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I'm having a crisis of faith with my s124 today. The range of 260ish miles is really infuriating. I usually use my wife's e46 320d for most of my weekly business driving, but she needed it today and is fed up swapping. I'm about £1500 off making it perfect, but I'm tempted to sell it for what it owes me to date and rent some econobox. Got some other nice metal for weekends.
Advise me please!
Advise me please!
E65Ross said:
0a said:
A pleasant enough colour combination and only £1,950 (so less than the bill I paid last weekend
How's it feeling, 0a? Bet it feels great after having that much spent on it! Just wish I could justify spending that on the E65, I'd do it now if I could!
I need a 1,000 mile weekend trip to evaluate further in any case
I wouldn't imagine your car would be nearly as in need of refreshment as mine was - things like bushes really go proportional to both age and miles, though heavy cars with a big engine are obviously harder on their suspension.
As you know the W124 is very much my kind of car, so it's nice to have given in and have a focus for barge spending for the next few months with no regard for resale or rationality (why on earth spend money on one of the least desirable W124s - the 3.0 4 door?!).
Anyway, after I am done, however, I think I might try a cheap E32. Or a peugeot 205 convertable. Or a c63 on finance.
harry kular said:
72l. Just did the calculation: 18mpg on average. Feeling even worse now!! I've an SL500 and 993 to do the guzzling- I used to get way more than that in my e39 M5!
Is that from a 6 cylinder model? If so, that can't be right, can it!? That's awful! I get 23mpg from the 745i!! Do you do almost all town driving? harry kular said:
72l. Just did the calculation: 18mpg on average. Feeling even worse now!! I've an SL500 and 993 to do the guzzling- I used to get way more than that in my e39 M5!
There must be something wrong for it to do that, surely? My 300 does a regular 25, one or two better if I drive it nicely, never any worse, measured brim to brim. There's only so bad a 6 cylinder engine can be.The more modern engines are reckoned to be much better but I am sure other bargists can provide more information.
My Audi A8 was atrocious for me, but the next owner replaced some kind of senser (note the technical term) and it was vastly better for him. Maybe it's the same here. New fangled engines, eh?
0a said:
Anyway, after I am done, however, I think I might try a cheap E32. Or a peugeot 205 convertable. Or a c63 on finance.
Bloody hell, not you too? The thread's in danger of losing its mojo. I really hope you've all got on the pop early this afternoon? You'll wake up in the morning feeling shamed and dirty, remembering the awful things you've said and done.
Then you look out the window at the 20 year-old rusting heap of st outside your window, notice the slowly expanding pool of vital and expensive fluid spreading across the expensively-laid driveway, and think to yourself 'how could I let the old girl go?' And, thus, normal service will be resumed.
CharlesdeGaulle said:
0a said:
Anyway, after I am done, however, I think I might try a cheap E32. Or a peugeot 205 convertable. Or a c63 on finance.
Bloody hell, not you too? The thread's in danger of losing its mojo. I really hope you've all got on the pop early this afternoon? You'll wake up in the morning feeling shamed and dirty, remembering the awful things you've said and done.
Then you look out the window at the 20 year-old rusting heap of st outside your window, notice the slowly expanding pool of vital and expensive fluid spreading across the expensively-laid driveway, and think to yourself 'how could I let the old girl go?' And, thus, normal service will be resumed.
Mr Scruff said:
Call it £1k and it's yours! Off into the garage on Wednesday - timing most annoying as I'm at a 2-day meeting Tues and Wed (so someone has to drop it off for me) and then need to take it away for a long weekend Friday morning!
If you're after that sort of silly 4 figure money, then I'm just not sure 0a said:
harry kular said:
72l. Just did the calculation: 18mpg on average. Feeling even worse now!! I've an SL500 and 993 to do the guzzling- I used to get way more than that in my e39 M5!
There must be something wrong for it to do that, surely? My 300 does a regular 25, one or two better if I drive it nicely, never any worse, measured brim to brim. There's only so bad a 6 cylinder engine can be.The more modern engines are reckoned to be much better but I am sure other bargists can provide more information.
My Audi A8 was atrocious for me, but the next owner replaced some kind of senser (note the technical term) and it was vastly better for him. Maybe it's the same here. New fangled engines, eh?
E65Ross said:
0a said:
harry kular said:
72l. Just did the calculation: 18mpg on average. Feeling even worse now!! I've an SL500 and 993 to do the guzzling- I used to get way more than that in my e39 M5!
There must be something wrong for it to do that, surely? My 300 does a regular 25, one or two better if I drive it nicely, never any worse, measured brim to brim. There's only so bad a 6 cylinder engine can be.The more modern engines are reckoned to be much better but I am sure other bargists can provide more information.
My Audi A8 was atrocious for me, but the next owner replaced some kind of senser (note the technical term) and it was vastly better for him. Maybe it's the same here. New fangled engines, eh?
Maybe he only uses it for track days though?!
Yes, it's either town driving, or climbing great big hills on country roads to get home again. My regular 450 mile 1-day round trip to Dublin Is done in the 320d, do that I don't have to stop for a refill. It's the e320, and has had lots spent on the engine, box and suspension, so I know it's as good as it can be unfortunately.
Avoid the 320 then! What do you get from the 320d?
Getting back to barges, this looks rather nice: http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2014...
"Daimler Double Six 6.0 V12 4dr Auto New 12 Month Mot"
Getting back to barges, this looks rather nice: http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2014...
"Daimler Double Six 6.0 V12 4dr Auto New 12 Month Mot"
Zwolf said:
edo said:
edo said:
Zwolf said:
edo said:
Too much gassing and not enough barges being posted chaps....
Strong money, but not many left with this sort of mileage.
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2014...
BMW 5 SERIES 535i Sport 4dr Auto 3.5
39700 miles
That's ridiculous VFM at £3-3.5k. Great find, as usual Edo. Strong money, but not many left with this sort of mileage.
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2014...
BMW 5 SERIES 535i Sport 4dr Auto 3.5
39700 miles
Now, the following has to be taken in the context of someone who is never satisfied with ANY car and finds fault in all...even his brand new Mercedes C63 with 112 miles on it when delivered. To the extent that he phoned me immediately to tell me how awful the condition was (a tiny literally hairline scratch on the driver's kick plate paint) that he told his girl-friend to "park it 'round the back of the house because I can't bear to look at it!"):
I haven't seen it yet but apparently it's not as good as it was advertised as. As I said, I haven't seen it yet but this is what my friend has said so far when he phoned me whilst driving back:
1) Intermittent Front-end shimmy (especially when braking)
2) Marks on bodywork which will require paintshop attention. Seller's excuse "Oh, they were already on it when he bought it so not his fault" (or words to that effect apparently.
3) Pixels out on the display
4) Wheels need refurbishing
5) Black leather on driver's bolster marked (I'm sure that'll be nothing!)
I'll probably get to see and drive it tomorrow.
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