Alpina Roadster Wanted

Rodderz · Post by **Rodderz** » Thu Jul 26, 2018 8:52 pm

My brother is looking for an Alpina Roadster.

He wants an excellent, low mileage example.

hap · Post by **hap** » Thu Jul 26, 2018 9:18 pm

One on here only posted yesterday
Plenty on usual site however to pick over
http://thealpinaregister.com/forums/vie ... hp?t=22827

Rodderz · Post by **Rodderz** » Thu Jul 26, 2018 9:47 pm

Too many miles, and, a dreadful Ebay listing too! Ha

hap · Post by **hap** » Thu Jul 26, 2018 10:42 pm

This is low mileage
https://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds ... snow.co.uk

hap · Post by **hap** » Thu Jul 26, 2018 10:45 pm

This is low mileage
https://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds ... snow.co.uk

Rodderz · Post by **Rodderz** » Thu Jul 26, 2018 10:47 pm

Yes, that one looks promising, he wants a bit too much for it though.

Great colour combination.

Bob · Post by **Bob** » Fri Jul 27, 2018 12:42 am

Other options:

#259 26k Â£16.7k CAT D

#288 28k Â£20k

How low is low mileage though? There are another couple at 80k or then you're into 110k+

Rodderz · Post by **Rodderz** » Fri Jul 27, 2018 8:23 pm

I've sent him this, as I think it represents a good buy...

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified ... ars&page=1

Bob · Post by **Bob** » Fri Jul 27, 2018 8:59 pm

That was one of the 80k options.

FYI - it was advertised at Â£12.5k for about a week before the seller upped it back to Â£13k

hap · Post by **hap** » Fri Jul 27, 2018 9:02 pm

That's the same high mileage as you put fir the link I posted up?
Do you mean too many miles from your adddess ?

Rodderz · Post by **Rodderz** » Fri Jul 27, 2018 10:16 pm

Sorry, no, he does want a mega low mileage car, but, the Autotrader car looks good, with great maintenance, plus it's quite local. Just an option really.

Bob · Post by **Bob** » Sun Jul 29, 2018 10:21 am

Probably too high on the miles, but this Roadster S popped up recently.

Roadster S Lux 63k

PerryGunn · Post by **PerryGunn** » Sun Jul 29, 2018 12:47 pm

Rodderz wrote:Sorry, no, he does want a mega low mileage car....

What does he actually mean by 'mega low mileage'? - remember these are now 13-14 years old and, even with light use, there aren't many of the original 167 that could be considered very low mileage. Even if they were summer toys and only did, say, 3k/year from new, you're still looking at 40k+ on the clock.

As an example, in the last two years, I've only seen half-a-dozen cars that have been advertised with 30k or less - although I did hear that Sytner briefly advertised a sub-10k car (at silly money) but the ad seemed to disappear very quickly, so that may have been another of Sytner's (not-infrequent) cock-ups when it comes to accurate adverts

#034 Lux Maldives/Black 30,400 Â£20,950
#259 Lux Sterling/Black 26,200 Â£17,395 (now reduced to Â£16k8, CAT D)
#264 Std Ti Silver/Black 25,653 Â£25,000
#265 Std Ti Silver/Red 27,545 Â£19,500
#288 Std Sterling/Black 27,000 Â£19,995
#293 Std Black/Red 27,000 Â£23,000

And some of these have been advertised a number of times by different sellers, sometimes private, sometimes by being passed around the motor trade.

Personally, I'd recommend that he concentrates on condition, history and provenance rather than getting too hung-up on mileage.

I've seen low-mileage examples that have been neglected and cars that have 80k+ on them that are cherished and kept in great condition - I know where I'd rather put my money (if I didn't already own one

).

ade and liz flint · Post by **ade and liz flint** » Sun Jul 29, 2018 1:19 pm

PerryGunn wrote: Personally, I'd recommend that he concentrates on condition, history and provenance rather than getting too hung-up on mileage.

I've seen low-mileage examples that have been neglected and cars that have 80k+ on them that are cherished and kept in great condition - I know where I'd rather put my money (if I didn't already own one ).

This

is the truth.

Avoid anything with no running in service (plenty without this essential oil change) and anything that's low miles, and has missed at least the maximum 2 year service interval: lots of owners think that because they don't use it, it doesn't need basic maintenance. A car in regular use is likely to have seen better maintenance, and that's essential with these. I've driven well maintained 80k versions which drove better than 20k versions....beware.

Bob · Post by **Bob** » Mon Aug 06, 2018 9:52 pm

Any good?

Roadster S #304 65k