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This is back on Marketplace today. Price dropped to £7k but with similar mileage and price tag, I can't see why you won't look seriously at V8/1 #044, even with it's more sombre colour scheme. B10 V8 - F4 [E39] #704 ; 362 - Sienna Red II/N9LW - Lotus White Nappa w Red Piping Leather & Red Carpet; 20...

48hrs to run on the current auction and it's only made it to £7.9k against the guide of £15-18k

B3 3.2 COUPE [E36 LCI] #047; 297 - Montreal Blue/P7TH - Light Grey Montana w Blue Piping Leather w Blue Carpet; 1997_P; £7.9k; 103k; eAuction

Avtar wrote: ↑

Tue Mar 02, 2021 4:37 pm

I still have not replaced my B3 and a B5 was my ideal next step, this one looks lovely but that history and refurbished turbos concern me? Also no HK audio!

Speak to Barry, apparently he (BMR) did a lot of the recent work on this.

BarryM wrote: ↑

Tue Mar 02, 2021 2:42 pm

Can't help with the spec of a B3 battery Rav but Tim on Meeknet has a pretty good process here to check for parasitic drain: https://www.meeknet.co.uk/e38/E38_Battery_Drain.htm

Very useful link, thanks Barry

It's V8/1 #044 Barry, so about the 4th UK LCI car

Suspiciously cheap or a realistic seller

This one is back on the market, up with Uber GT. Sounds like it has had a lot of fettling in the last 8mths, looks pretty sharp.

B5 BITURBO [F10] #021; FE60-51G6 - ALPINA Blue II/NACX - Oyster Nappa w Black Leather; 2010_60; £27.0k; 45k; Trade

Someone's going to have fun tracking down that water leak and sorting all those "little" jobs. :shock: I've seen several F 3 series convertibles (BMW not ALPINA - not that it makes a difference) where the lower drain holes have become blocked and the rear quarter panels fill up with water. Above a ...

Congrats, anyone we know?

Someone's going to have fun tracking down that water leak and sorting all those "little" jobs.

FYI - this definitely doesn't have Merino leather either although Sytner keep advertising it as such.

Personally Rav, I think it will be a long time until these are actually selling at this sort of price point. I'd love to think #062 is worth this sort of money but in reality ... mid teens feels more realistic when they have all the correct parts and condition is spot on. E46 B3S #237 didn't find a ...

Yad3100 wrote: ↑

Mon Mar 01, 2021 12:58 pm

Is that awful additional gauge cluster an alpina option?

Yep, it was standard fit on the Switch-tronic cars as it has a gear display as well as oil pressure/temp and diff temp.

Last one I saw on eBay.de went for over €1.5k

Beautiful

"seems to go up in value" Not an expert on the car prices, but I thought it seemed rather steep. Just me or would others agree? Not that I would be disgrunteld if the owner did sell at that price. I'd be very happy with the value of my B3 saloon of the same same year :-) This was sold by Barry (own...

Another 3.2 for sale, this time one of the saloons. Originally there were supposed to be 4 UK cars but I've only ever seen 3 of them and one of those is now in New Zealand. I'd say it's priced very high, especially without OE suspension or front splitter, but I guess the upcoming auctions for the Co...