Best smoker barges 1-5 large [vol8]
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idiotgap said:
Update on the situation...
Having decluttered and cleaned the 124 inside and out then taken photos of it to prepare an advert, I've got that seller's remorse thing going on anyway and driving it yesterday put a smile on my face. So it's staying.
I love a story with a happy ending.Having decluttered and cleaned the 124 inside and out then taken photos of it to prepare an advert, I've got that seller's remorse thing going on anyway and driving it yesterday put a smile on my face. So it's staying.
Hope the 107 tale ends similarly well.
The Don of Croy said:
cat220 said:
Your answer is in your user name 
,v70 t5, very comfortable, plenty of room and pretty quick.
Why not try the S80 - bigger, less popular, choice of derv or petrol.,v70 t5, very comfortable, plenty of room and pretty quick.W00DY said:
I had a run-out model XM in 2000 for a bit. Nary a comfier car driven. Also gigantic. End of an era for Citroen. 
The joy of barging. This is how the love is repaid. Driving along, a bit of grinding, a bit of a wobble, then a thunk and the I'm stationary and being over-taken by my offside rear wheel. it's not quite clear what has happened or, more precisely, how it has happened. It appears the wheel bearing as given up the wheel has wobbled itself and the central part of the hub and disc off the car. Very tedious. The rear wheel bearings were replaced by Mercedes-Benz of Newcastle in November 2012 and have done about 55,000miles since then. Even so, it is somewhat disappointing that one of them has suffered this catastrophic failure. Fortunately I was only a mile from home, travelling slowly on an empty road. The possibilities do not bear thinking about.
r129sl said:
The joy of barging. This is how the love is repaid. Driving along, a bit of grinding, a bit of a wobble, then a thunk and the I'm stationary and being over-taken by my offside rear wheel. it's not quite clear what has happened or, more precisely, how it has happened. It appears the wheel bearing as given up the wheel has wobbled itself and the central part of the hub and disc off the car. Very tedious. The rear wheel bearings were replaced by Mercedes-Benz of Newcastle in November 2012 and have done about 55,000miles since then. Even so, it is somewhat disappointing that one of them has suffered this catastrophic failure. Fortunately I was only a mile from home, travelling slowly on an empty road. The possibilities do not bear thinking about.
That's terrible, glad your ok. As you say it could've been a lot worse. Horrible to see the car like that. Poor show on the part failing at that mileage, I'd be onto Mercedes about that. 
r129sl said:
The joy of barging. This is how the love is repaid. Driving along, a bit of grinding, a bit of a wobble, then a thunk and the I'm stationary and being over-taken by my offside rear wheel. it's not quite clear what has happened or, more precisely, how it has happened. It appears the wheel bearing as given up the wheel has wobbled itself and the central part of the hub and disc off the car. Very tedious. The rear wheel bearings were replaced by Mercedes-Benz of Newcastle in November 2012 and have done about 55,000miles since then. Even so, it is somewhat disappointing that one of them has suffered this catastrophic failure. Fortunately I was only a mile from home, travelling slowly on an empty road. The possibilities do not bear thinking about.
OMG! At least you're safe and weren't travelling at speed! It's frightening to think...This happened to me many years ago in very first car (2002tii). Someone had tried to nick my wheels, couldn't get the first one they tried off because of a locking nut. So, I'm traffic in really slow traffic along Streatham High Road on a Sunday afternoon when (exactly as you described) I felt a slight wobble at the back. A split second later a bang and the back of the car collapsed. The left rear wheel and tyre then went past me, bouncing like a bomb in the Dambusters film at head height, along the pavement and eventually slammed into the side of a parked Black Cab smashing the side so severely that it was written off!
Hope you can get it all fixed without too much trouble ASAP.
Thanks all. It could have been a lot worse because I had an intermittent wobbling and grinding come up the M6 last night. I stopped at Penrith and bought a torch to have a good look around but couldn't find anything at all. I don't think it'll cost a bomb to fix. It should only need a rear wheel bearing repair kit (£120), a hub flange (£120), a pair of discs and pads (£100), a stone guard (£31) and I'll probably renew the handbrake parts (£25). My mechanic will be able to get better prices than that, as well. I'm going to speak to Merc about it but it's just one of those things: it's not like the car gets kid glove treatment.
My mechanic reckons that the nut on the end of the bearing will have come off or failed then the wheel has quickly broken itself loose. It is possible that this nut wasn't put on right. But given it's stayed on for two years and 55,000miles, I can't really point the finger of blame at Merc.
What worries me is there was very little warning. Last night, driving up from Brum, it lost all stability when I changed lanes on the M6 at about 90mph and there was noise, such that I stopped on the shoulder and checked for a puncture and loose wheel nuts but there was nothing. As I say, I then stopped in Penrith and had a really good look at it in the B&Q car park. I spoke to my mechanic who thought maybe a sphere had gone or the tie rod bush or a wheel bearing. I told him the wheel bearings had been done so we discounted that. When I set off again it was fine but would skip if I leant on one side in a corner. This made me think it was the tie rod. Then this morning, there was a ghastly noise which got worse. I was slowing down to stop to turn around and head home when it happened. Very little warning.
But in the end the only harm is to the wallet.
What worries me is there was very little warning. Last night, driving up from Brum, it lost all stability when I changed lanes on the M6 at about 90mph and there was noise, such that I stopped on the shoulder and checked for a puncture and loose wheel nuts but there was nothing. As I say, I then stopped in Penrith and had a really good look at it in the B&Q car park. I spoke to my mechanic who thought maybe a sphere had gone or the tie rod bush or a wheel bearing. I told him the wheel bearings had been done so we discounted that. When I set off again it was fine but would skip if I leant on one side in a corner. This made me think it was the tie rod. Then this morning, there was a ghastly noise which got worse. I was slowing down to stop to turn around and head home when it happened. Very little warning.
But in the end the only harm is to the wallet.
Joy of Barging II.
My barge-to-be (8 year old CLS, 102k miles, owned from new and probably almost down to thread value now) was rear-ended by a Micra as I queued to leave the M6 this morning, sending it into the rear of an A6 Avant. Bumpers, boot lid, but worryingly a very prominent crease in the OSR flank, and 6mm gap above the tail lights, rather suggests it will be uneconomic to repair and written off.
I will be gutted if it is a gonner - I have never kept a car this long, but in part inspired by this thread, it has been subject to all sorts of additional maintenance with the intention of a good few years' use yet.
Damn and blast, but as r129sl said, only the wallet will suffer and we all drove away afterwards.
My barge-to-be (8 year old CLS, 102k miles, owned from new and probably almost down to thread value now) was rear-ended by a Micra as I queued to leave the M6 this morning, sending it into the rear of an A6 Avant. Bumpers, boot lid, but worryingly a very prominent crease in the OSR flank, and 6mm gap above the tail lights, rather suggests it will be uneconomic to repair and written off.
I will be gutted if it is a gonner - I have never kept a car this long, but in part inspired by this thread, it has been subject to all sorts of additional maintenance with the intention of a good few years' use yet.
Damn and blast, but as r129sl said, only the wallet will suffer and we all drove away afterwards.
Stegel said:
Bumpers, boot lid, but worryingly a very prominent crease in the OSR flank, and 6mm gap above the tail lights, rather suggests it will be uneconomic to repair and written off.
Probably, they usually give you the option to buy the car back rather than scrapping it. So do that and get the bodywork repaired using 2nd hand parts using the insurance payout? It will always be worth less giving the history but could still provide years of barging.Strawman said:
Stegel said:
Bumpers, boot lid, but worryingly a very prominent crease in the OSR flank, and 6mm gap above the tail lights, rather suggests it will be uneconomic to repair and written off.
Probably, they usually give you the option to buy the car back rather than scrapping it. So do that and get the bodywork repaired using 2nd hand parts using the insurance payout? It will always be worth less giving the history but could still provide years of barging.Glad you're both ok, the wheel bearing failure is definitely an eye-opener.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1996-BMW-840-CI-BLACK-6-...
Likely to clear thread budget, but it sounds like a good'in and there is a disappointing lack of manual 840s out there.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1996-BMW-840-CI-BLACK-6-...
Likely to clear thread budget, but it sounds like a good'in and there is a disappointing lack of manual 840s out there.
r129sl said:
Fortunately I was only a mile from home, travelling slowly on an empty road. The possibilities do not bear thinking about
Time to check the other side ... I had a torsion bar mount shear when I drove over a small pothole at about 10mph, shortly before it had been doing 120+ on the motorway.
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