Best Smoker Barges 1-5 large [Vol 4]

[Pappa Lurve]

ATM said:

Not a barge but lovely.

http://classifieds.pistonheads.com/classifieds/use...

That is SO a barge, or at least it is from behind the wheel. Love those old girls and I think they will only appreciate over the years.

[Garlick]

Not a barge, but I wanted to confess my sins amongst like minded folk.

2 owners, 93,000 miles, MOT to July 13, Tax to March 13, new Dunlops, new exhaust and FMSH. Bought by me for £600

Needs tidying, but a good base to start from.

[Garlick]

A lex said:

Its nuts what £600 can buy you these days. Great little motor.

I'm pleased with it, will keep you updated with how we get on.

[SpeckledJim]

Garlick said:

Not a barge, but I wanted to confess my sins amongst like minded folk.

2 owners, 93,000 miles, MOT to July 13, Tax to March 13, new Dunlops, new exhaust and FMSH. Bought by me for £600

Needs tidying, but a good base to start from.

I keep trying to convince myself that my 1991 V-Spec with 110,000 miles is worth a grand. Its great, so much fun, gotta be worth a grand....

...nope.

[CampDavid]

Garlick said:

Not a barge, but I wanted to confess my sins amongst like minded folk.

2 owners, 93,000 miles, MOT to July 13, Tax to March 13, new Dunlops, new exhaust and FMSH. Bought by me for £600

Needs tidying, but a good base to start from.

Has the wife started asking how many green, two seater sports cars you need?

TVR to house improvement fund conversion imminent?

[Garlick]

CampDavid said:

TVR to house improvement fund conversion imminent?

Not yet, this will be our 'economical car' to tool about in. She's a huge MX-5 fan so no questions asked

[Luke.]

Garlick said:

Not yet, this will be our 'economical car' to tool about in. She's a huge MX-5 fan so no questions asked

For the love of God, we need more details man.

Where on Earth did you find such a gem?

[SpeckledJim]

Garlick said:

CampDavid said:

TVR to house improvement fund conversion imminent?

Not yet, this will be our 'economical car' to tool about in. She's a huge MX-5 fan so no questions asked

You'll be aware that they're inexplicably poor on fuel for a 1 ton, 1.6 trundler?

[theironduke]

SpeckledJim said:

Garlick said:

CampDavid said:

TVR to house improvement fund conversion imminent?

Not yet, this will be our 'economical car' to tool about in. She's a huge MX-5 fan so no questions asked

You'll be aware that they're inexplicably poor on fuel for a 1 ton, 1.6 trundler?

He's got a Chim, i'm sure he'll have seen worse

I did find the same with mine too, I guess it comes downs to having to rev the nuts off it to get anywhere. At least with a Chim you get an epic noise and a bit of pace for your crap economy!

[Garlick]

SpeckledJim said:

You'll be aware that they're inexplicably poor on fuel for a 1 ton, 1.6 trundler?

Not that bad...well our old 93 Eunos was OK.

Don't forget what I'm comparing it to, the Lexus is terrible.

[Jobbo]

Garlick said:

Not a barge, but I wanted to confess my sins amongst like minded folk.

2 owners, 93,000 miles, MOT to July 13, Tax to March 13, new Dunlops, new exhaust and FMSH. Bought by me for £600

Needs tidying, but a good base to start from.

Careful what you spend on it - I paid £900 for a similar age import earlier this year, but when I started playing with it I ended up splurging about £2,500 on top of the price; and it's not supercharged yet. Suspension, exhaust, brakes, wheels, tyres, labour, plus the usual fixing niggles on a ~20yr old car. Ouch.

[SpeckledJim]

Garlick said:

SpeckledJim said:

You'll be aware that they're inexplicably poor on fuel for a 1 ton, 1.6 trundler?

Not that bad...well our old 93 Eunos was OK.

Don't forget what I'm comparing it to, the Lexus is terrible.

We get c.30mpg from ours, mixed A roads and urban. An Elise with a 1.6 K-Series and similar-ish weight and power would get 45. I love it to bits, but they're no better on fuel in my experience than, say, a Z3 2.8 with an extra 200kg and 70% more power.

Granted compared to the LS, for urban stuff, it'll be c.50% better?

[Garlick]

This will be kept standard, just fettled to sort a few niggles that need attention and that's it. I'm tired of spending £££ on my cars and so is my bank manager

Besides, I will always choose the Chim over the MX when the sun is shining and the roads are calling.

[Jobbo]

Garlick said:

This will be kept standard, just fettled to sort a few niggles that need attention and that's it.

With the benefit of hindsight, this is the best way to do it with an MX5

[Stedman]

Where did you find the MX5 Garlick?

[Garlick]

Stedman said:

Where did you find the MX5 Garlick?

Was being sold by a colleague (not PH, but Haymarket) who thought I might be interested. A bout of haggling later and it was mine.

[Chrisw666]

Despite not being a barge that MX5 looks cracking, for £600 there really is nothing to lose as long as you stay budget concious when fettling it.

[mig25_foxbat2003]

That's almost identical to the one my girlfriend has just bought, except hers was a 1.8 and cost exactly double. It didn't come with an unwanted hard top by any chance did it? If so, bagsy!

[Garlick]

mig25_foxbat2003 said:

That's almost identical to the one my girlfriend has just bought, except hers was a 1.8 and cost exactly double. It didn't come with an unwanted hard top by any chance did it? If so, bagsy!

No hardtop I'm afraid, and this is a 1.8is too.

[mig25_foxbat2003]

Bugger, not to worry.

Every bd on here seems to have bought a totally sound MX5 for under a bag, but when we were looking, there was NOTHING that wasn't rusted/knackered/yellow for under £1500!