Best smoker barges 1-5 large [Vol 14]

[tog]

W00DY said:

Green with black is a good colour combo as far as I'm concerned and plates which tell you what the car is don't do anything for me so I think you're being harsh. I would sooner have an auto though.

A manual V6 XM would be a good thing. I had a long chat with a local Citroen dealer a few years back who told me he'd sold two V6 XMs new, both auto, and both had multiple new gearboxes under warranty.

[Krikkit]

tog said:

Krikkit said:

Surely he receives a little leeway as weird french tat getting a load of money sunk on it is probably a key factor in the divorce proceedings? There but for the grace of barge go we...

Look at his user name and other items for sale, and the Renault 25 on the driveway in the background of the XM pics...

Yep, clearly a pervert for French tat.

[tog]

Krikkit said:

Yep, clearly a pervert for French tat.

Probably one of us.

[Prolex-UK]

W00DY said:

That XM is superb.




https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Citroen-XM-MK1-3-0-24v-...

less than 5 miles from me.....will have a gander if required

[RicksAlfas]

tog said:

Krikkit said:

Yep, clearly a pervert for French tat.

Probably one of us.

[Prolex-UK]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mercedes-230CE-Coupe/27...



this one is close to me.....looks nice in the flesh

not sure about the ride height though

Its greener that the photo shows as well

[Garemberg]

SpeckledJim said:

Probably your least risky possible choice in that pond?

Ugly ugly ugly, but solid solid solid.

Just put down a deposit on this instead.

https://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/...

Looking forward to picking it up

[RicksAlfas]

Garemberg said:

Just put down a deposit on this instead.

https://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/...

Looking forward to picking it up

It was the yellow fog lights wasn't it?

[Lowtimer]

Prolex-UK said:

Its greener that the photo shows as well

Which part? The driver's door or the rest of the car?

[Garemberg]

RicksAlfas said:

It was the yellow fog lights wasn't it?

It was the dials that did it, I forgot all about these. Also Alan Partridge had one

[Mr Ponkerson]

Garemberg said:

It was the dials that did it, I forgot all about these. Also Alan Partridge had one

I really do love the dials on these. Quite fancy one, and the get a spanish conversion

[SpeckledJim]

Garemberg said:

RicksAlfas said:

It was the yellow fog lights wasn't it?

It was the dials that did it, I forgot all about these. Also Alan Partridge had one

It's the Japanese Mercedes.

[Prolex-UK]

Lowtimer said:

Prolex-UK said:

Its greener that the photo shows as well

Which part? The driver's door or the rest of the car?

Rest of the car.

its often parked up in my road so I have a gander when I walk or drive past.

looks well looked after

[Krikkit]

Mr Ponkerson said:

Garemberg said:

It was the dials that did it, I forgot all about these. Also Alan Partridge had one

I really do love the dials on these. Quite fancy one, and the get a spanish conversion

Better yet, buy a Spanish one and transplant a 1UZ into it. The perfect way to own a V8 without looking like it.

[CharlesdeGaulle]

Prolex-UK said:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mercedes-230CE-Coupe/27...



this one is close to me.....looks nice in the flesh

not sure about the ride height though

Its greener that the photo shows as well

Nice car but crap ad. No interior shots and nothing approaching the sort of service history we saddos love to see.

As lowtimer highlighted, some sketchy paint matches but, to be frank, at this age all cars have had or need paint.

I rather like it.

[W00DY]

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...

Looks quite attarctive in Werther's spec, bit too much wide-angle photography for my taste. Honest shot of the fuel economy is nice though.

[SpeckledJim]

That's about as nice as an X5 gets, IMO.

[Krikkit]

W00DY said:

...bit too much wide-angle photography for my taste.

I know it's a big car... but that fisheye effect makes my brain hurt.

It's a sign of the times when a nicely-coloured original X5 doesn't actually look too vulgar against modern items.

[E65Ross]

Krikkit said:

W00DY said:

...bit too much wide-angle photography for my taste.

I know it's a big car... but that fisheye effect makes my brain hurt.

It's a sign of the times when a nicely-coloured original X5 doesn't actually look too vulgar against modern items.

That's not an original X5, that's the 2nd generation

[bolidemichael]

SpeckledJim said:

That's about as nice as an X5 gets, IMO.

Which is why there's little chance of it being bought within thread budget.