Best Smoker Barges 1-5 large [Vol 4]

[Output Flange]

CampDavid said:

OK Mr Pretender, roll on a year or so's time and you need to replace the Golf and the Porsche with a do everything car. You've met someone and had twins so you need an estate. Which 5 series touring do you go for, the 550D or the 550i?

What's wrong with the M5?

[CampDavid]

Output Flange said:

CampDavid said:

OK Mr Pretender, roll on a year or so's time and you need to replace the Golf and the Porsche with a do everything car. You've met someone and had twins so you need an estate. Which 5 series touring do you go for, the 550D or the 550i?

What's wrong with the M5?

Needs to be a touring.

Same question Dan, which would you pick?

[Output Flange]

CampDavid said:

Needs to be a touring.

Same question Dan, which would you pick?

Whichever one I preferred the drive of. I don't do enough miles to need the economy of a diesel, so it'd come down to whichever I enjoyed more.

ETA - I'd be more likely to chose an X5 4.0d

Edited by Output Flange on Wednesday 10th October 13:01

[Great Pretender]

CampDavid said:

OK Mr Pretender, roll on a year or so's time and you need to replace the Golf and the Porsche with a do everything car. You've met someone and had twins so you need an estate. Which 5 series touring do you go for, the 550D or the 550i?

550D please.

But I'll still have a petrol toy.

[hadenough!]

CampDavid said:

Needs to be a touring.

Same question Dan, which would you pick?

E61 m5 touring?

[Output Flange]

Great Pretender said:

But I'll still have a petrol toy.

This. Definitely.

[daytonarhymes]

W00DY said:

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C337433

Probably been posted, but this is as cool as they come.

If only I had 5 grand.

the most comfortable back seat in the world

[VWAUDI]

Nice.

[V8mate]

VWAUDI said:

Nice.

300k! Wow.

[Great Pretender]

Sharknose said:

Considering the mileage, this old Merc estate is in remarkably fine fettle:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MERCEDES-4MATIC-ESTATE-3...

Got to be worth a bid under 1500 notes surely?

[Krikkit]

V8mate said:

VWAUDI said:

Nice.

300k! Wow.

Looks great, but the rolling road of 208hp doesn't sound too fantastic.

[Great Pretender]

260E anyone? Rarest of the '124 clan.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mercedes-Benz-260-E-AUTO...

[Great Pretender]

Hubcaps

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1988-MERCEDES-300TE-AUTO...

Mileage looks suspect though...

[Great Pretender]

Want:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1990-MERCEDES-500-SEC-AU...

[RenesisEvo]

theironduke said:

Zwolf said:

RenesisEvo said:

So I wonder whether an E39 530i Sport would be a reasonable compromise.

It's a brilliant all-rounder and perfectly adequate for all sane people. However...

RenesisEvo said:

But would I regret not going for the full-strength one? Would I regret 'compromising'? Will all the anguish and fear over costs and reliability disappear when I turn the key?

...from personal experience, the answers to all those questions are in the affirmative.

This moral dillema has resulted in my journey from 3.2 X300 to 4.0 X300 and finally deciding on the full bore XJR....

Thanks chaps, most useful. I do wish prices weren't so variable on them, hopefully they won't start climbing in the next year or two.

[V8mate]

Great Pretender said:

Want:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1990-MERCEDES-500-SEC-AU...

[Zwolf]

V8mate said:

[Great Pretender]

Close the thread:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mercedes-W124-Estate-7-s...

[thud]

[Chrisw666]

olly22n said:

NSFW

How would you know that exists?

[V8mate]

Great Pretender said:

Close the thread:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mercedes-W124-Estate-7-s...

[thud]

Cars from Durham are ste. Worse than Scotchland ones.

Open the thread again.