Service today and sailed through the MOT, and after 14,000 miles these 13 months.
Loving it!
Criticism: my drivers floor mat occasionally wanders.
Irritation: despite trying my hardest to park away from others I am picking up those annoying little scratches from the inconsiderate and unwashed.
Resolution: given the stone chips I am picking up and those little irritations I have resolved in two/three years time to have the car fully resprayed. And then I can get irritated again. Rinse and repeat.
Positives: not a bad daily(ish) driver. Does the weekly shop. But the B6 really comes into its own on the long distance drives. This past week or so, with the top down, fantastic.
Disks and spark plugs due a change in perhaps six months. One of the rear shocks has the tell tale mist, otherwise in very fine order.
B6 13 months on
Re: B6 13 months on
Don't buy your plugs from BMW they are a pretty std NGK plug PFR 7B, about £6-8 each from Factors or ebay, or a whopping £168.99 plus VAT from Sytners via Alpina PN 12 10 044.MichaelC wrote:Disks and spark plugs due a change in perhaps six months. One of the rear shocks has the tell tale mist, otherwise in very fine order.
I agree with your sentiments on ownership, it is a fantastic long distance cruiser, did Provence in mine last year top down all the way there and back.... epic, and just as fast as a Ferrari 430 that we had a blat with!
Alpina B6S Convertible
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BMW E46 M3 SMG Coupe - Track Car - Gone
TVR Chimaera 400 - Turbocharged - Gone
Porsche Cayenne GTS 4.8, Oops, the dark side has landed!
BMW E34 Racing Dynamics K38 - Gone
Alpina B3S Convertible - Gone due to B6S
BMW X5 4.6is - Gone
Alpina Roadster 3.4S - Gone
BMW E46 330d M Sport Touring - Gone
BMW M3 Evo E36 - Gone due to B3S
BMW 840 Ci Sport - Gone, but what a car
BMW M3 E30 - sadly departed
Too little time...Too many cars!