Specifications of the 1985 323i
I purchased this car at the very end of last year (1997) and had been searching for it for quite a while - getting excited by a couple of other cars, but knew that this was the one straight away.
It is a late 1985 323i Motor Sport with a hell of a lot of charisma :)
It has travelled 170k and is very original - now
that it is in my hands it will be fastidiously maintained, well I
have to take care of a car which is driven the way I drive it. It
is a 5-speed manual which is a pleasure to drive, and quite
pleasure to be driven in! :)
As you may have noticed
from the interior shot of my car - it's not your average
interior, and I'm not just talking about the impeccable
condition. If you'd bothered to notice the steering wheel and
it's badge, you would have noticed the absence of the BMW roundel
- instead a shining gold JPS badge sits in the centre. JPS, for
all of you out there who have absolutely no idea of what it is
(of which you are the majority - when I first purchased this car
I spent a great deal of time trying to find out more about JPS
cars and came up with absolutely nothing in relation to BMW's. I
had made postings on the BMW newsgroup and did not get one
reply.), stands for John Player Special (and yes that is a brand
of cigarettes). 
More information on what JPS did in racing can be
found here.
Knowing something about JPS model BMW's I was extremely sceptical
about all the JPS badging on the car (as these models came in one
colour - black, with a gold stripe along the sides and a gold JPS
emblem) although, I guess I was hoping that it was an albino
version :). Anyway, as I could get no information off the net, I
decided to contact BMW and see if they could help me. I received
some mail
from them very soon after I inquired and although they confirmed
that my car was not a JPS model, what they had found out brought
me quite a nice surprise.
Listen:
Here is a taste of what my baby sounds like :-
- Starting up
Watch:
Here is a clip of a BMW wagon being test driven in New Zealand,
and being flipped :)
- Clip 1
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if you have any comments or suggestions.
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