Best smoker barges 1-5 large [vol11]

[Krikkit]

Really puts it into perspective when an E43 starts at £55k these days...

I suppose the most comparable item from the moderns would be a Mondeo Vignale, which even with the petrol engine and all the options ticked is a shade over £35k list.

[r129sl]

I've just bought this:





Middle of thread budget.

[anonymous-user]

r129sl said:

I've just bought this:





Middle of thread budget.

For a minute I mistook it for M Jackson's infamous car





But nice car.

Edited by anonymous-user on Tuesday 30th May 12:34

[tobinen]

Looks tidy and well specced. Good 210s are a rare thing now. I think mine is about to go to the great 210 scrapyard in the sky (jacking points all rusted)

[r129sl]

Needless to say, in best thread tradition, I haven't been to look at it.

[harrykul]

Looks good r129: a 430 I presume?

Love complete rows of switches, looks very highly specified.

[Deebo007]

Deebo007 said:

Anyone after an XJR? This one will be in the classifieds soon:

https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

Edited by Deebo007 on Thursday 25th May 13:58

Here's the ad:

https://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/...

[Motorrad]

Deebo007 said:

Here's the ad:

https://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/...

A handsome beast. Does everything work?

[MorganP104]

Motorrad said:

A handsome beast. Does everything work?

From reading the owner's thread, and his subsequent classified ad for the car, I'd say this Jag is "there or thereabouts".

In other words, all the important stuff works.

To be fair, for just over three bags of sand, one can't expect perfection.

[The Don of Croy]

MorganP104 said:

Motorrad said:

A handsome beast. Does everything work?

From reading the owner's thread, and his subsequent classified ad for the car, I'd say this Jag is "there or thereabouts".

In other words, all the important stuff works.

To be fair, for just over three bags of sand, one can't expect perfection.

Added to which, seeing this sentence in the ad "...but sadly saving for a house and doing the decent thing and buying an amphibious military lorry means that something has to give!" does give it a certain 'feeling'.

From XJR to wading lorry - that's a big step up in performance.

[ChemicalChaos]

The Don of Croy said:

MorganP104 said:

Motorrad said:

A handsome beast. Does everything work?

From reading the owner's thread, and his subsequent classified ad for the car, I'd say this Jag is "there or thereabouts".

In other words, all the important stuff works.

To be fair, for just over three bags of sand, one can't expect perfection.

Added to which, seeing this sentence in the ad "...but sadly saving for a house and doing the decent thing and buying an amphibious military lorry means that something has to give!" does give it a certain 'feeling'.

From XJR to wading lorry - that's a big step up in performance.

Ah, I know EXACTLY who that jag used to belong to!

That'll be PHer LewG, who previously restored a lovely V12 XJS and has just bought a "spares or repairs" Stolly (he is a very, very brave man!)

[ChemicalChaos]

em177 said:

0a said:

One contrast about the jag compared to my mercs is the capability at 100+. On an empty (Cough: German) Edinburgh to Glasgow road this afternoon I slowed down to take this.



I like the idea of an XJR but definitely don't need one!

I think you need to book some time off and join our Lemans convoy if that's your cruising pace

I may or may not have been part of the legendary "Team Prescott" XJ convoy to LM'14.... we cruised effortlessly at 140mph on some parts of the French motorways

[r129sl]

harrykul said:

Looks good r129: a 430 I presume?

Love complete rows of switches, looks very highly specified.

E430, yes. Advert here: http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2017...

It's pretty loaded.

COMAND.
Bose sound system.
Heated, electric, memory front seats.
Glass sunshine roof.
Xenon lights.
Wood and leather wheel.
CD-changer.
Rear window roller blind.

But heated rear seats FTW.

The seller assures me it does not have the standard rust. We shall see... It arrives tonight or tomorrow morning.

[BorniteIdentity]

r129sl said:

E430, yes. Advert here: http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2017...

It's pretty loaded.

COMAND.
Bose sound system.
Heated, electric, memory front seats.
Glass sunshine roof.
Xenon lights.
Wood and leather wheel.
CD-changer.
Rear window roller blind.

But heated rear seats FTW.

The seller assures me it does not have the standard rust. We shall see... It arrives tonight or tomorrow morning.

That is, genuinely, the first 21st century Mercedes Benz to interest me as an actual ownership proposition. Well boughted, JR.

[SilverSixer]

r129sl said:

harrykul said:

Looks good r129: a 430 I presume?

Love complete rows of switches, looks very highly specified.

E430, yes. Advert here: http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2017...

It's pretty loaded.

COMAND.
Bose sound system.
Heated, electric, memory front seats.
Glass sunshine roof.
Xenon lights.
Wood and leather wheel.
CD-changer.
Rear window roller blind.

But heated rear seats FTW.

The seller assures me it does not have the standard rust. We shall see... It arrives tonight or tomorrow morning.

Welsh identifiers on the plates and no rust? Righty ho.

;-)

What does MOT history show?

[j4ck100]

SilverSixer said:

Welsh identifiers on the plates and no rust? Righty ho.

;-)

What does MOT history show?

Tidy.

MOT history of this vehicle
Test date20 March 2017 Expiry date19 March 2018 Test ResultPass Odometer reading76,066 miles MOT test number6169 2437 4868
Test date20 March 2017 Test ResultFail Odometer reading76,066 miles MOT test number6110 4895 0642 Reason(s) for failure
Offside Rear Road wheel cracked (4.2.A.1a)
Test date10 March 2017 Test ResultFail Odometer reading76,061 miles MOT test number8062 0528 4861 Reason(s) for failure
Offside Rear Road wheel cracked (4.2.A.1a)
Advisory notice item(s)
Lower Windscreen has damage to an area less than a 10mm circle within zone 'A' (8.3.1a)
Test date16 March 2016 Expiry date15 March 2017 Test ResultPass Odometer reading72,531 miles MOT test number4314 5461 8688 Advisory notice item(s)
Windscreen has damage to an area less than a 10mm circle within zone 'A' (8.3.1a)
front wiper smearing
Nearside Front wheel bearing has slight play (2.5.A.3c)
Test date17 February 2015 Expiry date10 March 2016 Test ResultPass Odometer reading60,254 miles MOT test number5366 7894 5014
Test date10 March 2014 Expiry date10 March 2015 Test ResultPass Odometer reading42,212 miles MOT test number9770 2946 4048
Test date6 March 2013 Expiry date10 March 2014 Test ResultPass Odometer reading34,609 miles MOT test number3189 2506 3049 Advisory notice item(s)
Under-trays fitted obscuring some underside components
Test date6 March 2013 Test ResultFail Odometer reading34,609 miles MOT test number1894 4526 3068 Reason(s) for failure
Nearside Rear Tyre tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm (4.1.E.1)
Offside Rear Tyre tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm (4.1.E.1)
Advisory notice item(s)
Under-trays fitted obscuring some underside components

[SilverSixer]

j4ck100 said:

Tidy.

There's lovely.

[LewG]

As you say chaps yes the Jag is mine, a shame to get rid but as long as it goes to a decent new owner I'll be a happy man. It's been a good old steed, still never fails to make me giggle with how daft the thrust is on putting your foot down
It's not perfect but more than anything it's just small niggly things that could pretty much be sorted in a weekend, nothing that actually stops it working as a car. Priced it accordingly though as has been said, a lot of car for not a lot of money.

[bob-lad]

r129sl said:

The seller assures me it does not have the standard rust. We shall see... It arrives tonight or tomorrow morning.

Who wants standard rust when you can have extended rust as a no cost option.




+ points for blind purchase. Excellent stuff.

[r129sl]

bob-lad said:

r129sl said:

The seller assures me it does not have the standard rust. We shall see... It arrives tonight or tomorrow morning.

Who wants standard rust when you can have extended rust as a no cost option.




+ points for blind purchase. Excellent stuff.

First registered on Friday 13 July 2001.

Damn my superstitious disposition.