justin Y. Nah I think it was behind its time because guess what? It’s a piece of CRAP

Benz Patent-Motorwagen Nummer 1 was way aheader

Still looks great for its age

It was exactly in its time. Everything about the car says it.

Charisma i think its incredible how it looks as good in this video as it did 20 years ago. You dont see that very often anymore.

Lmao xD

Ba Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha That is TOO FUNNY!!!!! FACTS THOUGH!!! SOOOOO TRUE!!!! LoL

Jesus fucking christ stop reposting this joke!! Its on EVERY Doug video like 30 times. Knock it the fuck off!

@@Thornspyre81 the poster Mr Fantomzz is the type of guy who knows funny when he hears it . aaahhhhhhhhshit

Ah, yes of course dear, Your ratings, 4 out of 10 for styling, 8 out of 10 for riding comfort. Bada-bing!

​@Bryan Charles Sounds like you're the man to fight NHTSA and stop the discrimination against the pop-up headlights cars. Good luck!

They're heavy and wouldn't pass today.

popup headlights on springs would be cool

They have been phased out due to regulations

@@alexcintas8792 the kinda crazy laws passing these days I don't c why the can't & won't reintroduce em

"what are you driving?" "a mate"

Daniel McLean The M8's coming out next year

They made 1 prototype of the M8, but with Sporty bumpers and such. There is a video on youtube, BMW had it in a warehouse until 3 years ago or such

Frostbait u wot m8

“I’m just riding my mate”

At least the mafia won't take it

I don't think Serpentza's bike will be able to keep up during your co-blogs... He could always ride shotgun!

There is a 850csi near my town for just 6500euro! I bet there will be problems but I want to buy it so hard!

What?! C-milk watches daddy doug lmao

C-Milk?!? Didn't think I'd see you here. (Actually come to think about it, it sound about right.) An 850 in China? Or in America!?!

I can remember the first time I saw one. I was in absolute awe! This car was the most gorgeous BMW I had ever seen! What an amazing piece of German Engineering!

most of his 7 is really an 8 or 9 and for styling, id say 10 also

Tim Johnson he gave it an 8

The reviewer is a child

I would give it a 9/10, the 635 CSI of the 80s is the only BMW I would give a 10/10.

Tim Johnson except the m8 looks much better

Do you know how hard it is to find a long sleeve shirt for a tall guy? He is 6’4” after all... /s

byGiNeSiToX Bananas the best ever.

Yup. And the phone was voice activated with a cabin microphone right there next to the OBC. You could push a button and then say "Call Home" and it would dial the stored number. Up to 25 numbers IIRC. At least in the States, a Motorola rig with 5 watts of transmit power! Took up some room in the trunk. Amazing how far we've come with cell phone technology, but this, at the time, was indeed cutting edge.

Ur dad rich

How do you know he arrived exactly 28 minutes later?

just a reminder, NO BMW except for certain full M (the Csi had some M in it, but wasn't a full M, unlike the sadly never produced M8 of which only two prototypes exist) models drove faster than 250km/h... well, margines included 260 km/h

@@JAKESMMATAKES he was talking out of his ass, lol... He expects us to believe a person could maintain roughly 300 kms/h for 25+ minutes on a Saturday pre-lunch time. Besides the fact that you can't do that due to traffic it's biologically impossible to have that level of focus for such a long time and not die. Or just lucky

they only gave him a $10 allowance...

Ben Greening I think it's really tacky and akin to prostitution that BMW allows customers to just add the M badges and superficial non performance looks to non M cars.

megaman mooshrom I think he also ment the keyhole, those aren't usually there

megaman mooshrom i hate how doug exaggerates

Also, the flashlight in the glovebox "most highend cars from this era has these". Yeah, the E30 had them aswell, which is not a highend car at all, I'd say. Also in the RX7 video, he was astounded by the mechanical part of the electric windowswitch, but many Mitsubishis from the 90's had the exact same thing.

Lmaoo

megaman mooshrom And at 8:45 my 1998 Chevy Tahoe has two vison lights.

At this point I've seen so many stolen comments...

At this point, it's higher than my credit score too.

Umberto Farias probably higher too

Tim Flohr funny guy

Umberto Farias 8

ChrisShiss 55 The F1 used the same engine from the 850csi

ArmanE46 Oh okay

No, the F1 had two E36 M3 engines mounted together to 6.1 litres.

ExeKuTioN Cro Not true at all, both the F1 and 850CSi share the S70 engine which is based off of the M70, whose block is basically two M20 6-cylinder blocks sharing a crank but with high performance heads.

23.6 / 23.9 (f/r) pounds bmwfans.info/parts-catalog/E31/Europe/850CSi-S70/L-M/may1996/browse/wheels/bmw_light_alloy_whl_m_parallel_spoke_37/

Nick Zarnetske i knew about the windows but the the weight of the wheels

Heated windshield. Heated wiper rest. First car with seat belts in the seat. Headrests moved with the seats. The most comfortable car ever!

Aldo S or those shorts

A speedo and also 2 shirts

And goggles too

2 goggles which got a DougScore of 100

Speedos r cool

Ristube cool story man. I was obsessed with cars to as a kid/young man, still shocked im not a mechanic or somethin car related

Pull in then down for drive. In and up for reverse. Push in for park. Like an odd version of the new Mercedes shifter. One of the regulars at my job is still pushing an early 00s 750, valeting can be fun

Solid move tho

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because it has a lot od cool quirks and features.

A K I still use Yahoo, what's wrong with that ? You follow a trend ? I bet you're a sheep.... otherwise i can't explain your level of low IQ...

A K Nevermind bro, i just see your a kid, a keyboard warrior who drive a 3 milion dollars car in a PC Game :))) That say it all. Cheers

ok

TARIK thats like saying "eat my ass and I'll eat yours".. but yeah I'll do it

Ender King19 😂😂😂😂😂😂

Ender King19 I'll sub

Matt Clare i vote from now on, we all call it the "mate".. mate...

Bet this guy is an aussie

😂

•Undyne• THIS is my wife... let me show you her quirks and features.

I want to Die would like to see that 😂😂

Good comment!! Makes sense!!

You must not have been in any 2 door cars as most are exactly the same ease of entry on both the passenger and driver sides.

So there is only one Solution. Doug has to test this in every car, and we talk again in one year

I always wondered if the windows lowered slightly like that so that it prevented the glass from breaking should you slam the door very hard. You can check out my other lengthy post to get more details about the car.

This

I drove from PA to TN with only "half the V12" in my '91 850i. As much shit as the 8's get about reliability, mine has never left me stranded.

He also didn't mention that "in Europe, all 850CSi's came with four-wheel steering, upgraded and ventilated brakes with floating front discs, rear differential oil cooler, engine oil cooler, two-tone interior, sports seats, and reshaped mirrors. In the United States, the cars instead received that special "BMW Motorsport" writing on the doorhandles."

True about the "two of everything" - but not two oil filters!

the engine bay was fantastic

Yeah I do....😀

Yes. For instance I only watch Smoking Tire while taking a dump in the morning. Doug is relegated to my lunch break video list.

I watch doug's videos when its time to zip down my pants

I like to watch his videos when I'm shitting :^)

I like watching these videos while eating. Lol

Cause he would tear the door panel off, just to get a stray Tic-Tac out of it.

Ikr

i didnt know i didnt like that till now

Maybe because thats the type of guy Doug is.

I strangely understand your ire.

I was surprised when he didn't talk about the 4 wheel steering then I realized it was only available in the European released models only. Amazing quirk that would of been.

European bmws always get the best options, we get the scraps 😂