Best Smoker Barges 1-5 large [Vol 7]
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idiotgap said:
CharlesdeGaulle said:
Any recommendations for decent aircon places near Farnborough?
Sorry it's not closer, but I can recommend vehvac in Edenbridge who got my S124 aircon going again.Opposite There is a road called sankey lane that always has a big sign out the front saying about aircon. Not used them personally but if they are connected to TGM (the honda place down the same road) then they are fantastic and I can't recommend them highly enough. Worth a call maybe
hornetrider said:
Is the lack of leather that kills it for me. Otherwise it's just an LS400 if you squint.
Wouldn't mind if it was velour but looks like same stuff on boggo corollaEskimoArapaho said:
Consensus is that the 6-pot 190E is a bit of a heavy lump to have at the front and the 4-pot is better suited to the chassis. So the correct answer is a 2.5-16V (with auto for barginess).
The beryl blue 2.6 190E (on Ebay and posted here a few weeks ago) is a far better specced car at that figure (AC and the full AMG kit). I nearly bought it about 4 years ago, but couldn't quite live with the colour.
2.6 may be nose heavy but it still well thought of handling wise, and performance wise it steps on toes of 2.3-16v and will nail the 2.0The beryl blue 2.6 190E (on Ebay and posted here a few weeks ago) is a far better specced car at that figure (AC and the full AMG kit). I nearly bought it about 4 years ago, but couldn't quite live with the colour.
Beryl blue is a rarre and awesome colour-it's so good you pick the colour first and the choice Merc later
S3_Graham said:
idiotgap said:
CharlesdeGaulle said:
Any recommendations for decent aircon places near Farnborough?
Sorry it's not closer, but I can recommend vehvac in Edenbridge who got my S124 aircon going again.Opposite There is a road called sankey lane that always has a big sign out the front saying about aircon. Not used them personally but if they are connected to TGM (the honda place down the same road) then they are fantastic and I can't recommend them highly enough. Worth a call maybe
kapiteinlangzaam said:
On the whole, a resounding YES!
The 2.5T is an utterly unburtsable engine, full of character too.
Im not sure what g'box they were using back then... itll definitely be old school and probably blunt performance, but im 99% certain it was before the dark days of the early Aisin-Warner boxes, so you should be fine.
I always check PCV systems and the ETM on old Volvos; so once its warm, remove the oil dipstick and see if it chugs smoke out of it, and it should idle smoothly without hunting.
Normal caveats apply as with any old car, and if paying any more than £1500 it needs to be really special or super low miles.
Thankyou, I'm going for a nose in a minute!The 2.5T is an utterly unburtsable engine, full of character too.
Im not sure what g'box they were using back then... itll definitely be old school and probably blunt performance, but im 99% certain it was before the dark days of the early Aisin-Warner boxes, so you should be fine.
I always check PCV systems and the ETM on old Volvos; so once its warm, remove the oil dipstick and see if it chugs smoke out of it, and it should idle smoothly without hunting.
Normal caveats apply as with any old car, and if paying any more than £1500 it needs to be really special or super low miles.
tali1 said:
2.6 may be nose heavy but it still well thought of handling wise, and performance wise it steps on toes of 2.3-16v and will nail the 2.0
Agreed, I test drove both previously and bought the 2.6. I found it much better suited to the auto, sounded better and mpg (I read) isn't much different.IMO, I doubt many 190e would be driven in such a way that weight balance comes into play, excepting maybe a 16v
E65Ross said:
Under thread budget but if as described could be a very good, literal smoker.
http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/m...
A thread purchase!!http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/m...
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
Way over budget, (but it is an AUC approved used) very low miles E39 530i Sport for the connoisseur .....
http://www.sytner.co.uk/bmw/harold-wood/search/bmw...
You do need to really love an E39 at £7850 and marks deducted for the rear ///M badge, but looks lovely
http://www.sytner.co.uk/bmw/harold-wood/search/bmw...
You do need to really love an E39 at £7850 and marks deducted for the rear ///M badge, but looks lovely
Only a '20i but looks soooooo right
57k miles E28 520i Lux
http://www.crosskeystradecentre.com/used-cars/bmw-...
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57k miles E28 520i Lux
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Slightly at a tangent to topic...
We were talking a few pages back about R129 values. Plagued by my usual insomnia, I came up with the idea of trying to find the most expensive R129 and R107 and Pagoda that I could find.
I think I've found them all in the one place: http://www.howardwisecars.co.uk/
R129 at £45,000 : http://www.howardwisecars.co.uk/index.php/car-deta...
R107 at £86,000: http://www.howardwisecars.co.uk/index.php/classic/...
Pagoda at £140,000: http://www.howardwisecars.co.uk/index.php/classic/...
We were talking a few pages back about R129 values. Plagued by my usual insomnia, I came up with the idea of trying to find the most expensive R129 and R107 and Pagoda that I could find.
I think I've found them all in the one place: http://www.howardwisecars.co.uk/
R129 at £45,000 : http://www.howardwisecars.co.uk/index.php/car-deta...
R107 at £86,000: http://www.howardwisecars.co.uk/index.php/classic/...
Pagoda at £140,000: http://www.howardwisecars.co.uk/index.php/classic/...
derin100 said:
I think I've found them all in the one place: http://www.howardwisecars.co.uk/
R129 at £45,000 : http://www.howardwisecars.co.uk/index.php/car-deta...
And yet somehow it just doesn't have the appeal of a £4k early 300SL. R129 at £45,000 : http://www.howardwisecars.co.uk/index.php/car-deta...
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