Best smoker barges 1-5 large [Vol 14]
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Integroo said:
Cheers. I am having 4 x Michelin PS4s fitted Thursday. I am now trying to sort a new stereo but the wiring is causing me a headache. Brakes, cambelt, waterpump, major service done in May. I wonder whether suspension could do with a refresh given it was off the road 7 years - drives well, suspension is a little soft/wallowy but they may all be like that. Need to get it onto an open road to see what it is like.
Lovely for mosying around London this morning though!
Are you any closer to establishing what model it is? Was the V5 any help? You may have Lusso dampers and short springs which might not be the best combination. Lovely for mosying around London this morning though!
Unfortunately the five and six cylinder cars were always a bit nose heavy and the 156 isn’t the stiffest of shells. A strut brace makes a worthwhile addition and aren’t a lot of money. Alfa offered them as an approved accessory from the dealers!
Glad you are enjoying it.
South tdf said:
Accidentally joint the barge brigade yesterday. Not really sure why but I purchased a 100k 2006 Lexus GS450h unseen as it sounded too cheap.
Lexus service history and clean MOT. Hopefully being collected later in the week.
Congratulations. That has the main ingredients for barge-heroism; impulse buy of a once-expensive car you haven't seen and know little about. You lose points for having checked the MOT history, and if by 'being collected' you don't mean by you with a one-way ticket, recovery membership and Ginsters in hand, then you risk disappointing the thread!Lexus service history and clean MOT. Hopefully being collected later in the week.
Nice work all round. It really has been a productive BH weekend.
South tdf said:
Accidentally joint the barge brigade yesterday. Not really sure why but I purchased a 100k 2006 Lexus GS450h unseen as it sounded too cheap.
Lexus service history and clean MOT. Hopefully being collected later in the week.
Congratulations and welcome to the 450h club Lexus service history and clean MOT. Hopefully being collected later in the week.
I've had mine 18 months and 20000 miles and (as expected) nothings gone wrong. I hope to keep it for many more years with nothing going wrong!
South tdf said:
Accidentally joint the barge brigade yesterday. Not really sure why but I purchased a 100k 2006 Lexus GS450h unseen as it sounded too cheap.
Lexus service history and clean MOT. Hopefully being collected later in the week.
Excellent. Please ensure you supply the required petrol station forecourt shot though. Lexus service history and clean MOT. Hopefully being collected later in the week.
0a said:
South tdf said:
Accidentally joint the barge brigade yesterday. Not really sure why but I purchased a 100k 2006 Lexus GS450h unseen as it sounded too cheap.
Lexus service history and clean MOT. Hopefully being collected later in the week.
Excellent. Please ensure you supply the required petrol station forecourt shot though. Lexus service history and clean MOT. Hopefully being collected later in the week.
Joeseppi said:
Hi All,
Reluctantly going to sell my W124
Expecting another baby in October and what with the dogs we won't all fit in my wife's Volvo V40 or the Merc so I'm going to buy an estate.
It's been flawless in the 14 months I've owned it and don't want to sell it but I don't have space and would need the money to put towards my next car.
https://www.gumtree.com/p/cars-vans-motorbikes/w12...
I give it 10 days until it's at one of the white photo background people at 5995. Reluctantly going to sell my W124
Expecting another baby in October and what with the dogs we won't all fit in my wife's Volvo V40 or the Merc so I'm going to buy an estate.
It's been flawless in the 14 months I've owned it and don't want to sell it but I don't have space and would need the money to put towards my next car.
https://www.gumtree.com/p/cars-vans-motorbikes/w12...
ETA, as in, I think it looks cheap.
Edited by Croutons on Sunday 25th August 16:39
RicksAlfas said:
Are you any closer to establishing what model it is? Was the V5 any help? You may have Lusso dampers and short springs which might not be the best combination.
Unfortunately the five and six cylinder cars were always a bit nose heavy and the 156 isn’t the stiffest of shells. A strut brace makes a worthwhile addition and aren’t a lot of money. Alfa offered them as an approved accessory from the dealers!
Glad you are enjoying it.
No luck from the V5C or any of the other paperwork.Unfortunately the five and six cylinder cars were always a bit nose heavy and the 156 isn’t the stiffest of shells. A strut brace makes a worthwhile addition and aren’t a lot of money. Alfa offered them as an approved accessory from the dealers!
Glad you are enjoying it.
Got it out to stretch its legs today, including motorway, a road and slow moving traffic. Performed admirably, despite the 32 c plus heat!. No untoward noises, everything works. Alignment maybe ever so slightly off. Quite a pleasant place to spend time - i wouldn't describe it as fast, but it is certainly swift, and wants to rev and rev and rev - so smoothly. It isn't loud, but it is sonorous. Few niggles to attend to, and I wonder whether I should get the bodykit seen to sooner rather than later to make sure the sills etc are solid, but quite pleased.
RicksAlfas said:
A strut brace makes a worthwhile addition and aren’t a lot of money. Alfa offered them as an approved accessory from the dealers!
The only other car I know of with that as a dealer option was the Mk1 Volvo C70, which had all the rigidity of a wet cardboard box. Even a totally inexperienced driver could feel the difference it made, the car was that bad!Jaffers said:
Vitesse is having a little holiday on the neighbour's drive as they are having a little holiday themselves.
To me [this] is the quintessential barge. It looks positively regal and donning a sublime colour, too. In contrast, is an Alfa 156 now a barge, despite being revvy and very sporting? Surely the appropriate look for these is a pair of tight white short legged jeans and a primrose yellow Sergio Tecchini V neck sweater with gold aviators whilst chewing an everlasting cocktail stick (and a thread to suit these sartorial expectations), in contrast to the cords, scruffy polo shirt with raised collar and jacket with harris tweed elbow patches of the barge-iste, emptied wallet in hand (with the exception of Oa's W124 of perpetual preservation and Lexus owners).
bolidemichael said:
To me [this] is the quintessential barge. It looks positively regal and donning a sublime colour, too.
In contrast, is an Alfa 156 now a barge, despite being revvy and very sporting? Surely the appropriate look for these is a pair of tight white short legged jeans and a primrose yellow Sergio Tecchini V neck sweater with gold aviators whilst chewing an everlasting cocktail stick (and a thread to suit these sartorial expectations), in contrast to the cords, scruffy polo shirt with raised collar and jacket with harris tweed elbow patches of the barge-iste, emptied wallet in hand (with the exception of Oa's W124 of perpetual preservation and Lexus owners).
It ain't a barge, but it is old thirsty and unreliable and has more than four cylinders. I'm also not convinced it is 'very sporting' In contrast, is an Alfa 156 now a barge, despite being revvy and very sporting? Surely the appropriate look for these is a pair of tight white short legged jeans and a primrose yellow Sergio Tecchini V neck sweater with gold aviators whilst chewing an everlasting cocktail stick (and a thread to suit these sartorial expectations), in contrast to the cords, scruffy polo shirt with raised collar and jacket with harris tweed elbow patches of the barge-iste, emptied wallet in hand (with the exception of Oa's W124 of perpetual preservation and Lexus owners).
despite the possibly naff bodykit.Jaffers said:
Vitesse is having a little holiday on the neighbour's drive as they are having a little holiday themselves.
Cooler than a Barge-penguin's deck shoes.I wasn't particularly fond of these when they turned up on the roads (Dad had a blue P6) but four or so decades later can totally get them.
Love it, thanks for sharing.
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