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[paulguitar]

stickleback123 said:

You have me thinking if there is any way this could replace my XJ as the car for driving my three kids around in, as they selfishly won't all fit in an MX5. I can't be doing with the hassle of three cars.

Well, it does have rear seats, but they'd need to be small kids.

[Geekman]

paulguitar said:

Thanks. I originally decided to sell because my career working on cruise ships meant that it just wasn't getting enough use. My stepfather would take it out every couple of weeks but I was paying £50 per month in VED while working away which eventually got a bit tedious.

Now I am back home with no prospect of my job resuming any time soon, so it seems to make sense to scale back the spending a bit. I think I'm going to be very PH, and get an MX5.

Makes sense - I recently sold my Range Rover to save money for a new house, so I definitely get where you're coming from.

I used to work in tourism myself: very glad I don't anymore given recent events. Best of luck with everything - hopefully you'll be back in a barge at some points in the future.

[Macron]

stickleback123 said:

You have me thinking if there is any way this could replace my XJ as the car for driving my three kids around in, as they selfishly won't all fit in an MX5. I can't be doing with the hassle of three cars, and ex wife seems to have cooled to the idea of letting me use her XC60.

Trailer. HTH.

[paulguitar]

Geekman said:

Makes sense - I recently sold my Range Rover to save money for a new house, so I definitely get where you're coming from.

I used to work in tourism myself: very glad I don't anymore given recent events. Best of luck with everything - hopefully you'll be back in a barge at some points in the future.

Thanks. Yes, the future for the cruise industry is really very uncertain at present. I'd like to think we will be back but there are some real obstacles.

[anonymous-user]

Macron said:

Trailer. HTH.

Can't find a towhook for it

[tobinen]

cornershop said:

I know of a 2006 XJR currently offered for sale if of interest - all trouble spots dealt with, should be trouble free for the foreseeable future.

I’m feeling the urge for something more retro, and maybe less barge

I'm another

[slk 32]

assadahmed said:

Going tomorrow morning to view a 2003 E55. It's covered 114k, has a main dealer service history until 2015 at 95k and then serviced privately by the owner.

Only 1 former owner.

Has a good MOT history.

It's an imported car so will get a few more details when I view the car at the dealer.

Is this too big a risk or are these cars generally ok. I don't mind spending money as and when needed but don't want a money pit at the same time.

Anyone with any experience with these cars?

I think the early cars had problems with the Valeo radiators, however if it's still ok now may already have been replaced.

Charge cooler pump for the supercharger can sometimes go, do a few quick full throttle accelerations (eg 30-50) in succession, if the pump is on the way out then yhe clutch will kick in on the s/c.

[John Locke]

Stolen from another thread:

https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C1228261
£4,995


Not far from me, but I think it's horrible, so the wallet is in no danger.
I appreciate that some may disagree with me.

[Speed addicted]

John Locke said:

Stolen from another thread:

https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C1228261
£4,995


Not far from me, but I think it's horrible, so the wallet is in no danger.
I appreciate that some may disagree with me.

Adverts gone. I quite like it, I mean I obviously don’t have a long enough barge pole or relish the idea of continually throwing money into a pit.
But as a car it’s somehow appealing. (Just not appealing enough to even consider buying)

[anonymous-user]

LetsTryAgain said:

LPG is a no go for me.

I'd be very skeptical about LPG on a Jaguar V12 simply because they run very hot enough already. I looked into it 15 years ago and at that time there were no LPG systems that could cope with 12 cylinders either so it was a lash up of two 6 cylinder systems working together, a bit like the ECUs in an early BMW V12!

[Bonefish Blues]

The C70 interior cleaned up beautifully with 4-5 hrs of solid effort (other than the standard Volvo cracking of pale leather on driver's seat). Bones are feeling it today, mind. OTOH the exterior needed only a foam and jetwashing as it's well waxed. I still haven't found anything that doesn't work.

I fear I may have done OK here Pics anon

Edited for random capitals

Edited by Bonefish Blues on Monday 25th May 11:40

[Max M4X WW]

Bit of an update with my 525i Sport, I have changed all 8 suspension arms, ARB drop links and bushes front and rear and changed the wheels for some M-Para's:

[SpeckledJim]

Soooo proper. Love it.

[tobinen]

Looks good. Sounds as you've taken on some big jobs. Were they?

[CharlesdeGaulle]

Rear tints aside, that is a very handsome car.

[LetsTryAgain]

Max M4X WW said:

Always like an E39.
But an absolute sucker for a 'quality tyre, immaculate alloy, and almost new disc, caliper and pad' combo.

[bolidemichael]

I think that the Maserati is a lovely wedge.

Work on Magnus is progressing. The volume of work increases incrementally, I have just received a call and agreed to do the doors as well...

[dscam]

We’ve seen the photos of the so-called W126 560TEL but here’s a short YouTube on it which might be of interest to thread:

https://youtu.be/LeuMETVJUXI

[CharlesdeGaulle]

dscam said:

We’ve seen the photos of the so-called W126 560TEL but here’s a short YouTube on it which might be of interest to thread:

https://youtu.be/LeuMETVJUXI

Is Swabian-tulip-bird in it? If not, it's probably not worth bothering with.

[Stedman]

X350 XJR

ONE OF US ONE OF US!