2003 Alpina (#62178) Silver/Black - Sold

[ed0829]

VIN: WBAEJ13453AH62178 (http://www.carfax.com/VehicleHistory/p/Report.cfx?partner=EBZ_0&vin=WBAEJ13453AH62178) # 134 / 555
Miles: 39762
$88735 for quick sales cheapest one in the market!
Silver / Black, with 2 top.

Please call me at Sonnen Porsche 415-606-3698 or PM I do have more pictures.

http://www.sonnenporsche.com/detail-2003-bmw-z8-alpina_roadster-used-5711650.html

[E92 M3 Owner]

Okay, I will bite. Why is it priced to sale? What is missing?

[ed0829]

nothing missing in this car. We just don't want to keep another $100k vehicle in our inventory, that's why we just price lower, and try to move this unit quick. I do have more close look picture, PM me or call me if you want that.

[macfly]

Just got a pm from Ed, this car was a trade in at Sonnen Porsche, you can also see it on their website here - http://www.sonnenporsche.com/detail-2003-bmw-z8-alpina_roadster-used-5711650.html

[E92 M3 Owner]

Looks like I am the newest member of the Z8 family. I just put 5K down with Ed today. It's new home will be Tulsa, OK soon. This one is sold. :thumbsup:

[macfly]

Fantastic, welcome to the family!! You should hook up with Z8doc, he is not too far from you!!

[redz8]

Congratulations and enjoy your beautiful new car.

[Z8Mania]

Welcome aboard!

[Norcal]

Welcome! Knew it wouldn't take long at that price.

[Ouray]

The last picture which shows the badge number of 134/555 is awfully tarnished. I have never seen that happen before. Is that a common occurrence?

[Norcal]

I wondered about that too. Anyone?

[macfly]

I was guessing it was some sort of a purposefully applied aging tarnish to give it that distressed vintage look because everything else on the car looks perfect.

[zilver8]

The last picture which shows the badge number of 134/555 is awfully tarnished. I have never seen that happen before. Is that a common occurrence?

I've never seen one so bad but for some reason the Alpina number badges do not age well. Mine was silver when new and now it looks like a faded grey. The material is very strange too. It sort of feels like stone in that it's not completely smooth.

I'll take a picture of mine and post it here.

[Norcal]

Why different from the Z8? or is it? Perhaps this car spent time in Hawaii or Florida (salt air and humidity).

[DaneZ8]

Hi Guys.
We had an Alpina here in Denmark, which had a bad badge also. Never seen it before - but the cas not that nice either.
As I remember it, the badge on this car did not have recessed letters/numbers - they where opposite (outwards).
Anyone knows why?commons?
Or did they redo the design at some point?

Lars

[DirkZ8]

Hi Guys.

... the badge on this car did not have recessed letters/numbers - they where opposite (outwards).
Anyone knows why?commons?
Or did they redo the design at some point?

Lars

Hi Lars - the Alpina badges in US cars are engraved while the ones in Euro cars are embossed. I imagine that the US Federal authorities overseeing the passenger car safety must have been extremely worried about the incredible bodily damage that an embossed badge can cause.

[DirkZ8]

... Mine was silver when new and now it looks like a faded grey...

Ditto here, on close inspection. It looks like a surface tarnish that could be removed by sanding it carefully with a fine abrasive paper. Not sure what the cause is but it could indeed be the humidity or the use certain cleaning products. Quite frankly, I never cleaned mine.

[zilver8]

Ditto here, on close inspection. It looks like a surface tarnish that could be removed by sanding it carefully with a fine abrasive paper. Not sure what the cause is but it could indeed be the humidity or the use certain cleaning products. Quite frankly, I never cleaned mine.

I posted some pictures of my badge here...

http://www.bmwz8.us/vbb/showthread.php?t=2233

[macfly]

Interesting to note your badge text is raised like the EU car badges.

[Scott Pettit]

??? It looks recessed.

[Norcal]

Recessed for sure.

[thegunguy]

I believe Andrew's referring to the linked version in the other thread, which is raised.

[macfly]

:-) we speak web Rifle!

[E92 M3 Owner]

Come to find out from my BMW dealer the Alpina 134/555 badge had been replaced once before already. The replacement from Alpina was not an exact replacement. Not sure what kind of metal it is.