Concours - do you enter your Alpina?

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Norrie
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Concours - do you enter your Alpina?

Post by Norrie » Fri Aug 18, 2017 9:34 pm

I am wondering if anyone on here enters a concours competition and if so where?
Also how have you got on? If you don't or would not want to will you share why not?
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Post by PhillV8S » Fri Aug 18, 2017 10:34 pm

I would consider it if I had the free time to commit to the work required, but with a young family I am very limited to having a nice clean and shiny car but no where near concours level.
Even at this level that you have seen Norman I get flak for indulging the car too much from SWMBO!
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Post by simon13 » Fri Aug 18, 2017 10:55 pm

its not for normal people
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Post by Norrie » Sat Aug 19, 2017 12:08 am

What about just the pride of ownership category not to intrusive? I don't consider mine any better than that.
E65 B7 4.4 V8 supercharged No 106 (1 of 11 B7 built for UK)
F22 M235i - everyday driver
E 39 523i sold May 2023
E92 325i - written off by X5 I was not driving!
E92 335D Twin Turbo - sold to Sytner Alpina
E 60 - 525D new - sold to Cooper BMW
E 60 - 530D new - sold at auction
E 39 - 520i new - sold at auction
E 30 - 316i new Touring - sold at auction
Audi A6 2.5 Tdi had 2
Audi Coupe GT 1986 new
Mitsubishi Gallant & Sigma
Honda accord 2.2 coupe
Ford Escort 1.6 worst car in the world

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Post by Metrics » Sat Aug 19, 2017 9:51 am

simon13 wrote:its not for normal people
I agree, and being part of it years ago and never really getting to the required level of obsessiveness on reflection it is a bit bonkers.

But each to their own.
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