The Best ///M/Barge/General Rant/Look at this/O/T (Vol XVII)

[tdm34]

deadslow said:

nice looking E39 M5, 90k, £11k
http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C708121#

That's about fookin perfect, Ruby, Heritage Caramel and Tree, wibble......

[LaurasOtherHalf]

anonymous said:

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Engine is indeed, and (whisper it) as impressive as any GT3 engine I've driven. Size never even occurred to me I've got to admit, though it's a couple of years since I've driven a 996/7 let alone anything air cooled. There's a yellow 991 turboS that occasionally parks at work and it still looks small in the car park against contemporary cars.

[tdm34]

608bhp
800nm
193mph
3.7 0-62mph

Two tonnes?

Yup! a certain Northerner erstwhile of this parish was last seen dissolving into his constituent elements after viewing this.....

http://www.autoblog.com/2016/02/08/2017-bmw-alpina...

[Output Flange]

Prose or it didn't happen.

[L100NYY]

That Alpina 7'er is rather spectacular isn't it

I fancy one of these tonight:

[tdm34]

Output Flange said:

Prose or it didn't happen.

Oh! prose flowed, I can tell you....

[tdm34]

L100NYY said:

That Alpina 7'er is rather spectacular isn't it

I fancy one of these tonight:

There's an air of menace about that, isn't there...

[L100NYY]

tdm34 said:

L100NYY said:

That Alpina 7'er is rather spectacular isn't it

I fancy one of these tonight:

There's an air of menace about that, isn't there...

Although I personally think the E32 pulls that particular trick off to 11

[tdm34]

This looks rather nice as well......

http://www.youngtimercars.co.uk/2015/05/2000-alpin...

[tdm34]

L100NYY said:

tdm34 said:

L100NYY said:

That Alpina 7'er is rather spectacular isn't it

I fancy one of these tonight:

There's an air of menace about that, isn't there...

Although I personally think the E32 pulls that particular trick off to 11

It has a scary rear view mirror visage, doesn't it?

[Gruber]

anonymous said:

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Agreed. Not that I've driven one. But my next door neighbour has one. From a distance it's a nicely proportioned design which almost manages to hide its size... But up close it really is a BIG car.

[Gruber]

tdm34 said:

This looks rather nice as well......

http://www.youngtimercars.co.uk/2015/05/2000-alpin...

Two cylinders too few, shirley?

[L100NYY]

Gruber said:

anonymous said:

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Agreed. Not that I've driven one. But my next door neighbour has one. From a distance it's a nicely proportioned design which almost manages to hide its size... But up close it really is a BIG car.

My neighbour has an Iris Blue 993, looks rather tiny but oh so right too.

[E24man]

L100NYY said:

Although I personally think the E32 pulls that particular trick off to 11

I have to agree...... and a B11 3.5 in a beautiful Alpina Grun has arisen on the Barge thread from the PH Classifieds.

[LaurasOtherHalf]

Gruber said:

anonymous said:

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Agreed. Not that I've driven one. But my next door neighbour has one. From a distance it's a nicely proportioned design which almost manages to hide its size... But up close it really is a BIG car.

According to wiki, it's under 3" longer and 4" wider than the 997.

I don't think it's that BIG

[L100NYY]

E24man said:

L100NYY said:

Although I personally think the E32 pulls that particular trick off to 11

I have to agree...... and a B11 3.5 in a beautiful Alpina Grun has arisen on the Barge thread from the PH Classifieds.

Yep, I spotted that funnily enough

[jeremyc]

tdm34 said:

608bhp
800nm
193mph
3.7 0-62mph

Two tonnes?

Yup! a certain Northerner erstwhile of this parish was last seen dissolving into his constituent elements after viewing this.....

I don't believe you.


He'd never be happy with only 193mph.

[Gruber]

LaurasOtherHalf said:

According to wiki, it's under 3" longer and 4" wider than the 997.

I don't think it's that BIG

Fairy nuff. It just looks big. And it was noticeably longer than my 1 series, much longer than the Defender, and is rather more bloaty than I think a 911 should be. All just IMHO obvs.

And I'm not questioning for one moment that it is an awesome bit of kit. It would certainly feature in my post-Euromillions 10 car garage.

[L100NYY]

Gruber said:

LaurasOtherHalf said:

According to wiki, it's under 3" longer and 4" wider than the 997.

I don't think it's that BIG

Fairy nuff. It just looks big. And it was noticeably longer than my 1 series, much longer than the Defender, and is rather more bloaty than I think a 911 should be. All just IMHO obvs.

And I'm not questioning for one moment that it is an awesome bit of kit. It would certainly feature in my post-Euromillions 10 car garage.

So. Olly22n builds a 996 CSR lite

Grubes builds a 997 CSR lite

Was there someone else involved in this somewhere?

Edited by L100NYY on Thursday 11th February 09:40

[Leins]