B12 - very happy new owner

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B12 - very happy new owner

Post by Drew » Sat Jan 06, 2018 11:35 am

A long overdue post as I bought my B12 two months ago! No real excuse for this tardiness, other than the usual Christmas shenanigans!

B12 5.7 ekat no. 130, formerly owned by Mike Pitt, of this forum (hi Mike), thanks to Mike and Kevin for all the help and advice! :D

Overall this is a fantastic original car, with some cosmetic stuff to be sorted, all fairly flagged up by Mike of course. It feels a bit more sedate/ genteel than my previous Alpina foray with a B10 v8s (which was also Kevin's fault. :wink:), which I think is a good thing all things considered. Always loved the E38 and this is very special.

Plan is to use the car for family holidays. Got some work to do before summer comes.....


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Post by ali » Sat Jan 06, 2018 11:56 am

Congratulations on a cracking new shot
Engine pic needed please as we never get to see these often enough being so rare :P
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Post by BarryM » Sat Jan 06, 2018 12:14 pm

Great choice, summer holidays just got better :)
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Post by Gee.Singh » Sat Jan 06, 2018 1:59 pm

Stunning Car !!

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Post by Mike Pitt » Sat Jan 06, 2018 2:16 pm

My previous posts show how painful it has been to part with such an amazing car after nearly 14 years, but I'm sure that you are exactly the new owner I've been looking for, Drew, and will improve and look after the car.

Still suffering with withdrawal symptoms - it's well over 25 years with at least one Alpina in the garage.

I'm sure the car will continue to give you the same level of pleasure and reliability that it has given me - I think it's not yet half way through it's useful life.

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Post by E24man » Sat Jan 06, 2018 7:48 pm

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Post by PhillV8S » Sat Jan 06, 2018 8:23 pm

I remember last year when you (Kevin) and Mike came to the Warwick meet. Lovely pair of B12’s.
I too attempted to get this car a few years ago but Mike decided he wanted to keep it awhile longer so no sale🙁.
Cracking car, enjoy.
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Post by Metrics » Sun Jan 07, 2018 1:00 am

Beautiful! Many congrats. More pics please!
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Re: B12

Post by Drew » Sun Jan 07, 2018 4:56 pm

Mike Pitt wrote:My previous posts show how painful it has been to part with such an amazing car after nearly 14 years, but I'm sure that you are exactly the new owner I've been looking for, Drew, and will improve and look after the car.

Still suffering with withdrawal symptoms - it's well over 25 years with at least one Alpina in the garage.

I'm sure the car will continue to give you the same level of pleasure and reliability that it has given me - I think it's not yet half way through it's useful life.
There's probably some long multi syllable word in German to describe that sense of stewardship and responsibility and honour in owning a rare and desirable car like this, but I don't know it, I only did GCSE!!

I have previously run a "collector's" mk2 golf gti (ultra low miles, multi concours winner, cleaned inside the wheel arches, etc.) as a family run about and you know, I think it appreciated getting out a bit. Same applies here, apart from the starting low miles; the B12 will be used but is already starting to show the signs of my two girls taking full ownership of the rear seats. They love it BTW, so much more room than in a Golf!

But the interior is not currently in photo condition as a result. Plus I've got dash partially in bits to fit an Intravee, which is a bit involved due to the early DSP set-up.

Here are some of the engine bay....

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Post by simon13 » Sun Jan 07, 2018 9:14 pm

What a great car to go on holiday in!
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Post by ali » Sun Jan 07, 2018 9:51 pm

That engine is what dreams are made of
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Post by simon13 » Sun Jan 07, 2018 11:08 pm

ali-bumble wrote:That engine is what dreams are made of
A stock 750i is fun if a little lacking on the top end, so i imagine the 5.7 and 6.0 engines are great with that added spice throughout the rev range!
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Post by AidanB10 » Mon Jan 08, 2018 1:42 am

Dream car for me right there!

All the best with it! 8)
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Post by E24man » Mon Jan 08, 2018 2:08 am

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Post by 190Colditz » Mon Jan 08, 2018 3:49 pm

Another big thumbs up for the E38 generally; this one especially as an Alpina.

I had a new E38 on hire for a trip to Berlin from Koln in 2000 then running round Berlin for a few days. Fabulous things.
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