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08/03/2017 at 17:25 • Filed to: Alpina
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"404 - User No Longer Available" (toni-cipriani)
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But I guess you guys will lynch me if I winter-beat this.
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08/03/2017 at 17:43 |
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Why would you spend 20k on a winter beater?
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08/03/2017 at 17:53 |
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I didn’t, I spent 24k and got an F30 instead lol.
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08/03/2017 at 18:02 |
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If I was spending that on a winter beater I’d take the alpina. I don’t think the shiftable autos came out until after the facelift though. I’m also curious if that’s a reworked m62 or m62tu I think Sept 1998 is the switchover.
Steve in Manhattan
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08/03/2017 at 18:52 |
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This is ... curious. Hate the wheels, hate the “improvements,” hate the color ... is it me, or does Alpina make BMWs worse?
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> Steve in Manhattan
08/03/2017 at 18:53 |
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Respectfully disagree. I prefer the Alpina way of making fast BMWs than BMW M.
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Steve in Manhattan
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08/03/2017 at 20:51 |
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I want to say it was the Z8 where they yanked out the manual and put in a slushbox. How that improves things I don’t know. Then again I’ve never driven an Alpina or Dinan anything, although I’ve driven my share of BMWs. Most fun? ‘76 2002 ... no power anything (well, maybe brakes) and it just carved up the road.
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> Steve in Manhattan
08/04/2017 at 06:58 |
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Put it this way...
BMW M tips the cars towards track cars, but Alpina’s design philosophy are long-range highway cruisers, more akin to designing business jets. Basically they want to design a car that’s absolutely stable and comfortable for the Autobahn.
Motor Trend summed it up nicely in this B6 vs M6 comparison:
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Steve in Manhattan
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08/04/2017 at 15:20 |
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Fair enough - my very last car (‘97 SHO) was used as a tourer for the eastern part of the U.S., so I appreciate that. My question would be whether, as a normal guy - not an auto journalist - I’d notice the difference on a long drive. Not something I’ll likely find out, I know.