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Pesty
25,911 posts
125 months
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W00DY said:  The wheels are not a good look, but yes to 6.7 litres. Want it 6.7 litres !!
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LHD
16,024 posts
56 months
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Frik said: To be fair, melvster has form. Especially when it comes to colours.
I think it looks ace FWIW, except for that rear bumper. I think it has shades of this in it:  Which is one of the best looking of the old GT1 cars IMO.
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s m
8,115 posts
72 months
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CampDavid said: apparently the pink Benz 2.5 Cosworth which I posted up and had planned on viewing last month (couldn't get the time to view prior to heading to the 'ring, bought the 740i instead) is now in Evo Fast Fleet. ............
Do you think Mike Duff of Evo could be a lurker? To be fair he's always liked his Mercs
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Zwolf
22,321 posts
75 months
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Pesty said: W00DY said: The wheels are not a good look, but yes to 6.7 litres. Want it 6.7 litres !! Yet a factory 5.5 bi-turbo 600 has more power and torque. If staying NA were the point, I'd prefer one of the few CL63 AMGs of this genus. Either would look less Slough-ish.
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LHD
16,024 posts
56 months
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Zwolf said: Pesty said: W00DY said: The wheels are not a good look, but yes to 6.7 litres. Want it 6.7 litres !! Yet a factory 5.5 bi-turbo 600 has more power and torque. If staying NA were the point, I'd prefer one of the few CL63 AMGs of this genus. Either would look less Slough-ish. Innit.
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E24man
808 posts
48 months
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Zwolf
22,321 posts
75 months
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E24man said: Monstrous levels of want. V12. Pre-facelift. Green. 'Pinas. SWB. 
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W00DY
7,848 posts
95 months
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Zwolf said: Pesty said: W00DY said: The wheels are not a good look, but yes to 6.7 litres. Want it 6.7 litres !! Yet a factory 5.5 bi-turbo 600 has more power and torque. If staying NA were the point, I'd prefer one of the few CL63 AMGs of this genus. Either would look less Slough-ish. And which of those was available in 2001?
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Zwolf
22,321 posts
75 months
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W00DY said: And which of those was available in 2001? The CL63, if that's some wierd qualifying criteria for specific desirability. 
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Chrisw666
20,889 posts
68 months
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Despite the sense of a £15k fleet I've checked and been told we don't have said lump sum. So does anyone have any experience of the MK6 Golf convertible?
£262pcm on a 3+35 (15k/pa) via lings for the 1.6TDI SE seems like a very reasonable sum for a car that will keep the good lady very happy.
I'm sure its dull in the accepted sense, a diesel cab is wrong, and its probably smaller than a 3 door golf. But the roof comes off, it should cost buttons to run, and seems like a better thing than a KA for her commute.
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W00DY
7,848 posts
95 months
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Zwolf said: W00DY said: And which of those was available in 2001? The CL63, if that's some wierd qualifying criteria for specific desirability. Which would be more expensive now. The point was that although the bi-turbo makes it look like a waste of time, it didn't exist at the time.And 6.7 litres of old-school tuned V12 is rather special. I just wanted to fight its corner a little.
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W00DY
7,848 posts
95 months
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Chrisw666 said: Despite the sense of a £15k fleet I've checked and been told we don't have said lump sum. So does anyone have any experience of the MK6 Golf convertible?
£262pcm on a 3+35 (15k/pa) via lings for the 1.6TDI SE seems like a very reasonable sum for a car that will keep the good lady very happy.
I'm sure its dull in the accepted sense, a diesel cab is wrong, and its probably smaller than a 3 door golf. But the roof comes off, it should cost buttons to run, and seems like a better thing than a KA for her commute. If she's paying, tell her to knock herself out and then tell her you shall be spending the equivalent of just one years payments on something fun you get to keep at the end. Win. Yes I have met women. No, I know that won't work
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E24man
808 posts
48 months
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Zwolf said: E24man said: Monstrous levels of want. V12. Pre-facelift. Green. 'Pinas. SWB. All the 760i extra goodies...and under 8.5k..... What's the betting you could drive off for nearer 7.5k.....
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Zwolf
22,321 posts
75 months
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Chrisw666 said: Despite the sense of a £15k fleet I've checked and been told we don't have said lump sum. So does anyone have any experience of the MK6 Golf convertible?
£262pcm on a 3+35 (15k/pa) via lings for the 1.6TDI SE seems like a very reasonable sum for a car that will keep the good lady very happy.
I'm sure its dull in the accepted sense, a diesel cab is wrong, and its probably smaller than a 3 door golf. But the roof comes off, it should cost buttons to run, and seems like a better thing than a KA for her commute.  £262pm should bag you a £15k loan over 6 years. Plus four or five cars that have negligible depreciating left to do is far more interesting and enjoyable a prospect than a diesel engined Golf wendyhouse. Evidently you need some advanced Applied Manthmatics lessons. I think Olly and Deej do evening classes for a small fee.
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trooperiziz
8,042 posts
121 months
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Chrisw666 said: Despite the sense of a £15k fleet I've checked and been told we don't have said lump sum. So does anyone have any experience of the MK6 Golf convertible?
£262pcm on a 3+35 (15k/pa) via lings for the 1.6TDI SE seems like a very reasonable sum for a car that will keep the good lady very happy.
I'm sure its dull in the accepted sense, a diesel cab is wrong, and its probably smaller than a 3 door golf. But the roof comes off, it should cost buttons to run, and seems like a better thing than a KA for her commute. For that monthly, you can get a new Abarth 500. Just saying.
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Zwolf
22,321 posts
75 months
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W00DY said: Zwolf said: W00DY said: And which of those was available in 2001? The CL63, if that's some wierd qualifying criteria for specific desirability. Which would be more expensive now. The point was that although the bi-turbo makes it look like a waste of time, it didn't exist at the time.And 6.7 litres of old-school tuned V12 is rather special. I just wanted to fight its corner a little. The last CL63 I saw was on here at £18k for ages a year or so ago (it was also low mileage). Dropped to £16k and sold, I can't believe the same thing now would fetch any more, which makes this obscurity feel relatively poor value to me. Somehow I also fear Brabusbork in a way even standard V12 Mercbork and AMGbork can't get close to. That the biturbo wasn't available until 2002 is a bit moot really as we're not in 2002 any more and aren't buying them new. It has obscurity appeal sure, but that's also sometimes reason enough to avoid and go with the mainstream appeal, certainly with half a mind to any future resale considerations (in terms of both ease and value). Too wild a card for me, basically - that's not to say it's entirely devoid of merit.
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Parabola
1,229 posts
66 months
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E24man said: Mmm, I absolutely adore big green BMWs. That really is lovely.
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Gaz.
47,177 posts
120 months
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Chris, is this purely her money or do you both pay into one pot and spend accordinly? If the former then I wouldn't bat an eyelid but if the latter the only positive thing I have to say is "woo everyone loves open top motoring". 
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Chrisw666
20,889 posts
68 months
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Zwolf said: £262pm should bag you a £15k loan over 6 years. Plus four or five cars that have negligible depreciating left to do is far more interesting and enjoyable a prospect than a diesel engined Golf wendyhouse. Evidently you need some advanced Applied Manthmatics lessons. I think Olly and Deej do evening classes for a small fee. Even I go out of town to buy my underpants. I see your point, about interesting however we're talking about replacing a 6 year old KA with something that keeps her happy, and it would be her money and she is tighter than me (in the last year or so she has walked from a Polo, Mini, 500 and Fiesta, all of which she really wanted until the reality of paying monthly hit her shoe budget hard). Personally I'd drop a lump into a Volvo V70 D5 and a MK1 Focus RS or S1 Elise that gives a very sensible daily and a fairly depreciation proof fun car. But she is the least interested in cars F1 lover I've ever met.
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m5wagon
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38 months
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