Best smoker barges 1-5 large [Vol 14]

[Bear-n]

I think you're being unfair; it comes with the bonus of an MOT.

[E65Ross]

Croutons said:

I know that bitcoin isn't making scumbags money any more, but the move to marketing "any old crap" for mega money is absurd. Here we have 2 E39's:

Year 2000 528i. £1250.
https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C1077942

Here we have a 2000 528i. £24,000
https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C1099835

Just fk right off...

Surely that's just a typo and means £2400? Even then it might be a bit pricey but justifiable.

[Krikkit]

Definitely a typo I'd say, although auctioneers have been known to go mental I suppose.

[anonymous-user]

0a said:

A fun game for tonight - remember that Anglia auction with all the weird and wonderful stuff in it? The results are here: https://angliacarauctions.co.uk/classic/saturday-1...

Thanks for sharing

https://angliacarauctions.co.uk/classic/saturday-1...

Oof.

5.5k Inc premium for a tidy low mileage turbocharged Bentley? One of these days I am going to do something very stupid...

[Krikkit]

That Daimler super 8 went for about £2226. What a bargain.

https://angliacarauctions.co.uk/classic/saturday-1...

Most surprising was the Panda 4x4 which was £7500!

Edited by Krikkit on Wednesday 17th April 20:29

[derin100]

Croutons said:

I know that bitcoin isn't making scumbags money any more, but the move to marketing "any old crap" for mega money is absurd. Here we have 2 E39's:

Year 2000 528i. £1250.
https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C1077942

Here we have a 2000 528i. £24,000
https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C1099835

Just fk right off...

6000 miles per year on a 19 year old car is still 114,000 miles.
Therefore, it must be a mistake with an extra zero on the end.
Even then, at £2400, the price would be optimistic.

[0a]

Krikkit said:

That Daimler super 8 went for about £2.5k once fees added. What a bargain.

That's a total bargain: https://angliacarauctions.co.uk/classic/saturday-1...

This r107 for under £5k looks good as well: https://angliacarauctions.co.uk/classic/saturday-1...



And what a smart looking car for £2,226: https://angliacarauctions.co.uk/classic/saturday-1...



Highish miles but £4,240: https://angliacarauctions.co.uk/classic/saturday-1...

[GTI16V]

https://www.gumtree.com/p/saab/saab-9000/133480564...
Remapped to 265bhp

[Prinny]

Barge Meet Dates now finalised:

For the ‘northern’ meet, the clear majority went for Saturday.

For the ‘southern’ meet, it’s Friday.

I will be absent from both due to work - it seems SAP implementation ignores public holidays, annoyingly.

And for a bit of fun, here’s the pre-hire checkout sheet from my rental this week. I’ve had some new cars in the past, but never one with quite so many careful renters. Each black mark represents a battle scar bigger than the agreed size (approx. 50p).


It is, quite frankly, fked.

[SimonTheSailor]

Where do you actually a car like that ? Is it a pound a day ?!

[Blown2CV]

i hired a car in montenegro once and the agent said yea no damage sign here... i said no and went out to check the car. All upward facing panels were completely covered in similar sized dents, like the surface of a golf ball. The guy laughed when i told him. fking rental tts. We found out that evening that it had been caused by hailstones about the size of golf balls, because there was a repeat.

[Bear-n]

Prinny said:

Barge Meet Dates now finalised:

For the ‘northern’ meet, the clear majority went for Saturday.

For the ‘southern’ meet, it’s Friday.

I will be absent from both due to work - it seems SAP implementation ignores public holidays, annoyingly.

And for a bit of fun, here’s the pre-hire checkout sheet from my rental this week. I’ve had some new cars in the past, but never one with quite so many careful renters. Each black mark represents a battle scar bigger than the agreed size (approx. 50p).


It is, quite frankly, fked.

If you have a problem... if no one else can help... and if you can find them... maybe you can hire... This car

<Hum theme tune>

[XMified]

GTI16V said:

https://www.gumtree.com/p/saab/saab-9000/133480564...
Remapped to 265bhp

Must....not….

Take off the tints and get some proper Super Aero wheels back on, bliss.


Anniversary edition steering wheel, smaller turbo so faster in "real world" situations than the mighty Aero. With a bit of haggling that's a pretty decent buy. They eat up mileage so the 190k is nothing to scared of.

[XMified]

r129sl said:

jet_noise said:

idiotgap said:

A concept I know, but I think this shows they've still got it in them to put out something special.
https://www.peugeot.co.uk/concept-cars/e-legend/

Back doesn't quite gel but other angles - wibble.

I am afraid that for me this epitomises the inadequacy of modern car design. In a sentence: not only is it backward-looking, but it is worse than the original to which it looks back. Whereas the original has the qualities of elegance, subtlety and femininity in its aesthetic, this has the very opposite. It is unsophisticated, blunt, aggressive, obvious and ham-fistedly heavy. Why the naked aggression? the automotive equivalent of a spider's web tattooed on the forehead? It's all jutting chin and flexing biceps. What sort of inadequate wishes to drive a vehicle like this? The over-detailed, over-sized wheels; the cartoon-clunky re-rendering into origami hardness of sensuous and soft curves; the raised fist to the original's raised eyebrow. It is cursed by the immoderation, unsophistication, desperation of our times. What a pile of st.

The colours are nice.

Wonderful. Your rapier-like dissection of all that is uncouth and unholy in modern car design philosophy does you credit.

I feel there are far more deserving targets for your ire than this thing, but the sentiment is wonderful. It gets lonely, watching everything in front of the A-pillar get angrier and angrier-looking, seeing BMW's kidneys threatening to envelop the entire front of the car, or interiors that scream nothing but "pimp", and wondering, "Am I alone in detesting this festival of brazen design vulgarity?"

Sensuality, nuance, suggestion, class- they're out. Will they ever return? I can but hope.

[cat220]

derin100 said:

longblackcoat said:

derin100 said:

Slightly OT but...

Do any of you chaps insure your cars on limited mileage, classic car insurance policies? I haven't done for a while so I was wondering if anyone has a recommendations and rough estimates of what they're paying these days? I'm looking to put the 190E on such a policy.

Thanks

£300 for the W221, same for the S211 - both for 20k per annum ‘normal’ insurance policies, albeit with high excess amounts (c.£1k). Limited mileage policies were no cheaper

Thanks. I'm having to go 'classic' (where NCB doesn't matter) because I've run out of normal policies to which I can apply NCB (too many cars).

Trying to catch up on this thread after being away for a few weeks. I have a "classic" multicar policy with Footman James, 4 cars on it, r129, e55, 740 turbo and my v70 awd all for £296!

[minimoog]

XMified said:

Sensuality, nuance, suggestion, class- they're out. Will they ever return? I can but hope.

At first glance I thought it was a Mustang concept. That's how far off the mark it is.

[0a]

Oh dear I can't help but want to attend the next one of these... This clk500 looks like a bargain at £2,650: https://angliacarauctions.co.uk/classic/saturday-1...

[trooperiziz]

cat220 said:

derin100 said:

longblackcoat said:

derin100 said:

Slightly OT but...

Do any of you chaps insure your cars on limited mileage, classic car insurance policies? I haven't done for a while so I was wondering if anyone has a recommendations and rough estimates of what they're paying these days? I'm looking to put the 190E on such a policy.

Thanks

£300 for the W221, same for the S211 - both for 20k per annum ‘normal’ insurance policies, albeit with high excess amounts (c.£1k). Limited mileage policies were no cheaper

Thanks. I'm having to go 'classic' (where NCB doesn't matter) because I've run out of normal policies to which I can apply NCB (too many cars).

Trying to catch up on this thread after being away for a few weeks. I have a "classic" multicar policy with Footman James, 4 cars on it, r129, e55, 740 turbo and my v70 awd all for £296!

For the BMW bargeists among us, you could do a lot worse than checking out BMWs own insurance.
It's not like I work for the company that provides it or anything... oh no... because that would be an advert, and that isn't allowed.

[pitchfork]

I called BMW insurance. Once.

I didn't get an exact price as the bloke on the end said "It's four figures and starts with a two."

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Where is the northern meet? The diary just says 'Chesterfield-ish'.

[trooperiziz]

pitchfork said:

I called BMW insurance. Once.

I didn't get an exact price as the bloke on the end said "It's four figures and starts with a two."

New provider, new prices.