B3 3.2 Touring its suddenly getting old

Tue Jul 12, 2011 9:08 pm

You did the right thing - 2k is plenty in my eyes.

Typical dealer - his phone is red hot about the car so he thinks its worth a fortune........

Tue Jul 12, 2011 9:49 pm

Simon13 wrote:
It had ASC and an open diff is this right?

wouldn't surprise me if he rang or text in a week or 2 saying do i still want it.

And you will!

Yes, ASC is right. I've a feeling the 3.0 had an LSD, but the 3.2 had ASC+T.

Tue Jul 12, 2011 9:54 pm

i think its only really £1600-1800 as it is, total history lots of big receipts although most of it was munich legends stuff.

It had in 2006 the whole car painted bar the roof, with a brand new tailgate and front spoiler for £3500. service book is there confirming its pinaness but it got a load of advisories on the MOT which i noticed when looking underneath. Brake and fuel lines, plus hoses, discs are hammered all round and the pads are low, it needs a 02 sensor plus the engine.

The A/C wouldn't work and i couldn't see the compressor kicking in or the helper fan. The heated seats didn't work and i thought theres ££££ to spend to sort this car with all your time too for a 190,000 alpina that this guy thinks is a cream pie because the interior is nice and its shiney!

Tue Jul 12, 2011 10:57 pm

Jeez, sounds more like a £1500 car!

Forget it Si, sounds like more ag than its worth!

Tue Jul 12, 2011 11:02 pm

Sounds like a right turd!

Tue Jul 12, 2011 11:53 pm

I think this one is not worth the hassle.

Shame though

Wed Jul 13, 2011 12:02 am

None of it is truely sad news..

O2 sensor.. £44 I believe for OEM one, from my local Motorfactors (if they use M52 ones..)

Air-con - none work, could be an easy fix, if not, don't cry about it.

Discs and pads std 328i?

I still think she is worth saving as an epic daily chariot!

Wed Jul 13, 2011 6:21 am

You have to be careful here. For the car to be worth any money in the future due to it's rareness, everything has to work and it needs to be spot on.

If you buy it, you need to factor the above in. And at the end of the day, it's still done 190k. That alone says to me it'll never be worth top money.

Therefore you are at risk of buying it at a premium because it is what it is, and then blowing a fortune to put it right, only to still end up with a leggy example. If you buy it and then only do the basics to get a daily runner, it's worth even less.

And we've all seen how much Aplina spec head gaskets are alone!!!

It'd have to be really cheap to make it worthwhile. And if he's wanting +£2k, the chances are it'll be a long time before it's cheap enough to consider IMO.

Wed Jul 13, 2011 9:05 am

Isn't Si's 'Pina quite leggy.....?

Wed Jul 13, 2011 10:19 pm

yup sure is bit less miles than this one though

Wed Jul 13, 2011 10:23 pm

I loved the touring Si. Ok i loved it on the inside, as i felt like poo.

Used and abused looked great against all the polished turd's on Sunday.

Especially Barry's replica with a dyno graph from the manifold. Who makes it?

Wed Jul 13, 2011 11:31 pm

Simon13 wrote:yup sure is bit less miles than this one though

Condition is the most important factor though.. 15yrs old with 100k and nothing replaced,

or same but 180k and nearly everything replaced?!

No dig intended at your 'Pina btw Si, just surprised on the hang-up over miles one this one.

Wed Jul 13, 2011 11:37 pm

i'm not too hung up on the milege but he wants too much money for it.

The e30 wagon was a going concern, i think i changed the passenger front wheel bearing, rear top mounts and the oil and we drove it for 6 months as was and it did a 14.9 up santa pod. This thing couldn't do 14.9 minute 1/4 miles and has more oil in the header tank than the sump and he wants just too much for it.

Wed Jul 13, 2011 11:42 pm

Oh yeah, for sure he is deluded as to how much dollar it'll make!

Hopefully it will be saved by someone..

Fri Jul 22, 2011 1:42 pm

Si, i know a bit about this car and could find out the full story on it, my mate knows the trader and i know who had the head off the engine...... txt or call me if you want to know more.

Sun Jul 24, 2011 6:36 pm

the plot thickens!

Sun Jul 24, 2011 7:25 pm

Sun Jul 24, 2011 7:28 pm

Bean's, spill?!

Sun Jul 24, 2011 11:14 pm

Boybimmers mate Mark who we both know was the guy who was roped in to fixing this and knows the trader quite well. Might see if he can talk this guy out of dreamland and that selling it off cheaper rather than being buried in it is a wise idea!

Apparantly he wanted £6500 for it when it was a going concern!

Mon Jul 25, 2011 12:11 am

who is Boybimmers Si ?

Mon Jul 25, 2011 8:21 am

Main dealer senior tech bert

trained on e30s did our boybimmer!

Mon Sep 26, 2011 6:07 pm

I've had a call on this, he's still got the car and he will accept my original offer! very tempted again by it tbh

Mon Sep 26, 2011 6:09 pm

Go on Si go for it!

Mon Sep 26, 2011 6:29 pm

He's f*cking desperate mate. Tear his arm off!

Mon Sep 26, 2011 7:35 pm

i'm still hard for it, but the C2 wagon will have to go along with my e36. Get sensible kind of.

He's become a client of my bro in law as he was looking for a new accountant! They got chatting second time i looked. So when Rob went for a meeting first thing he said tell your bro in law (me) he can come and get it for 2 as i need it gone now.

Mon Sep 26, 2011 7:43 pm

Snap it up!

Mon Sep 26, 2011 7:44 pm

I think it's still too much money, but obviously, I haven't seen it.

Mon Sep 26, 2011 8:36 pm

Well heres what it looks like seeing as no one else i think has seen it really,

Mon Sep 26, 2011 8:41 pm

That's a very nice chariot is that!!!

Very

It's peanuts too! Buy it

Mon Sep 26, 2011 10:01 pm

Even in Boston that's lovely. Leather goes a treat with it.

Tue Sep 27, 2011 9:43 am

Get it bought. What a lovely daily - drop the engine and box from the silver streak in whilst you spend 3 years rebuilding the 3.2.

Tue Sep 27, 2011 4:45 pm

Agreed get it bought but don't FFS sell the C2. Sell the 328 but PLEASE don't sell the C2!

Tue Sep 27, 2011 5:01 pm

Very nice, what are these worth in good nick?? 2 grand sounds alot for a ropey car but then again you simply dont see these, even when new you hardly ever saw alpina tourings.

Tue Sep 27, 2011 5:54 pm

That is a smart looking chariot, always liked the E36 touring.

Tue Sep 27, 2011 6:01 pm

the e36 normally gets slated on here. its amazing the difference a couple of shiny trinkets makes.