The Best ///M/Barge/General Rant/Look at this/O/T (Vol XVII)

[ferrisbueller]

anonymous said:

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Fear not, you can still get a 348 for 25k...30k...35k...40k......50k!

[dave1409]

L100NYY said:

On an unrelated note;

A good friend of mine has just completed his book which is a witty and fascinating history of the various cars he has owned over the years, will be a great read and the profits go to a charity that I have long supported too (Little Havens Childrens Hospice)

http://letthemstare.co.uk/

Thanks for that, just pre-ordered a copy

Back to full lurk mode...

[L100NYY]

dave1409 said:

L100NYY said:

On an unrelated note;

A good friend of mine has just completed his book which is a witty and fascinating history of the various cars he has owned over the years, will be a great read and the profits go to a charity that I have long supported too (Little Havens Childrens Hospice)

http://letthemstare.co.uk/

Thanks for that, just pre-ordered a copy

Back to full lurk mode...

Excellent

[ferrisbueller]

Never sampled Pork ownership. GT4 was interesting but no chance of getting on the list.

This is a real tempter, though I would to part with a couple of internal organs to fund it.

[tdm34]

Justayellowbadge said:

Question.

Budget 4kish.
Needs to be compact.
Auto (Sorry J)
Room, occasionally, for 4
Not a hatch.
Nice place to sit.
At least nippy.

I struggle to get past a MK1 TT 3.2

Have you actually tried to sit in the back of a TT? basically unless you're a double amputee of smaller than Loon (sorry Ben) you'll never get 4 in it....

[L100NYY]

[Diesel Meister]

ferrisbueller said:

Never sampled Pork ownership. GT4 was interesting but no chance of getting on the list.

This is a real tempter, though I would to part with a couple of internal organs to fund it.

Y'see, I like the concept (spanish, nasp, focussed chassis, weight redux etc.). But the reality is that this is a post-halo, uber-walletgrab by Porsche. Which is fair enough given it exists (like all companies) to make money for its owners / investors. Even if the car is AMAZING, it patently takes the pesh on so many levels as to almost transcend irony (and I say this not just because I wasn't blessed with the smarts, work-ethic, luck and/or ruthlessness to acquire sufficient fiscal means to obtain one). Porsche proves once again its long-honed mastery in evolving and refining a concept to the point where such models are almost seen as benevolent favour rather than desirable-if-artificially-spendy trinkets. I mean it's clearly made of pure unobtainium for mortals.

I actually gave serious consideration to a GT4 and I'd have had to sell multiple body parts, live in it *and* risk a slow and painful death by the gnarled implements of unspecified-but-less-than-reputable lending sources in order to have managed list price. And we all know what happened there.

So this just seems like Porsche AG having a bit of a laugh. All the way to Commerzbank.

Anyway, on topic - that 328 and the 993 please. No need to wrap them.

[braddo]

dave1409 said:

Thanks for that, just pre-ordered a copy

Back to full lurk mode...

Always good when someone pops in to say hello. :

[Diesel Meister]

I don't blame you. It still makes my imaginary swiss bank account twitch. A lot.

But its depressing as well. We're beyond help and we know it.

Had I the cash, it's quite possible (nay, probable) that I too might be fighting for the right to be relieved of said cash (albeit whilst relieving some salivating dealer principal of his alimony payment burden).

[Pennyroyal Tea]

tdm34 said:

Have you actually tried to sit in the back of a TT? basically unless you're a double amputee of smaller than Loon (sorry Ben) you'll never get 4 in it....

It's bigger than the back of a 996/997, though.

[_Batty_]

Pennyroyal Tea said:

It's bigger than the back of a 996/997, though.

No chance. My O/H can sit in the back of a 996, with the TT the hatch window (when open) was at her shoulder level (she's 5'2".
TT rear seats are an utter pist take.

[Pennyroyal Tea]

_Batty_ said:

Pennyroyal Tea said:

It's bigger than the back of a 996/997, though.

No chance. My O/H can sit in the back of a 996, with the TT the hatch window (when open) was at her shoulder level (she's 5'2".
TT rear seats are an utter pist take.

Are you sure your OH wasn't sat on a booster seat? We're talking MK1 yes?

[braddo]

Justayellowbadge said:

Question.

Budget 4kish.
Needs to be compact.
Auto (Sorry J)
Room, occasionally, for 4
Not a hatch.
Nice place to sit.
At least nippy.

I struggle to get past a MK1 TT 3.2

Did they sell automatic Mazda RX8s in the UK?

Is the Mk2 TT a lot roomier than the Mk1? I've been one of 4 adults in the former - cramped but possible.

[Diesel Meister]

Meanwhile, barging ahead:

Not a 55 and likely in need of some bodging but still decent VFM (assuming you can like with the ugliest E-Klasse):



More Mercenary Merch:

W211 E500:



W220 S430:



And a leggy, marmite-interiored E39 B10 for balance:

[jeremyc]

jeremyc said:

Aaargh! Just like that tune you can't get out of your head having heard it, I now keep seeing these all over the place. At least two in this colour, and a particularly fine example in JRG today.

[Patrick Bateman]

If you plan on having red leather on anything, absolutely do not spec it with wood.

[L100NYY]

Patrick Bateman said:

If you plan on having red leather on anything, absolutely do not spec it with wood.

You dirty, dirty boy.

[L100NYY]

My picks from tomorrows auction list;

https://www.silverstoneauctions.com/the-restoratio...

1. £30,000 - 40,000 est
It's a Green/Tan 70's Donkey, what's not to like about that...

https://www.silverstoneauctions.com/1976-ferrari-3...

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2. £65,000 - 80,000 est
Seven Thousand Three Hundred and Twenty Seven cc

https://www.silverstoneauctions.com/1972-de-tomaso...

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3. £28,000 - 32,000 est
Not cheap but I want it to tour europe and it's a Spanish Gee Tee ftw.

https://www.silverstoneauctions.com/1991-porsche-9...

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4. £17,000 - 19,000 est
Waftage for not much foldage.

https://www.silverstoneauctions.com/2001-bentley-a...

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5. £24,000 - 28,000 est
And no, I didn't take this picture.

https://www.silverstoneauctions.com/1979-ford-esco...

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6. £55,000- 65,000 est
Big money but my perfect spec 993

https://www.silverstoneauctions.com/1995-porsche-9...

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7. £24,000 - 28,000 est
To prowl the local lanes and exit every roundabout sideways. Obvs like. Plus it has Marchal spotlights

https://www.silverstoneauctions.com/1980-talbot-su...

Edited by L100NYY on Saturday 5th March 18:27

[Diesel Meister]

Big block Pantera =
928 =
993 =
'scort =

LOVING the sunbeam.

In fact all of those are bloody nice. So much goodness. So little time / space / money, lol.

[jeremyc]

L100NYY said:

My picks from tomorrows auction list

Are you going along, with wallet?

I too will take the Pantwetter, RS & Sunbeam but I'll add some further Ford goodness, and a Swedish bit on the side:





I've given up looking at the prices of classics ...