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Piston Heads -BMW M340d vs. Alpina B3 vs. Birds 340i Touring
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Re: Piston Heads -BMW M340d vs. Alpina B3 vs. Birds 340i Touring
Cheers for the heads up - that sounds like a great triple test. Very interested to see how the Birds set up compares with Alpina as they are highly regarded.
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Re: Piston Heads -BMW M340d vs. Alpina B3 vs. Birds 340i Touring
The Birds set up is excellent - I had an M140i which I specified with adaptative dampers. It was rubbish so I had the Birds springs and dampers fitted and it transformed the ride and handling. Fantastic! Wish ALPINA made a B1....
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Re: Piston Heads -BMW M340d vs. Alpina B3 vs. Birds 340i Touring
I have an M240i and away from a larger forum where this view would upset some people, I can say I agree with you the stock suspension is crap (mine is adaptive too). The car is still likeable because when it's dry and warm the thing is fast, it's a decent cruiser and an OK second family daily (at least when I only had one parasite, err I mean child). Having driven it, the new B3 - and I'm sure your B5 - are compelling because they manage to combine a smooth ride with precise handling and control i.e. they can do everything well dynamically.Lizard Lounger wrote: ↑Mon Nov 30, 2020 11:50 amThe Birds set up is excellent - I had an M140i which I specified with adaptative dampers. It was rubbish so I had the Birds springs and dampers fitted and it transformed the ride and handling. Fantastic! Wish ALPINA made a B1....
I saw an interview with Andreas Bovensiepen recently, though can't remember where, where he said that Alpina had briefly considered making a B2 (though not a B1) but that ultimately they felt the BMW solution (M2 Comp) was a much better car than they could manage without having to make it at such a prohibitively high cost as to make it a pointless exercise.
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Re: Piston Heads -BMW M340d vs. Alpina B3 vs. Birds 340i Touring
Hopefully the new Alpina D3 S Touring will sit somewhere between the M340d ("Its faults are negligible") and the B3 ("a palpable genius about the car").
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Re: Piston Heads -BMW M340d vs. Alpina B3 vs. Birds 340i Touring
I'm sure it will, will be a fab machinechurchie386 wrote: ↑Tue Dec 01, 2020 2:00 amHopefully the new Alpina D3 S Touring will sit somewhere between the M340d ("Its faults are negligible") and the B3 ("a palpable genius about the car").
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