Lovely Cars: Interesting, Classic, Retro, Barge 5-10k

[CharlesdeGaulle]

Fantastic:

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C850573

[deadslow]

posted this on 1 - 5 but it probs fits better here. E28 535i manual. Yum yum, these are great fun to batter about in.

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C850227

[CharlesdeGaulle]

deadslow said:

posted this on 1 - 5 but it probs fits better here. E28 535i manual. Yum yum, these are great fun to batter about in.

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C850227

The daft sod hasn't put a price on the ad.

[wack]

mikal83 said:

I would like a Cortina Mk III GXL please Santa.

That was my first car , it was 7 years old when I bought it in 1979, I hadn't had it a month, I stopped at a roundabout , the woman behind me in a 2CV didn't

There was a thump,the lower front of the 2cv had gone under the bumper, I got out , looked at the rear valance which was mostly brown dust on the floor

[bob-lad]

Irritating stty photos aside, these could be lovely ways to potter about this summer.
Both a whiff over budget.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/TRIUMPH-TR6-Red-Manual-P...



http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/TRIUMPH-STAG-3-0-Red-Aut...

[Trabi601]

deadslow said:

posted this on 1 - 5 but it probs fits better here. E28 535i manual. Yum yum, these are great fun to batter about in.

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C850227

I absolutely adore E28s and kick myself for not buying a 525e when they were stupidly cheap and sensible daily commuter hacks.

[deadslow]

Trabi601 said:

deadslow said:

posted this on 1 - 5 but it probs fits better here. E28 535i manual. Yum yum, these are great fun to batter about in.

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C850227

I absolutely adore E28s and kick myself for not buying a 525e when they were stupidly cheap and sensible daily commuter hacks.

Yep, great cars from a brilliant period for BMW.

[Lowtimer]

Has something gone wrong with my computer or has he failed to say how much he wants for it?

[bob-lad]

Lowtimer said:

Has something gone wrong with my computer or has he failed to say how much he wants for it?

"This car deserves a good home."

Must mean "free to a good home".

[Pickled]

Certainly different

http://www.classiccarsforsale.co.uk/daimler/double...

[Piersman2]

Pickled said:

Certainly different

http://www.classiccarsforsale.co.uk/daimler/double...

My first ever Jag as a 4.2 in that very colour scheme, D265ELF.

It had a few bubbles of rust at 6 years old when I sold it. I saw it a year later looking ready for the scrapper as every single panel looked utterly fecked with the tin worm.

Also a little concerning that it's had all that work done with all that effort, only for it to have only done 2k miles since. Makes me wonder why it's up for sale.

[Pickled]

Piersman2 said:

Also a little concerning that it's had all that work done with all that effort, only for it to have only done 2k miles since. Makes me wonder why it's up for sale.

Probably cost £1 per mile in fuel running those carbs

[soxboy]

CharlesdeGaulle said:

Fantastic:

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C850573

That is lovely, and looks very good value especially when compared to the equivalent Mercedes/ BMW. I don't think I've seen a RHD before.

[Pickled]

This looks quite good value (despite the overdressed tyres!)- was up for £7k a couple of weeks ago

http://www.sfcarriagecompany.co.uk/used-cars/daiml...

[bob-lad]

Pickled said:

This looks quite good value (despite the overdressed tyres!)- was up for £7k a couple of weeks ago

http://www.sfcarriagecompany.co.uk/used-cars/daiml...

That's been for sale for ages. Looking more tempting at that price.

[Lowtimer]

soxboy said:

CharlesdeGaulle said:

Fantastic:

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C850573

That is lovely, and looks very good value especially when compared to the equivalent Mercedes/ BMW. I don't think I've seen a RHD before.

It is indeed lovely and a car I have craved in V6 form for many years. However, I'm not sure it's correct to say that as a 4-cylinder one this is particularly keenly priced against a sinilarly sized BMW or Mercedes equivalent
e.g.
£10.5K four-cylinder http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C519534


£12K six-cylinder http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C843979


£12K four cylinder http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C847371


And one of the benefits of Mercedes and BMWs of this era is that there is still reasonable parts backup, at a price. Same for quite a few British cars of the era.

[0a]

Lowish mile 600SEL. http://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mercades-SEL600-V12-1992-/...

[CharlesdeGaulle]

0a said:

Lowish mile 600SEL. http://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mercades-SEL600-V12-1992-/...

Rubbish advert, but what a beast that thing is.

Could be a cracking buy for a barge fan, but I think it's priced optimistically.

[Pickled]

Had a moment of madness, (beer might have been involved) yesterday, one minute your looking for Series III Jags, then all of sudden you've bought a 2.7 Boxster and a Classic Mini...

[CharlesdeGaulle]

Pickled - apt user name - you are a ledge!

I do all sorts of fantasy browsing and virtual buying, but to randomly buy two cars at once is proper hard core. Well done - a nice little combo.