As likely the only owner of a BMW 850 that posts here. This is CP. I would offer 15K Tops and only because of the 6 Speed Manual, 163K puts it into how much maintenance has been done and how much deferred maintenance has yet to be paid for. How many owners has this passed thru that said, to expensive to fix. 

15K Tops because of the 6 Speed Manual, 163K puts it into how much maintenance has been done and how much deferred maintenance has yet to be paid for. If it is getting sold by a dealer all of that information is likely not there.

Whenever I see these I always pronounce it “zer-at-ee”. I still do. I’m just a child inside my head and should not be allowed to speak to people out loud.

No. Because once you buy that car, a WHOLE host of other expenses arise:

It looks like the buyer will need to repair the A.C. and the Cowlings.

Here is a dry-desert location mint condition International Harvester Scout.

I bet it will be priced like it is.

I LOVED car talk. I actually cried when Tom died. It was hard to listen to the show after that, but I miss it so much.

This photo is a highlight of my trip to Boston a few years ago.

Prince Herbert: But I don’t like a Buick
King of Swamp Castle: Don’t like a Buick? What’s wrong with a Buick. It’s beautiful, it’s rich, it’s got huge … tracts of vinyl. 

Other drivers said I was daft to park a Buick on a swamp, but I parked it all the same, just to show ‘em. It sank into the swamp. So, I parked a second one. That sank into the swamp. So, I parked a third one. That burned down, fell over, then sank into the swamp, but the fourth…

For years, my TV pitch has been: William Shatner as William Shatner, David Hasselhoff as David Hasselhoff, driving a Ferrari and solving mysteries.

THIS is where you prove your Jalop cred. Reasonable price for an interesting/amusing relic with relatively minor (for an Alfa) issues to deal with.

Volvo bidding war? The Winner Takes it All. 

The only thing that could lead me away from NP is a shot of the dash at idle. If the dash looked like the Griswald House in December, CP. Otherwise.. NP

This is a NP all day. The miles are high obviously but even if the engine grenades itself, if you don’t want to do a rebuild, you could probably part this out and make a profit. These cars are plenty rare and their devotees are obsessed with them - i can guarantee if you parted it out and posted on a clown shoe…

I wanted to like this, and I did. Until we got to the registration issue. And the seller’s inability to keep the registration current has torpedoed it for them. It is these silly things, which I am sure the seller thinks is saving them money, that end up being so counter productive to a sale. Every cent saved like…

I think you will get wildly different answers depending on who you ask. In my opinion, 150k is where the line is drawn. That’s where a car, if it is going to, is going to fall completely to shit. That’s been my experience anyway.

My fondest memory of the Clown Shoe was watching my buddy Dave’s wife grab the wrong end of a to-go bag and dumping roughly six tacos onto the floorboard.

it’s an m52... this is the vintage of bmw that’s actually reliable.

You’re asking Jalops to save you from a terrible car purchase? You might as well draw the cash from your account and get ready for a trip to scenic Warren.