16" Alpinas. Optional extra or not?

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john325tewerin
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Post Sun Jul 02, 2006 8:48 pm

Hi.
For the whole of the last year, my car insurance has regarded my genuine alps as "non-standard" and therefore I had to pay an extra £35 to insure them.
Now it's time for my renewal and I was just clarifying my details with them, inparticularly the alps and the extra premium. They said if the wheels were an optional extra at the time of sale then there would not be any extra premium to pay and I could even have a refund for the last year's overpayment.
So, my question is, does anybody know (or care to guess) what the official word is from a BMW perspective. Were the 16" Alpinas an optional extra or was that just the BBS baskets?
Thanks.
John. :D
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Richy325iTouring
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Post Sun Jul 02, 2006 9:10 pm

As far as im aware they were
i could be wrong so dont quote me on that
but privilege never gave me any probs when i had them on my touring
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Post Sun Jul 02, 2006 9:14 pm

they were if u had the money the car would come with them from new
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Post Mon Jul 03, 2006 9:12 am

depends what you want though....I'd rather have them specified for what they are and valued - as the insurance view on it will be different from what you could sell them for (if in good nick you might want insurance of between £800-£1000 for just the wheels)
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