Best Smoker Barges 1-5 large [Vol 5]

[Baryonyx]

Allblackdup said:

Just within thread budget S8

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2012...

Looks very smart, although for some reason all Autotrader pictures are displaying as tiny thumbnails on my Chrome browser. Do they do this for everyone?

[mig25_foxbat2003]

Baryonyx said:

Looks very smart, although for some reason all Autotrader pictures are displaying as tiny thumbnails on my Chrome browser. Do they do this for everyone?

Yes, not sure why though. Close and re-open them and they tend to work in full-size. Very odd little bug. Someone who knows more about JavaScript than I probably knows what's going on.

[buccal]

Chaps,

Any suggestions on which saloon has the biggest boot?

Was reckoning on the W140 S class, or possibly LS430 ?

[Adrian E]

Baryonyx said:

Looks very smart, although for some reason all Autotrader pictures are displaying as tiny thumbnails on my Chrome browser. Do they do this for everyone?

Looks a nice non-final edition spec in plain silver (not Avus), bi-xenons, no phone prep from what I can see on my phone, 20s, sport mode gearbox (only fitted on 2002 cars), cd nav

History is all so depends on the paper trail and gearbox entertainment

[texasjohn]

buccal said:

Chaps,

Any suggestions on which saloon has the biggest boot?

Was reckoning on the W140 S class, or possibly LS430 ?

It's got to be a close call between those two. I reckon the LS just nudges ahead though.

I had a W140 S320 in Texas but I didn't own it long enough to look in the boot much. I decided it really wasn't me and sold it on within a week. Replaced by a 2001 Trans Am WS6 (spanish too!)

[0a]

Well I'm back in Edinburgh, and guess what.... I arrived by E300! She's a little tattier than the photos suggest (but nothing serious), but covered over 500 miles without any incident, and in comfort. There's no rust, aside from a little bubbling on the door mirror (the mirror lacks adjustment to get it how I like so I need to look at that anyway), the interior is in good condition but will benefit from a clean, and the paint is a bit flat with some surface scratches here and there. But then she was £1,300 and is 20 years old. The engine pulls well, the gearbox is smooth and she pulls up dead straight under braking.

They really are lovely things to drive these W124s, it's like driving a train, quite unlike modern cars that feel so flimsy . It feels incredibly solid, and although she's no dragster the kickdown can easily add speed when required on the motorway. All in all a remarkably relaxing journey. I like the woofly creamy engine noise around town.

Amazingly after 20 years there isn't a single squeak, buzz or rattle from the interior (unlike the new S I was picked up in a year or so back), and all the gizmos work including the electric rear blind.

All in all I get the W124 thing absolutely now. Like an e34 but more solid and relaxing.

Sorry for the lack of 'live updates' but I had an iphone/water incident last week. I will update in more detail tomorrow but thankyou all for the encouragement here, fingers crossed she starts again tomorrow (the dealer met me at the Airport in it so I have not started from cold). Anyway, I'm off to the pub!

I am a barge convert...

[0a]

mig25_foxbat2003 said:

I think those XJR40s were fettled by TWR, no?

On another subject, I note that the thread's latest victim owner has yet to report...

The delay was down to fog meaning I landed 3 hours late in Exeter, not down to barge (this time)!

[cat220]

buccal said:

Chaps,

Any suggestions on which saloon has the biggest boot?

Was reckoning on the W140 S class, or possibly LS430 ?

Think the LS is 550 litres and the S class and 7 series are 500 litres.

The boot in my e65 is cavernous!

Cheers,
C

[cat220]

0a said:

Well I'm back in Edinburgh, and guess what.... I arrived by E300! She's a little tattier than the photos suggest (but nothing serious), but covered over 500 miles without any incident, and in comfort. There's no rust, aside from a little bubbling on the door mirror (the mirror lacks adjustment to get it how I like so I need to look at that anyway), the interior is in good condition but will benefit from a clean, and the paint is a bit flat with some surface scratches here and there. But then she was £1,300 and is 20 years old. The engine pulls well, the gearbox is smooth and she pulls up dead straight under braking.

They really are lovely things to drive these W124s, it's like driving a train, quite unlike modern cars that feel so flimsy . It feels incredibly solid, and although she's no dragster the kickdown can easily add speed when required on the motorway. All in all a remarkably relaxing journey. I like the woofly creamy engine noise around town.

Amazingly after 20 years there isn't a single squeak, buzz or rattle from the interior (unlike the new S I was picked up in a year or so back), and all the gizmos work including the electric rear blind.

All in all I get the W124 thing absolutely now. Like an e34 but more solid and relaxing.

Sorry for the lack of 'live updates' but I had an iphone/water incident last week. I will update in more detail tomorrow but thankyou all for the encouragement here, fingers crossed she starts again tomorrow (the dealer met me at the Airport in it so I have not started from cold). Anyway, I'm off to the pub!

I am a barge convert...

Great! Glad you're enjoying it. Had a w124 just the e220 but loved it, ended up keeping it for 4 years and still to this day wish I'd never sold it. Have you discovered the button on the dash that flips the rear headrests down?

Cheers,
C

[3sixty]

Http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Alfa-Romeo-156-Sportswag...

What? I'm braver than you

Edited by 3sixty on Saturday 1st December 21:57

[BlueMR2]

cat220 said:

0a said:

Well I'm back in Edinburgh, and guess what.... I arrived by E300! She's a little tattier than the photos suggest (but nothing serious), but covered over 500 miles without any incident, and in comfort. There's no rust, aside from a little bubbling on the door mirror (the mirror lacks adjustment to get it how I like so I need to look at that anyway), the interior is in good condition but will benefit from a clean, and the paint is a bit flat with some surface scratches here and there. But then she was £1,300 and is 20 years old. The engine pulls well, the gearbox is smooth and she pulls up dead straight under braking.

They really are lovely things to drive these W124s, it's like driving a train, quite unlike modern cars that feel so flimsy . It feels incredibly solid, and although she's no dragster the kickdown can easily add speed when required on the motorway. All in all a remarkably relaxing journey. I like the woofly creamy engine noise around town.

Amazingly after 20 years there isn't a single squeak, buzz or rattle from the interior (unlike the new S I was picked up in a year or so back), and all the gizmos work including the electric rear blind.

All in all I get the W124 thing absolutely now. Like an e34 but more solid and relaxing.

Sorry for the lack of 'live updates' but I had an iphone/water incident last week. I will update in more detail tomorrow but thankyou all for the encouragement here, fingers crossed she starts again tomorrow (the dealer met me at the Airport in it so I have not started from cold). Anyway, I'm off to the pub!

I am a barge convert...

Great! Glad you're enjoying it. Had a w124 just the e220 but loved it, ended up keeping it for 4 years and still to this day wish I'd never sold it. Have you discovered the button on the dash that flips the rear headrests down?

Cheers,
C

Made the cd changer skip when i dropped the rear headrests down, lol.

My passenger mirror doesn't adjust properly either, only up and down, lol.

[r129sl]

BlueMR2 said:

cat220 said:

0a said:

Well I'm back in Edinburgh, and guess what.... I arrived by E300! She's a little tattier than the photos suggest (but nothing serious), but covered over 500 miles without any incident, and in comfort. There's no rust, aside from a little bubbling on the door mirror (the mirror lacks adjustment to get it how I like so I need to look at that anyway), the interior is in good condition but will benefit from a clean, and the paint is a bit flat with some surface scratches here and there. But then she was £1,300 and is 20 years old. The engine pulls well, the gearbox is smooth and she pulls up dead straight under braking.

They really are lovely things to drive these W124s, it's like driving a train, quite unlike modern cars that feel so flimsy . It feels incredibly solid, and although she's no dragster the kickdown can easily add speed when required on the motorway. All in all a remarkably relaxing journey. I like the woofly creamy engine noise around town.

Amazingly after 20 years there isn't a single squeak, buzz or rattle from the interior (unlike the new S I was picked up in a year or so back), and all the gizmos work including the electric rear blind.

All in all I get the W124 thing absolutely now. Like an e34 but more solid and relaxing.

Sorry for the lack of 'live updates' but I had an iphone/water incident last week. I will update in more detail tomorrow but thankyou all for the encouragement here, fingers crossed she starts again tomorrow (the dealer met me at the Airport in it so I have not started from cold). Anyway, I'm off to the pub!

I am a barge convert...

Great! Glad you're enjoying it. Had a w124 just the e220 but loved it, ended up keeping it for 4 years and still to this day wish I'd never sold it. Have you discovered the button on the dash that flips the rear headrests down?

Cheers,
C

Made the cd changer skip when i dropped the rear headrests down, lol.

My passenger mirror doesn't adjust properly either, only up and down, lol.

The train thing: they just flatten bumps. I love the soft suspension and yet somehow they really handle when pressing on. It's like they have a split personality. The mirror will be either the switch or the mirror assembly, probably the latter.

[phil_cardiff]

Whew, I was getting worried!

[phil_cardiff]

Whew, I was getting worried!

[phil_cardiff]

Whew, I was getting worried!

[Zwolf]

"Angel Eyes" is what people started calling Corona Ring headlamps. As in the ring of sunlight visible during a total eclipse, which makes much more sense as angels don't wear spectacles made of haloes.

[kiwifraser]

Mark-C said:

LoudV8 said:

..except there's no such thing as an 'R' version of the XJ40. As demonstrated by the cheap XJR label on the back. If there were an XJR40 I doubt it would have all that blingery attached.

Edit: This is bks. There was an XJR40. tt.

Edited by LoudV8 on Saturday 1st December 19:25

That sir is the finest edit I have seen in a long while

[Allblackdup]

A6 Quattro?

http://classifieds.pistonheads.com/classifieds/use...

[sday12]

louiebaby said:

Also, I like the 7er...

Me too.

[sly fox]

Allblackdup said:

A6 Quattro?

http://classifieds.pistonheads.com/classifieds/use...

isn't that the model noted for its twin turbo bork factor?