Alpina B6S: Reader's Car of the Week
Taking a punt on a 110k-old Alpina is risky business. But for this PHer, it appears to have paid off
The thing about performance cars is they’re often driven rather hard. Yes, they’re designed and built for it, but there’s always a risk a fast machine is only a matter of miles away from the sort of repair bill that causes petrolhead insomnia. It’s for this reason many of us cower at the thought of a hot high-miler before reading the advert description. But in some cases, that means we could be missing out on a fantastic purchase opportunity.
PHer Philv8s seems to be among the campers that have bagged themselves a good’un when taking a punt on a high-mileage performance machine. He purchased a 110,000-mile-old Alpina B6S cabriolet back in January, and now, seven months later, he has avoided financial ruin and maintains that this 530hp supercharged V8-powered Alpina is still a welcome addition to the driveway.
The car's not been without its problems, of course. It recently suffered an intermittent start issue that left no fault codes in the computer and appeared completely random. But Philv8s tracked down the cause to a failing integrated supply module. £70 later he had a new one fitted and…so far so good.
In fact, Philv8s has done such a fine job of looking after his B6S that it’s just won a concours award. So while many of us would have been scared off by the prospect of running a high-end machine of this mileage, this PHer has shown that mileage needn’t be a cause for rejection if the car is right. Well done Phil!
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