Best smoker barges 1-5 large [vol11]

[ChocolateFrog]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/282416474928

Mercedes CL500 for sale with carswithnoreserve.

Looks quite tempting for sub £3000. Facelift with cooled seats.

Edited to add. MOT history is not great so would need to be cheap.

Edited by ChocolateFrog on Saturday 1st April 22:43

[josh00mac]

bit of Jap stability

Looks good

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2017...

slightly never and looks new inside... What are these CVT boxes like?
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2017...

[ian316]

CharlesdeGaulle said:

A nice 126. I don't think I've ever seen as many pictures on a C&C ad before.

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C854053

how cheap is that?

[hornetrider]

CharlesdeGaulle said:

A nice 126. I don't think I've ever seen as many pictures on a C&C ad before.

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C854053

Phwoar hubba hubba ding ding rrrrawwwwrrrr

[bob-lad]

CharlesdeGaulle said:

A nice 126. I don't think I've ever seen as many pictures on a C&C ad before.

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C854053

Crumbs.

Even I like this.

Lovely

[ReaperCushions]

bob-lad said:

CharlesdeGaulle said:

A nice 126. I don't think I've ever seen as many pictures on a C&C ad before.

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C854053

Crumbs.

Even I like this.

Lovely

Needs a re-ginge though.

[dscam]

Slightly off topic but may be of interest to some. Spent some time working on the headlights of my V70 today which has suffered from hazy/oxidation of the lenses. Apart from looking rubbish it can't help the light output.

Spent around 20 mins per side using a rotary polisher with a small pad, and the Meguiars 2-step kit and they have come up astonishingly well. Here's a 50/50 to demonstrate:



The kit I used was £30

http://www.meguiars.co.uk/shop/two-step-headlight-...

They do another one which is a bit cheaper but I've tried it before and didn't get anywhere near the same result and a lot more effort was expended!

[CharlesdeGaulle]

Looks great dscam.

Do you need a rotary polisher, or is there a manual method?

[Patrick Bateman]

3M kit works a treat too-

https://www.amazon.co.uk/d/Car-Headlight-Assemblie...

Just need a drill.

[bmthnick1981]

Any E65 beards in the house? Not sure my idrive controller is working properly in my new 750 and would appreciate some guidance!

Issue is it spins on its own - seems to have a mind of its own - makes using the nav or changing other settings very hard / near impossible!

A quick google shows this up as being an issue. I can see used idrive controllers on ebay for £100 ish.

Question is - can I just buy a used one and swap them over or do they need to be 'coded' to the car? Alternatively any idea on what one might cost new from BMW ?

Thanks in advance.

[PowerslideSWE]

I've added a few pics of my M5 purchase in readers cars if anyone is interested. Will be delivered may 25:th, so it's going to be a long wait...

[dscam]

CharlesdeGaulle said:

Looks great dscam.

Do you need a rotary polisher, or is there a manual method?

A decent drill will do the job too. The results with the 3M kit looks good and those pics are a great demonstration. I'm still some way from troubling Derin in the detailing stakes to be fair though.

[Krikkit]

The silver W126 is lovely, great colours.

dscam said:

CharlesdeGaulle said:

Looks great dscam.

Do you need a rotary polisher, or is there a manual method?

A decent drill will do the job too. The results with the 3M kit looks good and those pics are a great demonstration. I'm still some way from troubling Derin in the detailing stakes to be fair though.

I've used the 3M drill kit on my Clio's headlights - turned them from milky and ruined to looking almost factory-fresh. Great purchase and very easy with a corded drill (forget cordless).

[r129sl]

This w126 is best described as "interesting". I'm not sure I could hack manual 2.6. And the photos definitely flatter to deceive. Nonetheless, it is an interesting barge.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1986-Mercedes-W126-260SE...

[tobinen]

A curio indeed. I'd heard of the 2.6 in the 126 but not a manual as well.

[bob-lad]

It's got a rather grubby backside for petrol.

[E65Ross]

Patrick Bateman said:

There are now two XJ's for sale 200 yards along the road from me, it's like the universe is trying to tell me something despite putting the idea off until next year.

That people who have XJs in your area aren't happy with them?

[Zonergem]

Back in late January this ex-Japan cloth seat R129 500SL went through eBay for under 3.5k, after we admired it for a while. (see pp.106-7)

The story continues...

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C854609

"The vendor states that the car has VOSA MOT history back to 2009 and has recently undergone extensive mechanical work at Mercedes specialist Colin Ferns Limited, including Mercedes parts new coils, distributor arms and caps (an expensive necessity to make these cars run as they should) and replacement of all idle hoses totalling £1400 (invoice available). The car has recently been driven on a round trip to Nottingham and performed well, pulling like a train after the recent work carried out. The car was bought recently for the vendor's wife who mistakenly believed the answer "anything" in response to the question "what would you like for your birthday?" actually meant just that and is now sadly for sale! "

anonymous said:

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Edited by Zonergem on Monday 3rd April 14:40

[MorganP104]

Zonergem said:

Gold with Brazil pre-facelift 300E W124 about to creep into thread budget. Needs a hood pad and some interior tidying but ad reads well enough.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mercedes-300e-1988-Retro...

Gold over brown! The mother lode!

I was in one of these being used as a taxi in Portugal a while back. I sat in the back admiring my surroundings, much to the bemusement of the driver, who presumably had no idea why I was getting so excited about his old Merc.

[bmthnick1981]

bmthnick1981 said:

Any E65 beards in the house? Not sure my idrive controller is working properly in my new 750 and would appreciate some guidance!

Issue is it spins on its own - seems to have a mind of its own - makes using the nav or changing other settings very hard / near impossible!

A quick google shows this up as being an issue. I can see used idrive controllers on ebay for £100 ish.

Question is - can I just buy a used one and swap them over or do they need to be 'coded' to the car? Alternatively any idea on what one might cost new from BMW ?

Thanks in advance.

Poor form to quote myself but just to update in case it is of use to anyone else I had a quote from BMW for £235 (incl VAT) to supply the idrive controller and £187 (incl VAT) to fit meaning a total bill of £422.

Apparently the idrive controller can vary from car to car depending on spec and does need to be coded to the car.