The Best ///M/Barge/General Rant/Look at this/O/T (Vol XVII)

The Best ///M/Barge/General Rant/Look at this/O/T (Vol XVII)

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NomduJour

19,206 posts

261 months

Thursday 10th March 2016
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Just too Korean. I'll take a C140.

barchetta_boy

2,202 posts

234 months

Thursday 10th March 2016
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Bentley Continental R (almost bought one recently but decided I'd wait 10 years, until I'm 49 rather than 39)
Merc CL600 (transport whole family at supercar speeds)
Porsche GT3 (any kind, doesn't really matter which)
1959 MGA (THE classic bargain at the moment)
Porsche 356 (the itch that must be scratched)

I'm very lucky in that I already have my one true love, a manual 928, and a few other nice things.

barchetta_boy

2,202 posts

234 months

Thursday 10th March 2016
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The Almandine Black CL55 is too high miles, plus needs wheels and tyres.

The blue CL500 is lovely.. what a bargain if the history checks out and everything works. These big Merc W215 coops, surely the best-resolved design since the W126 and possibly even nicer than that, must be one of the bargains of the moment?

I'll take mine in CL600 non-AMG bi-turbo spec in Almandine Black please. I actually test-drove one a couple of years ago that was up for £6k, would have bought it if I'd realised at the time I have one of the leading Merc specialists on my doorstep.

Joel

Cheburator mk2

3,012 posts

201 months

Thursday 10th March 2016
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E30M3SE said:
Not sure where some of this info has come from but some is inaccurate, they have 46mm throttles and a standard non kat m3 2.3 exhaust manifold with 50mm primary and 50mm secondary pipes Sport Evos have 50mm primary and 55mm secondary pipes and 48mm throttle bodies.
The information is based on the car that I had and my vernier calipers


TheRocket

1,521 posts

251 months

Thursday 10th March 2016
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This week I have been mostly dreaming about :

Frogeye Sprite (lightly modified)
BMW 635csi (maybe E46 M3 engine swap and some gold BBS single nut wheels and hubs)
My old Seal grey 996 GT3 mk.II
1950's Bentley R type
E60 M5 touring

Sadly none will be arriving anytime soon

Cheburator mk2

3,012 posts

201 months

Thursday 10th March 2016
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Alright...

996.1 GT3 CS (looks in garage hehe )
928 GTS 5-spd (looks in garage hehe )
BMW M1 (looks in garage cry )
Mercedes Benz W100 600 (looks in garage cry)
Mercedes Benz G55 (looks in garage cry)
Maserati Bora 4.9 (looks in the garage cry)
Citroen DS (looks in the garage cry)

Justayellowbadge

37,057 posts

244 months

Thursday 10th March 2016
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G55, cool, and lovingly crafted from unobtanium.

ML55, yours from about 3 grand.

E24man

6,778 posts

181 months

Thursday 10th March 2016
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I think I'd only like to add a Bentley Azure and a Ferrari 288GTO to my stable although the chances of the former are very thin and the latter are scientifically thin.

Vixpy1

42,631 posts

266 months

Thursday 10th March 2016
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barchetta_boy said:
The Almandine Black CL55 is too high miles, plus needs wheels and tyres.
Its also not a Kompressor, Its the NA engine

ferrisbueller

29,388 posts

229 months

Thursday 10th March 2016
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Vixpy1 said:
barchetta_boy said:
The Almandine Black CL55 is too high miles, plus needs wheels and tyres.
Its also not a Kompressor, Its the NA engine
Too expensive though, right?

L100NYY

35,263 posts

245 months

Thursday 10th March 2016
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My attainable (not just yet) list;

Another Caterham
Tweaked Midget/Sprite (Sebring or Lenham type)
Aprilia RS250 MK1
Austin 7 Ulster rep
106 Rallye
Range Rover Classic with the best and most subtle stereo system money allows
Integrale 16v (pre evo)
Alfa 33 Cloverleaf
CL55 AMG

Plus many more but that'll do for tonight



Edited by L100NYY on Thursday 10th March 19:31

Pennyroyal Tea

26,140 posts

216 months

Thursday 10th March 2016
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NomduJour said:
Thought they frowned on that sort of behaviour in the Gulf?
Only in public.

L100NYY

35,263 posts

245 months

Thursday 10th March 2016
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Pennyroyal Tea said:
NomduJour said:
Thought they frowned on that sort of behaviour in the Gulf?
Only in public conveniences.

E30M3SE

8,469 posts

198 months

Thursday 10th March 2016
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Cheburator mk2 said:
The information is based on the car that I had and my vernier calipers
In which case, your car was not as it left the factory.

Output Flange

16,816 posts

213 months

Thursday 10th March 2016
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E30M3SE said:
In which case, your car was not as it left the factory.
O/T, but do you know of any comprehensive S14 build threads on standalone management?

L100NYY

35,263 posts

245 months

Thursday 10th March 2016
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Oh and a 924 GT rep. Yep.

L100NYY

35,263 posts

245 months

Thursday 10th March 2016
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Achingly desirable...



rejn

1,991 posts

224 months

Friday 11th March 2016
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TheRocket said:
This week I have been mostly dreaming about :

Frogeye Sprite (lightly modified)
BMW 635csi (maybe E46 M3 engine swap and some gold BBS single nut wheels and hubs)
My old Seal grey 996 GT3 mk.II
1950's Bentley R type
E60 M5 touring

Sadly none will be arriving anytime soon
thumbup good set of choices!
A '50s R type (esp in continental flavour) would be awesome.

rejn

1,991 posts

224 months

Friday 11th March 2016
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I'm not generally a fan of P38 Range Rovers, but if you look off the wheels and badges, I think this would be quite wonderful.




(and no, I don't think it would be £10k wonderful either)

Output Flange

16,816 posts

213 months

Friday 11th March 2016
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Centre console wood doesn't match the dash trim strips. I'm out.
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