Best Smoker Barges - 1 - 5 Large [Vol 3]

Best Smoker Barges - 1 - 5 Large [Vol 3]

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Matt172

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12,415 posts

243 months

Friday 6th January 2012
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W00DY

15,467 posts

225 months

Friday 6th January 2012
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Oooh all new.

Liking the 528i, if only it had 8 cylinders.

phil_cardiff

7,043 posts

207 months

Friday 6th January 2012
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Z-man, these 5 pots in the V50, more prone to bork you say?

In what way and significantly so?

GBB

1,737 posts

158 months

Friday 6th January 2012
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Zwolf said:
ATM said:
Ginger
3 pedals
No Chrome
Dog friendly
2 owners from new

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2012...

Perfect all round sensible family wagon.
I merely have some bum fluff but surely a 2001 X plater wouldn't be ginger, (or perhaps even a 528)? My W plate 535 isn't ginger.

Also it looks like a Sport spec (wheels, steering wheel, spoiler, etc.) but by then I thought it would have had the later M Sport spoiler on it (did the 528 ever come with the later M Sport spec.?)

I can only guess it's registered a lot later than it's build date. Or that I'm totally cluelessfrown

Oh, and other than that it looks quite nice.

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Apache

39,731 posts

283 months

Friday 6th January 2012
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what's the consensus on these?

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2011...

3.2 V6 can't be too shabby non?

Eviltad

1,320 posts

178 months

Friday 6th January 2012
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Apache said:
what's the consensus on these?

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2011...

3.2 V6 can't be too shabby non?
I believe on "the thread" they have quite a few fans. V6 and tonnes of leather for £1300 cannot be that bad. The Memory seats weigh a tonne though (I was formerly an engineer on indentical Vectra seats)

deadslow

7,962 posts

222 months

Friday 6th January 2012
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Vol 3 !!! some very busy scribblers in here biggrin

monthefish

20,439 posts

230 months

Friday 6th January 2012
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Jst as an aside, I thought 'smoker barges' originally meant diesel?

Eviltad

1,320 posts

178 months

Friday 6th January 2012
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monthefish said:
Jst as an aside, I thought 'smoker barges' originally meant diesel?
I thought "a car to smoke about the place in". Kinda more of a wafty roll than storming about the place like an angry wasp.

I dunno what happened to Best Oil Burners / Mini Cabs thread.

louiebaby

10,651 posts

190 months

Friday 6th January 2012
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Not because they burn more oil than petrol???

Hoping for some luck on the barge / bargette front myself this weekend...

GetSerious

4,432 posts

174 months

Friday 6th January 2012
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louiebaby said:
Hoping for some luck on the barge / bargette front myself this weekend...
What are you looking at?

louiebaby

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190 months

Friday 6th January 2012
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GetSerious said:
louiebaby said:
Hoping for some luck on the barge / bargette front myself this weekend...
What are you looking at?
All being well, three x 330i, a brace of 540is and a 740i Sport that happens to be on the way between some of the others.

Maybe a sneaky 328i too. I have to make it friendly for the missus, so I suspect it's go 330i, but I can hope for a V8...

Zwolf

25,867 posts

205 months

Friday 6th January 2012
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phil_cardiff said:
Z-man, these 5 pots in the V50, more prone to bork you say?

In what way and significantly so?
Not significantly, just lots o fminor niggles, mostly electronic quirks that half an hour with the diagnostic machine sorted, but they'd go into "limp" mode often enough. Later ones less so, so perhaps an early production problem. But that was seven years ago, what they're like at present age and mileages, I've less idea.

But I'd still avoid them based on that early exposure. However I really liked the NA 2.4i auto drivetrain, similarly thirsty and slow as it was. It just couldn't better 27mpg with the best behaviour in the world. Whereas an S60 petrol auto can, routinely.

GetSerious

4,432 posts

174 months

Friday 6th January 2012
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louiebaby said:
All being well, three x 330i, a brace of 540is and a 740i Sport that happens to be on the way between some of the others.

Maybe a sneaky 328i too. I have to make it friendly for the missus, so I suspect it's go 330i, but I can hope for a V8...
You need to try to convince her that you need the space of a 5 or 7er.

You're only trying to be practical, right? wink


That said, a nice example of a 330 is still very a good thing.

Zwolf

25,867 posts

205 months

Friday 6th January 2012
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GBB said:
I merely have some bum fluff but surely a 2001 X plater wouldn't be ginger, (or perhaps even a 528)? My W plate 535 isn't ginger.

Also it looks like a Sport spec (wheels, steering wheel, spoiler, etc.) but by then I thought it would have had the later M Sport spoiler on it (did the 528 ever come with the later M Sport spec.?)

I can only guess it's registered a lot later than it's build date. Or that I'm totally cluelessfrown
No, you're on the money. A Sport pack (distinct from the Sport model) E39 should have clear lenses. Yours is a Sport model, which is why it has clears. 2000MY pre-facelift non-Sports also would have had them.

There is no M Sport spec for E39 though, but you could get 528i Sports from late 1999 (V reg) onwards, until the facelifted and M54 engined (525i/530i Sport) cars superseded them in Sep 2000 for the 2001 model year.

200bhp

5,663 posts

218 months

Friday 6th January 2012
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Can you buy BMW branded beards on ebay?

louiebaby

10,651 posts

190 months

Friday 6th January 2012
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GetSerious said:
louiebaby said:
All being well, three x 330i, a brace of 540is and a 740i Sport that happens to be on the way between some of the others.

Maybe a sneaky 328i too. I have to make it friendly for the missus, so I suspect it's go 330i, but I can hope for a V8...
You need to try to convince her that you need the space of a 5 or 7er.

You're only trying to be practical, right? wink

That said, a nice example of a 330 is still very a good thing.
Working on it. We both has a go in a slightly tatty 530i Auto last weekend, so she's not completely closed to the idea. It would help if people took their cars off Autotrader / PH as soon as they sold though...

bmthnick1981

5,310 posts

215 months

Friday 6th January 2012
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Bookmarked.

Mr E

21,583 posts

258 months

Friday 6th January 2012
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Apache said:
what's the consensus on these?

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2011...

3.2 V6 can't be too shabby non?
I rejected them because it can't get three on the rear seat IIRC....

phil_cardiff

7,043 posts

207 months

Friday 6th January 2012
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Zwolf said:
phil_cardiff said:
Z-man, these 5 pots in the V50, more prone to bork you say?

In what way and significantly so?
Not significantly, just lots o fminor niggles, mostly electronic quirks that half an hour with the diagnostic machine sorted, but they'd go into "limp" mode often enough. Later ones less so, so perhaps an early production problem. But that was seven years ago, what they're like at present age and mileages, I've less idea.

But I'd still avoid them based on that early exposure. However I really liked the NA 2.4i auto drivetrain, similarly thirsty and slow as it was. It just couldn't better 27mpg with the best behaviour in the world. Whereas an S60 petrol auto can, routinely.
Cheers. Such a shame as I really like the looks and I've driven a 1.6d which I felt handled pretty well for the size.
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