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

[Phil Dicky]

Welshbeef said:

JZZ30 said:

Phil Dicky said:

0a said:

£989 over budget. Oh well... And cat D. The cheapest V10 M5 by a way on autotrader through. I seem to remember these being cheaper?

Special cars though (and ruinous!)

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

A seller to avoid at all costs.

This.
Motorhub / Kayleigh Trade Centre.
Do your research, then run.

Fact is it's the cheapest in the UK
What's the risk
What's wrong with it
How much possibly to fix etc.

Sometimes with certain sellers the price isn't the issue..research them and you will understand the warning.

[CharlesdeGaulle]

Throbber purple. Rubbish ad, which mentions 'small niggly jobs'. £6995.

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C790008

[Speed addicted]

CharlesdeGaulle said:

Colour combos don't get much better than this.

SEC 500. £9500.

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

Makes me wonder why dark brown leather isn't an option on most cars. It's lovely. Lovely enough to make me have bad thought about my BMW 645 that I'm still very happy with after 18 months and some scary bills.

I remember looking at one of these (white with a blue velour interior) years ago, but simply couldn't do the running costs. Proper Mercedes solidity before costs savings and needless bling ruined everything.

[Bonefish Blues]

Agree - the Boxster Anniversaries (soon to be in this thread's budget if they aren't already) were lovely with this as an option, I recall.

[Fast Bug]

Saddle Brown leather is an option on a fair few new Mercedes. I've only sold a couple of cars with it though

[rampageturke]

Welshbeef said:

JZZ30 said:

Phil Dicky said:

0a said:

£989 over budget. Oh well... And cat D. The cheapest V10 M5 by a way on autotrader through. I seem to remember these being cheaper?

Special cars though (and ruinous!)

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

A seller to avoid at all costs.

This.
Motorhub / Kayleigh Trade Centre.
Do your research, then run.

Fact is it's the cheapest in the UK
What's the risk
What's wrong with it
How much possibly to fix etc.

you'll probably end up seeing it back up for sale in a few months after buying it with a new identity and you wondering where yours went

[bob-lad]

mondayo said:

Am I allowed to post this then?

LR Defender 90....not fussed about the LPG but I do like the sound of a 5.9 V8. I've always liked the idea of having one of these for commuting/driving round town. I think this one needs a few quid to get it right and I'm not sure about the Q plate, although these days, you don't see many of them (Q plates) about.

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

Must be quite a bodge of bits to require a Q plate on a Defender.


It's a no from me.

[bob-lad]

CharlesdeGaulle said:

I don't know much about these, but I like the colour combo.

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C789551

Me neither. It's a lovely feeling, isn't it

[bob-lad]

CharlesdeGaulle said:

Colour combos don't get much better than this.

SEC 500. £9500.

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

Agreed, that's a heck of a thing.



And if I had one of those fat MINIs arrive at my place, I too would make it hide in the hedge of shame.

[trixyD]

Some lovely motors the last few pages. Take £10k and have a bit of a hoon while up there



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

[JZZ30]

bob-lad said:

And if I had one of those fat MINIs arrive at my place, I too would make it hide in the hedge of shame.

[Maldini35]

bob-lad said:

CharlesdeGaulle said:

Colour combos don't get much better than this.

SEC 500. £9500.

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

Agreed, that's a heck of a thing.



And if I had one of those fat MINIs arrive at my place, I too would make it hide in the hedge of shame.

Brilliant!

[Dusty964]

Whilst I appreciate that the engine likely doesnt produce much oomph, and that living in dubai it makes sense to have the largest engine possible given the fuel prices, I cant stop looking at this.....

https://www.dubicars.com/1983-mercedes-benz-380-sl...

[JZZ30]

Dusty964 said:

Whilst I appreciate that the engine likely doesnt produce much oomph, and that living in dubai it makes sense to have the largest engine possible given the fuel prices, I cant stop looking at this.....

https://www.dubicars.com/1983-mercedes-benz-380-sl...

Wow, is that £6k ~
Very nice

[trixyD]

JZZ30 said:

Dusty964 said:

Whilst I appreciate that the engine likely doesnt produce much oomph, and that living in dubai it makes sense to have the largest engine possible given the fuel prices, I cant stop looking at this.....

https://www.dubicars.com/1983-mercedes-benz-380-sl...

Wow, is that £6k ~
Very nice

Lovely indeed.

[Dusty964]

trixyD said:

JZZ30 said:

Dusty964 said:

Whilst I appreciate that the engine likely doesnt produce much oomph, and that living in dubai it makes sense to have the largest engine possible given the fuel prices, I cant stop looking at this.....

https://www.dubicars.com/1983-mercedes-benz-380-sl...

Wow, is that £6k ~
Very nice

Lovely indeed.

I reckon it could be purchased for around 22k aed.
Having had a good poke around it is incredibly clean.
I know nothing about them at all, but do love an old merc (daily is an S500L from 2001). Brain now engaged with- will an s500 engine fit in it.....

[Welshbeef]

Phil Dicky said:

Welshbeef said:

JZZ30 said:

Phil Dicky said:

0a said:

£989 over budget. Oh well... And cat D. The cheapest V10 M5 by a way on autotrader through. I seem to remember these being cheaper?

Special cars though (and ruinous!)

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

A seller to avoid at all costs.

This.
Motorhub / Kayleigh Trade Centre.
Do your research, then run.

Fact is it's the cheapest in the UK
What's the risk
What's wrong with it
How much possibly to fix etc.

Sometimes with certain sellers the price isn't the issue..research them and you will understand the warning.

Had a look into this and now understand - and yes I'd not touch it.

[bmthnick1981]

bob-lad said:

Agreed, that's a heck of a thing.



And if I had one of those fat MINIs arrive at my place, I too would make it hide in the hedge of shame.

I hope mine will look somewhere near as nice as this down the rear flank view once I get the repainted rear bumper and new chrome on. Lovely angle.

[CharlesdeGaulle]

What a delightful old thing. We should revive this colour palette. £9995.

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C791675

[CharlesdeGaulle]

Another nice SEC. £6750. Lots of good signs in the ad too, including long ownership.

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C782951