RE: Spotted: 1990 Alpina B12 750i

[Johnboy Mac]

hornetrider said:

Leptons said:

'FULLRUN' Tyres, nice!

Good spot! That is very disappointing.

Yep, it sure is.

Mind you it's not the first time I've found this dealer to be over priced and have heard of one or two comments about the actual condition of their stock. Photo's are all very well, but a detailed inspection a must at the prices asked, all imo of course.

Edited by Johnboy Mac on Monday 5th September 10:16

[Gad-Westy]

Caulkhead said:

1990 retro?

Am I the only one on here over 25?

Actually, don't answer that.

Ha ha, I sometimes think the same. I'm 'only' 30 but I remember cars like this when they were new. It's hard to think of them as retro or classic but they're all 20+ years old and therefore the ones still going are almost certainly in the hands of enthusiasts.

[Old Gregg]

Johnboy Mac said:

hornetrider said:

Leptons said:

'FULLRUN' Tyres, nice!

Good spot! That is very disappointing.

Yep, it sure is.

Mind you it's not the first time I've found this dealer to be over priced and have heard of one or two comments about the actual condition of their stock. Photo's are very well, but a detailed inspection at must at the prices asked, all imo of course.

I'm sure I've read before that their stock will sometimes boast of new tyres, but they've often fitted cheap chinese crap.

[Johnboy Mac]

Old Gregg said:

I'm sure I've read before that their stock will sometimes boast of new tyres, but they've often fitted cheap chinese crap.

It's that's the case OG, there's only one course of action to take as a potential punter......

[Luca Brasi]

What a lovely machine

[The Flyin Banana]

I would love this but all that money spent and it has Fullruns on it .... at least it will go sideways !

The parking sensors are original, quite bulky looking tho

[SWoll]

Mermaid said:

Robmarriott said:

I'm in love with those seats!

+ 1

Seats in all Alpina cars are so much better than the rest.

+2

First thing I thought also.

Lovely thing, but as mentioned before should definately be < £10K.

[k-ink]

117,000 + £11,995 =

[Escort Si-130]

Well tell them to eff off. Why should you be ashamed to talk about cars with engines bigger than a 2.0. Unless you live in a village surrounded by tree huggers.

g3org3y said:

How long before such cars are made illegal?

Speak to the regular person on the street and mention that you have an engine >2.0 litres and they'll have you down as an oil spilling, seal clubbing, bunny killing environment hater.

[nelly_h]

g3org3y said:

Speak to the regular person on the street and mention that you have an engine >2.0 litres and they'll have you down as an oil spilling, seal clubbing, bunny killing environment hater.

Tell them you need a big powerful car to tow your horse box when you go fox-hunting.

When they realise you need one they should calm down a bit

[Save Ferris]

Imagine if BMW had mass produced this engine......



and if ALPINA had got hold of it!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMW_Goldfish_V16

[E30M3SE]

k-ink said:

117,000 + £11,995 =

Yep..... would explain why they have had that cars 'For Sale' for at least six months, if not longer, iirc.

[mat205125]

The Lister XJS was always a childhood poster favourite of mine, and was the highlight of my childhood visit to the NEC around the end of the 80's .... At that time the "normal" Athena choices like the 959, Countach, or even the F40 were much less "interesting" than the Lister .... This car is scarily affordable!!!

http://www.4starclassics.com/lister-mk111-for-sale...

It was always the LeMans style car that I preferred, with the bonnet which reached flush to the bumper, even though a quick google through the pictures all these years later does make the car look a little dated, and not dissimilar to something that Burt Reynolds and Sally Field might drift around in.

[Johnboy Mac]

Save Ferris said:

Imagine if BMW had mass produced this engine......



and if ALPINA had got hold of it!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMW_Goldfish_V16

Good stuff, never knew that it existed. It must have been a peach of a engine.

[bmthnick1981]

It's a lovely motor no doubt, but as others have pointed out it has been for sale for a long time.

The PH article feels more like an advertising feature for 4 star classics TBH! ;-)

[J4CKO]

350 bhp plus budget tyres and no ESP/TCS (as far as I am aware), could be "lively" in the wet, as nice as it is, 12 grand ? I know its missing the point somewhat but 12 grand would get you a four/five year old 750i.

[Tahiti]

Running cheap tyres makes you question whether it's been run on a budget but I do love a good old 7 series.

[mat205125]

Tahiti said:

Running cheap tyres makes you question whether it's been run on a budget but I do love a good old 7 series.

I hate viewing cars advertised by dealers that will only want to talk about the number of mm tread a tyre has, or maybe the amount of slime they have smeared all over them, in the context of tyres, and seem to go blank if you try to steer the conversation to performance or brand.

[M3John]

Oh now i do like that.

[wackojacko]

Yep very nice indeed, I nearly bought a B11 that was on eBay the other day hesitated and faffed around to long.

I adore literally everything to do with BMW.