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

[E24man]

Heresy to some I suspect but I see a Beetle wearing a tea-tray bustle

[L100NYY]

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

[L100NYY]

anonymous said:

[redacted]

I haven't driven any old 911 that didn't make me want one. Be it an early 2.0 swb to a 930 Turbo to a 993RS and everything else inbetween.

[deadslow]

L100NYY said:

Wibble McThuddington;

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



Apart from the airbagged 'wheel. Obvs.

would be heartbreaking handing over that amount of money to anyone who cannot spell 'exemplary'

[L100NYY]

deadslow said:

L100NYY said:

Wibble McThuddington;

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



Apart from the airbagged 'wheel. Obvs.

would be heartbreaking handing over that amount of money to anyone who cannot spell 'exemplary'

I think I'd get over it

[s m]

L100NYY said:

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

I suspect the POA tag means it is beyond my top limit

[jeremyc]

L100NYY said:

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

Have you been on the sauce?

Plenty that needs putting right with that: exhaust, filler cap, pedals, 'plate, spoiler ... And the fact that it's POA.

[L100NYY]

jeremyc said:

L100NYY said:

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

Have you been on the sauce?

Plenty that needs putting right with that: exhaust, filler cap, pedals, 'plate ... And the fact that it's POA.

It's a rhd CLS; mere fripperies can be ammended.

[Leins]

That CLS1 belongs to a PH-er, who also owned an E34 M5 at one stage too IIRC. I parked beside it at a show a number of years ago

[barchetta_boy]

I love e36 M3s as much as the next man but I appear to be looking at a tarted up one that's lightly ram raided Halfords. What am I missing?

Reminds me of the M4 GTS I encountered at Thruxton last week. Seats apart, not one thing about it was better than an E46.

Oh yes and the M4 dies at 6k rpm. Most un M like and I pass for that reason

Yours mr grumpy

[jeremyc]

anonymous said:

[redacted]

Nein.

Advert said:

The current specification of the car is as follows (in order of date fitted to car):

Full bespoke Infinity Exhaust System
K&N Induction Kit
...
Full Carbon Fibre M3 GT Rear Spoiler (90% colour coded)

A bit of mix'n'match going on. Fine if it's your thing, but the advert just screams "messed with" to me. I like the arches though.

[s m]

Leins said:

That CLS1 belongs to a PH-er, who also owned an E34 M5 at one stage too IIRC. I parked beside it at a show a number of years ago

Dubster's old car (Graham)

[Leins]

s m said:

Leins said:

That CLS1 belongs to a PH-er, who also owned an E34 M5 at one stage too IIRC. I parked beside it at a show a number of years ago

Dubster's old car (Graham)

That's him


I recall a lot of 'Ring talk when the CLSII was produced in the 90s, and I think a quick lap-time might have been a part of the car's original remit. Something approaching 8mins if memory serves correct?

[Diesel Meister]

jeremyc said:

ave you been on the sauce?

Plenty that needs putting right with that: exhaust, filler cap, pedals, 'plate, spoiler ... And the fact that it's POA.

I used to have a bit of a schoolboy Schnitzer fetish due to the old man having a string of them in my immediately pre-licence years (E34 525, couple of full house E36 M3s and an S3 3.0, which was epic). The CLS was / is bonkers.

Great find all the same - makes most pork look common (at least in terms of numbers). Remember the CLS II in green with yellow trim?:





Batst!

First Gen was nice too:



Loved the (then) bananas interior on both:



And agreed on the Pork - lovely cars but at these prices I think I'd balk even if I was a millionaire. As a value proposition (i.e. as something to enjoy in every way, but specifically driving it with due enthusiasm as frequently as possible) it just doesn't add up for me, but I guess there are more than enough folks with the folding to sustain the market for now.

[Output Flange]

The Schnitzer stuff is nearly as bad as Alpina bits.

Strange that it wears a pre-facelift steering wheel but the wings use the facelift repeaters.

[ATM]

Do these carbon kevlar bits just add width or also save weight?

[jeremyc]

A bit of performance class to balance the Schnitzer tatfest.

[ATM]

This one has been on the bay for a little while

LHD
33,500 miles

£54,500.00

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm122149727552

[TheRocket]

Ref GT3 lose all the red bits and it's not a bad price relatively speaking I would think.

Loon ref 917 tool room copy, does that include the engine or did they try and source a flat 12 from somewhere ? IIrc after Mark Hales alleged blow up of a 917 engine unsurprisingly they are not cheap to repair, talk of him having to remortgage his house to pay for it, not sure whatever happened with that in the end.

[ferrisbueller]

Output Flange said:

The Schnitzer stuff is nearly as bad as Alpina bits.

Strange that it wears a pre-facelift steering wheel but the wings use the facelift repeaters.

You are hereby awarded BOTW (Beard of the week) as I can't see anyone topping that.