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men3cac
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Another newbie.... Another B10 V8 wanted!

Post by men3cac » Mon Nov 09, 2015 10:24 pm

Hello all.

I've been perusing the usual candidates to try and find a B10 V8 as a not-so-sensible family motor!

Not much luck so far, but as they aren't very common I guess I'm in for a bit of a wait. I'd prefer a facelift touring, but seeing as there is only 4 of them I'm open to whatever is going as long as it's been well cared for.

I've done some research, but one thing I'm not sure about is the early 340bhp motor. Is this pre-vanos, and if so is this a good thing or a bad thing on a ~100k car?! I can't imagine I'd notice the 7 bhp even if they were all still there. I'd be interested in hearing from people who've driven both.

Any pointers, either in what to look for or cars coming up for sale, would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers

Craig

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B10 V8 Touring

Post by jamesa » Tue Nov 10, 2015 10:17 am

I may consider again selling my pre-facelift Touring in the near future, includes several facelift options.

See the following link for the history under my ownership so far, car is stored at home in Aberdeen.

Mileage is ~ 153k with all the typical issues attended to i.e. headgaskets, cooling system ...

http://thealpinaregister.com/forums/vie ... sc&start=0

The full option specification can be made available via the BMW Archive vin decoder facility.

PM me for anything further.
Ex. B10 V8 Touring #160 Alpina Blue : Current M2 DCT (OG)

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Post by men3cac » Wed Nov 11, 2015 7:58 pm

Cheers for the advice

James, I think I'll count myself out purely due to the mileage. I'm sure it's absolutely fine, but I can't imagine selling it after I'd put another 20-30k on it would be particularly easy. Thanks for replying though.

I'm not limiting myself purely to tourings BTW. If anyone spots anything interesting give me a shout!

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