Alpina Roadster S - Buying Advice.

[EnthusiastOwned]

Hello All,

I'm looking at buying my first Alpina and I have the opportunity of a 2004 Roadster S Lux.

What I know about the car so far:
-83,000 miles
-9 Months MOT
-Black with Red Leather
-Lux Pack
-Sat Nav map has recently been updated at BMW
-Bluetooth apparently requires an update as it won't work with new generation phones
-4 recent tyres (Michelin I believe)
-Wheels were refurbished 4 years ago but starting to go around the valve area, again
- Had recent clutch and flywheel (less than a year ago)
- recent shocks and springs
- head has been rebuilt recently due to a stem seal going so no worries about the dreaded headgasket issue
- Remapped
-current owner is fanatical and has had this 6 years, previously had a mag featured B3 as far as I'm aware.

He want's £11,000.

I'm unsure of the reg number (it has a private reg) or build number at the moment but I will try to find these out. I'd like to do my research on the car where available.

My concerns are:
- Mileage, I know these cars are relatively bullet proof but ideally I was wanting one with 40-60k. I know to buy cars on condition rather than mileage but could this effect re-sale and is there anything particular to look out for with this mileage as this seems to be the higher end of what I've seen for sale.

-Remap, Apparently this was done for smoothness and economy and there wasn't much of a power increase. I don;t know why one of these would need a remap in the first place?

What else should I be asking about or looking for and what are your thoughts so far?

Any help you guys can give me would be greatly appreciated. This is my first serious car purchase so I'm naturally a little nervous.

[Leins]

If you haven't already, it'll be worth checking out the Alpina Register. The car/owner may be known on there