Having dirty thoughts about Alpina's

Mon Sep 22, 2008 5:19 pm

£13,500 for my C2 2.7 cabriolet about 3 and a half years ago. Worth the money, total beast, the single exhaust on it is beastly!

Mon Sep 22, 2008 7:11 pm

BMWAlpinaC2 wrote:£13,500 for my C2 2.7 cabriolet about 3 and a half years ago. Worth the money, total beast, the single exhaust on it is beastly!

What colour is it?

Mon Sep 22, 2008 7:28 pm

avus blue it's the one which started off alpine white and had a full respray at Hexagon (Reading, now coopers?) in 2002/3 time iirc

WLN sold it a few years back

Mon Sep 22, 2008 8:45 pm

Si I was trying to get hold of you yesterday but you were too busy drag racing lol.

I am going to go for it I got the cash behind me to buy it and if anything goes worng get it fixed. I emailed the owner again saying I want to take a look at it , hopping to grab a zoner who knows their Alpina well ;) so just give me a ya or nai for the thing. I recon I could porlly push for about £3800 leaving me £1200 for aanythign nasty to happen.

Mon Sep 22, 2008 9:15 pm

Get a zoner who knows what they are looking at to come with you, it could save you a lot of money if it turns out to be a turd.

Mon Sep 22, 2008 9:29 pm

I am hoping it just a case of checking for normal sighns of any E30. I am gussing a 2.7 ona close ratio box is going to be bloody rapid. I want to get the cab put away now and I just want something that not goign to be damp and cold during the autum and winter.

Mon Sep 22, 2008 11:47 pm

Felix79 wrote:Si I was trying to get hold of you yesterday but you were too busy drag racing lol.

I am going to go for it I got the cash behind me to buy it and if anything goes worng get it fixed. I emailed the owner again saying I want to take a look at it , hopping to grab a zoner who knows their Alpina well ;) so just give me a ya or nai for the thing. I recon I could porlly push for about £3800 leaving me £1200 for aanythign nasty to happen.

To set aside a budget for work is a wise idea as we are talking about 20yr cars here that will regularly need work and will costantly have areas that can be improved unless its completely striped and rebuilt.
The biggest killer of E30's now is rust so as this is also one of the most expensive things to put right to a good standard it should be paramount when inspecting any E30 for purchase with as thorough inspection as possible. If you are unsure about anything then take someone who knows what they are looking at.

Going on the F reg one as it is based on a sport the tech 2 kit it will possibly be hiding something.

The roof and sun roof tray are important areas that expensive to repair and often forgoten when inspecting a potential purchase.

Tue Sep 23, 2008 1:09 am

I pm'd the Alpina guru about a few Alpina things. Just got to get a viewing date and then bribe a zoner with a case of ale to come and take a look with me

Tue Sep 23, 2008 8:51 am

Good luck with the Alpina hunting!!

Tue Sep 23, 2008 11:31 am

bss325i wrote:
Felix79 wrote:Si I was trying to get hold of you yesterday but you were too busy drag racing lol.

I am going to go for it I got the cash behind me to buy it and if anything goes worng get it fixed. I emailed the owner again saying I want to take a look at it , hopping to grab a zoner who knows their Alpina well ;) so just give me a ya or nai for the thing. I recon I could porlly push for about £3800 leaving me £1200 for aanythign nasty to happen.
To set aside a budget for work is a wise idea as we are talking about 20yr cars here that will regularly need work and will costantly have areas that can be improved unless its completely striped and rebuilt.
The biggest killer of E30's now is rust so as this is also one of the most expensive things to put right to a good standard it should be paramount when inspecting any E30 for purchase with as thorough inspection as possible. If you are unsure about anything then take someone who knows what they are looking at.

Going on the F reg one as it is based on a sport the tech 2 kit it will possibly be hiding something.

The roof and sun roof tray are important areas that expensive to repair and often forgoten when inspecting a potential purchase.

My Cabs already had a large lump of money spent on it making it right. If I do get this alpina it will be my 4th e30 in 7 years and so far my cabs been the only one to cause me trouble.

Tue Sep 23, 2008 12:34 pm

I've just seen this on ebay.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1987-BMW-325-I-SP ... otohosting

Tue Sep 23, 2008 12:41 pm

I think this car has been on ebay quite a few times now and it gets more expensive and tarted up each time

Tue Sep 23, 2008 12:53 pm

There is 2 C2 2.7's the one in Swindon and then this one ( alot closer to me ) The Swindon one seems to have alot of bidding going on for it and I not going to risk blind bidding on ebay ever again after the troubles caused by my cabby.

I have noticed a zoners got a C2 2.5 for sale which I know is made from the 323i's. Bar the performance is there any real differences between the 2?

Tue Sep 23, 2008 6:37 pm

Felix79 wrote:I've just seen this on ebay.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1987-BMW-325-I-SP ... otohosting

Stay away from it!

http://www.e30zone.net/modules.php?name ... 52#1212852

Tue Sep 23, 2008 7:39 pm

The one on ebay, I think it's the same one on the internet a couple of months ago, when parked in a driveway?
If it is, I know the seller, hillingdon motor company right? One of my family freinds, same person where i bought my audi from, the audi is perfect.... As the for add, BSS325 is right, STAY AWAY. Notice on one add, the older the mileage is stated as 61063, and the second add it is 161063, something dodgy or has he racked up 100k miles in the space of a year??!! As for when buying an Alpina, you have to pay good money for a good car.

Simon13, how much did WLN sell my C2 cab for to the owner before me, do you remember how much the add on WLN was for by any chance?

Tue Sep 23, 2008 7:42 pm

it wasn't anywhere near 13.5k! thats forsure, i might have an old bm copy with it in forsale i'll have to look

Tue Sep 23, 2008 8:04 pm

BMWAlpinaC2 wrote:The one on ebay, I think it's the same one on the internet a couple of months ago, when parked in a driveway?
If it is, I know the seller, hillingdon motor company right? One of my family freinds, same person where i bought my audi from, the audi is perfect.... As the for add, BSS325 is right, STAY AWAY. Notice on one add, the older the mileage is stated as 61063, and the second add it is 161063, something dodgy or has he racked up 100k miles in the space of a year??!! As for when buying an Alpina, you have to pay good money for a good car.

Simon13, how much did WLN sell my C2 cab for to the owner before me, do you remember how much the add on WLN was for by any chance?

Yes it was up for sale a couple of months ago with pics of it on someones drive way. It was also for sale at Hillingdon on their forcourt last year.

This must be you car then,

http://www.thealpinaregister.com/C2/2.7/convertible/149