Best smoker barges 1-5 large [Vol 9]

Best smoker barges 1-5 large [Vol 9]

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golfer19

1,564 posts

132 months

SilverStar

166 posts

210 months

Tuesday 13th October 2015
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http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2003-Mercedes-Benz-E270-...
This looks a good buy, nice spec with wood and leather steering wheel, ventilated seats and rear DVD screens. Pretty bombproof 5-cylinder diesel aswell!

CharlesdeGaulle

26,091 posts

179 months

Tuesday 13th October 2015
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CharlesdeGaulle

26,091 posts

179 months

Tuesday 13th October 2015
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SilverStar said:


http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2003-Mercedes-Benz-E270-...
This looks a good buy, nice spec with wood and leather steering wheel, ventilated seats and rear DVD screens. Pretty bombproof 5-cylinder diesel aswell!
Looks OK. That ad is screaming out for some punctuation.

SpeckledJim

31,608 posts

252 months

Tuesday 13th October 2015
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CharlesdeGaulle said:
The ultimate thread barge.

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C669965

Surely the day will come when a £5k Shad with an MOT will seem impossible. But when?

It must be huge fun to own one. All sorts of silliness made very easy. Nice car.

SilverStar

166 posts

210 months

Tuesday 13th October 2015
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http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/151845565282?_trksid=p20...

This looks like it could be nice. Mushroom leather and it looks like it could be a Sportline judging by the stance.

Only a few miles from me, must resist!

SilverStar

166 posts

210 months

Tuesday 13th October 2015
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SilverStar said:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/151845565282?_trksid=p20...

This looks like it could be nice. Mushroom leather and it looks like it could be a Sportline judging by the stance.

Only a few miles from me, must resist!
I may now be the highest bidder!

r129sl

9,518 posts

202 months

Tuesday 13th October 2015
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SpeckledJim said:
CharlesdeGaulle said:
The ultimate thread barge.

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C669965

Surely the day will come when a £5k Shad with an MOT will seem impossible. But when?

It must be huge fun to own one. All sorts of silliness made very easy. Nice car.
I keep trying to persuade Mrs r129 that we need, need, one of these for our Scottish jaunts and for the school run. I did some research into their fuel consumption rates a while back: it's horrific.

r129sl

9,518 posts

202 months

Tuesday 13th October 2015
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SilverStar said:
SilverStar said:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/151845565282?_trksid=p20...

This looks like it could be nice. Mushroom leather and it looks like it could be a Sportline judging by the stance.

Only a few miles from me, must resist!
I may now be the highest bidder!
Could be a lot of car for the money, that. Were they doing Sportline in 1989? The wheels certainly look like forged 7" sportline jobs.

SuperHangOn

3,486 posts

152 months

Tuesday 13th October 2015
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SilverStar said:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/151845565282?_trksid=p20...

This looks like it could be nice. Mushroom leather and it looks like it could be a Sportline judging by the stance.

Only a few miles from me, must resist!
Could be a Sportline. Or it could have corroded rear coil springs. Same difference wink

BlueMR2

8,642 posts

201 months

Wednesday 14th October 2015
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SuperHangOn said:
SilverStar said:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/151845565282?_trksid=p20...

This looks like it could be nice. Mushroom leather and it looks like it could be a Sportline judging by the stance.

Only a few miles from me, must resist!
Could be a Sportline. Or it could have corroded rear coil springs. Same difference wink
Her next MOT is due on 26th July 2016. Her advisories this year were:

Nearside/ Offside front coil spring corroded
Nearside/ Offside real coil springs corroded

SpeckledJim

31,608 posts

252 months

Wednesday 14th October 2015
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r129sl said:
SpeckledJim said:
CharlesdeGaulle said:
The ultimate thread barge.

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C669965

Surely the day will come when a £5k Shad with an MOT will seem impossible. But when?

It must be huge fun to own one. All sorts of silliness made very easy. Nice car.
I keep trying to persuade Mrs r129 that we need, need, one of these for our Scottish jaunts and for the school run. I did some research into their fuel consumption rates a while back: it's horrific.
It would be a wonderful thing to have up your sleeve. Kept functional, but not particularly shiny (and certainly not 'concours' lest you end up trapped in conversation with an aficionado. Shudder) every trip would be an adventure.

I can't speak for anyone else, but I'd take an immediate shine to anyone who rolled up in a dog-eared Shad, in any situation I could imagine.

Pretty much whatever they asked of me, I'd be pre-disposed, nay compelled to try to help. Can't ask any more from a car than that, I reckon.

And apropos of nothing, I normally wince when people abbreviate the name of cars (along with pet hate Les Mis) but I cannot stop myself with Shad. It should have been called that from day one.

jke11y

3,181 posts

236 months

Wednesday 14th October 2015
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Ref. 'Shad' - I like it, it brings to mind a combination of sham and cad - two words which would describe the feelings I enjoy when piloting such a vehicle hehe

SuperHangOn

3,486 posts

152 months

Wednesday 14th October 2015
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CharlesdeGaulle

26,091 posts

179 months

Wednesday 14th October 2015
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SpeckledJim said:
And apropos of nothing, I normally wince when people abbreviate the name of cars (along with pet hate Les Mis) but I cannot stop myself with Shad. It should have been called that from day one.
I confess I thought you'd mis-spelled Shed. Completely passed me by! I'm wincing now I know it was deliberate.

SpeckledJim

31,608 posts

252 months

Wednesday 14th October 2015
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CharlesdeGaulle said:
SpeckledJim said:
And apropos of nothing, I normally wince when people abbreviate the name of cars (along with pet hate Les Mis) but I cannot stop myself with Shad. It should have been called that from day one.
I confess I thought you'd mis-spelled Shed. Completely passed me by! I'm wincing now I know it was deliberate.
I think I mainly like it due to the reaction I imagine it would provoke at an RREC dinner.

BlueMR2

8,642 posts

201 months

Wednesday 14th October 2015
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SpeckledJim said:
r129sl said:
SpeckledJim said:
CharlesdeGaulle said:
The ultimate thread barge.

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C669965

Surely the day will come when a £5k Shad with an MOT will seem impossible. But when?

It must be huge fun to own one. All sorts of silliness made very easy. Nice car.
I keep trying to persuade Mrs r129 that we need, need, one of these for our Scottish jaunts and for the school run. I did some research into their fuel consumption rates a while back: it's horrific.
It would be a wonderful thing to have up your sleeve. Kept functional, but not particularly shiny (and certainly not 'concours' lest you end up trapped in conversation with an aficionado. Shudder) every trip would be an adventure.

I can't speak for anyone else, but I'd take an immediate shine to anyone who rolled up in a dog-eared Shad, in any situation I could imagine.

Pretty much whatever they asked of me, I'd be pre-disposed, nay compelled to try to help. Can't ask any more from a car than that, I reckon.

And apropos of nothing, I normally wince when people abbreviate the name of cars (along with pet hate Les Mis) but I cannot stop myself with Shad. It should have been called that from day one.
Aaaahhh, 10mpg and tax free. The perfect anti diesel statement.

r129sl

9,518 posts

202 months

Wednesday 14th October 2015
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BlueMR2 said:
SpeckledJim said:
r129sl said:
SpeckledJim said:
CharlesdeGaulle said:
The ultimate thread barge.

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C669965

Surely the day will come when a £5k Shad with an MOT will seem impossible. But when?

It must be huge fun to own one. All sorts of silliness made very easy. Nice car.
I keep trying to persuade Mrs r129 that we need, need, one of these for our Scottish jaunts and for the school run. I did some research into their fuel consumption rates a while back: it's horrific.
It would be a wonderful thing to have up your sleeve. Kept functional, but not particularly shiny (and certainly not 'concours' lest you end up trapped in conversation with an aficionado. Shudder) every trip would be an adventure.

I can't speak for anyone else, but I'd take an immediate shine to anyone who rolled up in a dog-eared Shad, in any situation I could imagine.

Pretty much whatever they asked of me, I'd be pre-disposed, nay compelled to try to help. Can't ask any more from a car than that, I reckon.

And apropos of nothing, I normally wince when people abbreviate the name of cars (along with pet hate Les Mis) but I cannot stop myself with Shad. It should have been called that from day one.
Aaaahhh, 10mpg and tax free. The perfect anti diesel statement.
SJ: I should think the most likely request you'll receive from the owner of the dog-eared Shad is, "Lend us twenty quid" or, "You don't mind getting the drinks in, do you?"

lostkiwi

4,584 posts

123 months

Wednesday 14th October 2015
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r129sl said:
BlueMR2 said:
SpeckledJim said:
r129sl said:
SpeckledJim said:
CharlesdeGaulle said:
The ultimate thread barge.

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C669965

Surely the day will come when a £5k Shad with an MOT will seem impossible. But when?

It must be huge fun to own one. All sorts of silliness made very easy. Nice car.
I keep trying to persuade Mrs r129 that we need, need, one of these for our Scottish jaunts and for the school run. I did some research into their fuel consumption rates a while back: it's horrific.
It would be a wonderful thing to have up your sleeve. Kept functional, but not particularly shiny (and certainly not 'concours' lest you end up trapped in conversation with an aficionado. Shudder) every trip would be an adventure.

I can't speak for anyone else, but I'd take an immediate shine to anyone who rolled up in a dog-eared Shad, in any situation I could imagine.

Pretty much whatever they asked of me, I'd be pre-disposed, nay compelled to try to help. Can't ask any more from a car than that, I reckon.

And apropos of nothing, I normally wince when people abbreviate the name of cars (along with pet hate Les Mis) but I cannot stop myself with Shad. It should have been called that from day one.
Aaaahhh, 10mpg and tax free. The perfect anti diesel statement.
SJ: I should think the most likely request you'll receive from the owner of the dog-eared Shad is, "Lend us twenty quid" or, "You don't mind getting the drinks in, do you?"
Whats not to like about that....?
My other half has been telling me we need a 4 seater.....

SpeckledJim

31,608 posts

252 months

Wednesday 14th October 2015
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r129sl said:
BlueMR2 said:
SpeckledJim said:
r129sl said:
SpeckledJim said:
CharlesdeGaulle said:
The ultimate thread barge.

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C669965

Surely the day will come when a £5k Shad with an MOT will seem impossible. But when?

It must be huge fun to own one. All sorts of silliness made very easy. Nice car.
I keep trying to persuade Mrs r129 that we need, need, one of these for our Scottish jaunts and for the school run. I did some research into their fuel consumption rates a while back: it's horrific.
It would be a wonderful thing to have up your sleeve. Kept functional, but not particularly shiny (and certainly not 'concours' lest you end up trapped in conversation with an aficionado. Shudder) every trip would be an adventure.

I can't speak for anyone else, but I'd take an immediate shine to anyone who rolled up in a dog-eared Shad, in any situation I could imagine.

Pretty much whatever they asked of me, I'd be pre-disposed, nay compelled to try to help. Can't ask any more from a car than that, I reckon.

And apropos of nothing, I normally wince when people abbreviate the name of cars (along with pet hate Les Mis) but I cannot stop myself with Shad. It should have been called that from day one.
Aaaahhh, 10mpg and tax free. The perfect anti diesel statement.
SJ: I should think the most likely request you'll receive from the owner of the dog-eared Shad is, "Lend us twenty quid" or, "You don't mind getting the drinks in, do you?"
Cosmic justice will ensure Shadders™ have drinks bought for them unbidden.
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