Lovely Cars: Interesting, Classic, Retro, Barge 5-10k
Discussion
gforceg said:
bmthnick1981 said:
advert said:
..tuxedo..
Do f
k off. 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 said:
I've always fancied one of these, but suspect build quality would be an issue.CharlesdeGaulle said:
That's lovely, I think that's the last generation of RR I really like.CharlesdeGaulle said:
If chassis is okay then the rest is pretty simpleI wonder what this will go for in the end? 76k mile 323i (needs ambers!) http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BMW-E21-323i-1981-/32227...
gforceg said:
CharlesdeGaulle said:
That's lovely, I think that's the last generation of RR I really like.0a said:
I wonder what this will go for in the end? 76k mile 323i (needs ambers!) http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BMW-E21-323i-1981-/32227...
£7100 at the end.I agree about the ambers.
golfer19 said:
0a said:
I wonder what this will go for in the end? 76k mile 323i (needs ambers!) http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BMW-E21-323i-1981-/32227...
£7100 at the end.I agree about the ambers.
And it didn't go for £7100....
0a said:
I went to view a peacock blue one of these and my god do they look and feel special when they're in good condition. They smell like an antique shop. Even opening a door is a completely different experience to any other car.
Don't know about the feasibility of having one as a daily driver but what a thing
0a said:
Interesting colour
The colours on that, inside and out, are absolutely magnificent in their understated elegance and timelessness.What else is interesting is that it's registered as a Corniche, according to the MOT checker. Which makes no sense at all. I know they're the same mechanically but I would want to do proper due diligence to ensure that it's a cock-up at the DVLA, which as we all know is not uncommon, rather than the car being a four-door wearing the identity of a two-door, and some possible Trigger's Broom effect going on. There is also some ambiguity about its age: DVLA says 1971, advert says 1973.
Edited by Lowtimer on Thursday 6th October 11:06
Lowtimer said:
The colours on that, inside and out, are absolutely magnificent in their understated elegance and timelessness.
What else is interesting is that it's registered as a Corniche, according to the MOT checker. Which makes no sense at all. I know they're the same mechanically but I would want to do proper due diligence to ensure that it's a cock-up at the DVLA, which as we all know is not uncommon, rather than the car being a four-door wearing the identity of a two-door, and some possible Trigger's Broom effect going on. There is also some ambiguity about its age: DVLA says 1971, advert says 1973.
This looks fab. It looks like more than a £9k car too. What else is interesting is that it's registered as a Corniche, according to the MOT checker. Which makes no sense at all. I know they're the same mechanically but I would want to do proper due diligence to ensure that it's a cock-up at the DVLA, which as we all know is not uncommon, rather than the car being a four-door wearing the identity of a two-door, and some possible Trigger's Broom effect going on. There is also some ambiguity about its age: DVLA says 1971, advert says 1973.
Mileage doesn't match the MoT database either. Again, could be a typo, but there are a lot of inconsistencies here.
ETA: Other database lists it as:
Vehicle make ROLLS ROYCE
Date of first registration 09 May 1973
Edited by bob-lad on Thursday 6th October 14:45
bob-lad said:
This looks fab. It looks like more than a £9k car too.
Mileage doesn't match the MoT database either. Again, could be a typo, but there are a lot of inconsistencies here.
Is this another one with a whiff of scam about it?
I think the mileage is simply that the speedo has gone round the 100K mark and back to zero. Remember this is an early 70s car and the world was different then, speedoe had fewer digits. The car is advertised as having 126K on it and therefore speedo reads 26K which is what the MOT certificate says.Mileage doesn't match the MoT database either. Again, could be a typo, but there are a lot of inconsistencies here.
Is this another one with a whiff of scam about it?
The road tax checker has the registration date as 9/5/73, which ties in wth the plate. I think the Corniche / 1971 issues are finger trouble on the MOT database. These things happen, but they are irritating.
As for price, well, that depends on all sorts of things. Shadows do tend to fetch big money, partly because they tend to generate hefty annual bills. Also, the Shadow II is generally thought to be a lower-maintenance and more up-to-date device than the Shadow I. I rather like it and if I had somewhere to put it I would be tempted to have a look at it.
0a said:
That is fantastic. Great spot. Gassing Station | General Gassing | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff