I have, in a pretty much roundabout way, found myself looking at an Alpina B10.
I started, for me in a logical place, at the Volvo 850 T5-R - the place of the R is important - the 850 T5 wasn't lowered, and the 850R was not the original. But they are very rare beasts indeed - and would cost around 20000CHF (£9000). I then focussed on an RS2 - again around the 18-25K mark (you do the maths at 2.3CHF to 1GBP).
Then www.autoscout.ch popped up with an Alpina B10 - not 20km from me - for 30000CHF. What is one today?
I have popped over once and picked up the chassis numbers - which a quick called to Sytner or Alpina on Monday will authenticate the car.
However what I want to know is what should I look out for? What could be going wrong? What sounds are bad sounds? Anything in fact that will let me know whether the car is a "good un".
It is Carbon Black sitting on 19" wheels.
Any and all advice is welcomed and needed - this would be my first Alpina.
In the meantime I shall let you laugh at my current beast
I started, for me in a logical place, at the Volvo 850 T5-R - the place of the R is important - the 850 T5 wasn't lowered, and the 850R was not the original. But they are very rare beasts indeed - and would cost around 20000CHF (£9000). I then focussed on an RS2 - again around the 18-25K mark (you do the maths at 2.3CHF to 1GBP).
Then www.autoscout.ch popped up with an Alpina B10 - not 20km from me - for 30000CHF. What is one today?
I have popped over once and picked up the chassis numbers - which a quick called to Sytner or Alpina on Monday will authenticate the car.
However what I want to know is what should I look out for? What could be going wrong? What sounds are bad sounds? Anything in fact that will let me know whether the car is a "good un".
It is Carbon Black sitting on 19" wheels.
Any and all advice is welcomed and needed - this would be my first Alpina.
In the meantime I shall let you laugh at my current beast
