Best smoker barges 1-5 large [vol11]

[JamesRR]

Any interest in these? Seems a bit dear for a 2 litre one, but if it's as fresh and pampered as the seller claims...
Pre facelift too, with the (IMO) nicer front end

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

[r129sl]

harrykul said:

So I've been looking to move my s124 on and have made arrangements to ship it to the mainland to be listed with a specialist. Had a slight distraction:



Came across a localish ad with no pictures on Sunday. Sounded interesting so made contact. Viewed it and drove back the 100 miles home this morning.

3 owners, good spec, 94k on the clock, EVERYTHING done by mb main dealer from new.

Edited by harrykul on Tuesday 19th September 18:13

Is that an E36 AMG?

With fancy paint?

[chris333]

Had both a first gen IS200 manual and a second gen250 Auto.

IS200: Lovely engine noise from the straight 6, but slow and appalling fuel consumption however you drove it. Interesting instruments, alloy wheels made out of cheese, paint susceptible to chips. Nice snickers gear change, clutch juddered. Avoid the 4-speed auto: slower and unresponsive. CD changer jammed.

IS250: If the IS200 is more like a Japanese BMW, the 250 is more like a Japanese Mercedes. Having driven 250 Manual and Auto and 220D, the 250 Auto comes across as the car they wanted to make with the manual and the diesel a bit of afterthought. Not massively fast, and not as good noise as the 200, but smooth enough. Good standard spec. Get one with the Sat Nav/Mark Levinson/Reversing Camera: all useful additions. wheels still made of cheese, paint still thin. CD changer jammed. Flappy paddles are lovely brushed aluminium , much nicer than the plastic ones in the current model.

Both impeccably reliable, never let down by either of them and ran them both for years with no form of warranty. Something I'd never consider with my current BMW.

[harrykul]

r129sl said:

harrykul said:

So I've been looking to move my s124 on and have made arrangements to ship it to the mainland to be listed with a specialist. Had a slight distraction:



Came across a localish ad with no pictures on Sunday. Sounded interesting so made contact. Viewed it and drove back the 100 miles home this morning.

3 owners, good spec, 94k on the clock, EVERYTHING done by mb main dealer from new.

Edited by harrykul on Tuesday 19th September 18:13

Is that an E36 AMG?

With fancy paint?

Negative. It's an e320, with sports chassis and 17" wheels.

[r129sl]

harrykul said:

r129sl said:

harrykul said:

So I've been looking to move my s124 on and have made arrangements to ship it to the mainland to be listed with a specialist. Had a slight distraction:



Came across a localish ad with no pictures on Sunday. Sounded interesting so made contact. Viewed it and drove back the 100 miles home this morning.

3 owners, good spec, 94k on the clock, EVERYTHING done by mb main dealer from new.

Edited by harrykul on Tuesday 19th September 18:13

Is that an E36 AMG?

With fancy paint?

Negative. It's an e320, with sports chassis and 17" wheels.

Don't you have a perfect E320 already???? Or is that what Mrs K said?

[harrykul]

She was actually quite reasonable. Think she's battle worn, and I bribed her with some of Denby's finest wares...

[r129sl]

It certainly looks good on those wheels.

[harrykul]

Mrs K likes the colour.

[0a]

Excellent work. It makes me feel better about my two 300Es.

[fathomfive]

chris333 said:

Had both a first gen IS200 manual and a second gen250 Auto.

IS200: Lovely engine noise from the straight 6, but slow and appalling fuel consumption however you drove it. Interesting instruments, alloy wheels made out of cheese, paint susceptible to chips. Nice snickers gear change, clutch juddered. Avoid the 4-speed auto: slower and unresponsive. CD changer jammed.

IS250: If the IS200 is more like a Japanese BMW, the 250 is more like a Japanese Mercedes. Having driven 250 Manual and Auto and 220D, the 250 Auto comes across as the car they wanted to make with the manual and the diesel a bit of afterthought. Not massively fast, and not as good noise as the 200, but smooth enough. Good standard spec. Get one with the Sat Nav/Mark Levinson/Reversing Camera: all useful additions. wheels still made of cheese, paint still thin. CD changer jammed. Flappy paddles are lovely brushed aluminium , much nicer than the plastic ones in the current model.

Both impeccably reliable, never let down by either of them and ran them both for years with no form of warranty. Something I'd never consider with my current BMW.

I'd echo the IS200 sentiments. I averaged a calculated 31/32ish over 28k miles in mine. Not great, not bad. The straight 6 made up for it with a lovely howl.

Manual box was pretty nice to use. No cruise control though on the manual.

CD player jammed. Fixed on my dining room table in 30 minutes. Never happened again as I bought a unit which plugged into the rear ports and replicated an external CD changer and had ports for SD cards and USB. £80 or so.
Hifi sounded brilliant.

Wheels definitely made of cheese, but a refurb worked wonders for them.

Cambelt change, at Lexus, was £139.

Traded it for an S-Type Jag V6 diesel. The gearbox in which lasted an hour shy of 21 days

[docp]

docp said:

What are peoples thoughts on the Citroen C6. Worthy of the barge thread?

No-one keen?

[rejn]

r129sl said:

harrykul said:

r129sl said:

harrykul said:

So I've been looking to move my s124 on and have made arrangements to ship it to the mainland to be listed with a specialist. Had a slight distraction:



Came across a localish ad with no pictures on Sunday. Sounded interesting so made contact. Viewed it and drove back the 100 miles home this morning.

3 owners, good spec, 94k on the clock, EVERYTHING done by mb main dealer from new.

Edited by harrykul on Tuesday 19th September 18:13

Is that an E36 AMG?

With fancy paint?

Negative. It's an e320, with sports chassis and 17" wheels.

Don't you have a perfect E320 already???? Or is that what Mrs K said?

Wow. That looks great Harry. I love the colour/where's combo. It looks like it's in pretty good condition.

I've decided to go the whole hog with my gold/brown w124 so its with "the man" for the works. Looking forward to seeing it in all its 70s style glory.

Is there a similar thread "man" for fixing the oily bits on w124s? I live in Bath and I've seen a couple of local (ish) places with reasonable prices and reputations but interested if there are other options.

R129 - thanks for your emails btw.

[alpha channel]

The C6 is very definitely thread material and will probably be always welcomed. As for that Rover, niiice, very old school. Looks in damned good nick as well, though even in a (Rover) barge I very much prefer a manual as I'm used to the foibles of the manual gearbox in Rover cars plus there's something about lazily going up and down the gears myself that appeals.

[JZZ30]

docp said:

docp said:

What are peoples thoughts on the Citroen C6. Worthy of the barge thread?

No-one keen?

I thinks it's a very thread car, hard to find a petrol one though, that's maybe why not a lot of examples are posted. They look terrific value. 2009 cars in thread budget!

[tobinen]

Congratulations harry!

[docp]

JZZ30 said:

docp said:

docp said:

What are peoples thoughts on the Citroen C6. Worthy of the barge thread?

No-one keen?

I thinks it's a very thread car, hard to find a petrol one though, that's maybe why not a lot of examples are posted. They look terrific value. 2009 cars in thread budget!

Yes prices do seem to be good but to vary. Wide range from 3k to 15k!

[r129sl]

rejn said:

Is there a similar thread "man" for fixing the oily bits on w124s? I live in Bath and I've seen a couple of local (ish) places with reasonable prices and reputations but interested if there are other options.

While your car is in Gateshead, you might want to send it to Baister at Staithes Garage, just round the corner. While undoubtedly sloppy in oh-so-many respects, nobody can better diagnose and repair Mercs of this vintage than him. And he's cheap. I have a chum who drives his 107 up from London, gets the train back, then returns a few weeks later to collect. You just have to hassle him a lot about deadlines.

[Krikkit]

harrykul said:

So I've been looking to move my s124 on and have made arrangements to ship it to the mainland to be listed with a specialist. Had a slight distraction:



Came across a localish ad with no pictures on Sunday. Sounded interesting so made contact. Viewed it and drove back the 100 miles home this morning.

3 owners, good spec, 94k on the clock, EVERYTHING done by mb main dealer from new.

Cracking purchase harry, sell one and purchase another!

[JZZ30]

Incredibly clean MOT history on this Double Six. Lovely colour but unfortunately he has used a potato to take the photographs!

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/daimler-double-six-6-lit...

[Bonefish Blues]

docp said:

docp said:

What are peoples thoughts on the Citroen C6. Worthy of the barge thread?

No-one keen?

I'm still keen, yes.