Best smoker barges 1-5 large [Vol 10]

[Lowtimer]

Given that a good similarly low-mileage W124 560 SEC would nowadays be on at twice that, I think the time is not far off when they get something like that money for it (providing everything works and it's not hiding any horrible secrets).

[W00DY]

olly755 said:

Three years comfortable motoring, in something a bit different, that won't give the impression that you're trying to impress, won't snap a cambelt and will probably be annoyingly faithful, for probably around £100 a month for the duration of it's remaining life, assuming you change the oil two times yourself and ask the scrap man to collect it when you're finished.

You'd have to actively not want to impress anyone to spend 4 grand on a car with styled to look like "generic car no. 2" from an insurance ad, with an interior by Aiwa and a V6 driving the front wheels.


Luckily Subaru make the Legacy.

[Stegel]

Lowtimer said:

Given that a good similarly low-mileage W124 560 SEC would nowadays be on at twice that, I think the time is not far off when they get something like that money for it (providing everything works and it's not hiding any horrible secrets).

I agree that it will be a sought after car in years to come, but I think there's a while before 140s follow SECs, which have only recently come off the bottom of the price curve. If the car was there last year and it checked out, I would have bought it. We know we are marginal crack-pots swimming against the tide of three cylinder twin turbo hatchbacks on lease, and with no punter having come forward in almost 12 months, it's brave adding 35% to the sticker - but perhaps he knows his stuff and with a five digit price it appeals to the collector!

[Biglips]

Geekman said:

The problem I have with that 760 is that a facelift 750 can easily be had for less, and the facelift makes the entire car considerably better looking IMO. It's not as if the 750 would be lacking in power either.

They are not lookers I grant you but they are very thread i.e. Tremendous value tfor the amount of engineering that you get

[W00DY]

http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/s...


Damn.

[E65Ross]

Biglips said:

Geekman said:

The problem I have with that 760 is that a facelift 750 can easily be had for less, and the facelift makes the entire car considerably better looking IMO. It's not as if the 750 would be lacking in power either.

They are not lookers I grant you but they are very thread i.e. Tremendous value tfor the amount of engineering that you get

760 has 450bhp vs 367bhp....that's quite a considerable difference IMO.

[0a]

That SAAB is awesome!

[trixyD]

That Saab

[Jimmy Recard]

olly755 said:

Three years comfortable motoring, in something a bit different, that won't give the impression that you're trying to impress, won't snap a cambelt and will probably be annoyingly faithful, for probably around £100 a month for the duration of it's remaining life, assuming you change the oil two times yourself and ask the scrap man to collect it when you're finished.

I'm not sure if I've misunderstood here, but £100 a month for the rest of its life? I'd have to drive it for 40 years!

I probably won't live another 40 years.


And yes, the Saab is utterly excellent

[harrykul]

Sheeeit, that 9000 is lovely. We had a poverty spec one in the 90s and even that was great.

[E65Ross]

Jimmy Recard said:

olly755 said:

Three years comfortable motoring, in something a bit different, that won't give the impression that you're trying to impress, won't snap a cambelt and will probably be annoyingly faithful, for probably around £100 a month for the duration of it's remaining life, assuming you change the oil two times yourself and ask the scrap man to collect it when you're finished.

I'm not sure if I've misunderstood here, but £100 a month for the rest of its life? I'd have to drive it for 40 years!

I probably won't live another 40 years.


And yes, the Saab is utterly excellent

I think he meant £100/month to cover £4000, £4000/monthly £100 is 40 months, so 3 years and 4 months, not 40 years....or have I missed something?

[bob-lad]

olly755 said:

W00DY said:

bob-lad said:

Thankyou4calling said:

Has this been put forward for consideration yet?

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2016...

Yes.

The laughing had just about subsided until you reposted it

What is the market for that? It's still a long way from new, with a big tax cost and it looks st.

Three years comfortable motoring, in something a bit different, that won't give the impression that you're trying to impress, won't snap a cambelt and will probably be annoyingly faithful, for probably around £100 a month for the duration of it's remaining life, assuming you change the oil two times yourself and ask the scrap man to collect it when you're finished.

I suppose that approach justifies things like this too.

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C790073


It's different. But you'd probably need to change your pants every time you got overtaken by a lorry rather than just worrying about oil changes.



ETA photo

Edited by bob-lad on Monday 26th September 23:09

[bob-lad]

55palfers said:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/182286989492?_trksid=p20...

They don't come more bargey than a 6 litre Mercedes Benz.

Looks like ownership may prove "entertaining" though

Love it. No bids and minutes to go.

Looks like there's a mound of dead Russian mobsters in the boot.

[Geekman]

E65Ross said:

760 has 450bhp vs 367bhp....that's quite a considerable difference IMO.

Undoubtedly - my point is more that 367BHP still makes it a quick car, and to me at least the extra BHP doesn't seem to be worth the sacrifice in looks and running costs when compared to a facelift 750.

[ruggedscotty]

that saab.......damn thats one hell of a nice car - you just know it will go another 100k without breaking sweat...

[cat220]

Love the Saab, a 760i also appeals however an expensive beast to run.

[E24man]

I'm lurking in wait for the later bonkers twin-turbo V12 760's to plummet to my meagre budget levels.

[anonymous-user]

Copied from Bargain Basement

RedWhiteMonkey said:

sleepera6 said:

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2016...

Looks like the owner has been wiping his arse on the steering wheel.

For £300 you cant complain.

£2995 worth of bulletproof goodness

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2016...

Good old shed

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2016...




A more modern choice



http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2016...


Tigra

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2016...


Manual ST220 with Heated recaros + more

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2016...

Edited by anonymous-user on Monday 26th September 20:50

[bmthnick1981]

bob-lad said:

55palfers said:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/182286989492?_trksid=p20...

They don't come more bargey than a 6 litre Mercedes Benz.

Looks like ownership may prove "entertaining" though

Love it. No bids and minutes to go.

Looks like there's a mound of dead Russian mobsters in the boot.

What a shame he has let it get into that condition in the 4.5 years he has owned it, plenty of recommissioning costs on this one, needs to be much much cheaper.

[0a]

E24man said:

I'm lurking in wait for the later bonkers twin-turbo V12 760's to plummet to my meagre budget levels.

What can they be tuned to?!