Best Smoker Barges 1-5 large [Vol 7]

[harry kular]

I thought it might catch your eye Slippery. Looks tidy from the pictures, but we all know that doesn't mean much....
Really like the black leather, think this is now my preference on a 126

[slippery]

harry kular said:

I thought it might catch your eye Slippery. Looks tidy from the pictures, but we all know that doesn't mean much....
Really like the black leather, think this is now my preference on a 126

It might as well be on the other side of the world though! I knew it was a long way when it was in a county I'd never even heard of.
I also love the colour scheme, but prefer the leather when it runs from left to right in larger pieces as opposed to thinner strips running from front to back. Shame it's not local though, as it's a handsome looking thing.

[mccrackenj]

SuperHangOn said:

edo said:

Have we had this? What say you men with beards?
11 main dealer services.

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2014...

£2,950
Mercedes-Benz 260
48000 miles
Immaculate, inside and out. , ALL Mercedes Benz Main Dealer Service History - Completed at , pre-delivery, 1058 miles, 5319 miles, 8717 miles, 11142 miles, 15729 miles, 18174 miles, 22943 miles, 26101 miles, 31773 miles, 34293 miles, 39114 miles, 45531 miles, current odometer reading 48238 miles., , Tax to end October 2014, MOT to 28th October 2014., , Completely original down to supplying dealer sticker, number plates and tax disc holder. original first aid kit and Blaupunkt stereo., I am the 3rd owner and the car has been off-road in storage over the winter. Judging by the bodywork I think the car has always been garaged. There are a couple of small scratches, but nothing too deep. The wheel arches are clean and having owned a W124 before this is a sign of a well looked after car., I have a few more photos available and I am confident in the description of the car and the history is impeccable., , Please contact me for more details if interested., GREEN, 3 owners, Next MOT due 28/10/2014, Tax expires 31/10/2014, Full service history, Electric sunroof, Electric windows, Height adjustable driver's seat, Metallic paint, Spare wheel (Full), Power steering, Central locking, Alarm, Immobiliser. £2,950

48,000 trips down the road for a pint of milk, or more likely sat around for years and only rolled out for the MOT each year. Its pretty but I see a car like that becoming trouble when put into proper use TBH.

F**K, don't I know it!

[CharlesdeGaulle]

mccrackenj said:

F**K, don't I know it!

The anguished cry of the bargista!

[r129sl]

CharlesdeGaulle said:

idiotgap said:

Bravo! Any links/pics you can share monsieur?

Thanks - I'm looking forward to seeing it!

The original ad is here:

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C492648

Ooof that does look nice. Very good spec.

CharlesdeGaulle said:

mccrackenj said:

F**K, don't I know it!

The anguished cry of the bargista!

Any updates on the SEC?

[r129sl]

Zwolf said:

SpeckledJim said:

But not the tasteful discerning petrol barge-shopper. He still understands that white is a crap colour for a car.

Generally yes. But this looks bloody great and I'd gladly have a white one:

Hi Zwolf, you've been a miss. I've always quite liked white, so long as there are silver wheels and black trim strips to go with it and so long as it is kept mint. One problem in the UK is the lack of light. There is so much more light in Florida or California that white cars look a million times better.

[Motorrad]

mark seeker said:

That Volvo is very tempting indeed, at that sort of money really....

I can't help thinking if you owned that then you'd die before it did given regular servicing.

[E65Ross]

harry kular said:

I thought it might catch your eye Slippery. Looks tidy from the pictures, but we all know that doesn't mean much....
Really like the black leather, think this is now my preference on a 126

See, I think the cream leather (mushroom?) on the W12/W126's is the perfect interior, preferably with a darker, classy hue for the exterior.....something like almandine, midnight blue or malachite.

[harry kular]

E65Ross said:

See, I think the cream leather (mushroom?) on the W12/W126's is the perfect interior, preferably with a darker, classy hue for the exterior.....something like almandine, midnight blue or malachite.

Previously I would have agreed with you, my 2 w124s have mushroom with blue-black and azurite blue exteriors. But my r129 has black leather and has won me over. I just think that the black leather against the rich walnut looks fantastic- a real gentlemans club look. I remember when the e32 v8 was launched, and they had one in the press pics with black leather and wood which was pure class.

This opinion could quite easily change tomorrow though, as I am a bit whimsical...

Edited by harry kular on Tuesday 22 April 16:05

[mccrackenj]

r129sl said:

CharlesdeGaulle said:

idiotgap said:

Bravo! Any links/pics you can share monsieur?

Thanks - I'm looking forward to seeing it!

The original ad is here:

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C492648

Ooof that does look nice. Very good spec.

CharlesdeGaulle said:

mccrackenj said:

F**K, don't I know it!

The anguished cry of the bargista!

Any updates on the SEC?

In a word, nope. But thanks for asking.

The saga of the starter motor (just a measly starter motor!) drifts into week 10, while the overall SEC saga passes 7 1/2 months.

I'm starting to wonder if the car had been fine and I got it home with no issues all the way back on 4th Sept, would I have ticked the W126 box and already be starting to think of something else by now? Probably.

I want to try an R129 500 before the reasonably priced ones disappear and I want a really, really good W124 saloon, but the SEC is baulking any further purchases at the minute.

There have honestly been times when I have genuinely forgotten all about the car, then remembered with a start that I have another car somewhere. The last 3 weeks have been frustrating as the promise that it was finally ready was dangled in front of my nose 3 weeks ago and now I just want the thing on my drive and not in the 'effing workshop!

[mccrackenj]

harry kular said:

E65Ross said:

See, I think the cream leather (mushroom?) on the W12/W126's is the perfect interior, preferably with a darker, classy hue for the exterior.....something like almandine, midnight blue or malachite.

Previously I would have agreed with you, my 2 w124s have mushroom with blue-black and azurite blue exteriors. But my r129 has black leather and has won me over. I just think that the black leather against the rich walnut looks fantastic- a real gentlemans club look. I remember when the e32 v8 was launched, and they had one in the press pics with black leather and wood which was pure class.

This opinion could quite easily change tomorrow though, as I am a bit whimsical...

Edited by harry kular on Tuesday 22 April 16:05

I'm with you on that one Harry. I would always have gone for mushroom leather / beige cloth, ideally with almandine/blauschwartz/tourmaline (or pearl blue)
but the blauschwartz 230te changed my mind. That car's combination of the dark charcoal cloth (which was in perfect condition) with the black plastics and the walnut was so classy.

I still think my ideal W124 interior is an early car with cream velour, but a later (still pre-fecelift, obviously) car with black leather, leccy driver's seat, black plastics and zebrano would be lovely. But what exterior to go with it? Still pondering that.

[slippery]

Had a new screen fitted to the A8 today.

[Rollcage]

slippery said:

Had a new screen fitted to the A8 today.

Ah, so it's a keeper after all! :heheh:

[Zwolf]

Not usually a lover of the iL, but can't be many with just 1 owner and FBMWSH for 17 years...

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2014...






£3,999

Edited by Zwolf on Tuesday 22 April 18:06

[E65Ross]

Zwolf said:

Not usually a lover of the iL, but can't be many with just 1 owner and FBMWSH for 17 years...






£3,999

linky?

[Zwolf]

E65Ross said:

linky?

Apols, now included.

[idiotgap]

CharlesdeGaulle said:

idiotgap said:

Bravo! Any links/pics you can share monsieur?

Thanks - I'm looking forward to seeing it!

The original ad is here:

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C492648

Looks great - and how funny it having the thread connection!
Looking forward to seeing one or the other of your 124s at the weekend.

[texasjohn]

Barchettaman said:

slippery said:

If you like the look of the QX, there really is no good reason not to buy one. They are bloody good cars.

One of the best-respected posters on the HJ forum, Aprilia, used to love the Nissan QX. Dull but phenomenally well screwed together.

Somebody else must have liked it - sold already.

Still, I now know to keep an eye out for them in future!

[jke11y]

Gruber said:

CharlesdeGaulle said:

Gruber said:

Ermmmm.... I'd swear that's my old car that Kiwifraser bought off me, but on a different plate. What's the mileage?

It's on 195k. The plate is a personal one that's coming off - the original ends NCF. Yours?

The very same!

I was watching it on eBay too; in tenuous link news, I offered for one of the properties in the background of the pics last month

[E65Ross]

Seems like a nice late, tidy E34 525i

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





Pity about cloth, but at least it looks clean from the pics