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Post by Big Blue on Apr 15, 2020 19:51:55 GMT
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Post by Martin on Apr 15, 2020 20:49:00 GMT
Very nice indeed. No Surround cameras is a shame, but it’s got the B&W system and everything else I’d want. £80k feels a lot for a 2.5 year old car though, especially when there are a couple of 19 cars at £82-85k. Lower spec, but not exactly HS levels. |
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Post by Bob Sacamano v2.0 on Apr 16, 2020 7:29:28 GMT
Remove the awful stripes and that’s a very good looking car. I’m not seeing an £80k car though, at a push £60k.
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Post by johnc on Apr 16, 2020 7:32:17 GMT
You can get a newer low mileage M5 with surround view and air vented seats for £15K/£20K less than the Alpina |
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Post by Martin on Apr 16, 2020 7:47:31 GMT
You can get a newer low mileage M5 with surround view and air vented seats for £15K/£20K less than the Alpina Yes, my local dealer has a 19 plate for £57,850 which has comfort/premium packs and rear entertainment. That’s great value. |
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Post by Big Blue on Apr 16, 2020 8:11:42 GMT
No wagon M5. Hence B5 tourings retain more than B5 saloons.
I agree with Bob that £60k would be more like it but if I was the seller .....
Alpinas are impossible to value at any age: some nutter just happens to be in the market at the right time or it sits unsold for a year.
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Post by Roadrunner on Apr 16, 2020 8:40:35 GMT
That Alpina is a deeply lovely thing and if I had money to burn it would be on my drive already.
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Post by Andy C on Apr 16, 2020 9:27:15 GMT
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Post by Tim on Apr 16, 2020 9:38:07 GMT
Do they all have beige leather or are other colours available?
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Post by Big Blue on Apr 16, 2020 13:18:09 GMT
Do they all have beige leather or are other colours available? A few black-black with dechrome in Germany. Most Alpina customers are very conservative with spec but you get the odd bright orange with purple interior. |
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Post by Martin on Apr 16, 2020 13:53:04 GMT
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Post by Tim on Apr 16, 2020 14:23:01 GMT
White is nasty.
I'll wait until something better comes along (and I've got a spare £70-80k)
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Post by PG on Apr 16, 2020 18:48:26 GMT
I prefer the black interior. But white exterior? I mean FFS it's an Alpina, not a sales-rep special.
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Post by racingteatray on Apr 16, 2020 19:57:03 GMT
If I could find a B4S coupe or convertible in a colour-combination I liked, and with a sunroof and the leather dash, then I'd be hugely tempted. But often as not they are in remarkably dreary colour schemes for bespoke cars.
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Post by Martin on Apr 16, 2020 20:04:59 GMT
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Post by Tim on Apr 17, 2020 9:31:32 GMT
Christ! Who specced that, Stevie Wonder?
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Post by johnc on Apr 17, 2020 9:36:44 GMT
If I could find a B4S coupe or convertible in a colour-combination I liked, and with a sunroof and the leather dash, then I'd be hugely tempted. But often as not they are in remarkably dreary colour schemes for bespoke cars. I looked at one of those a couple of years ago and couldn't make it work in my head. I think the price was about £55K for a 2 year old car, which made it more expensive and less well equipped than a newer M4 Comp. |
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Post by Big Blue on Apr 21, 2020 14:25:08 GMT
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Post by johnc on Apr 21, 2020 14:32:03 GMT
You forgot the windscreen wiper which can be mesmerizing if you watch the intricacies and brilliance of its movement. Mine was a year younger than that with the 300E-24 engine, leather, the same wheels but the wider AMG version and I still have a huge soft spot for it. Mine had over 130,000 miles on it when I sold it and it never needed anything other than normal servicing items.
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Post by Big Blue on Apr 21, 2020 15:06:33 GMT
My stepfather had three W124s:
a 260E whilst they built...
a 300E in the same spec as the advert apart from being grey
a 320E called that, no 24v badge. In that blue.
Of the three the 300E was the nicest. I spent many kms ferrying it between Gevelsberg and Salernes for trips to what was then the holiday home (and became home). The 320 engine just seemed a bit thrashier. The 320 was replaced by W210 E320 which was noticeably inferior and which still runs round Salernes in the hands on one of my mother’s old friends.
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Post by Roadrunner on Apr 21, 2020 20:55:15 GMT
I never had a 124 although I got close on a couple of occasions. I did have a 190 which was superb. It had an all-round depandability and an unflappable ability to shrug off a journey of any length.
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Post by racingteatray on Apr 22, 2020 10:22:09 GMT
Nah. Needs leather - much easier to clean, which whilst not quite as crucial for a back seat full of (allegedly) grown men as it is for a full load of anklebiters with ribena and chocolate, is nevertheless more important than you'd think. Obviously I had the daddy W124 and I loved it. It was deeply cool and oozed menace. Only two things counted against it: (a) the Oliver Reed thirst for premium unleaded and (b) the expensive servicing bills - due to the interstellar mileage, it used to eat ancillary things like distributors with gay abandon and obviously, being a Merc of that generation, always had two of everything, thereby doubling the cost. |
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Post by michael on Apr 22, 2020 10:28:55 GMT
My neighbour has a coupe (is that a 124 too?) which has seen far better days but it's still a lovely shape. My mother had a convertible in metallic red with tartan seats which I seem to remember being pleasant enough. Didn't Porsche make the E500? I didn't realise this until I saw the Doug DeMuro video on them.
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Post by Martin on Apr 22, 2020 10:33:16 GMT
Nah. Needs leather - much easier to clean, which whilst not quite as crucial for a back seat full of (allegedly) grown men as it is for a full load of anklebiters with ribena and chocolate, is nevertheless more important than you'd think. Obviously I had the daddy W124 and I loved it. It was deeply cool and oozed menace. Only two things counted against it: (a) the Oliver Reed thirst for premium unleaded and (b) the expensive servicing bills - due to the interstellar mileage, it used to eat ancillary things like distributors with gay abandon and obviously, being a Merc of that generation, always had two of everything, thereby doubling the cost. What?!   Water only in the car, maybe dry cheerios occasionally when the kids were young, but that's it. I have a larger than normal urge to do a European Road trip, but it would be in the BMW, not an old Merc. |
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Post by racingteatray on Apr 22, 2020 10:38:30 GMT
My neighbour has a coupe (is that a 124 too?) which has seen far better days but it's still a lovely shape. My mother had a convertible in metallic red with tartan seats which I seem to remember being pleasant enough. Didn't Porsche make the E500? I didn't realise this until I saw the Doug DeMuro video on them. It is also a W124, along with the convertible. A 300-24v CE convertible in Smoke Silver with black leather would be a fine thing. I have a model of one in that very colour scheme. Yes Porsche made the E500, along with the RS2. It has essentially the engine and suspension from the contemporary R129 500SL. Beautifully built - no-one ever believed mine had done over 300k kms. Bodywork and interior still looked pristine. |
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Post by PG on Apr 22, 2020 12:51:51 GMT
Nah. Needs leather - much easier to clean, which whilst not quite as crucial for a back seat full of (allegedly) grown men as it is for a full load of anklebiters with ribena and chocolate, is nevertheless more important than you'd think. Obviously I had the daddy W124 and I loved it. It was deeply cool and oozed menace. Only two things counted against it: (a) the Oliver Reed thirst for premium unleaded and (b) the expensive servicing bills - due to the interstellar mileage, it used to eat ancillary things like distributors with gay abandon and obviously, being a Merc of that generation, always had two of everything, thereby doubling the cost. It was all so beautifully understated. A skill that Merc lost some time ago. |
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Post by racingteatray on Apr 22, 2020 17:58:47 GMT
For old time’s sake:   |
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Post by Tim on Apr 27, 2020 16:56:10 GMT
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Post by racingteatray on Apr 27, 2020 17:24:39 GMT
That's very well-priced. Always been my mother's dream car (hope that doesn't put you off).
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Post by Deleted on Apr 27, 2020 19:34:51 GMT
If I can recall my tv trivia, that is the full Dallas special is it not?
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