Best Smoker Barges 1-5 large [Vol 4]

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confused_buyer

6,610 posts

180 months

Thursday 21st June 2012
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Cheapest E65 I've seen was a 2002 735i at auction for £2300. It had about 160k. Reasonably tidy for age if I remember right.

£3-£4k gets a reasonably nice one.

nagsheadwarrior

2,779 posts

178 months

Thursday 21st June 2012
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279 said:
Alas, I'm not quite in the position to buy this particular example but it has got me thinking about them in a lot more detail. The supply of cars available for between £5-6k had dried up or where looking incredibly ropey, and to be honest an initial outlay of £6k is hefty enough for me as it is - The most I've ever spent on a car is a grand!

I have been considering X308s for a while too, but I don't think I could quite love a X308 as much as I should do knowing that a X350 is attainable (barely). Then there is the S Type R, but again I think the XJR is far prettier, its bigger, better speced and it is lighter . The only reason I'd go for one is because I could afford a half decent, low miler whilst XJRs are well in the six figures on the odometer for the money.

I suppose that is my main hesitation, going in at the bottom end of the market on a car that commanded £60k less than 10 years ago. I know financially its going to be far from cheap to run, but I don't want a continuous money pit.
Distressingly logical thinking,ive never spent much over 1k on a car n if i was spending that it wouldnt be on a very leggy xjr lovely though it looks.
One things for sure with xj's n thats that they're not going up in price so sooner or later the right car will appear in budget.

GBB

1,737 posts

158 months

Thursday 21st June 2012
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Mustard said:
Zwolf said:
Fox- said:
Imagine we fell through a time portal into 2002 and were bizarrely still posting in Best Smokre Barges 1-5 Large.

It's amazing how comparatively crap, relatively speaking the cars in this thread would be.
Hmm, Senator 3.0 24v, Carlton GSi 3000, Cavalier V6 CDX, Mondeo V6 Ghia X. Plus lots of W124s, W140s, E34s and E32s. hehe
A better era than now! plentiful E34 525i, E280/E320 W124, 190E 2.6, E32 735i what could be better?

..... Nice odd ball one Audi 2.2 5 cylinder GT Coupe (the angular one 81-90ish) very tough things
Checking in.

I reckon that around 1990 was the turning point, stuff built after that date had better rust proofing so didn't rot away in front of you and fuel injection/electronic ignition for reliable running.

CampDavid

9,145 posts

197 months

Friday 22nd June 2012
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louiebaby said:
Evening all. Went to see the 6 Lambos from the collection that are over in London. The Muira is lovely. I'll find some barges for Fox- to criticise tomorrow.

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Sorry Louie, I didn't spot that you were still heading over, I'd have ducked out and headed over

mig25_foxbat2003

5,426 posts

210 months

Friday 22nd June 2012
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jonnydm said:
So what interesting new species will fall to the realms of £5k during this thread's time?
I reckon we'll start to get some actually desirable E60s and 90s filtering through, rather than the fairly nasty, poorly-specced ones we're getting at present.

louiebaby

10,651 posts

190 months

Friday 22nd June 2012
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CampDavid said:
louiebaby said:
Evening all. Went to see the 6 Lambos from the collection that are over in London. The Muira is lovely. I'll find some barges for Fox- to criticise tomorrow.

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Sorry Louie, I didn't spot that you were still heading over, I'd have ducked out and headed over
Don't worry Old Bean, I didn't hang around for long, I had to get over to Kingston to pick up my bike from a service anyway.

Incidentally, the Inspection II of the road bike world, including new chain and brake blocks, and a full strip down, clean, put back together and set up cost £172. I'm expecting the MOT on the 540i is significantly less. It's an odd world we live in.

louiebaby

10,651 posts

190 months

Friday 22nd June 2012
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Do Skoda Superb's have borkable Mercedes-style air suspension, this looks to be a little "off-roadie"...


Fox-

13,228 posts

245 months

Friday 22nd June 2012
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mig25_foxbat2003 said:
I reckon we'll start to get some actually desirable E60s and 90s filtering through, rather than the fairly nasty, poorly-specced ones we're getting at present.
There are desirable E60s?

mig25_foxbat2003

5,426 posts

210 months

Friday 22nd June 2012
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Fox- said:
mig25_foxbat2003 said:
I reckon we'll start to get some actually desirable E60s and 90s filtering through, rather than the fairly nasty, poorly-specced ones we're getting at present.
There are desirable E60s?
Quiet in the cheap seats laugh

detomaso

1,354 posts

247 months

Friday 22nd June 2012
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stropley said:
Fox in Vol 3 said:
On the subject of E28's whats with this advert?!

http://pistonheads.com/sales/3975972.htm
If you follow the photobucket link there's a video on there with a lot of creepy 'Silence of the Lambs' like heavy breathing topped off by the seller revving the M535i to the red line from cold eek

I'm oot!
Hahahaha I like the bit where he touches the tailpipes with his foot rofl

louiebaby

10,651 posts

190 months

Friday 22nd June 2012
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Fox- said:
There are desirable E60s?
E61 M5??? Spanish E61 550i???

Neither of which will be in budget in 6 months, but the only two I really fancy myself...

detomaso

1,354 posts

247 months

Friday 22nd June 2012
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chris116 said:
Mustard said:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ALPINA-B-2-8-C-REG-1986-...

a Sytner conversion Car I believe.... Nice and subtle with the Alpina war paint!
lick
I think I may have the B2.8 grille badge he's missing

Krikkit

26,500 posts

180 months

Friday 22nd June 2012
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279 said:
nagsheadwarrior said:
I dont think you need convincing, buy it, polish it, love it, use it at weekends or every day, its gotta be all the car you could ever need, rem it epticius (latinish for get it bought)

Apologies,having recently bought something myself I now need to buy things vicariously through other people!
Alas, I'm not quite in the position to buy this particular example but it has got me thinking about them in a lot more detail. The supply of cars available for between £5-6k had dried up or where looking incredibly ropey, and to be honest an initial outlay of £6k is hefty enough for me as it is - The most I've ever spent on a car is a grand!

I have been considering X308s for a while too, but I don't think I could quite love a X308 as much as I should do knowing that a X350 is attainable (barely). Then there is the S Type R, but again I think the XJR is far prettier, its bigger, better speced and it is lighter . The only reason I'd go for one is because I could afford a half decent, low miler whilst XJRs are well in the six figures on the odometer for the money.

I suppose that is my main hesitation, going in at the bottom end of the market on a car that commanded £60k less than 10 years ago. I know financially its going to be far from cheap to run, but I don't want a continuous money pit.
I wouldn't dismiss the x308 - they're a very beguiling car indeed.

BorkFactor

7,258 posts

157 months

Friday 22nd June 2012
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Checking in, will post later on today smile

ETA - out of interest, what is wrong with the E60? I have to say, I really didn't like the look of them when they came out but they are growing on me now. Mate's Dad had a 530d M Sport Auto and it was a nice car, certainly fairly brisk and nice seats in the front.

Edited by BorkFactor on Friday 22 June 08:37

Jobbo

12,960 posts

263 months

Friday 22nd June 2012
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olly22n said:
BorkFactor said:
Checking in, will post later on today smile

ETA - out of interest, what is wrong with the E60?
The E39 and the F10, mainly.
I would say the run-flat tyres and the fact that the base versions were decontented compared to the E39 (e.g. removal of standard climate control, some poor plastics). Plus they sold too well so you see them all over the place. They do make an E39 feel a bit old, though; the sat nav screen is in just the right place, for instance, and the comfort seats beat anything offered in the E39. Some things are just change for the sake of change such as the electronic indicator and wiper stalks.

GBB

1,737 posts

158 months

Friday 22nd June 2012
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Good value mini barge if one owner from new http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2012...

Did those extras really cost £8K?

Output Flange

16,793 posts

210 months

Friday 22nd June 2012
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Mustard said:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ALPINA-B-2-8-C-REG-1986-...

a Sytner conversion Car I believe.... Nice and subtle with the Alpina war paint!
Nope, converted by a man named Alan near Aylesbury using the parts from a dead Alpina onto his 528i base.

Output Flange

16,793 posts

210 months

Friday 22nd June 2012
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Krikkit said:
I wouldn't dismiss the x308 - they're a very beguiling car indeed.
Absolutely. Since I've had mine the only non-routine maintenance / consumable I've had to do is to change the supercharger belt and pulleys to the newer design, which because I was feely lazy I got the garage to do, at about £300 all in.

The biggest cost with them is fuel. I've done 5000 miles in mine, and it has cost me about £2300 in petrol to do it.

I'll be sad to see it go, to be honest.

Jobbo

12,960 posts

263 months

Friday 22nd June 2012
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GBB said:
Good value mini barge if one owner from new http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2012...

Did those extras really cost £8K?
No nav so maybe not quite. All the things like sport steering wheel, sports suspension etc would have been separately specced back then, but it would have been much cheaper just to buy the Sport model instead when that was launched a year or so later.

Electric seats, leather, xenons would each have been over a grand and I bet the sunroof would have given little change from that figure. Probably £5-6k of options.

Mustard

6,992 posts

244 months

Friday 22nd June 2012
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Never thought I'd say this about a car at Charles ironside, but this looks decent value.......

CU04URG W211 E320 CDi
118k mies
£5950

Www.charlesironside.co.uk

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