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

[CharlesdeGaulle]

Lowtimer said:

Really any rust-free 126 SEC with everything working starts at that sort of money these days. I haven't seen a good solid and tidy 560 in four figures for quite a long time.

This is pretty true I think. That brown one is a lovely colour.

[CharlesdeGaulle]

sdkrc said:

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C772432

Yes in so many ways. But overall, no.

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BrewsterBear said:

dme123 said:

I always find myself drawn to the later 6.0 cars with the 4 speed GM box.

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C792221

Oh my! That is beautiful. They can't be <£10k cars for long, Shirley?

My xjr-s will probably have to go up for sale soon to make way for something even more daft! There's a reader rides thread on it and a pic below. Will be cheaper than the car listed, and very much rarer.

I'm in windswept Cornwall at the moment, but PM me if anyone's interested in a thread discount!

[CharlesdeGaulle]

A budget-buster. But a wonderful one.

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C795263

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BGarside said:

W116. Poor photos but I love the colours:

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C794316

Those colours are ace. At (just) sub-budget, seems reasonably priced too.

[CharlesdeGaulle]

Looks nice. £6250.

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C795769





Win School-Run Yummy Mummy Top Trumps. £9250.

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C795689



Good use of bumper duct tape too.

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lostkiwi said:

Normally aspirated diesel. It'll be quite leisurely I suspect

Quite possibly on a par with continental drift, but it'll last as long too.

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gforceg said:

bmthnick1981 said:

advert said:

..tuxedo..

Do fk off.

Quite.

I'd missed that the first time.

However, bear with the buttock-clenchingly awful prose, and there's a sort-of amusing ad in there. Sort of.

'... Think Arnold Schwarzenegger in an Armani tuxedo. A confident head-turner, with a hint of the formidable muscle underneath the beautiful tailoring. That's the CL55 Kompressor AMG. That wafflemaker-looking thing is the high-tech helical supercharger that helps turn an already capable 5.5-liter V-8 into a handbuilt, near 504-horse tirewaster. ... This is serious pavement-buckling, addictive-sound-like-you've-never-heard-before kind of performance--all from a bank-vault-solid premium luxury coupe. Mercy.

The handbuilt eight ... scavenges all that air and lends the car its signature voice. Behind this potent mill ... brake discs with eight-piston front calipers complete the ground-hugging hardware.'

Almost makes me want it. Almost. Oh for the return of the cringe thread!

[CharlesdeGaulle]

Captain Smerc said:

Best car advert award winner 2016 ,'MERCY'

The word Mercy should appear in car adverts more often. I'm often pleading for it at home after buying yet another one!

[CharlesdeGaulle]

£8000

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C796584

[CharlesdeGaulle]

What are these like to own? £9250 seems quite a lot.

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C796575

[CharlesdeGaulle]

gforceg said:

CharlesdeGaulle said:

£8000

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C796584

That's lovely, I think that's the last generation of RR I really like.

Snap. I love it.

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0a said:

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

That is fantastic. Great spot.

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Strela said:

Text for the ad was lifted from this buying guide dated 2003. Thought I recognised it from other CL ads.
http://www.motortrend.com/cars/mercedes-benz/cl-cl...
Great thread, by the way.

Good spot. Or good memory. Or anally retentive weirdo. One of them, anyway!

[CharlesdeGaulle]

Following the sale of mine, I'd appreciate a moratorium on the posting of XJSs for while. Ta.

[CharlesdeGaulle]

Feel like the local GP or Magistrate in this:

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C799213

[CharlesdeGaulle]

Yummy, and seems decent value to me.

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

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Stegel said:

Indeed, yummy and at that price "appreciating my asset" (have you still got your A124?)

I technically still own it, but there is 'a man' somewhere who has seen lots more of it than me over recent months. I'm looking forward to getting it back.

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Bomma220 said:

You've sold it CdG? Lovely old thing that was. Any replacement on the horizon?

Regretfully, yes. Hopefully a replacement next week.

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Cars don't come much more purposeful-looking than this bad boy.

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C800270