LHD<\/p>\n
Registered as BMW
\nImported to UK 17\/12\/2004
\nImported to Holland 8\/6\/2017<\/p>\n
featured by owner Nick Bromfield (bromfields@btinternet.com) on fastsaloons.com 12\/2006:
\n“Purchased new by me in Brussels in January 2003 from stock at Jean-Michel Martin, the Belgian importer for Alpina. Although LHD I could not bring myself to part with the car when we subsequently moved to England in August 2004, and hence re-registered the car in the UK on a 52 plate. Switchtronic transmission and all usual extras – heated front seats, xenon headlamps with washers, GPS, telephone, 6CD changer, Harman-Kardon sound system etc. Full history with BMW. Quite honestly the best car I have ever owned, but if anyone has an equally pristine and low mileage B10 V8S (RHD please…!) I might be tempted. Maybe someone is trading one in for a new B5.”<\/p>\n
received registration from owner Nick Bromfield (nick.bromfield@vfast.co.uk, KentB3 @ m5board) 4\/2012:
\n“> I bought the car new in January 2003 from Jean-Michel Martin, the Alpina
\n> importer for Belgium, when I was living and working in Brussels. At the
\n> time I test drove the B3s but was tempted by a good deal on the B3 3.3
\n> which had been sitting in the showroom unsold for some time (presumably
\n> because of the new B3s model). When , unexpectedly, I returned to the UK
\n> in late 2004 for family reasons I could not bring myself to sell the car
\n> and imported it to the UK even though it is LHD.”
\n“Attached picture of the car being enjoyed at Goodwood last year”<\/p>\n
mentioned by Nick Bromfield on fastsaloons.com 12\/2016:
\n“Some of you will be familiar with the “will he, won’t he?” indecision about selling my cherished B3 3.3 – a LHD car originally supplied in Benelux and which I have owned and enjoyed since new over 87,000 faultless miles and 14 years. Well, as we speak she is headed back across the Channel to a new life in the Netherlands with her new owner.
\nBasically I plucked up my courage to take advantage of the weak pound and advertised the car in euros on a German website (mobile.de). It was easy as pie and I had masses of interest within hours of placing the ad. In fact I could have sold the car several times over – obviously in trying to strike a fair balance between the low value of a LHD car in the UK and the high advertised prices of equivalent cars on the Continent (and bearing in mind the hassle for a new owner of fetching the car from the UK and importing it to a new country) I pitched my price too low! Anyway, she’s gone to a private buyer\/enthusiast which is good news, and we are both happy with our deal.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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