Best smoker barges 1-5 large [Vol 9]

[V12 AMG]

CharlesdeGaulle said:

Probably one for r129sl, but is the lack of an indicator hole an issue? Seems odd that it doesn't have one if it's original.

It's located within 5 miles of me, so I could be tempted.

There is this as a cheaper after-market alternative, but I'd prefer original.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/121522491782?_trksid=p20...

Very easy for the hole to be cut.

Many markets didn't require them so I'm guessing the wing has been imported at some point.

[RenesisEvo]

Just checking in. Nice Legend previously, challenging colour for me and I'm still biding my time on the next generation, the want for those has yet to fade.

[Strawman]

CharlesdeGaulle said:

There is this as a cheaper after-market alternative, but I'd prefer original.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/121522491782?_trksid=p20...

They don't fit properly and the consensus is by the time you've messed around getting the shut lines right with filler and hammering you might as well have bought an OEM one.

[amstrange1]

hornetrider said:

Ok so its the devil's fuel and a four wheel drive but I think this qualifies...

Toerag V10 in budget.

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

How much of a risk are these with the V10? I'd heard minor service jobs = engine out, as it's quite a tight package.

Anyone on here got one?

[edo]

bookmarking

[QuantumTokoloshi]

Late to the party, I did wonder about the lack of updates today. Du-oh.

[r129sl]

V12 AMG said:

CharlesdeGaulle said:

Probably one for r129sl, but is the lack of an indicator hole an issue? Seems odd that it doesn't have one if it's original.

It's located within 5 miles of me, so I could be tempted.

There is this as a cheaper after-market alternative, but I'd prefer original.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/121522491782?_trksid=p20...

Very easy for the hole to be cut.

Many markets didn't require them so I'm guessing the wing has been imported at some point.

Or somebody—not necessarily the customer—ordered the wrong one.

Check with your bodyshop before getting one without a hole but, as V12 says, it shouldn't be much of a problem. But it all adds expense.

Edited by r129sl on Wednesday 2nd September 21:42

[barchetta_boy]

hornetrider said:

Ok so its the devil's fuel and a four wheel drive but I think this qualifies...

Toerag V10 in budget.

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

From my one trip in one, not the car the numbers would have you believe (like a Passat W8 come to think of it).

Not THAT quick, nor economical. You'd be better off looking for a 1st gen Cayenne S with the 4.5 V8.

[hornetrider]

The only problem with that is Cayennes are fugly... and wayyyy out of budget.

[FredClogs]

hornetrider said:

The only problem with that is Cayennes are fugly... and wayyyy out of budget.

I'm not rushing out to buy one and this post is really only to book mark the thread but you can buy a cayenne for sub £5k...

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

[golfer19]

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



Not as much over budget as you would think.

[chris333]

golfer19 said:

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



Not as much over budget as you would think.

Don't you just love a car where the wheels really fill the arches...

[louiebaby]

chris333 said:

Don't you just love a car where the wheels really fill the arches...

There has to be a happy medium somewhere between looking like it's on furniture castors, and wondering if the Flying Scotsman is sat on bricks somewhere. I've never seen this happy medium on a Cayenne though. (also bookmarked.)

[jke11y]

A mate has a V10 Touareg and is currently experiencing turbo-related limp modes and boost problems. Which require engine dropped to fix. Seems to come and go so he's thinking about getting shot of it before it throws a multiple thousand pound bill (he paid 7.5 for it). Barge roulette.

[dscam]

Dear God, can someone on here please buy that 800 Vitesse!

It looks spectacularly better than I remember and just how little could you enjoy it if only spending the cost of ten tanks of unleaded.

I was delighted that SpeckledJim commented so favourably on it as for me he is the barometer of good taste most days. Plus, in my minds eye it is exactly the sort of whip I imagine he cuts about town in by choice.

[hornetrider]

FredClogs said:

I'm not rushing out to buy one and this post is really only to book mark the thread but you can buy a cayenne for sub £5k...

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

Fair enough. But just look at it.

[bob-lad]

dscam said:

Dear God, can someone on here please buy that 800 Vitesse!

It looks spectacularly better than I remember and just how little could you enjoy it if only spending the cost of ten tanks of unleaded.

You need a bigger barge if you can get 10 tank-fulls for £700.

[tobinen]

r129sl said:

BigBen said:

Checking in to Volume 9.

It seems appropriate to mention that this week I find myself working at the Nardo test track. As you come in the main gate there is a big display of various records that have been set at the facility.......

Of relevance to this thread quickest 10,000km, Quickest 25,000km and Quickest 50,000km all set in 1983 by a Mercedes 190E 2.3. I am not able to get a pic of the display as cameras are all covered up with stickers on entry to the site.

Nice bit of story here: https://www.mercedes-benz.com/en/mercedes-benz/cla...

It was quite a feat: run flat out for 50,000km without breaking.

But those tight shorts: what were they thinking? It's like Freddie Mercury's racing team.

Good find. I recall reading about this as a young teenager (probably in Car or Performance Car) and I've always wanted to visit Nardo ever since.

Wasn't this also where the McLaren F1 with Johnathon Palmer hit some mad top speed?

ETA: It was Andy Wallace

[r129sl]

Was that not at VW's test track at Ehra-Lessien? Car did a high speed run at Nardo in a Jag XJ220, 217mph?

[r129sl]

I see they did it again with three w211 v6 diesels in 2005, this time doing 100,000miles flat out:

http://www.gizmag.com/go/4003/

Edited by r129sl on Thursday 3rd September 09:26