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Chaps and Chapesses Well, mixed news from me. Goodbye number one - I've sold my half of the B8. I shall miss it, a fabulous car, possibly amongst the best three cars I've had. Certainly the most fun. Goodbye number two - I've sold my half of the B10 BT. I shall also miss that one, such a fast fast c...

Good to meet you today Onzie, and thanks for making the introduction. It's always a worry when someone comes up and taps on the window. That's the fifth time a complete stranger has approached me saying "Are you Chas?" :shock: You sure it's not just me being drunk and not remembering who you are?

Hey, could've been me!
It wasn't, but could've been!

There's some very amusing comments on there! And some downright silly ones. "BiTurbo sounds lame" was my favourite! The racing heritage of Alpina is one of which to be proud, it's up there with Maserati, Alfa, Ferrari, BMW Motorsport. Someone should then point out the heritage of Alpina Blue and Alp...

Oh alright, I suppose so.

A double lemonade for me.

Never mind you lot - imagine what I was just thinking... He must have gone mad and px-ed it for a large Volvo or something equally hideous... Or parked the B8 in a tree...

This is a first - having something with which to disagree with Dunk about... No way is the E46 the same size internally as the E39. I couldn't even move around two nippers with buggy and stuff in the E46 (which led me to sell one of only three cars I never wish I'd parted with, my beautiful B3 3.3 i...

Looks superb, Tony and Pet!
I can see that no child has ever been inside your car(s)!
I wonder if I dare post a picture of the inside of our daily drivers...

I sent a link to this thread off to the owner of my old B3 3.3 so he was forewarned...

Lo and behold he replies telling me that it's happened TWICE to him! with foresight, the warranty was still running, so no costs. Still....

The answer Thomas, a little late of course: paddle shift nowhere near as good as the switchtronic in the Alpina. I prefer the engagement and solidity of the response to pressing the Alpina buttons as opposed to pulling the paddles. The paddles are not bad, just that the Alpina setup which I've now d...

The bad news - the X5 back in the garage for another niggle (driver's door window and mirror switches given up). The good news - they've lent me their demonstrator B3 BiTurbo for the day. What a hoot! Reminds me a lot of my E46 B3 3.3. A shade quicker. Just as supple and smooth though, much more lov...

How about:

"I've just noticed that BMW appear to have turned the front indicators upside down when it came to facelifting the E46.

La la la la la... I can't hear you."

Sorry Dunk... couldn't resist.

Glad you have all found this post of such interest and that Charles somehow managed to cross relate to his cellar of wine, now that does interest me. Yes Charles, have you started on your 1995s yet? How about the 2000s? I hope that you're not wasting all that fabulous space just with Chablis and ot...

Now that Mrs Lovibond has finally taken to driving the Alpina, and with the other seats taken up with his vast brood of kids, our beloved Mr Lovibond has a great idea for keeping up on family trips. "See, he joyfully points out, it even has Alpina stripes, of a sort..." and follows it up with "And t...

In response to Ged being asked about this post by a customer here is his response. Hi Neil, To help clear up any confusion, I would like to confirm the current turnaround time for registering ALPINA vehicles. The DVLA take a maximum of 5 working days to process the registration of any of ALPINA mod...