Alpina B10 Bi turbo, this car is haunting me 11/2/15

[bab-91]

He looks very posh

I believe he is a forces type. High up in the Army.

Sandhurst fastracker

Not wearing jeans and trainers he's not!

The officers that go for the gentry look are normally council types aspiring to an image that is a generation out of date. So by that logic, that is the Duke of Somethingsomethingshire.

But Woa, what a car. Lucky guy!

[bss325i]

Sooooo..... after a sad story this now belongs to me.

[kieran325]

Well done! What's the story behind it if you don't mind telling.

[jimbom30cab]

Nice one Barry.

Does it need much doing?

[bss325i]

Will update the thread tonight when I get behind the laptop.

[senna]

I don't own this car anymore and i wasn't driving it about in London on Goswell Road @16:55 on feb the 4th

No, this guy owns it now

He don't look very happy. Has he just realised it's a left hooker?

He should be happy. Is that not the man from the 'Big Bang Theory'?

[pacerpete]

No, this guy owns it now

He don't look very happy. Has he just realised it's a left hooker?

He should be happy. Is that not the man from the 'Big Bang Theory'?

Don't be fooled by the Barbour, it was probably on the strap, like the car !

[jimbom30cab]

It's not a genuine Barbour

[winx]

Lovely footwear though!

[rh306]

Legs seem weirdly short

[Gert_8]

bet he can't even see over the top of the range rover...!

[Kos]

Lovely footwear though!

very ponyesque

[bss325i]

So basically the guy who bought the car from ML hardly used it.

He was in London and it overheated and blew a top hose so he took it to Park Lane BMW and they replaced the hose but did not investigate why it over heated and blew the hose.
He collected the car from them and again, while in London it started to overheat so ended up getting the car recovered back to ML. Upon investigation it was found that the viscous was weak and the engine had been relying on the electric fan to keep the engine cool when stationary but that had packed up hence why the weak viscous was not up to the job of keeping the engine cool. A new genuine BMW electric fan and viscous fan coupling had the cooling performance back to how it should be.

When the car turned up the recovery truck it was noted that there was quite bad kerb damage to both the OS wheels. When the car was raised on the ramp to check the cooling system, the OSF leg dropped away from the car and it was found that the aluminium top mount had snapped!
As the transport company had the car 48h, one can only suspect that some twat took it for a spin and hit both the OS wheels taking out the mount in the process.

So one new top mount and a wheel alignment and it was now driving as it should.

Fast forward 6 months after virtually no response to emails, phone calls etc to the owner prompting him to pay his bill we get a call from the finance company saying they wanted to come a reposes the car as the owner had stopped paying for it!
As there was an outstanding repair and storage bill it was going no where until that was paid.

So to cut a long story short, the finance company wanted a sum of money for the car and the bill had to be paid at ML so i did that after the owner handed over all of the paperwork and history for the car via the finance company.

[jimbom30cab]

What an epic waste of money for that chap !

How very odd.

Anyway, had any thoughts about if to keep it Barry or move it on ?

[bss325i]

Probably sell it.

[jimbom30cab]

Arh well, You'd need to open a showroom soon !

Have a good xmas

[maxfield]

Sounds like you had some dramas buying it Barry, finance company's can usually be a pain to deal with. But I wouldn't of expected someone to buy this car on finance, surely if you're buying a car like this, it with cash you having lying around? Being as its a Sunday car?

Either way it's an epic chariot and I imagine you got it at the right price.

[Simon13]

profiteering off my hard work!

[bss325i]

profiteering off my hard work!

You earnt all right out of it!

Right time right place for me.

[Simon13]

good luck selling it you'll need it

[bss325i]

Fortune favours the brave!

[Simon13]

horah!

[bss325i]

So on thursday the Biturbo went to its new home in sunny Aberdeen!

Happy that its stayed in the country and gone to a fellow enthusiast.

[TPS]

Nice One

[S38B38]

So on thursday the Biturbo went to its new home in sunny Aberdeen!

Happy that its stayed in the country and gone to a fellow enthusiast.

[DanThe]

Looks like this is for sale

https://oldcolonelcars.co.uk/listing/al ... -bi-turbo/

[Gert_8]

Was. What was it up for Dan?

[Brianmoooore]

I think it was £60k.

[Gert_8]

Hmm. Sounds reasonable.
Thanks Brian.

[DanThe]

It was advertised for £30,000

[Brianmoooore]

£29995 then, was it, not £59995? Only had a quick glance at the ad. while it was still live.
I have no difficultly remembering things from 50 years ago, but from last night......

[martauto]

I have no difficultly remembering things from 50 years ago, but from last night......

Please explain this to my wife Brian

Mart.

[DanThe]

£29995 then, was it, not £59995? Only had a quick glance at the ad. while it was still live.
I have no difficultly remembering things from 50 years ago, but from last night......

It was yes, your not the only person to have expected it to be for sale at 60k though!

[flybynite]

Even at £30k.............hmmmm

May be worth hanging on to the 535i Sport a bit longer