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

[andy43]

W00DY said:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/305448405165




https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/134975939458

Today I want these as 2/3 of a three car garage.

I think there’s an error in the Honda ad. Ten grand
Disco could be a collectors piece but those Honda seats are giving me Transpennine Express flashbacks.

[NomduJour]

ATM said:

182 bhp from a 3.9l v8. Would that even have enough beans to keep up with modern traffic?

Near enough 100 bhp/tonne - certainly not quick, but fine.

[ferrisbueller]

ATM said:

W00DY said:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/134975939458

182 bhp from a 3.9l v8. Would that even have enough beans to keep up with modern traffic?

I'm intrigued as to what world you live in that it wouldn't be?

Two hour drive yesterday. The majority of the journey was speed restricted by:
a/ 30/40mph limits in built up areas
b/ motorways with camera enforced variable speed limits
c/ A roads, where the pace was dictated by the slowest gazelle, which is invariably an artic., and where the stretches you could overtake are camera'd (by a combination of average speed and static). And overtaking one artic. just means you join the queue behind the next one.

I do a lot of miles in cars with less than 100bhp, and probably only deploy half of those. On a regular 200 mile trip, the roads and traffic are such that I can count on one hand the number of instances where a lack of power has been an issue, and even then it's only a missed (rare) opportunity to overtake and shave a few seconds off the journey.

[bodhi]

NomduJour said:

ATM said:

182 bhp from a 3.9l v8. Would that even have enough beans to keep up with modern traffic?

Near enough 100 bhp/tonne - certainly not quick, but fine.

Yep - no issues in keeping up with traffic in our grotty old Civic, which has a stonking 140 vaguely disinterested Swindonian horses.

You have to use the top part of the rev range a lot, but it's incredible what you can keep up with if you do.

[W00DY]

ATM said:

182 bhp from a 3.9l v8. Would that even have enough beans to keep up with modern traffic?

Plenty I reckon, I always think it's odd when people talk about keeping up with modern traffic as if the average person accelerates anywhere close to the pace that Disco could manage if you really wanted to. I drive a 69bhp 2+ ton van and whilst it is slow off the mark you catch up at the next lights or busy section and it'll embarrass all but the fastest tractors and lorries. People moaning about that new Dacia Spring really don't know what they're talking about.

andy43 said:

I think there’s an error in the Honda ad. Ten grand
Disco could be a collectors piece but those Honda seats are giving me Transpennine Express flashbacks.

the price is outrageous, but it's so rare to see a nice, clean unmolested example in a good colour. I have fond memories of 90s magazines and tests of similar cars. I like the Transpennine Express as far as trains go.

[bodhi]

Oooh hello!

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/166638936065?itmmeta=01...



Can't be too many of these around in decent nick any more?

[Geoffcapes]

L100NYY said:

Thanks to fellow Ph’er who text me this link…..

……git

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/204686349299?mkcid=16&a...

Now on my watch list!!

[PRO 5T]

There was a few of those 3 door discos at last years classic NEC, they look mega in some properly bold 1990s colour schemes.

[ATM]

ferrisbueller said:

ATM said:

W00DY said:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/134975939458

182 bhp from a 3.9l v8. Would that even have enough beans to keep up with modern traffic?

I'm intrigued as to what world you live in that it wouldn't be?

There was a hint of sarcasm buried in my Post but clearly a lot of coffee drinks here missed that.

[braddo]

ATM said:

182 bhp from a 3.9l v8. Would that even have enough beans to keep up with modern traffic?

Making some reasonable use of the power and noise would reward you with about 10mpg. I wonder how the range compares to an EV?

I grew up with a 3-door RR in the household. When I got my licence I was allowed to use it one evening to visit a few mates, as long as I covered the fuel. The fuel disappeared so quickly I was wondering if I'd only put a tenner in instead of 20... Rarely borrowed it after that

[Hippea]

Taylor from YouTube AutoAlex is selling his e39 540 manual

[jeremyc]

My ancient daily driver is quite happy keeping up with traffic with it's measly 73hp.

[NomduJour]

braddo said:

Making some reasonable use of the power and noise would reward you with about 10mpg. I wonder how the range compares to an EV?

Mine (which once had a mighty 200 bhp) actually isn’t that bad, does/did higher teens on the motorway, and the tank is a decent size.

[stickylabels]

22 years ago, BMW said my touring gave 192bhp. It doesn't feel like it when towing the caravan....It has however redeemed itself today with a first time advisory free mot pass....time to drag the 'van out.

[Fast Bug]

One for the threadists and one for me.



www.collectingcars.com/for-sale/1984-bmw-alpina-e2...



www.collectingcars.com/for-sale/2007-spyker-c8-1

Should really send Mrs FB a link to the Spyker as she's bugging me as I don't know what I want for my birthday

[InformationSuperHighway]

Hippea said:

Taylor from YouTube AutoAlex is selling his e39 540 manual

Taylor is a threadist at heart, his taste in cars is excellent (Also would fit in well in the barge thread).

However.. £15k.. blimey..

[InformationSuperHighway]

andy43 said:

W00DY said:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/305448405165




https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/134975939458

Today I want these as 2/3 of a three car garage.

I think there’s an error in the Honda ad. Ten grand
Disco could be a collectors piece but those Honda seats are giving me Transpennine Express flashbacks.

Agreed, the Civic is great at £2k.. not at 10. Or if it was under 20k miles..

[Chris Stott]

The Disco exterior is as good as its interior is bad… it’s not whether it would keep with modern traffic (it would, given traffic flows slower than it did when the Disco was new)… more if you could stand the endless rubbish materials, all a slightly different shade of st beige

Spykers… never got them… weird proportions and just being different for the sake of being different, not better.

Alpina is sexy

[Output Flange]

InformationSuperHighway said:

Hippea said:

Taylor from YouTube AutoAlex is selling his e39 540 manual

Taylor is a threadist at heart, his taste in cars is excellent (Also would fit in well in the barge thread).

However.. £15k.. blimey..

I’ve had one. They’re better as autos. HTH.

[NomduJour]

The Discovery interior is by Conran and was pretty influential.