My New Car, sorry... had to show it off
 

BMW Alpina B3 3.3 (Alpina Sport Chip)

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

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Nice ride, enjoy

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.

Beautiful automobile.

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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.

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

So purty, you are a lucky man.

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? :D

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

Nice ride. The ladies will want you. :D

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

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

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

Nice but its no ///M3 ....haha
 

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My pride and Joy.. 2002 ///M3 SMG . and it is
"The Ultimate Driving Machine"

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

Re: Nice but its no ///M3 ....haha
 

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.

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!

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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.

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?

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?

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!

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 :p .

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.

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

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

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

Great car. Enjoy it.

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 =)

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

sweet ride and some funny replies!

Nice car........also nice house if it your in the back ground of first pic.

I want that sterring wheel from the alpina 3.3 for my 330i. Can anyone make that happen?

sweet ride!!

what is faster m3 or the alpina 3 series? i would guess the m3 would outperform.

well on paper an M3 reaches 60mph quicker, like by 0.2 of a second or something, but it takes really high revs to reach that time whereas the alpina b3 3.3 is much more torquey than your average beemer so 0-60 times are reached so smoothly and easilly and it's no surprise when i hit 0-60 in sub 5 second times on flat roads after i tinker round with the gear ratios.

Im not sure which car has better handling and shit, but the alpina B3 in a straight line should take the gold because it's unrestricted and 60-100mph times quicker by about 0.2 :D It would deffinately be close, but i'd just have to watch the m3 dawdle back when it reaches 155mph heh.

Anyways, i love m3's too death, and probably would have bought one if my car dealer hadn't introduced me to this sexual alpina thang!

Nice car

jam strangler

I want one mommy.

that shit is sweet!

Beautiful Car. Except for that steering wheel. What were they thinking?

:cool: Nice car. don't see them like that everyday

nice car

So which car would win in a city race and not one of those perfectly kept oval tracks.

I'd want the beauty that can handle the sudden obstacles of the urban track. Remember kids we drive on the streets everyday and not on the track.

Now lets see who gets over the finish line first.

Just a tip. you might want to PS out the plates.
I mean pics of a great car spread fast.

Hmm

I'd have to agree with the steering wheel comment

Sweetvenom...is that the E550 or e55 whatever the hell it is...the sporty Mercedes?

The one that is REALLY fucking fast?

If it is, hell yeah, im coming over!

That's frikin quick for a 4 door! And to me in America here, seeing the driver side on the right it too weird...

Great car man!!!

bimmers make me hard!!!

that is a sweet car

Exquisite ride....makes me feel bad about all my old muscle cars...maybe I need something more refined...
Demon

Absolutely beautiful. Enjoy!

Nice Car!!!!

Steve do you still have your B3? How many miles have you put on?

I have just gone past 100k km in my B8 and the services are a killer. Watch out for brakes, as to replace mine was very expensive.

Uh, schteve's kinda banned, dude.
And then he made a new account
that got banned.
And this thread is two years old.
Nice car though, as is yours, according to google image search.