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hornetrider
40,762 posts
74 months
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Mustard said: What am I looking at?! And why would company accounts matter when you're buying a 5k motor?
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Mustard
6,609 posts
114 months
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hornetrider said: Mustard said: What am I looking at?! And why would company accounts matter when you're buying a 5k motor? Lets just say the director is more 'sparkhill' than Solihull.... Jobbo will know what I mean! 
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Rollcage
9,178 posts
61 months
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Mustard said: Lets just say the director is more 'sparkhill' than Solihull.... Jobbo will know what I mean! So you wouldnt buy a car from him because of his ethnicity?
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LayZ
826 posts
111 months
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ATM said: Max M4X WW said: ATM said: I presume the MPG figures on AT have got mixed up on that? I daren't look at them. This might have the most bork potential of anything we've seen for a while. Air suspension on these is ruinous, coming up on 10 years old seems just about right for catastrophic failure.
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Blown2CV
6,500 posts
72 months
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mattman said: surely flogging those rims would pay for the car... they are OTT for me. I always remember the GS from the mid-90s with dished alloys being v cool. A la... (not for sale) 
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Shadow R1
1,522 posts
45 months
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Zwolf said: Hammerhead said: Lovely. Should have a space ball gearknob as a T5 though and it's Cedar Green, not Scabby Green (which is a very good thing). Would prefer it with two pedals though. The manual 260PS T5 is quicker by the numbers than the heavier and AWD 300PS S60 R too IIRC. No active, switchable dampers to bork expensively either. No but it has the scarey expensive lights, which are not in the best of health. Plus some other things that put me off, i viewed it over a month ago and its still for sale............
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Mustard
6,609 posts
114 months
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Rollcage said: Mustard said: Lets just say the director is more 'sparkhill' than Solihull.... Jobbo will know what I mean! So you wouldnt buy a car from him because of his ethnicity? I merely wouldn't buy any car from Birmingham or a few other places mentioned on this thread in the past, and '12 May 2012 Compulsory Striking Off of Register Cancelled' doesn't inspire confidence
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Jobbo
7,227 posts
133 months
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Mustard said: Rollcage said: Mustard said: Lets just say the director is more 'sparkhill' than Solihull.... Jobbo will know what I mean! So you wouldnt buy a car from him because of his ethnicity? I merely wouldn't buy any car from Birmingham or a few other places mentioned on this thread in the past, and '12 May 2012 Compulsory Striking Off of Register Cancelled' doesn't inspire confidence The company looks thoroughly insolvent - net liabilities of £123,000 or so. I wouldn't expect to get any joy if the car broke down expensively after purchase.
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Pappa Lurve
3,254 posts
151 months
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A lex said: Pappa Lurve said: Hey, it's try before you buy dear chap!!!
A lex - about what I figured and I know the thing is ok as he just did 250 miles on it in 2 days. Just wanted to check as I am not exactly a mechanical genius. Thanks mate. As you say, how far wrong can I go on what will be the smallest amount I have ever spent on a car, including my first ever car before I passed my test.
Seems like a decent enough mini barge for the winter and potential dog hack car, which is all I really want it for. Sounds like a no brainer then - if its got any tax left on it and some life in the tyres, consider that a bonus. Im sure you could weigh it in for £250 so it really seems low/no risk. In my experience cars that consistently rack up the miles are far better prospects when playing the banger game. Try new boots and new tax! Looks like I can;t go wrong really but all shall be revealed when I get a chance to look it over properly at the weekend.
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W00DY
7,848 posts
95 months
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BeirutTaxi
5,169 posts
83 months
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W00DY said: I know these aren't as big as a current S Class but somehow they manage to look like the most ENORMOUS car on the road. It's frightening and utterly wonderful to see the Tirpitz bearing down on you in the rear view mirror.
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Motorrad
3,869 posts
56 months
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Shadow R1 said: No but it has the scarey expensive lights, which are not in the best of health.
Plus some other things that put me off, i viewed it over a month ago and its still for sale............ Is that the bulb warning light or just a general issue with the bi-xenons? Googling didn't clarify what the problem with this light setup is and why weren't they in the best of health. Asking as I may buy one of these when I sell my Mustang.
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BeirutTaxi
5,169 posts
83 months
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Motorrad said: Is that the bulb warning light or just a general issue with the bi-xenons? Googling didn't clarify what the problem with this light setup is and why weren't they in the best of health.
Asking as I may buy one of these when I sell my Mustang. Mustang for a Volvo... Sad times 
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BigBen
6,503 posts
99 months
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BeirutTaxi said: W00DY said: I know these aren't as big as a current S Class but somehow they manage to look like the most ENORMOUS car on the road. It's frightening and utterly wonderful to see the Tirpitz bearing down on you in the rear view mirror. Are you sure they are not as big as the current cars ? Can't be much in it and they are definitely larger than the W220 S-class.
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Zwolf
22,321 posts
75 months
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BigBen said: Are you sure they are not as big as the current cars ? Can't be much in it and they are definitely larger than the W220 S-class. W140s are indeed longer and wider than both W220 and W221.
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BigBen
6,503 posts
99 months
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Zwolf said: BigBen said: Are you sure they are not as big as the current cars ? Can't be much in it and they are definitely larger than the W220 S-class. W140s are indeed longer and wider than both W220 and W221. Makes sense as a LWB W140 has to be as big as you would want a car to be on UK roads, similar footprint to a standard Transit van for instance. Ben
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confused_buyer
1,873 posts
50 months
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Motorrad said: Is that the bulb warning light or just a general issue with the bi-xenons? Googling didn't clarify what the problem with this light setup is and why weren't they in the best of health.
Asking as I may buy one of these when I sell my Mustang. Can't say I've ever come across any general issue with Volvo bi-xenons. They can begin to fail and flicker, like any xenon light, but not especially more than any other car.
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sday12
4,193 posts
80 months
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BeirutTaxi said: BlueMR2 said: CharlesdeGaulle said: V8mate said: Ok...so it needs a proper haggle to get it down to thread budget... but in these austere times...who knows? This is a proper smoker barge... in fact, the interior looks as if it's been made of smoking jackets.   Can't let this bad boy pass without comment. Irredeemably awful. The interior looks as though it's been made of smoking detritus, not smoking jackets (although maybe you are a velvet bow-tie sort of chap), and conflagration is what should happen to it. Just no. It looks like it was a design for a saloon originally then they just added another 3ft on the rear overhang to be able to advertise as "biggest boot in class". Advert said: selling as not being used On the face of it I totally understand his reasons for not wanting to drive it  At £7k You would have to be UTTERLY MAD to buy this over a good 540i touring. They do have a certain presence because of there sheer vastness. The burgundy just adds to the drama. But seven grand for a 90s yank? No no no. Undoubtably a low mileage good condition example buy I would be looking at less than half the RRP. You could get a nice Impala for that money.
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ODJ
339 posts
58 months
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cmoose
18,577 posts
98 months
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mattman said: Does actually help to compensate for what is inherently a horribly proportioned barge. But still. No!
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