Best smoker barges 1-5 large [vol11]

Best smoker barges 1-5 large [vol11]

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Lowtimer

4,286 posts

167 months

Friday 2nd June 2017
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CharlesdeGaulle said:
This isn't a barge, but I know there's quite a lot of expertise and love for them here, and it perhaps offsets the Cayenne a bit on the yin and yang Porsche scale. It looks a pretty decent proposition to my (admittedly vey inexpert) eye.

Detailed ad that the vendor has clearly spent time over, revealing the type of OCD behaviour that would infuriate in a family member but reassures on a strange drive with a pocket full of money.

Yours, for a surprising exact but car-appropriate £3924.

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C876951
Red cars aren't for me, and I don't like the side scripts, but both of those are purely subjective foibles and in every other regard that sounds like a very worthwhile example. Hope it goes to a good home.

BigBen

11,610 posts

229 months

Friday 2nd June 2017
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olly755 said:
I like that.

Cool story bro etc, but a bloke in the pub once gave me a 924. Auto no less. I did buy him a litre of Bells though to show gratitude, so not quite free. I think he drank it the same night. It ran too. It wasn't for me so sent it to EBay. A nice chap came from Ireland via ferry, rail and cab, paid up, jumped in it and headed back on the long road to Holyhead. It had cracked tyres and hadn't seen daylight, never mind a testing station for 10 or more years. I never knew the outcome, but would love to know.
Similarly I had a 944 and got a set (sort of it was actually 3) of alloys for a bottle of Jack Daniels. I bought the 944 for £1800 it had 170k miles and was still tight as a drum. Sold after two happy years for £2400 iirc. Great cars and have enough Mercedes bits that I didn't feel like I was cheating.....

0a

23,879 posts

193 months

Friday 2nd June 2017
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Weekend 1-5 thread imaginary purchase game!

Post the v12 for sale that you'd most like to buy for thread budget.

You are a timid sort of chap, so no haggling - there's a strict £5,000 price limit for ads. The winner will be judged by 'general thread consensus' (ie there won't be one!).

I'm not sure about the location of the photos for this 600 v12, but it looks okay and is cheap if the miles are correct: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mercades-SEL600-V12-1992...


Serialbuyer

32 posts

85 months

Friday 2nd June 2017
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Fortunately the reg number doesn't come with it. CL600 biturbo
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/252969232258

Serialbuyer

32 posts

85 months

Friday 2nd June 2017
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Although I think this is a better option if it is as claimed. 750iL Individual
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/192198444534

0a

23,879 posts

193 months

Friday 2nd June 2017
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Serialbuyer said:
Fortunately the reg number doesn't come with it. CL600 biturbo
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/252969232258
I was just about to cheat and post that as my second entry! A lot of power for under top budget that's for sure.

And welcome Serialbuyer!

harrykul

2,770 posts

225 months

Friday 2nd June 2017
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0a said:
I recognise those surroundings.... A member of our parish....

nobrakes

2,972 posts

197 months

Saturday 3rd June 2017
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0a said:
Weekend 1-5 thread imaginary purchase game!

Post the v12 for sale that you'd most like to buy for thread budget.

You are a timid sort of chap, so no haggling - there's a strict £5,000 price limit for ads. The winner will be judged by 'general thread consensus' (ie there won't be one!).

I'm not sure about the location of the photos for this 600 v12, but it looks okay and is cheap if the miles are correct: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mercades-SEL600-V12-1992...

A great no nonsense add too.

0a

23,879 posts

193 months

Saturday 3rd June 2017
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nobrakes said:
A great no nonsense add too.
When I'm in a buying mood I love these kinds of ads - it gives me the advantage as someone who rings them to determine whether the seller is one of us or not!

nobrakes

2,972 posts

197 months

Saturday 3rd June 2017
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Serialbuyer said:
Although I think this is a better option if it is as claimed. 750iL Individual
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/192198444534
Never mind the weekend V12 competition, this looks like a contender for thread winner.

cornershop

2,136 posts

195 months

Motorrad

6,811 posts

186 months

Saturday 3rd June 2017
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cornershop said:
That will be nice once the DHP wheels are back on it. If I was the vendor I'd do that and try and sell those monstrosities on ebay.

nobrakes

2,972 posts

197 months

Saturday 3rd June 2017
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Motorrad said:
cornershop said:
That will be nice once the DHP wheels are back on it. If I was the vendor I'd do that and try and sell those monstrosities on ebay.
Add a couple of cushions, a road map, and a packet of Worthers to complete the look?!

Sterillium

22,226 posts

224 months

Saturday 3rd June 2017
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This is stretching the "barge" theme, but I am becoming increasingly tempted by these as a towing / dog lugging / filthy mud lane workhorse...






http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2017...

anonymous-user

53 months

Saturday 3rd June 2017
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Sterillium said:
This is stretching the "barge" theme, but I am becoming increasingly tempted by these as a towing / dog lugging / filthy mud lane workhorse...






http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2017...
Im afraid this is the true Subie barge.
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2017...

Krikkit

26,500 posts

180 months

Saturday 3rd June 2017
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They Legacy is definitely bargey - I had one with the 2.5 and it was a very comfy machine indeed, fiercely practical as well.

nobrakes said:
Serialbuyer said:
Although I think this is a better option if it is as claimed. 750iL Individual
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/192198444534
Never mind the weekend V12 competition, this looks like a contender for thread winner.
Looks absolutely corking, but sadly not a V12!

This would be my choice I think, assuming I wasn't tempted by a Merc biturbo. In fact it'd probably be a coin-toss.




http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C757602

Edited by Krikkit on Saturday 3rd June 12:28

Sterillium

22,226 posts

224 months

Saturday 3rd June 2017
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sleepera6 said:
Im afraid this is the true Subie barge.
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2017...
It does, however, look a lot like a cobbler's thumb.

anonymous-user

53 months

Saturday 3rd June 2017
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Sterillium said:
It does, however, look a lot like a cobbler's thumb.
It is an ugly thing but I have warmed to it recently.
The interior is very nice with light leather.

E65Ross

34,946 posts

211 months

Saturday 3rd June 2017
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nobrakes said:
Serialbuyer said:
Although I think this is a better option if it is as claimed. 750iL Individual
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/192198444534
Never mind the weekend V12 competition, this looks like a contender for thread winner.
That, wheels aside, is absolutely lovely. Lovely colour combo for the interior, exterior looks nice. Do miss my old 745i (but not the bills).

TheLordJohn

5,746 posts

145 months

Saturday 3rd June 2017
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E65Ross said:
That, wheels aside, is absolutely lovely. Lovely colour combo for the interior, exterior looks nice. Do miss my old 745i (but not the bills).
They're nice, but the interior of that example puts it in the 'unloved' category, in my eyes.
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