SHOULD I BE WORRIED - MOT TEST ADVISORY
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Oneball
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No
Common thing that testers don’t understand.
The body is produced on the BMW line where it is stamped with a BMW vin. it’s then sent to Buchloe where they cross out the BMW vin and stamp an Alpina one as Alpina is a car manufacturer in it own right.
Alpina have 2 VIN. The BMW one is crossed out on the suspension turret and the Alpina one stamped next to it.
This is due to Alpina being classed as a manufacturer in their own right.
The donor base car had the BMW VIN but the Alpina VIN should be the one used on the V5. The MOT tester is just not upto speed on Alpina quirks.
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Thanks Bebs, that's really interesting to know and something to check when I look over the receipts.
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It’s the V8 supercharged ones that are affected by the oil filter issue.
what are you looking at?
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Definitely go to the Alpina register and try to buy a known car.. the e39 and roasters are getting on now so you’ll want a fully sorted car. It can be a bit of a minefield with Alpinas as not many specialists around that know their stuff. Sytner have no clue either on the older stuff.
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Those of you looking at B10s and who love an E34 then I have the perfect car for you that we are selling. Nut and bolt restoration, take a look at the underside pictures. It is an amazing car, twice the price of an E34 M5 when new and quite spectacular...
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I have just the thing for you (see above
Though we expect this car to go to Belgium, Eastern Europe or Far East
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I was expecting that to be more money Looks lovely.
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@Hawk13 are you looking to get both a roadster and B10? Very nice cars - those roadsters are very rare.
I am loving my D5 it's a fantastic daily and business use car. I have spent 6-8 hours in it going between meetings accross country and when I get home sure I am tired but not broken! The seats are from another world or dimension where you don't get back and shoulder ache from being behind the wheel all day. Everything is effortless and it excels in traffic because it is a nice comfortable place to be and with all the low end torque it makes a stupid amount of progress.
There is a lot of very good information on there but it's not exactly a bustling community
I am loving my D5 it's a fantastic daily and business use car. I have spent 6-8 hours in it going between meetings accross country and when I get home sure I am tired but not broken! The seats are from another world or dimension where you don't get back and shoulder ache from being behind the wheel all day. Everything is effortless and it excels in traffic because it is a nice comfortable place to be and with all the low end torque it makes a stupid amount of progress.
There is a lot of very good information on there but it's not exactly a bustling community
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Do you know anything about Belgian car tax etc, fiscal HP and all that especially for a Maserati? It's confusing as **** to me!I have just the thing for you (see above
Though we expect this car to go to Belgium, Eastern Europe or Far East
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Indeed, it is the going rate globally for a B10 BiTurbo for a car that has had more than the asking price spent on it since 2019 - bit of a bargain really
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Thank you!
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Not really, other than for new cars it is punitive and for older cars such as the B10 brilliant hence why we expect interest from Belgium on this one. In Belgium a car like the B10 is so good because it drives like a modern car with awesome power but costs nothing to put on the road. A new car with the same power would cost maybe 3500 EUR just to register and 3000 per year road tax, so 6500 in the first year and 3000 every year afterward. The B10 is 70 EUR for the first year and 35 EUR for subsequent years. But I don't know the cut off dates or if there is a sliding scale.