Night blue B10 v8s 195 k 10k

[ian burnett]

Hi hap, no not much from more than 2000 views. One guy who lives round the corner from here called by and was put off by the potential running costs. I guess you cannot run these kind of cars on a budget, but it cost pretty much the same as our Toyota RAV 4 for servicing plus odd bits and pieces that need replacing on a 16 year old car plus the ‘std’ water pump, radiator and coolant header tank and alternator, all of which have been changed over my ownership. I’ve probably spent no more than £3k plus the tyres and brakes which you have to buy for any car. I am light on the brakes and got almost 100k miles from the first set of front and rear pads, all disks and pads replaced at 150k ish and always around 20-25k miles from rear tyres and double that for fronts so I replace then on a rears then all 4 cycle and the Goodyear Eagle F1’s on there at the moment cost me £530 for the 4 all in at my local Costco and £280 for the 2 rears a month or so ago, so not outrageous either.
We shall see how it goes, I am not in a hurry to sell and might get keep it but it does seem a shame to drive it only as an occasional car instead of every day, feels like a waste.

[hap]

I'd say keep it do a bit of work get it tip top and if not get it in a classic policy not driving it everyday you will certainly get a buzz driving it once in a while

Mines a daily mundane driving mostly in D but when I come back from holiday it’s great but I also take it out for the odd blast down some country lanes in switchtronic

[ian burnett]

Hap, it’s so tempting buy my wife, of all cars are boxes on wheels persuasion, says we need the space and wants to use the garage for storing bikes and garden stuff!??
I am enjoying driving my E220d Mercedes and averaging over 60 mpg so quite different to the Alp in that respect, but it does not make you feel alive like the Alp does and does not turn any heads at all.
I’ll give it another few weeks and if no more interest, then will spend some time bringing it up to something closer to concours condition and hide it in the garage so my wife thinks it is sold

[hap]

Good plan

[Bob]

Coming soon to The Market:

https://themarket.bonhams.com/en/listin ... b08eab9263

[Bob]

Finished up at £8,455.

[brett]

Would be a good price if bought by an enthusiast, but probably bought by a speculator , let’s wait and see