Best smoker barges 1-5 large [vol8]
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CharlesdeGaulle said:
Beast or shocker?
http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C563441
Make a cheeky bid and you might pay around £400 a cylinder. Much to like here I think.
Phwoarhttp://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C563441
Make a cheeky bid and you might pay around £400 a cylinder. Much to like here I think.
CharlesdeGaulle said:
What about this one? Much to like I reckon. £1250 asking. Short MOT, but rather lovely; even the air freshener tree doesn't put me off.
http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C572174
Possibly over-spec'd for some, with its fancy electric windows, sunroof and radio.
That looks lovely!http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C572174
Possibly over-spec'd for some, with its fancy electric windows, sunroof and radio.
r129sl said:
This is most likely to be condensation in the distributor caps. It's a known issue in cars that haven't seen much use. CPS usually manifests itself by complete cutting out and refusal to restart when hot.
Glad you're enjoying the car. They're great value.
Thanks (both) for the advice - I'll see what the distributor caps are like and take it from there. Glad you're enjoying the car. They're great value.
I love it - the welcome it received at home suggests I may as well have bought a single seater!
r129sl said:
This is most likely to be condensation in the distributor caps. It's a known issue in cars that haven't seen much use. CPS usually manifests itself by complete cutting out and refusal to restart when hot.
Glad you're enjoying the car. They're great value.
I defer to my learned colleague.Glad you're enjoying the car. They're great value.
Stegel said:
r129sl said:
This is most likely to be condensation in the distributor caps. It's a known issue in cars that haven't seen much use. CPS usually manifests itself by complete cutting out and refusal to restart when hot.
Glad you're enjoying the car. They're great value.
Thanks (both) for the advice - I'll see what the distributor caps are like and take it from there. Glad you're enjoying the car. They're great value.
I love it - the welcome it received at home suggests I may as well have bought a single seater!
One thing that didn't come with the car was a wind deflector, I suspect the lack of one won't bother me too much, however might be a different story with my wife. Any pointers for picking one up?
cat220 said:
Congrats on the R129, picked mine up last week albeit only a 300 and love it. Took my daughter to nursery in it today, she loves it already! Something different in the nursery car park in a sea of new A3's and SUV's! Was snowing heavily driving back, reckon the hard top will be staying on for a while yet!
One thing that didn't come with the car was a wind deflector, I suspect the lack of one won't bother me too much, however might be a different story with my wife. Any pointers for picking one up?
Wait until your daughter is 12 or 16 - girls of that age take a different view!One thing that didn't come with the car was a wind deflector, I suspect the lack of one won't bother me too much, however might be a different story with my wife. Any pointers for picking one up?
I've only driven the SL with the deflector in place (not today - snowing when I picked it up) but they make a massive difference to the 124 so I'd strongly recommend getting one. I bought it off ebay, and there's normally several 129 ones for sale (the chap I bought the 124 deflector off had a mint E220 with only 40k miles or so, and was selling the deflector as he never used it (it does turn a 124 into a 2 seater) but it seemed daft given it was original to such a "complete", near mint, car).
The W124 is back after I dropped it off weeks ago and have been all over the place on business. It was so nice to come out to the old thing after driving many miles in modern cars.
Heavy steering, no remote locking or keyless go, poor brakes, poor NVH. After two miles I was 'home' again and wanted to drive to the south of France.
Unfortunately I am on the 7:05 flight to Luton Airport tomorrow morning
I did make use of the headlight wipers though
Heavy steering, no remote locking or keyless go, poor brakes, poor NVH. After two miles I was 'home' again and wanted to drive to the south of France.
Unfortunately I am on the 7:05 flight to Luton Airport tomorrow morning
I did make use of the headlight wipers though
cat220 said:
Congrats on the R129, picked mine up last week albeit only a 300 and love it. Took my daughter to nursery in it today, she loves it already! Something different in the nursery car park in a sea of new A3's and SUV's! Was snowing heavily driving back, reckon the hard top will be staying on for a while yet!
One thing that didn't come with the car was a wind deflector, I suspect the lack of one won't bother me too much, however might be a different story with my wife. Any pointers for picking one up?
Definitely try to get a wind deflector...they make a huge difference.One thing that didn't come with the car was a wind deflector, I suspect the lack of one won't bother me too much, however might be a different story with my wife. Any pointers for picking one up?
0a said:
The W124 is back after I dropped it off weeks ago and have been all over the place on business. It was so nice to come out to the old thing after driving many miles in modern cars.
Heavy steering, no remote locking or keyless go, poor brakes, poor NVH. After two miles I was 'home' again and wanted to drive to the south of France.
Unfortunately I am on the 7:05 flight to Luton Airport tomorrow morning
I did make use of the headlight wipers though
A quarter of a century on and still doing its daily job in all weathers. Can anyone seriously argue against these Mercedes?Heavy steering, no remote locking or keyless go, poor brakes, poor NVH. After two miles I was 'home' again and wanted to drive to the south of France.
Unfortunately I am on the 7:05 flight to Luton Airport tomorrow morning
I did make use of the headlight wipers though
Stegel said:
cat220 said:
Congrats on the R129, picked mine up last week albeit only a 300 and love it. Took my daughter to nursery in it today, she loves it already! Something different in the nursery car park in a sea of new A3's and SUV's! Was snowing heavily driving back, reckon the hard top will be staying on for a while yet!
One thing that didn't come with the car was a wind deflector, I suspect the lack of one won't bother me too much, however might be a different story with my wife. Any pointers for picking one up?
Wait until your daughter is 12 or 16 - girls of that age take a different view!One thing that didn't come with the car was a wind deflector, I suspect the lack of one won't bother me too much, however might be a different story with my wife. Any pointers for picking one up?
I've only driven the SL with the deflector in place (not today - snowing when I picked it up) but they make a massive difference to the 124 so I'd strongly recommend getting one. I bought it off ebay, and there's normally several 129 ones for sale (the chap I bought the 124 deflector off had a mint E220 with only 40k miles or so, and was selling the deflector as he never used it (it does turn a 124 into a 2 seater) but it seemed daft given it was original to such a "complete", near mint, car).
Annoying the car doesn't have the deflector, especially if they came as standard. Going rate on e-bay seems to be between £150-£200. Need to replace the aftermarket front grill and clear indicators too.
The nightmare with my Jaguar is coming to an end, I hope. Read the summary of the day's events here:
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
derin100 said:
0a said:
The W124 is back after I dropped it off weeks ago and have been all over the place on business. It was so nice to come out to the old thing after driving many miles in modern cars.
Heavy steering, no remote locking or keyless go, poor brakes, poor NVH. After two miles I was 'home' again and wanted to drive to the south of France.
Unfortunately I am on the 7:05 flight to Luton Airport tomorrow morning
I did make use of the headlight wipers though
A quarter of a century on and still doing its daily job in all weathers. Can anyone seriously argue against these Mercedes?Heavy steering, no remote locking or keyless go, poor brakes, poor NVH. After two miles I was 'home' again and wanted to drive to the south of France.
Unfortunately I am on the 7:05 flight to Luton Airport tomorrow morning
I did make use of the headlight wipers though
r129sl said:
I've just knocked in 250miles in mine tonight. I might be in your vicinity tomorrow pm, Derin, but probably too short on time. I was going to run up the Chepstow to Monmouth Road as an alternative route on return journey from Swansea. Every bloody road I tried tonight was shut, M42, then M5, then M50. Car handled a Worcestershire and Gloustershire thrash very well.
That's a pity as I have to work until late as well.Hi All, I read the Barge thread every night as well as the Retro (am I allowed to say that in here). I've been out of the barge game for a while but I'm about to re-enter.
I've barged before of course, a E220 W124, an XJS, an E39 and one of my favourites a 166 3.0 which I'm allowing as it was an Auto.
Circumstances aside, I'm moving on from an Amarok and I'm considering an XJ8. To me this is the ultimate barge as it covers so many bases but it doesn't seem to find massive favour here. I'm judging that only by the amount that get posted.
Is the XJ8 considered a barge, are they a good car, would I be entering a world of pain. I'd love to hear your opinions.
I've barged before of course, a E220 W124, an XJS, an E39 and one of my favourites a 166 3.0 which I'm allowing as it was an Auto.
Circumstances aside, I'm moving on from an Amarok and I'm considering an XJ8. To me this is the ultimate barge as it covers so many bases but it doesn't seem to find massive favour here. I'm judging that only by the amount that get posted.
Is the XJ8 considered a barge, are they a good car, would I be entering a world of pain. I'd love to hear your opinions.
aarondbs said:
Circumstances aside, I'm moving on from an Amarok and I'm considering an XJ8. To me this is the ultimate barge as it covers so many bases but it doesn't seem to find massive favour here. I'm judging that only by the amount that get posted.
Is the XJ8 considered a barge, are they a good car, would I be entering a world of pain. I'd love to hear your opinions.
They are very good. Definitely a barge. Buy a good one, don't pay too much, and you'll have a fantastic car. Is the XJ8 considered a barge, are they a good car, would I be entering a world of pain. I'd love to hear your opinions.
Baryonyx said:
...Buy a good one, don't pay too much...
This is so right. I remember when I wanted one, and I thought, 'I'll buy a bad one'. Then I thought, 'I should also pay too much'.
Then I thought 'no, that's crazy'.
My final thought on the subject (which I still think was ever such a good thought) was 'I should buy a good one. And I shouldn't pay too much.'
SpeckledJim said:
Cruelly underrated.
A dinosaur from another age, yet better at a few very important things (ride, styling, joie de vivre) than Mercedes and BMWs developed with €2bn budgets.
Yay the plucky Brit. Yay him.
I had a Browns Lane factory tour about a year before it closed, when I daresay the last XK8s were being made. I would like to go on a Stuttgart MB factory tour just to compare (albeit years later) but it felt to me as close to cars being produced in "dark satanic mills" as you can get - lots of moving things around by hand, and while there was some automation, a lot of it resembled a back-street garage with the skills of the guys with spanners and hammers being critical to the finished product - to be honest, I find it amazing cars departed even bearing a feint mechanical and performance resemblance to each other, let alone being worthy rivals to ze Germans. A dinosaur from another age, yet better at a few very important things (ride, styling, joie de vivre) than Mercedes and BMWs developed with €2bn budgets.
Yay the plucky Brit. Yay him.
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