Originally Posted By Peter J
The new Plus 8 is, in the opinion of many, the Mog they would have if they could afford it.....

Why? So they can have bragging rights about owning a car that has more power than they can legally use?


I love the V8 sound and think it is a shame that a small, modern, V8 engine, say 3.5 litre, is no longer available.

I understand the desire to own a car that has a certain level of equipment, options, luxury, etc but I have never understood the desire to own a road car that can get you from zero to real trouble in the blink of an eye.

To my mind the trad up to about 200 hp with good midrange torque makes sense. The Aero range up to about 300 hp makes sense. You can see that I think the V6 Roadster should be on the Aero platform. Anything beyond that is starting to get into the realm of unusable. Let's face it the BMW V8 was designed for a car with nearly twice the weight of a Plus 8 and fitted with all sorts of driver "aids".

That is just my opinion oldgit

Peter

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