E46 B3 3.3 coupe

Folks

A pal has been in touch to say he is looking at a 00W reg B3 3.3 coupe and wondering about values.  The car seems to have a few option boxes ticked, sat nav, etc. and it has the switchtronic flappy paddles bit.  Mileage is sub 50k and there seems to be loads of paperwork and history with the car.

Anyone got an idea of a reasonable value for this? 

Also, any hints or tips as regards things to watch, alpina specific (as I'm reasonably familiar with the e46)?

Feedback appreciated!

www.thealpinaregister.com

heres someone looking for buying advice for an x-reg b3 so all these points should be applicable to you too

http://www.fastsaloons.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=625

specialists are fine, just as long as they fit the correct parts... the alpina teilekatalogs (parts catalogues) will tell you the part numbers required - if it ain't on there as a seperate alpina part number then its standard bm.  you get the parts via sytner or if they can't help then email alpina directly in germany (you'll get contact info off www.alpina.de)

makes interesting reading, they have been saved as seperate entries under most alpina models here (look for parts catalogue), most of them being in german but the pictures will keep you right

http://www.thealpinaregister.com/downloads.php

and here you can see how rare the different models and years are

http://www.thealpinaregister.com/alpinastats.php

to be honest, i don't know, best ask on www.thealpinaregister.com forum, you'll get an answer there i'm sure

mine has a build date of July 2000 (registered September), it does use oil a bit more than i'm used to but since the car is a weekend toy it's not causing me undue concern since it seems to be accepted that they're all like that to a greater or lesser degree

a very good book to get is BMW Alpina by James Taylor (ISBN 1-86126-760-6), gives the complete history and a run down of all the models through the years

if you want some more info from it on the B3 3.3 let me know and i'll type it out

stephenperry wrote: a very good book to get is BMW Alpina by James Taylor (ISBN 1-86126-760-6), gives the complete history and a run down of all the models through the years if you want some more info from it on the B3 3.3 let me know and i'll type it out

If that is the Alpina book just recently published, then the inca orange 1600 on the cover belongs to a pal of mine.  Really lovely car.  It was featured in one of the BMW mags last year (Total BMW iirc).

Once again, thanks!