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

[Cheburator mk2]

ferrisbueller said:

Not keen on the wheels and boot spoiler but like the idea of a lazy 3.4 in the Z.

The thing is - it is anything but lazy. Had a number of passenger laps in a Z4 Alpina R at Abbeville many moons ago. The engine was yet again the clear star of the show. Hard grunt from low down and excellent fireworks up top. Easily on par with the S54...

[Seek]

NickCQ said:

If only they did a petrol version of the current 3 series touring!

They do

[sam303]

Cheburator mk2 said:

The thing is - it is anything but lazy. Had a number of passenger laps in a Z4 Alpina R at Abbeville many moons ago. The engine was yet again the clear star of the show. Hard grunt from low down and excellent fireworks up top. Easily on par with the S54...

I'll second that. I had an Alpina B3S with the 3.4 straight six and it was an absolute cracker of an engine. The standard 231hp 3.0 BMW engine is nice enough but the 3.4 Alpina has this top-end zing and a beautiful snarl that took it into another world altogether. And 305hp+ was 'adequate'

[L100NYY]

Bella.

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I also still really want one of these but no decent ones for sale;



nb: No Inbetweeners jokes svp.

[ferrisbueller]

sam303 said:

Cheburator mk2 said:

The thing is - it is anything but lazy. Had a number of passenger laps in a Z4 Alpina R at Abbeville many moons ago. The engine was yet again the clear star of the show. Hard grunt from low down and excellent fireworks up top. Easily on par with the S54...

I'll second that. I had an Alpina B3S with the 3.4 straight six and it was an absolute cracker of an engine. The standard 231hp 3.0 BMW engine is nice enough but the 3.4 Alpina has this top-end zing and a beautiful snarl that took it into another world altogether. And 305hp+ was 'adequate'

Interesting. I've not had the chance to try it but had assumed it would be lazy, leggy and coupled to a slusher. Will have to poke around for some info.

[Philv8s]

The Alpina Z roadsters are all manuals so no slush box worries for you.

[ferrisbueller]

dumab said:

ferrisbueller said:

Interesting. I've not had the chance to try it but had assumed it would be lazy, leggy and coupled to a slusher. Will have to poke around for some info.

There's a green one floating around town with the multi spoke 5 spokes (iyswim)

Seen a kinda aqua blue one. I've never really looked into them as I think the body addenda detract from the basic looks. And the wheels aren't my cuppa. And they're pretty pricey vs a boggo 3.0

Other than that. I'm all over it.

[ATM]

L100NYY said:

I also still really want one of these but no decent ones for sale;

What are you talking about?

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C897140

[illmonkey]

Maybe he wants 'bus wker yellow'?

[ATM]

I did about 140,000 miles in N805 CHL which was a basic S in blue with the 900 cc engine and no abs, PAS or anything. I put 3 clutches in it and 2 head gaskets.

[L100NYY]

That's odd, that black one didn't come up on my search last night although I do remember seeing it on candc a couple of weeks ago.

I remember the pictures.......odd that one of the shortest cars on the road and yet the vendor still can't get all of the car into frame!

I used to sell them new and absolutely loved the weee roller skates. Yellow is my favourite colour but yes the bus wker comments may get a tad tiring after a while. Imola Blue was a cool colour as was the black as they both had the orange striping (as did the grey but they are a tad 'dull' imo).

[ATM]

He mentions sunroof in his ad. Were they standard on the sporting and would it be a serious risk on a 20 year old Fiat?

[L100NYY]

ATM said:

He mentions sunroof in his ad. Were they standard on the sporting and would it be a serious risk on a 20 year old Fiat?

They were standard yes. Just a normal pop-up roof so not something I would be worried about personally.

They were well spec'd cars for their time....

Alloy wheels
Central locking
Immobilser
Sunroof
CD player
Electric windows
Leather steering wheel & gearknob
Later cars (and all Seicento Sportings) had power steering

[ATM]

anonymous said:

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This

And if you're going to run a 2nd / little city car type then there are other options like clio 172 or mini or well lots and all are only 1000 or 2000 more to buy and then running costs largely the same as its mainly insurance and tax.

[Leins]

I've always fancied one of these, although a bit more than rot-box prices: http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C852787

[L100NYY]

We had a Panda as run-around/general dogsbody car and it simply refused to die. Didn't matter how it was driven, don't think it was ever serviced and yet it would just keep going and was surprisingly good fun to throw about.......did smell a bit fruity though.

[L100NYY]

That's very similar to our old runaround but it was blue (ish).

[L100NYY]

Certainly clean isn't it.

If only there was a Cinq Sporting out there in similar condition. Or a Seicento Sporting Abarth. Had a three or four of those and they were again brilliant fun, loved my red Schuey Edition


Yes, I know this is yellow

[L100NYY]

Nnnnnggghhhh........

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[ATM]

anonymous said:

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No discussion about the panda is complete without a pic of the spare wheel placement. Yes I had one before I upgraded to the cinq. I had a 1000S which had real seats front AND back. I think I read that the piece of material folded rear seat was meant to also form into a bed - or something like that. Ah ha i found the bed config too...