E91 B3S BiTurbo #114

ali · Post by **ali** » Sat Sep 16, 2017 8:38 pm

Plenty more fish in the sea.
Been out in #108 a fair bit over the past week unusually and just reminds me how good a car it really is.
There really isn't any need to replace as it still is one of the best cars I have ever owned

Broch · Post by **Broch** » Sat Sep 16, 2017 8:56 pm

Another Aberdeenshire car.....................

This car will be joining the B6 on the drive soon

I don't have dogs btw, but since getting rid of the X3, I needed something a little more 'daily driver', especially in the winter. The B6 will be going into semi retirement and kept for nice days only

Onzie

ali · Post by **ali** » Sat Sep 16, 2017 9:03 pm

Broch wrote:Another Aberdeenshire car.....................
This car will be joining the B6 on the drive soon
I don't have dogs btw, but since getting rid of the X3, I needed something a little more 'daily driver', especially in the winter. The B6 will be going into semi retirement and kept for nice days only

Onzie

Well done

hap · Post by **hap** » Sat Sep 16, 2017 9:26 pm

Gone to an enthusiast so that's good
No hard feelings btw you two ☺️

Metrics · Post by **Metrics** » Sat Sep 16, 2017 10:07 pm

I think Aberdeen has the highest concentration of Alpina's in the UK!!

Congrats Broch

164 coupe · Post by **164 coupe** » Sat Sep 16, 2017 10:43 pm

Well done Onzie! Another one to look out for! Whenever you venture into Aberdeen the kettle is always on!

ade and liz flint · Post by **ade and liz flint** » Wed Jul 11, 2018 3:48 pm

hap wrote:I think that the space grey was not an s model
High pressure fuel pump failure

You were correct with this, hap. The space grey E91 B3SBT has received no under-hood work besides routine servicing

hap · Post by **hap** » Wed Jul 11, 2018 8:01 pm

Ahh so u have the s touring then ade ?

ade and liz flint · Post by **ade and liz flint** » Thu Jul 12, 2018 4:38 pm

hap wrote:Ahh so u have the s touring then ade ?

I know the owner well and helped him into it 4 years ago. I'm the sounding board for any queries, so I know all about its history

That puts me at head of the one man queue if it's ever sold.

hap · Post by **hap** » Fri Aug 03, 2018 8:17 pm

So have you now bought this ade going by your signature nowadays?

ade and liz flint · Post by **ade and liz flint** » Sun Aug 05, 2018 2:48 pm

hap wrote:So have you now bought this ade going by your signature nowadays?

Yes. As advised, I was given 1st and only refusal, and as we'd planned around this possibility, it would have been extremely rude not to! I'm a huge fan of the E90/1, so this fitted nicely and as we're in a fleet evolution which must involve getting a good electric or hybrid for Liz in the next few years, we jumped on the chance to add this to the 'interesting: banker' garage alongside the Cayman GTS whilst we save up for the upgrade for Liz.

Most of my mileage is short these days, so the 2 relatively thirsty petrols work for us, with the miles chucked on the Focus for any daily grinding until the coffers are sufficient in a couple of years. As a result, any minor issues (for that's all they are) on the B3s are sorted and its become part of our 'cherished cars' garage, which are unlikely to be sold any time soon

In many ways, the B3S was the only car I could choose with the knowledge it could replace much of the feel good factor of my Macan: the decision to sell this was somewhat ameliorated by the knowledge I could get the B3S as a long-term replacement. The Macan has been easily and by far the best all round car I've ever had the privilege to drive, even on track, and selling it was a tough decision. Luckily, the remaining fleet is rather good.

hap · Post by **hap** » Sun Aug 05, 2018 9:55 pm

Ah that's good then I like these Ã¼ber rare motors
Done updated pics would be good

Broch · Post by **Broch** » Mon Aug 06, 2018 2:59 am

ade and liz flint wrote:
hap wrote:So have you now bought this ade going by your signature nowadays?
Yes.

Congrats Ade.
Does anyone know where #72 is?

Onzie

Philrose · Post by **Philrose** » Mon Aug 06, 2018 10:13 am

Congratulations Ade.

ade and liz flint · Post by **ade and liz flint** » Mon Aug 06, 2018 12:26 pm

Thanks boys. I'll get a few pix up later.

No idea on the silver ones location; sorry.

Mine's getting it's major fault fixed on Thursday: losing the open diff and going quaife. It was my major irritation with #285 back in the day and ruined the drive for me. This time, I'm correcting it and it'll encourage me to keep this car!
As all E9x B3Sbiturbo owners will already be aware, the rear can be a bit skitterish on less than perfect surfaces under hard acceleration, and jumping from one quick (slipped) car to an equally quick unslipped car is going to catch one of us out....I've had too many incidents already with slippy white lines when overtaking someone