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BMW Alpina B3 3.3 (Alpina Sport Chip)

0-60: 5.2 Seconds
Top Speed: 170mph
Combined MPG: 19 miles

bubbaspike

Nice ride, enjoy

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bodypainter

Wow, nice car. The only thing that keeps it from being perfect is that it's not in my driveway! Well, that and the steering wheel is on the wrong side of the car.

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Beautiful automobile.

sixate

Dope car.
Only complaint would be that it has 4 doors.
Since you own a BMW what do you think of the direction they're going with the new cars? I think all the new designs I've seen are fucking brutal. They are destroying some beautiful cars.

mighty mouse

Noice. I'm really getting turned on to the BMWs of the late 90's.

deepinjello

So purty, you are a lucky man.

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0001

What are you talking about the steering wheel's on the wrong side??! Do you have any idea how much fun it would be to go through drive through with a RHD car?

SweetVroom

great car! i always had a soft spot for bimmers!

GuttersnipeXL

Sweet ride man,...what are you sorry about? The fact that you drive a pimped vehicle and most of us probably drive beaters?

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SweetVroom

no, i think he was thinking that people would think he's tryin to brag, but it's perfectly fine!

SweetVroom

just to throw in that cars rock! the one on the right is mine, dad's is left.

mikey08

never been a fan of alpina tuned bimmers. heir parts are too damn expensive here in the states, but i bet over in europe they are a dream to drive. i think the e36 and the e46 bmws are the sexiest (why i drive a e36) but bmw is destroying some of their good cars. the new 5 series headlights are horrendous.

schteve

yer i agree with what most people have said about bmw destroying some purty cars... take a look at the new style 3 series... i think the e46 beats the knickers off this hair-dresser's car.



PS. Vroom, thats one nice looking merc u've got there

Mook

Nice ride. The ladies will want you.

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the420star

nice nice car, it has the push button style shifting right? i dont know what it is called by BMW, but i am sure you know what i mean

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schteve

yep, alpina call it switch-tronic, not too sure what BMW call it... F1 gear change maybe? :S

myMHz

That is a great ride. Shame they put the steering wheel on the wrong side. (lol)

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thadon

How much horse power does the 3.3 B8 Alpina have? That is a sweet ride & it has shift buttons on the steering wheel ... I want one

schteve

Bah, "no m3" hahaha... feel the un-restricted power of my Alpina.

Just look above, does your M3 do 170mph? Didn't think so.

In a quater mile race you may have the advantage, but on the track my Alpina would turn your M3 with it's fancy yet heavy SMG gearbox to the cleaners... torque is what wins races, not HP.

charliex

nice car, 5.2 is a tad sluggish how much does that thing weigh? start ripping out those other seats and all that gubbins on the steeering wheel can't be helping

I'm from the isle of man!

BooRadley

Looks like flaming has commenced.

#1 Torque does not win races on the track. The person across the finish line first does. Torque is one factor, but you are talking about more variables than just torque. Torque + Traction + Driver Skill + Reaction times + Weather + Competition + Condition ( you get the point )
#2 It's not really a big deal to own something that does 170, you can buy a $10,000 bike that does 190

Flames doused.

schteve

yer i guess you're right booradley, but at the end of the day, im 18 and get to drive a very exclusive car that can pull off some sub 5 second 0-60 times... whoops im bragging again.

charliex, what a coincidence, where abouts in the iom are u from mate?

strife

Hey schteve, how do you manage that car? and how much did it cost?

I'm not familair with alpina...is it a tuner like saleen?

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schteve

yer, it's similar to the likes of Brabus for Mercedes... they take stock models and make them racier/sportier or what have you.

For example my car, it was a stock 328ci 3 series and Alpina have chucked a 3.3 litre straight 6 lump in it producing 300bhp. Also they've tuned up basically everything else you can think of... at a price too.

And how i managed it? Well my grandad died about 5 years ago and left quite a bit of cash for me, and i didn't need it all for university so i went out and treated myself. Insurance is a bitch still, and i'm paying most of it with my webdesign job held at a company down town, my university grant and some of the cash left from my grandad.

Strife, your car is nice, looks pretty damn mean!

strife

Cool, very cool. I love the paint color. You have a very slick lookin car. I bet that must be a blast to drive. For 6 months insurance on my car is 2500 bucks. I love the way your car looks, I can't get over it .

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SweetVroom

That's the best comparision yet. AMG is too close and BMW's counterpart would be MPower. Other tuners are just too far away. Brabus is in bed (you see the connection right?) with Mercedes as BMW and Alpina.

Snakeyes

Very, very clean. What exactly is Alpina? Sort of like AC-Schnitzer?

ElwoodBlues

that is a beautiful mahcine. i've always loved BMWs

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SweetVroom

Kind of, Alpina does everything for BMW's though.

samiam

Great car. Enjoy it.

Deuce66

Nice car, I'm jealous. But if I had my choice, I'd have a regular manual tranny. Having the stick on the left side would be wierd tho =)

slacker00

B3... sick! I would love to live in europe!

nimi

Nice car yes, but it has the steering wheel on the wrong side for my taste

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schteve1

i fail to see what's wrong with having the steering wheel on the right hand side?

Damn the left hand side-driving world!

Cheers for the compliments btw, i needed a few to convince me that i'd bought the right car.

schteve1

Hmm, don't understand why i got banned on my old user account, thats strange

w3r7y

I think the new beemer M3's are toight like a toiger

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focalevo

The new M3's are really sweet. Have you seen the new M3 CSL? Basically, an in house tuned M3. 352 horses, mostly carbon fiber construction to reduce weight, and still cheaper than a Porche GT3, Road and Track just ran an article saying it will be produced,(it was originally a concept).

Your Alpina does look really good, too bad I walk outside to a Focus, kinda makes me want to stay in bed.

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thrae

sweet ride and some funny replies!