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[bmthnick1981]

Motorrad said:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2003-MERCEDES-S600-LIMOU...

Sold for £4,117.55.

Anyone here? I was going to have a cheeky bid at 4K until I found out it hadn't been taxed since Feb 2014 meaning the vendor had covered 2K miles in about a year of ownership and then parked it up. I'm always suspicious of cars that have been sat, particularly with the bork potential of this car.

Good luck to the new owner whoever it is!

Interesting, looks very cheap IF the car is ok..... I was bidding but the other bids seemed very suspicious. Some other posters here also pointed out a few aspects of the cars history which didn't seem to stack up. For those reasons I pulled out of the bidding.

[bmthnick1981]

harry kular said:

Don't be greedy Nick! That looks gorgeous and to me easily worth the £4k if it's solid the history stacks up, no?

How's yours progressing btw?

Yes I think so Harry, I registered to bid online and one the chaps there rung me with an appraisal but i've been virtually locked in the office this week working so didn't get round to placing a bid. I wouldn't have gone to £4.5k on a phone bid anyway so wouldn't have one.

£4.5k seems fair but look at this one from Aug at Anglia Auctions; http://www.angliacarauctions.co.uk/en/classic-auct...

Potentially cheap at £2k.

Mine hasn't progressed...... hence considering buying another......

[Acquah]

E65Ross said:

Whilst the thought is fantastic, I think you'd really struggle to fit the V12 in there....

Still, I won't stop you dreaming

My understanding is that you can fit the V12 in pretty much any BMW that has a straight 6. So you could have a M160i instead of that M135i.

[Acquah]

Blown2CV said:

is a V12 the same length as a straight 6? I thought on a V the pistons alternated along the crank, so it's 12 long rather than 6 long but 'doubled'?

Arranging them in a V rather than a straight line almost halves the length, do in theory yes. In practice, almost, but near enough. A straight 6's length is determined by cylinder spacings rather than the crank.

[Blown2CV]

Acquah said:

Blown2CV said:

is a V12 the same length as a straight 6? I thought on a V the pistons alternated along the crank, so it's 12 long rather than 6 long but 'doubled'?

Arranging them in a V rather than a straight line almost halves the length, do in theory yes. In practice, almost, but near enough. A straight 6's length is determined by cylinder spacings rather than the crank.

just me being thick, i get what you mean now, it's the conrod (plus a bit) width rather than cylinder width as they're offset

[r129sl]

Acquah said:

E65Ross said:

Whilst the thought is fantastic, I think you'd really struggle to fit the V12 in there....

Still, I won't stop you dreaming

My understanding is that you can fit the V12 in pretty much any BMW that has a straight 6. So you could have a M160i instead of that M135i.

I'm pretty sure I have seen that done on an e81.

[BlackGT3]

thelawnet said:

ChocolateFrog said:

An LS600h appeals but I fear it will be a long time before they drop into barge territory.

This one is cheapest in country.

http://www.motor-hub.co.uk/used-cars/lexus-ls-600h...
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Google the dealer. They are also known as Keighley trade centre

[CharlesdeGaulle]

It's not often that the availability (albeit not fitted) of chrome wheel arches is used as a selling point for potential buuyers of an old Merc.

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C481832

Edited by CharlesdeGaulle on Friday 10th October 17:04

[0a]

CharlesdeGaulle said:

It's not often that the availability (albeit not fitted) of chrome wheel arches is used as a selling point for potential buuyers of an old Merc.

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C481832

Edited by CharlesdeGaulle on Friday 10th October 17:04

That looks very pleasant indeed.

[0a]

Have we had this?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Bmw-730i-SE-1987-E32-Lac...





I am currently e32 obsessed - I think an e32 will be the next barge I randomly purchase when I have a spare few days and the right car is available.

[dscam]

bmthnick1981 said:

Mine hasn't progressed...... hence considering buying another......

Any would-be barge owners need only read the above to understand what is required for admission to our 'club'.

[dscam]

0a said:

Have we had this?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Bmw-730i-SE-1987-E32-Lac...





I am currently e32 obsessed - I think an e32 will be the next barge I randomly purchase when I have a spare few days and the right car is available.

Majestic!

Lack of UK MOT etc may be world of Bork but on the face of it this could be a beautiful example.

To quote an earlier post: JFDI

[0a]

dscam said:

0a said:

Have we had this?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Bmw-730i-SE-1987-E32-Lac...





I am currently e32 obsessed - I think an e32 will be the next barge I randomly purchase when I have a spare few days and the right car is available.

Majestic!

Lack of UK MOT etc may be world of Bork but on the face of it this could be a beautiful example.

To quote an earlier post: JFDI

And following on from our recent tyre discussion:

"4 new Michelin TRX tyres
(These are the proper Metric Michelin tyres and they cost 1200 Euro fitted )"

[Motorrad]

dscam said:

Majestic!

Lack of UK MOT etc may be world of Bork but on the face of it this could be a beautiful example.

To quote an earlier post: JFDI

CT is every two years (French MOT) and covers roughly the same areas. Anyone spending that much on metric tyres isn't going to have allowed the car to become a basket case IMO.

[SuperHangOn]

0a said:

dscam said:

0a said:

Have we had this?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Bmw-730i-SE-1987-E32-Lac...





I am currently e32 obsessed - I think an e32 will be the next barge I randomly purchase when I have a spare few days and the right car is available.

Majestic!

Lack of UK MOT etc may be world of Bork but on the face of it this could be a beautiful example.

To quote an earlier post: JFDI

And following on from our recent tyre discussion:

"4 new Michelin TRX tyres
(These are the proper Metric Michelin tyres and they cost 1200 Euro fitted )"

Ooh that's a lovely old thing. Honestly would have had that over my E39 if the timing had been better, so much cooler.

[harry kular]

Daniel Curnock's got a ruddy lovely looking E38 in...

http://danielcurnock.co.uk/forsale/view_pd.php?id=...



ETA: also noticed his old 500sec up on autotrader this morning.

Edited by harry kular on Saturday 11th October 13:47

[SuperHangOn]

What is the typed equivalent of verbal diarrhea called? Lots of it in that advert anyway.

Does look tidy but the only way I would pay that much for a P plate would be receipts for all the big ticket stuff, none of which mentioned. Have spent nearly £1000 on my E39 so far so that E38 could easily become a £5k car when you start ironing niggles out. Just not worth it.

Edited by SuperHangOn on Saturday 11th October 14:06

[harry kular]

His descriptions have made me chuckle in the past: please note- his example is ALWAYS the best of its kind. Fact.

Lovely colour combination though: I'm a sucker for deep reds/dark purples on a car

[E65Ross]

harry kular said:

His descriptions have made me chuckle in the past: please note- his example is ALWAYS the best of its kind. Fact.

Lovely colour combination though: I'm a sucker for deep reds/dark purples on a car

looks nice, although it doesn't look right without gingers on a pre-facelift

[0a]

MJK 24 said:

Jay Leno has done a video on his 1972 Mercedes 600 6.3 that's been supercharged.

Well worth 18 minutes of anyone's day!

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4LnHdWgLlFI

I want that so much! What a fantastic interior, and 500bhp+!