Best smoker barges 1-5 large [Vol 10]

[bob-lad]

bob-lad said:

ELUSIVEJIM said:

Bentley Turbo R

Always wanted to have one of these but the thoughts of the upkeep always put me off.

That and trying to keep it running on fuel.

Amazing car anyway if anyone has forgotten to take their medication

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Bentley-car-for-sale-/19...

OMG. Love that. I wonder how much trouble I'd be in if that arrived here.


Not sure about the incontinence seats though.

• shudder*

Auction ended early. Someone must have just bagged themselves a bargain, and it wasn't me.

[anonymous-user]

bob-lad said:

Auction ended early. Someone must have just bagged themselves a bargain, and it wasn't me.

Perhaps it was not getting to a figure he was happy with and he retracted it.

You will notice a number on ebay state they are advertised elsewhere so they can pull the car at anytime.

I would not be surprised to see it back on again.

Hopefully someone has got a bargain

[josh00mac]

Gave the barge a very thorough clean yesterday and today.

Surprised we don't see more of these on here as dirt cheap barging options.

[josh00mac]

[StrokesUK]

bmthnick1981 said:

StrokesUK said:

StrokesUK said:

My father recently passed away from liver cancer, however as a last purchase (on my mothers birthday no less!) He bought himself a 1989 Bentley Turbo R. Unfortunately as I am doing over 80 miles a day the fuel cost would bankrupt me, so sadly it's just sat on the drive. Posting here as one of you brave souls should be driving this as a daily, the ultimate barge.

A cat C I believe (or possibly D?) It has at some point had bodywork damage to the passenger side that has been repaired, from what I can work out mainly the passenger door. Bad points are: a not so perfect paintjob from when it was repaired, although as the car is black it is not hugely noticeable. A pretty much bald tyre. The rev counter intermittently decides not to work. Passenger door doesn't open from outside (going to have a look at this). Passenger electric seat unit doesn't work - battery has leaked on the board - drivers seat works perfectly however! No history, at all, although the kick plates are from Broughtons
In Chelsea so was obviously serviced there at some point ( likely from when it lived in Kensington).

Good points: mechanically appears to be perfect, engine runs sweetly and sounds & drives beautifully. Bodywork looks fine for car of this age, interior in excellent condition.

Novelty points: has its own mobile telephone in the armrest and space for a second. Hilarious performance. Could for a family of four in the boot. Everything is black - all the interior, including the leather headlining, subtle window tints and the trim that is usually wood. If Lucifer had a car!

Has only done around 86k miles, reg is F595 RUC. Posting here to test the water and I believe it would make an excellent barge for somebody here.

Forgot a rather key thing - MOT is due 25/5/17

Very sorry to hear about your Dad. I'm sure someone here could be interested in the Turbo R. Are you able to post some pictures and indication of how much you would be looking for ?

Can get some better pictures later, as for how much (another key piece of info I forgot!) In the region of £6k?

[irish boy]

E65Ross said:

irish boy said:

mccrackenj said:

V V true! By the time my E320 is on the road after new springs & wiring loom, plus 4 tyres - and without even touching the non-functioning aircon - I'm sure it'll be well past £5k, and I'm sure it's not a patch on that 280.

I know it's easy to say this as I'll not be asked to put my £ where my mouth is, but I would pay £6k for that. I completely understand that it's not 'worth it' to 99% of people, but that doesn't mean it isn't worth it to someone. As proven by the fact that Mark never seems to have any trouble shifting his cars, quite often they are sold before they even graduate from the 'coming soon' to the 'showroom' page of his site.

I'd love him to give me a tutorial on how he gets his engine bays in that condition; I'm a sucker for a really spotless engine bay.

Mate is paying £600 pm on a lease on some fancy spec a4. That w124 is 10 months payments.


On another note this 190 seems cheap.....


http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C748601#

Unless it's an RS4 he's paying a lot!

It's a 30k mile per year fully maintained lease. Fairly shoots the price up.

Yeah wasn't starting a lease argument as I know they have their place and I'd be as tempted as anyone by a good golf r deal. My point was in absolute terms £6k for an immaculate w124 isn't a lot.

Edited by irish boy on Friday 22 July 11:40

[golfer19]

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C742668







Plenty of miles at 250k
£2500

[Thankyou4calling]

irish boy said:

It's a 30k mile per year fully maintained lease. Fairly shoots the price up.

Yeah wasn't starting a lease argument as I know they have their place and I'd be as tempted as anyone by a good golf r deal. My point was in absolute terms £6k for an immaculate w124 isn't a lot.

Edited by irish boy on Friday 22 July 11:40

In 10 months that'd be 25,000 miles.

I can't imagine many barges on here could take that kind of punishment.

I love a barge but I don't think you can really make any comparison at all.

[Riley Blue]

Thankyou4calling said:

irish boy said:

It's a 30k mile per year fully maintained lease. Fairly shoots the price up.

Yeah wasn't starting a lease argument as I know they have their place and I'd be as tempted as anyone by a good golf r deal. My point was in absolute terms £6k for an immaculate w124 isn't a lot.

Edited by irish boy on Friday 22 July 11:40

In 10 months that'd be 25,000 miles.

I can't imagine many barges on here could take that kind of punishment.

I love a barge but I don't think you can really make any comparison at all.

Many thousands of Mercedes taxi drivers worldwide might hold an opposing view

[derin100]

mccrackenj said:

derin100 said:

And I agree, I too would easily pay that for that car (if I was in the market) and know that all the hard work had been done and all I'd have to do is pretty much enjoy it and keep it nice...which are the easy things to do.

That looks like just the stuff Derin. Do you have a few gallons going spare? Can I buy it on Ebay?

Sadly, I seem to be running very low on it myself!

[derin100]

E65Ross said:

derin100 said:

That's so true and a very good way of looking at things by comparison. And to that I would add that after 10 months that the w124 would still be 'yours', probably still worth £6000 (if not more...because good ones aren't getting cheaper); whilst your mate's £6000 spent on the lease plan car will be 'gone' i.e. effectively "dead money". So it's a double whammy!

There is a point for the lease argument though, and I may get burned for this.....but some people just don't want something that has been farted in by another owner and is 20+ years old, will almost certainly have other issues which will require more frequent trips to the garage to get sorted, worry about rust. They want something that is more quiet, has better brakes and safety features, has nice and chilly working air conditioning, a decent stereo which can be hooked up to their phone, they want consistent payments which makes budeting far easier etc etc. and for that you can't blame them (although £600/month for an A4 is a joke)

You're right, Ross...and those people are actually by far in the majority, I think. But they do have to pay a lot for the privilege.

[mccrackenj]

golfer19 said:

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C742668







Plenty of miles at 250k
£2500

Also on Ebay. Was £1500 and had passed it's reserve, then changed to £350 reserve not met. So the reserve is between £350 and £1500.

[irish boy]

Thankyou4calling said:

In 10 months that'd be 25,000 miles.

I can't imagine many barges on here could take that kind of punishment.

I love a barge but I don't think you can really make any comparison at all.

Again it was a throw away comment that 6k in absolute terms isn't a lot.

But while on the point i took my '88 volvo 740 from 32k to 55k in less than a year when I used it as a daily. Took it off the road again due to the fact I was going to destroy the value but it was completely reliable, did 30mpg and ran better for doing the miles.

Currently barging a toyota carina e, 2200 miles per month, zero issues. Not even a bulb. It can be done.

I also have a 190d 2.5 that could handle 30k per year with ease.

[derin100]

SpeckledJim said:

derin100 said:

irish boy said:

mccrackenj said:

V V true! By the time my E320 is on the road after new springs & wiring loom, plus 4 tyres - and without even touching the non-functioning aircon - I'm sure it'll be well past £5k, and I'm sure it's not a patch on that 280.

I know it's easy to say this as I'll not be asked to put my £ where my mouth is, but I would pay £6k for that. I completely understand that it's not 'worth it' to 99% of people, but that doesn't mean it isn't worth it to someone. As proven by the fact that Mark never seems to have any trouble shifting his cars, quite often they are sold before they even graduate from the 'coming soon' to the 'showroom' page of his site.

I'd love him to give me a tutorial on how he gets his engine bays in that condition; I'm a sucker for a really spotless engine bay.

Mate is paying £600 pm on a lease on some fancy spec a4. That w124 is 10 months payments.

That's so true and a very good way of looking at things by comparison. And to that I would add that after 10 months that the w124 would still be 'yours', probably still worth £6000 (if not more...because good ones aren't getting cheaper); whilst your mate's £6000 spent on the lease plan car will be 'gone' i.e. effectively "dead money". So it's a double whammy!

And that's before the large but unquantifiable benefit of driving something genuinely (relatively) interesting, which quietly says complimentary things about you, in stark comparison to a new Audi calf Death Star.

Yes, I borrowed a (then newish) Audi A4 from a friend a few years ago. It was a 2.0L TDi, hugely competent car, reasonable fast, easy to drive, very frugal but still left me feeling totally uninspired. As a further side-effect, I found myself subconsciously driving like a complete cock ALL of the time! (as opposed to just most of the time in BMWs). I don't know why? I've noticed it having that effect on a lot of other people who drive those particular cars. Gearing?

[bob-lad]

ELUSIVEJIM said:

Perhaps it was not getting to a figure he was happy with and he retracted it.

You will notice a number on ebay state they are advertised elsewhere so they can pull the car at anytime.

I would not be surprised to see it back on again.

Hopefully someone has got a bargain

There was still over 5 days to go.

[r129sl]

derin100 said:

E65Ross said:

derin100 said:

That's so true and a very good way of looking at things by comparison. And to that I would add that after 10 months that the w124 would still be 'yours', probably still worth £6000 (if not more...because good ones aren't getting cheaper); whilst your mate's £6000 spent on the lease plan car will be 'gone' i.e. effectively "dead money". So it's a double whammy!

There is a point for the lease argument though, and I may get burned for this.....but some people just don't want something that has been farted in by another owner and is 20+ years old, will almost certainly have other issues which will require more frequent trips to the garage to get sorted, worry about rust. They want something that is more quiet, has better brakes and safety features, has nice and chilly working air conditioning, a decent stereo which can be hooked up to their phone, they want consistent payments which makes budeting far easier etc etc. and for that you can't blame them (although £600/month for an A4 is a joke)

You're right, Ross...and those people are actually by far in the majority, I think. But they do have to pay a lot for the privilege.

I drove a brand new (well, four months old) SL400 yesterday. I didn't think it was that great. In particular, the ride quality was appalling and it was very wide. It also looked screamingly vulgar and was fitted up an a way which would have been worthy of Max Power but fifteen years ago. It has been back to the garage for repairs twice. The owner suffered a puncture and it hasn't got a spare wheel. It does 24mpg in the real world. I'm afraid I just don't think new cars are very good. Even putting aside all questions of cost, I think my r129 is absolutely a better car than that r231; I think my s124 is absolutely a better car than a w213 or an Audi A4 or A6 or a BMW 3er or 5er. Bring the money into the equation and it's a no-brainer.

Thankyou4calling said:

irish boy said:

It's a 30k mile per year fully maintained lease. Fairly shoots the price up.

Yeah wasn't starting a lease argument as I know they have their place and I'd be as tempted as anyone by a good golf r deal. My point was in absolute terms £6k for an immaculate w124 isn't a lot.

Edited by irish boy on Friday 22 July 11:40

In 10 months that'd be 25,000 miles.

I can't imagine many barges on here could take that kind of punishment.

I love a barge but I don't think you can really make any comparison at all.

I can think of three. I did 996 miles in a day earlier this year. Next month, I'll do 6,000miles. All in a 23 year old, 335,000mile 124. I know I am biased, starey-eyed and view the world through rose-tints, but the 124 is the best motor car yet made.

Edited by r129sl on Friday 22 July 12:27

[SpeckledJim]

irish boy said:

Thankyou4calling said:

In 10 months that'd be 25,000 miles.

I can't imagine many barges on here could take that kind of punishment.

I love a barge but I don't think you can really make any comparison at all.

Again it was a throw away comment that 6k in absolute terms isn't a lot.

But while on the point i took my '88 volvo 740 from 32k to 55k in less than a year when I used it as a daily. Took it off the road again due to the fact I was going to destroy the value but it was completely reliable, did 30mpg and ran better for doing the miles.

Currently barging a toyota carina e, 2200 miles per month, zero issues. Not even a bulb. It can be done.

I also have a 190d 2.5 that could handle 30k per year with ease.

I do 15 - 20,000 miles a year commuting in my cheap XJS, on a needs-must maintenance basis. Spent much less than £500 on noisy / oily / bouncy bits in 2 years.

It has never Failed To Proceed in that time.

[Parisien]

irish boy said:

Mate is paying £600 pm on a lease on some fancy spec a4. That w124 is 10 months payments.


On another note this 190 seems cheap.....


http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C748601#

Prefer value for money myself! But yes looks the part, but I'd still poke around and ask the usual questions, that way, no tears later


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[bob-lad]

StrokesUK said:

Can get some better pictures later, as for how much (another key piece of info I forgot!) In the region of £6k?

That's a much nicer colour than the red one.
Reasonable MoT history, too.

Do you have any service history for it?

[Parisien]

Think we are erring into bangernomics territory here, much prefer to have a modern car or two to use for most trips and 2/3 classics in the stable to truly enjoy motoring in, but betweent the two ends of the spectrum...brand new expensive car with all that goes with that, versus 25yr classic and all the pros and cons with them.

You pays your money and make your choices.


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