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[V12 AMG]

jke11y said:

I never felt my G500 was slow (and certainly the 63s are faster) and I absoutely loved it.

Will have another for sure (almost bought a RHD G500 a couple of months ago from Japan but had to can the idea due to house refurb).

Mine was a yr2000 so had the 124-style dash but with the new steering wheel.

I guess slow was a bit harsh. The 500 I drove was the older one with the M117 engine and the 4 speed box. It was adequate for a vehicle like this, but the same engine in the W126 is a much, much faster car.

On a year 2000, I guess yours was the M113 with the 5 speed auto. Probably a much better drive. The only more modern ones i've driven have been diesels and the new G350 is very well suited to this vehicle with loads of torque.

Anywho, miles out of the price range of this thread now!

[JZZ30]

Motorrad said:

Don't know if we've had this one before but it has promise. Not a fan of the plate (which is coming off anyway) but the setting and the XJS inspire confidence. The owner clearly enjoys the finer things in life.


http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2015...

Very short on details, but that's lovely.

[cat220]

CharlesdeGaulle said:

idiotgap said:

I scanned back through a few pages because I thought I might have seen this one but I can't spot it in the thread now so I will post it...

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/261972519499

Sportline 124 300-24 with electric sportline seats, estate though and needs some bodywork but sounds like a low owner car.

Good spot. Looks like a decent start-point. A thousand quid chucked at that could turn it into something quite nice.

For me a good start point if it was on for about £800, looks neglected and battered and that's just what's visible. (I fully appreciate it's a sportline)

[Krikkit]

cat220 said:

For me a good start point if it was on for about £800, looks neglected and battered and that's just what's visible. (I fully appreciate it's a sportline)

Forgive my mere 124 stubble, but why is a Sportline so special? I assume it has stiffer, sportier suspension?

[SpeckledJim]

Motorrad said:

Don't know if we've had this one before but it has promise. Not a fan of the plate (which is coming off anyway) but the setting and the XJS inspire confidence. The owner clearly enjoys the finer things in life.


http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2015...

I sense the presence of a double-breasted blazer with gold buttons, and a very red nose.

A proper chap.

[SpeckledJim]

0a said:

CharlesdeGaulle said:

SuperHangOn said:

Today I am mostly wanting this (quite badly).

I can see why, but I suspect it might get tiresome as a daily, non?

And its FIFTEEN GRAND!

You could buy 3 thread cars for that!

(meek voice from the back of the auditorium)

"15 actually"

(this goes unheard over the rattling jewellery of those at the front, who arrived in cars that have not yet been touched by the welder's art.)

[r129sl]

I have lodged Ebay bids on not one but two smoker barges. Say no more except that I hope I don't win both. Come to think of it, I hope I don't win either... You'll be the first to know, either way. (And Mrs r129sl will probably be the last, ho ho.)

[V12 AMG]

cat220 said:

CharlesdeGaulle said:

idiotgap said:

I scanned back through a few pages because I thought I might have seen this one but I can't spot it in the thread now so I will post it...

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/261972519499

Sportline 124 300-24 with electric sportline seats, estate though and needs some bodywork but sounds like a low owner car.

Good spot. Looks like a decent start-point. A thousand quid chucked at that could turn it into something quite nice.

For me a good start point if it was on for about £800, looks neglected and battered and that's just what's visible. (I fully appreciate it's a sportline)

Probably worth saving if the rear sub frame mounts are not rotten.
The list of items that need rectifying is very long from a quick look at the pics.

I'm not a fan of nautic blue though. Not at all, not on any model.

[jke11y]

SpeckledJim said:

I sense the presence of a double-breasted blazer with gold buttons, and a very red nose.

A proper chap.

Also those loafers with the ruched leather and the small rectangular gold badge, offset on the tongue.

[RobinBanks]

W00DY said:

Cooler and better to drive than Defender. I'm sold.

Try a 50th Anniversary Defender.

The V8 and automatic gearbox from a Range Rover (circa 1998). They're great!

But again, they cost something like 15 grand for a good one.

[olly755]

Motorrad said:

The suspension on my E39 had all been replaced by the previous owner- no shimmy at all. However after 20k miles or so I noticed some minor brake judder when going from say 80 to 50mph. I sold the car and the next owner replaced the front disks which he told me solved the problem. I presume they had warped because they weren't that old and weren't worn out.

Assumed warped discs can often be confused with pad deposits left on the disc, especially when cheaper pads are fitted, or on cars that see little use.

Also possible that disc hasn't been fitted properly in the first place. Removing old discs usually deposit loads of rusty crap on the hub, and only the smallest crumb of crud on the mating faces can sit a disc out of true from the start.

My XJ6 suffered quite a pronounced brake shimmy, unusual as the previous owner had recently had new front discs/pads fitted. Being a tight northern bugger, I usually try the free stuff first. So off came the discs, sanded with random orbit and 100 grit, hubs spotlessly cleaned, discs rotated 90 degrees and re-fitted. Can't comment as to whether it was deposits or badly fitted discs, but either way, no more shimmy .

[CharlesdeGaulle]

r129sl said:

I have lodged Ebay bids on not one but two smoker barges. Say no more except that I hope I don't win both. Come to think of it, I hope I don't win either... You'll be the first to know, either way. (And Mrs r129sl will probably be the last, ho ho.)

Good luck!

Glad to see that the famille deGaulle approach to joint decision-making on car purchases is spreading. Much more of this and Relate will have a forum sub-group just for us.

[Krikkit]

olly755 said:

My XJ6 suffered quite a pronounced brake shimmy, unusual as the previous owner had recently had new front discs/pads fitted. Being a tight northern bugger, I usually try the free stuff first. So off came the discs, sanded with random orbit and 100 grit, hubs spotlessly cleaned, discs rotated 90 degrees and re-fitted. Can't comment as to whether it was deposits or badly fitted discs, but either way, no more shimmy .

It's definitely worth mentioning that clean hubs (I mean spotless) can make a big difference to brake wobble. Wire brush and rotate the discs, makes all the difference sometimes.

[CharlesdeGaulle]

The Barge Gods have given, but they also take away...

Yesterday, the S124 went in for its MOT. It passed. Hooray.

Today, as I hooned back from a tip-run, sorry visited the local recycling centre, the car juddered and lurched under full acceleration. It was fine with a gentle press, but full throttle made it cough and splutter like a TB victim. Any ideas?

[r129sl]

CharlesdeGaulle said:

The Barge Gods have given, but they also take away...

Yesterday, the S124 went in for its MOT. It passed. Hooray.

Today, as I hooned back from a tip-run, sorry visited the local recycling centre, the car juddered and lurched under full acceleration. It was fine with a gentle press, but full throttle made it cough and splutter like a TB victim. Any ideas?

Coil pack?
Sticky throttle body?
Wiring harness?

Does it feel like it's missing on either one or two cylinders?

[FredClogs]

CharlesdeGaulle said:

The Barge Gods have given, but they also take away...

Yesterday, the S124 went in for its MOT. It passed. Hooray.

Today, as I hooned back from a tip-run, sorry visited the local recycling centre, the car juddered and lurched under full acceleration. It was fine with a gentle press, but full throttle made it cough and splutter like a TB victim. Any ideas?

They'll be a mechanic on here somewhere to say I'm wrong but don't they rev the st out of your car these days for the MOT when they do the emiisions? Maybe an old timing belt or tensioner has been pushed to the limit?

[sam303]

r129sl said:

CharlesdeGaulle said:

The Barge Gods have given, but they also take away...

Yesterday, the S124 went in for its MOT. It passed. Hooray.

Today, as I hooned back from a tip-run, sorry visited the local recycling centre, the car juddered and lurched under full acceleration. It was fine with a gentle press, but full throttle made it cough and splutter like a TB victim. Any ideas?

Coil pack?
Sticky throttle body?
Wiring harness?

Does it feel like it's missing on either one or two cylinders?

Written from a position of complete ignorance and incompetence [/disclaimer...] it may be a hose or something has popped off or split, meaning engine not getting enough air under acceleration?

[CharlesdeGaulle]

r129sl said:

Does it feel like it's missing on either one or two cylinders?

Doesn't really feel like it's missing, it just lurches under heavy load.

I'd wondered if it might have something to do with the Test, but it can't be, surely?

Interestingly, the low fuel light came on during the journey so I'm wondering if some crud got sucked up from the tank - plausible? I've brimmed the tank now and driven it hard but it's made no difference.

Guess I'll have to see if the local chap has time to look at it before the removals men arrive on Monday. I think I'm paying for his holiday home!

[r129sl]

Inspired by Sam303.

MAF?

That is the air mass meter in the air intake, circled in red below. It can go bad when contaminated with dirt or oil. It can also be sabotaged by an unscrupulous garage, but it seems unlikely. It could also be that some incompetent has removed the lead and forgot to put it back for some reason.

Edited by r129sl on Thursday 6th August 15:21

[Dan_1981]

SpeckledJim said:

Motorrad said:

Don't know if we've had this one before but it has promise. Not a fan of the plate (which is coming off anyway) but the setting and the XJS inspire confidence. The owner clearly enjoys the finer things in life.


http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2015...

I sense the presence of a double-breasted blazer with gold buttons, and a very red nose.

A proper chap.

House painted pink? Dogs cages in view?

Fiver says he's a scrappy.