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[MercedesClassic]

r129sl said:

I know, I know. But my approach to car dealers is that they are all the same, save some of them have more expense showrooms. They are all dishonest to the core. You're on your own when buying a car, new or used, auction, dealer or private sale. As long as you remember that, you'll be fine. It doesn't matter where you buy it from because they are all as bad as each other. It's a bit like driving a taxi: selling cars for a living does something rotten to a man's soul.

How about this for colours? 20 grand. 65k miles. Very dodgy looking dealer.

Edited by r129sl on Sunday 6th October 10:46

Happy Sunday everyone. Just playing catch-up.
Used to work with a man that by as a CGT I think he had it from new, definitely an early model in any case. Daily driver, he could afford to run it. No idea if he had any issues but I assume he'd be the type to keep extending the warranty. Always got wow look at that even though it's 15+ years old.
I do like them but as you say they are colour and wheel sensitive. Personally if I was going for one I'd maybe prefer the convertible? I think it suits the GT character better.

However you could get a younger more modern alternative in the shape of a CL63 or V12 CL600 or actually maybe CL65 nearly forgot it.
Ok doesn't have the OMG look it's a Bentley but then it's not a VW either. Plus easier to maintain etc etc.

I'm thinking the 2006+ model is it C216? Some bargains to be had. You know your Mercs better than anyone here so you probably know this and discounted it from shortlist.

Just my tuppence worth.

[MercedesClassic]

Stegel said:

Talking of car dealers and in particular Northumbrian outlets, there’s an E500 estate on eBay, “coming soon, photos to follow” which sounds (given how few exist in the UK) remarkably like the blue estate discussed a couple of weeks ago - spec, mileage etc.. Original vendor was asking £3.5k; if it is the same car, it’s now up for double that figure.

Yeah that sounds suspiciously like the car we talked about.
This one is intriguing but only one pic! No number plate shot either.
https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2...

[MercedesClassic]

(In other news; the Mccracken household is now the proud possessor of not one, but two, Honda Jazzes, both in a colour which I believe is known as “Terribly Tedious Silver”. Shoot me now!)

ETA: I still “possesss” the E320 so I assume I can still retain thread membership, but when it goes is there a grace period before I am banned from thread sin die?




Hi John, sorry to hear of your dreadful intrusion, happened a mate of mine few years ago too. Was a newish C class coupe, obviously had been casing his place to work out which apartment the keys would be in. Anyway noone was harmed and unfortunately the car was recovered the same day. He didn't want it back as it was tainted plus had Gap on it.
The key insurance didn't pay out so he had to pay that himself, courtesy car for 6 weeks I think he also had to pay as Mercedes took so long to sort it out.
Plus lost days off work and cash.
Three years later he still has the car but always nervous they will return.

Glad you got new wheels and hope everything is getting back to normal. Enjoy the revamped E320!

[PenultimateSpiderman]

MercedesClassic said:

Yeah that sounds suspiciously like the car we talked about.
This one is intriguing but only one pic! No number plate shot either.
https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2...

The pic reveals a rather vulgar V8 badge on the boot too! I'd have it though.

[Bonefish Blues]

CharlesdeGaulle said:

Why not just buy one of those Chrysler 300 jobbies and stick a grille on it? Looks v similar from here, and we all love a bluffer.




I bet brakes on one of them aren't SOTW-cost.

Gosh we're having a lot of Rover 75s all of a sudden

[anonymous-user]

grudas said:

TommoAE86 said:

grudas said:

Big spaces make me happy

Grudas posts JDM Yakuza barge... Tommo goes I'm hoping for a foggy night soon to take some moody photo's of my S180 now it's October

Funny we just talked about foggy night and yesterday was just that.. Not great pictures as they were taken on my phone but still.

Is that ‘just, a Toyota Crown? None of the ones I looked at look anything like that!

[dscam]

CharlesdeGaulle said:

Macron said:

I might be joining CdG’s throbber club here

Woohoo, a club! We can have T-shirts printed and all sorts. Maybe a motto too. No longer a lone voice in the wilderness. No longer just my name on the register.

Who else is in?

Erm, gents, I thought contributing to this thread meant we were ALL in said club already?!

[BigBen]

SpeckledJim said:

I have solved this conundrum by not being able to afford either.

Continental GT is night-and-day the superior product. But DB9 is sexy.

I went through this process earlier in the year, long story short I now have a DB9.

The Continental GT is faster and crucially in R129's case I suspect has some space in the back, however looking at stuff that goes wrong on each car gave me the following lists:

Conti GT:
- Loads

DB9:
- Not very much

The tech on the DB9 is laughably dated in many areas, including sat nav and even stupid stuff like the windows one touch down but not up, but the propensity to chuck a massive bill is much lower. But the noise it makes and the general opulence of the interior more than make up for it and that is before we consider the overall look of the car.

As for it making one more attractive to the opposite sex it has certainly lead to lots of interest from females, although rather transparently in one case she asked outright "how did you make all your money then?"

Ben

[r129sl]

I'm off to browse DB9s.

20 miles away from me is this: https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...

Watch out ladies-of-a-certain-age, here I come.

Edited by r129sl on Sunday 6th October 14:31

[TommoAE86]

Lord.Vader said:

Is that ‘just, a Toyota Crown? None of the ones I looked at look anything like that!

Toyota Crown Athlete is it's full title, S170 series and chassis code JZS171 for Grudas' one & S180 series, GRS184 for mine.

[BigBen]

r129sl said:

I'm off to browse DB9s.

20 miles away from me is this: https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...

Watch out ladies-of-a-certain-age, here I come.

Edited by r129sl on Sunday 6th October 14:31

That is a fantastic colour. As a guide my car is an 08 and was from a main dealer and therefore came with a years 'timeless' warranty and did not cost much more than this. Cars post 07 have a lot of stuff as standard that was optional on the earlier cars, stuff that had no excuse being an option on a luxury car! Mine also has the sport pack which means Titanium wheel nuts amongst other things for £8,000 of the original owner's pounds.

[Krikkit]

r129sl said:

I'm off to browse DB9s.

20 miles away from me is this: https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...

Watch out ladies-of-a-certain-age, here I come.

The pre smoked light DB9 is one of the all-time great pieces of styling I think. And that V12... Phwoar.

One of my favourite moments in a car was watching a nearly new DB9 and a 575 have at it coming down a slip road and onto the M60 - on a section where it goes 5 lanes wide, with no traffic ahead, so they kept at it. With me pottering along in my shed Punto behind. Glorious.

Edited by Krikkit on Sunday 6th October 15:37

[anonymous-user]

BigBen said:

r129sl said:

I'm off to browse DB9s.

20 miles away from me is this: https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...

Watch out ladies-of-a-certain-age, here I come.

Edited by r129sl on Sunday 6th October 14:31

That is a fantastic colour. As a guide my car is an 08 and was from a main dealer and therefore came with a years 'timeless' warranty and did not cost much more than this. Cars post 07 have a lot of stuff as standard that was optional on the earlier cars, stuff that had no excuse being an option on a luxury car! Mine also has the sport pack which means Titanium wheel nuts amongst other things for £8,000 of the original owner's pounds.

On the earlier models there was a recall for an incorrect dipstick that could lead to incorrect oil levels being maintained, that was the only real issue my original research picked up (plus the usual fogging of lights and aluminium paint reactions).

Lovely car, I wanted a manual DB9 / Sports pack but they were out of budget so ended up with a V8V.

In green they just look so right, and a green Volante ... yes please.

The chap who manages AML Performance in Macclesfield (excellent garage) runs a Navy DB9 Volante as his daily, wind, rain and shine.

[CharlesdeGaulle]

dscam said:

CharlesdeGaulle said:

Macron said:

I might be joining CdG’s throbber club here

Woohoo, a club! We can have T-shirts printed and all sorts. Maybe a motto too. No longer a lone voice in the wilderness. No longer just my name on the register.

Who else is in?

Erm, gents, I thought contributing to this thread meant we were ALL in said club already?!

We're all in the Losers Club by virtue of our existence here; there is no choice in the matter - it's a sort of no-cost option if you will.

To be a Throbber demands a love of pretentious waffle which assigns emotion to an inanimate mechanical object.*


* Come to think of it, and put like that, I struggle to think of any Losers who are not also Throbbers. At this rate, we'll have to all have X-Large T-shirts to fit the club title on.

[CharlesdeGaulle]

r129sl said:

I'm off to browse DB9s.

... Watch out ladies-of-a-certain-age, here I come.

I'm interested to know whether your ladies-of-a-certain-age in a DB9 are the same ladies-of-a-certain-age that, hypothetically, one would attract in a Lexus SC430? Not that I'm planning on competing with you - I know my limits after all - but I'd like to know my target zone before committing to one or the other.

There is a school of thought that women notice nothing of these things, although it's telling (and unsurprising) that Big Ben's wealth provoked some interest. I have no wealth so don't have to worry too much about attracting the 'wrong sort'. To provide some colour, one of the European types that's currently in my social orbit, a generously-bosom'd Mediterranean lady, drives a Corsa. Badly; very, very badly. But with the additional airbags it might be worth the risk.

[E65Ross]

I don't understand this..... Can someone please help me....

Was discussing with a friend I'm looking to save and purchase another second hand car (barge). They asked if I was going to do personal contract hire or buy outright. When I said buy outright they said it was just throwing money away.

Now.... Said person rents a diesel Audi A1 for £250/month on a 4 year deal. It includes servicing (except tyres of needed).

So...... £12000 in 4 years overall cost tk rent a car.

Buy a car for, say, £5k......spend £5k in servicing in 4 years. Sell for £3500.....net cost £6500.

Plus I'd rather a big barge to an A1, but that's beside the point.

When I pointed this out the person said "I need my car for work so I can't afford to have a car older than 4 years old".

"well, as boring as it is, my Toyota is 14 years old, I've had it for over 3 years and it's not let me down once and has cost £800 in servicing, I bought it for £1800 and it's still worth about £1400.... So that's just under £400/year for reliable motoring"

So.... How is PCH NOT throwing money away and buying a fairly old car throwing money away?!

Edited by E65Ross on Sunday 6th October 17:19

[Sterillium]

E65Ross said:

...my Toyota is 124 years old...

The Duryeas Brothers I assume.

[E65Ross]

Sterillium said:

E65Ross said:

...my Toyota is 124 years old...

The Duryeas Brothers I assume.

Edited.. Fat fingers (or rather thumb) must have pressed the 1 and the 2 at the same time.

[Sterillium]

[mccrackenj]

r129sl said:

I'm off to browse DB9s.

20 miles away from me is this: https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...

Watch out ladies-of-a-certain-age, here I come.

Edited by r129sl on Sunday 6th October 14:31

This one is 3 miles from me. I’ll pick you up at the airport and buy you lunch and a pint.

https://www.usedcarsni.com/2006-Aston-Martin-Vanta...

The colour is so ‘you’.