Translation please Simonsimon13 wrote:the guy who runs Bramley is caked
It drives very nicely and has a great specification, but is still overpriced
A quick google search for "caked" reveals a variety of alternative urban definitions but I think the one Simon is going with is someone who is extremely wealthy - or at least I hope that's the oneB10BRW wrote:Translation please Simonsimon13 wrote:the guy who runs Bramley is caked
It drives very nicely and has a great specification, but is still overpriced
I have heard of "Minted", perhaps it's Mint cakeCharles wrote:A quick google search for "caked" reveals a variety of alternative urban definitions but I think the one Simon is going with is someone who is extremely wealthy - or at least I hope that's the oneB10BRW wrote:Translation please Simonsimon13 wrote:the guy who runs Bramley is caked
It drives very nicely and has a great specification, but is still overpriced
Wealthy: yes. Regularly orders new ALPINA and uses them as own wheels and lists them for sale, usually at a small profit, whilst they use them. Once bored, move on and they remain for sale. Watch the stock and Facebook stuff and you get an idea. They do similar with other marques, particularly GT spec Porsche.simon13 wrote:the guy who runs bramley is caked so i hear on the grapevine and he ordered specced said green wagon thats forsale there,
Yes, the G20 spec is under development. Saw some mule shots a short while agoRufRt12 wrote: I can only assume that Alpina have already got their hands on the G20 with a view to making it 'better'?
it would seem that both yourself and my wife are in agreement that coughing up £75,000 for an outgoing model is an act of lunacy no matter how many times I stop off to lick the windows at my local dealership
I guess that was a typo, as that pipeline would be messy!Halscot wrote: I think the criticism of Sytner a bit harsh - they need to make money like all of us - and they keep the alpha pipeline going for all of us down the line.
Bramley pricing is always on the optimistic end of the spectrum.RufRt12 wrote:What would you suppose is the reason for the Bramely's car going unloved for so long? I don't think the price is unreasonable although the cream interior doesn't quite hit the spot for me. Plus the fact that it's not a more potent S model would play on the back of my mind as I drove along.CaesarBob wrote:B3 BiTurbo #152 looks like the only real benchmark, and it's been around of a while at £60k
Couldn’t have put it better myself. They’re also muppets. Imagine forgetting to renew your type approval so that every car now has to go through SVA....ade and liz flint wrote:I guess that was a typo, as that pipeline would be messy!Halscot wrote: I think the criticism of Sytner a bit harsh - they need to make money like all of us - and they keep the alpha pipeline going for all of us down the line.
You haven't been dealing with them as long as some of us They're under-offering trade numbers on their own top end brand. They insult regular customers who have bought double figure ALPINA and other cars from them with incredibly low valuations after selling them with a 'we'll look after you' kinda comment.
Their mark ups on the trade valuations they give are ludicrous: they're not even 'splitting the deal' on replacement purchases! The vehicle preparation pre-sale is woeful, and they rely on the AUC warranty to sort any issues post handover, ie they spend minimum to forecourt at vastly inflated prices over trade in.
Under-support for the brand, hence their weak prices in the UK compared to elsewhere in the world.
Imagine too that they had a discussion with VOSA about VIN numbers and didn't get the dual VIN situation past them? Guess which lucky muppet took his B3Sbiturbo for its annual mot shortly after VOSA's new edict came into force and guess which muppet had his car failed on the VIN situation? I was shown the very clear VOSA mot instructions recently issued regarding said dual VIN situation.Dans wrote:Couldn’t have put it better myself. They’re also muppets. Imagine forgetting to renew your type approval so that every car now has to go through SVA....