Thanks for the welcome!
Feel bad that I didn't throw on some pictures, so here she is after a fresh wash before sending for a light tint and PPF.
Had been looking for a fully loaded blue B6 with a brown Merino leather. I missed the Tanzanite Blue one on Cars and Bids last year, but finally found this Alpina Blue with Amaro (even more preferred to me than the darker Cohiba).
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Originally Posted by djacinto
As a fellow e38 owner who’s looking into alpina b6’s, I’m with you there!
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Beautiful 750! Love the anthracite color!
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Originally Posted by Opie55
ISTA is the gold standard in diagnostic tools. You need a laptop for it and the learning curve can be steep. But yes, you can do brakes without it, although it's handy to have at least Bimmercode (downloaded to your phone and a OBDII dongle) that allows you to retract the electronic emergency brake without doing it manually. But manually is not all that difficult either. But otherwise, doing brakes on a $130,000 car isn't really any different than doing brakes on a $30,000 car.
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Awesome info thanks. I have multiple laptops with diagnostics, but all for the older cars. The challenge is always locating a good version. Bimmercode sounds very convenient. I asked about the brakes because I was talking with someone whose friend couldn't do a brake job on his newer truck without a computer to retract the calipers or something. Maybe it was for the e-brake like you mention. I didn't go into details with him, but I could believe these manufacturers want to make it has hard as possible to work on your own cars.
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Originally Posted by Luffpost
14 years ago I looked at an E38 and an E39, ended up buying the E39 (still have it, 540/6 with 285,XXX miles). The E38 has always had a soft spot in my heart, particularly the 2001. One of BMW's timeless cars.
Congrats on the Alpina, and welcome to the group!
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The E39 is such a great car. BMW nailed it with the late 90s early 00s cars.