Best smoker barges 1-5 large [Vol 14]

[paulguitar]

CharlesdeGaulle said:

paulguitar said:

Touring442 said:

Meanwhile.................

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Rolls-Royce-Silver-Spir...

I think we'd all agree that is a proper barge.

It's a crock of st. A part-stripped breaker on a Council estate; you'd have to be certifiable to buy that.

Although the cassette tape on the floor of pic 7 looks intriguing ...

I was referring to the Silver Spirit generally really.

The description of that seems very honest though.

[Touring442]

CharlesdeGaulle said:

It's a crock of st. A part-stripped breaker on a Council estate; you'd have to be certifiable to buy that.

When has that ever been an issue?

[CharlesdeGaulle]

Touring442 said:

janesmith1950 said:

SLK 230, just collected. 81k mileage.

Got a bit warm in stop start traffic (not red zone warm, but about 90-95 degrees). Will need to investigate as suspect not normal!

Otherwise in good nick for a 20 year old car.

Cute little convertible.

Why is it here?

janesmith1950 - nice buy, looks a fun little thing. Hope all works out OK with it.

Touring442 - why troll the thread with comments like that? As has been discussed ad nauseum, virtually anything goes here, so why feel a need to police the thread?

[Touring442]

Because this thread is about big old cars, not dinky convertibles?

[Touring442]

Nissan made the 300C so on that basis, I nominate this:

Well why not?

[BigBen]

ian316 said:

Croutons said:

Just how bad could a £3k, "best offer above £2k" Cayenne Turbo be..?

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2019...

If the looks of it float your boat why would you not at that money ?

I just sold my mate's 'barn find' Cayenne turbo for just over £2k. In just sitting unused for two years it managed to piss all its coolant over the driveway and I doubt the dodgy gearbox would have fixed itself with time.

That said happy memories of driving it when it worked, great fun driving what is more or less a van with that much shove!

Ben

[Bonefish Blues]

CharlesdeGaulle said:

Touring442 said:

janesmith1950 said:

SLK 230, just collected. 81k mileage.

Got a bit warm in stop start traffic (not red zone warm, but about 90-95 degrees). Will need to investigate as suspect not normal!

Otherwise in good nick for a 20 year old car.

Cute little convertible.

Why is it here?

janesmith1950 - nice buy, looks a fun little thing. Hope all works out OK with it.

Touring442 - why troll the thread with comments like that? As has been discussed ad nauseum, virtually anything goes here, so why feel a need to police the thread?

Indeed - I think many of those succumbed to Merc rot of the era, so nice to see a good one.

[ian316]

CharlesdeGaulle said:

Touring442 said:

janesmith1950 said:

SLK 230, just collected. 81k mileage.

Got a bit warm in stop start traffic (not red zone warm, but about 90-95 degrees). Will need to investigate as suspect not normal!

Otherwise in good nick for a 20 year old car.

Cute little convertible.

Why is it here?

janesmith1950 - nice buy, looks a fun little thing. Hope all works out OK with it.

Touring442 - why troll the thread with comments like that? As has been discussed ad nauseum, virtually anything goes here, so why feel a need to police the thread?

I keep fancying one of these but it would mean getting rid of the w124 as I can't justify 2 cars even though my weekly commute has gone up the 54 miles a week

[Touring442]

BigBen said:

I just sold my mate's 'barn find' Cayenne turbo for just over £2k. In just sitting unused for two years it managed to piss all its coolant over the driveway and I doubt the dodgy gearbox would have fixed itself with time.

That said happy memories of driving it when it worked, great fun driving what is more or less a van with that much shove!

Ben

For 2 grand plus MOT/bodgery, you'd run it until it shat itself spectacularly and then break it to get your $$$ back. It would be a most interesting 10 days.

[Stegel]

CharlesdeGaulle said:

Touring442 said:

janesmith1950 said:

SLK 230, just collected. 81k mileage.

Got a bit warm in stop start traffic (not red zone warm, but about 90-95 degrees). Will need to investigate as suspect not normal!

Otherwise in good nick for a 20 year old car.

Cute little convertible.

Why is it here?

janesmith1950 - nice buy, looks a fun little thing. Hope all works out OK with it.

Touring442 - why troll the thread with comments like that? As has been discussed ad nauseum, virtually anything goes here, so why feel a need to police the thread?

+1

++1

[Touring442]

[SpeckledJim]

All those in favour of our denying ourselves further enlightenment at the hand of touring442 and letting other threads benefit from his attentions say ‘aye’?

[tobinen]

Touring442, I am sure you're a decent sort, but perhaps this thread isn't for you. Have a look at some old volumes - plenty of different cars are posted that are of interest. Varying numbers of cylinders, doors, gears, seats and so on.

[Touring442]

tobinen said:

Touring442, I am sure you're a decent sort, but perhaps this thread isn't for you. Have a look at some old volumes - plenty of different cars are posted that are of interest. Varying numbers of cylinders, doors, gears, seats and so on.

That's why I posted a picture of an MGB.

Anything goes. Right?

[Integroo]

Touring442 said:

They don't make a V10.

Not brave enough for a 750i?

[Touring442]

Integroo said:

Not brave enough for a 750i?

Yes, I had a black E plate one in 2002 - wrote it off within 2 days. Extended red leather as well.

[trooperiziz]

I suppose out nice little supportive corner of PH had to get invaded at some point.

[Salmonofdoubt]

Touring442 said:

Because this thread is about big old cars, not dinky convertibles?

Who dies and promoted you to internet monitor this week?

A thread may start with a clearly defined theme, but over time those contributing change and move on. The thread evolves, this one feels more like a community within a forum. For that reason me, who drives a Kia and appreciates the value in older motors this is a good thing.

If you want to argue about things being just as you like it please go and find a nice one make forum.

[Croutons]

1995 XJR with 79k at 3250.

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2019...

645i at 3295.

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2019...

5.7ltr Grand Cherokee with reasonable miles (108) at 3490.

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2019...

Cumulatively that's over 14 litres of engine for a small takeaway over 10k.

[anonymous-user]

Touring442 said:

SpeckledJim said:

All those in favour of our denying ourselves further enlightenment at the hand of touring442 and letting other threads benefit from his attentions say ‘aye’?

Nearly 19'000 posts?

You need to get out more mate.

This is the best thread on this website, you know why? Because we are an accepting bunch with an interest in cars that are generally as far as possible removed from the ‘norm’ as possible.

Every now and again there are non barges posted, we appreciate it, due to the fact we all like cars, CdG likes SC430s’, let’s not address that here, but they are accepted into the thread, as are other oddities, for example today my girlfriend bought a SLK280, it in itself is not a barge, but everyone can appreciate a nice 3.0 V6.

Please don’t post here if you are just going to stir things up, go and post in NP&E, accept the fact we also discuss non-barges or bugger off.