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Rincewind209 said:
E65Ross said:
Jeez, lighten up. You may see that this is a "cars for sale" thread. But you don't understand the general environment of it, do you.
Fixed that quoting for you, too.
I think you should stop taking yourself so seriously. Fixed that quoting for you, too.
NervySi said:
Hi everybody, as a former barge-keeper I tend to visit this thread everyday and finally I just had to post. What do we all think of this W124, for sale just round the corner from me?
http://www.topgear-carsales.co.uk/used-cars/merced...
I had a look around it the other day and the finish and build quality appears to be very good indeed, I think I can finally understand why people are so keen on these! Anybody have any experience of the 2.3 unit coupled with an autobox?
Nice colour scheme. Very basic spec. Needs 8- or 15-hole alloys as a condition of sale. Wonder if it's done much towing?http://www.topgear-carsales.co.uk/used-cars/merced...
I had a look around it the other day and the finish and build quality appears to be very good indeed, I think I can finally understand why people are so keen on these! Anybody have any experience of the 2.3 unit coupled with an autobox?
Drove a 230E once and found it rather sluggish, but the car I drove had a blowing head gasket so perhaps it was slower than usual. The later 16 valve 220E was faster & more economical but apparently more unrefined.
I found the automatic 230E quite low-geared - about 3500rpm at 70mph in top.
E65Ross said:
Anyway, can't recall if I asked......other than RenesisEvo, are any other threadists going to Sunday Service at Silverstone this weekend? I'll be heading down there in the barge, hopefully I'll get chance to clean it Saturday as it's not been cleaned for quite a while!!
Heading down with a few pals. My CLK55, a Mate is E34 540 and an S4 hopefully!judas said:
Shame the seller had to copy verbatim from my ad: http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/b...
Hi Judas, I see you've dropped the price on your 750 a bit, have you not had much interest? Any thoughts on keeping her perhaps? 
NervySi said:
Anybody have any experience of the 2.3 unit coupled with an autobox?
My uncle used to have a 230E auto like this many years ago, before he replaced it with a 260E and then a 280E. I drove it a few times. They lope along ably enough but the engine is nothing special in terms of refinement and even in the day, they were 'adequate' rather than in any way quick. I have nothing against them but on the basis of the one example I have tried I would always tend to go for a six cylinder. Even the baby six, the 260E, was a much more impressive and melodious car.On the other hand the 2-litre in the 190E was a decent enough package, perhaps the smaller engine seemed smoother, and of course had less weight to punt around.
sday12 said:
http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/b...
£750 for a V8 LPG anyone?
Edited by sday12 on Wednesday 15th October 21:48
Anything major to check? I guess at this price point its hardly going to be perfect... and theres not much that can go wrong that WONT write it off.
Fuel tanks easy to check?
S3_Graham said:
Going to see this tonight.....
Anything major to check? I guess at this price point its hardly going to be perfect... and theres not much that can go wrong that WONT write it off.
Fuel tanks easy to check?
I will personally wire you £5 in beer tokens if you ask the guy why he plagiarised another advert on this site.Anything major to check? I guess at this price point its hardly going to be perfect... and theres not much that can go wrong that WONT write it off.
Fuel tanks easy to check?
bmthnick1981 said:
judas said:
Shame the seller had to copy verbatim from my ad: http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/b...
Hi Judas, I see you've dropped the price on your 750 a bit, have you not had much interest? Any thoughts on keeping her perhaps? 
Interest has been thin on the ground and mostly from idiot texters. However, a friend (and fellow PH'er) is returning from Oz early December and had said he'll have it provided it passes it's MOT and will fit in his garage. He used to have an XJS which fitted, but with not much space to spare, so it's 50/50 whether Brunhilda will fit.
hornetrider said:
S3_Graham said:
Going to see this tonight.....
Anything major to check? I guess at this price point its hardly going to be perfect... and theres not much that can go wrong that WONT write it off.
Fuel tanks easy to check?
I will personally wire you £5 in beer tokens if you ask the guy why he plagiarised another advert on this site.Anything major to check? I guess at this price point its hardly going to be perfect... and theres not much that can go wrong that WONT write it off.
Fuel tanks easy to check?
It's a little irksome to have taken the care and time to write an ad that like that so it stood out from the usual dross, only for it to be copied wholesale. But sod it - no hard feelings in particular 
Rincewind209 said:
Why bizarre? It's an advert. Unless he has another to sell, how can it affect him in any meaningful way?
Unless Queen and David Bowie were going to completely reuse the bassline from Under Pressure in another song, how can it have affected them in any meaningful way that Vanilla Ice nicked it for Ice Ice Baby?masermartin said:
Rincewind209 said:
Why bizarre? It's an advert. Unless he has another to sell, how can it affect him in any meaningful way?
Unless Queen and David Bowie were going to completely reuse the bassline from Under Pressure in another song, how can it have affected them in any meaningful way that Vanilla Ice nicked it for Ice Ice Baby?
Blown2CV said:
Zwolf said:
S3_Graham said:
Fuel tanks easy to check?
Piece of piss. Take to supermarket. Brim it. Park it up for a day or two. See how big the puddle is.
£120 of petrol is cheaper than fixing an Emmental tank...
slippery said:
Blown2CV said:
Zwolf said:
S3_Graham said:
Fuel tanks easy to check?
Piece of piss. Take to supermarket. Brim it. Park it up for a day or two. See how big the puddle is.
£120 of petrol is cheaper than fixing an Emmental tank...
Although LPG on my 323 got awful MPG
pretty sure that was the engine in that 323 though... slippery said:
Blown2CV said:
Zwolf said:
S3_Graham said:
Fuel tanks easy to check?
Piece of piss. Take to supermarket. Brim it. Park it up for a day or two. See how big the puddle is.
£120 of petrol is cheaper than fixing an Emmental tank...
Common leak areas are the filler neck where it joins the tank, and the bottom of the tank - the latter's easy to check: just run your hand over the bottom (both sides) and see if then smells of fuel. If it does, walk away.
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