Best smoker barges 1-5 large [Vol 17]

[ian316]

TyrannosauRoss Lex said:

Fairly typical for those ruffians up there.

How do you know his names Ian too

[Nicks90]

leglessAlex said:

Crook said:

Macron said:

In other "vehicles at 3* thread" news, help settle an argument for me- just how much of a wally does a grown person look in a G4 Disco?

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2020...

Would depend wholly on geographical area of use I’d say.

I agree.

In London? A bit of a wally. In the highlands, and the car is filthy with some off road boas tyres on? Then I'd just think it was cool.

Nope, still a cockwomble not matter the location
If you want to off-road a disco, then off-road it. If you feel the need to paint it dayglo orange and sticker it up - or pay a rediculous premium for land rover to do it for you - then you are a prize winning wannabe throbber

[0a]

Settle down with your Sunday Port & Lemon and cigar - Tyrrell's Classic Workshop covers the v12 Jaguar XJ. Pure satisfaction.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMaOtaaI4Yk&ab...

[CharlesdeGaulle]

0a said:

Settle down with your Sunday Port & Lemon and cigar - Tyrrell's Classic Workshop covers the v12 Jaguar XJ. Pure satisfaction.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMaOtaaI4Yk&ab...

I quite like these, but he's a master at stretching 15 mins of content into 30. I suppose that's a feature of this sort of thing, but I prefer the stripped-down protein rich stuff (if only I could find it).

[anonymous-user]

CharlesdeGaulle said:

I quite like these, but he's a master at stretching 15 mins of content into 30. I suppose that's a feature of this sort of thing, but I prefer the stripped-down protein rich stuff (if only I could find it).

Better still is a few pages of text you can read in 5 minutes. I dislike this move to videos for everying, it's always paced for the slow of thinking like the television news.

[TyrannosauRoss Lex]

ian316 said:

TyrannosauRoss Lex said:

Fairly typical for those ruffians up there.

How do you know his names Ian too

[CAPP0]

I know everyone here loves a Merc, so here's one which says P.O.R......so theoretically it could be in thread budget:



https://www.classicdriver.com/en/car/mercedes-benz...

It probably isn't, though

[tobinen]

Are there any bargistas in the East Kilbride/Glasgeh area willing to have a nose at a car for me please?

[SpeckledJim]

CAPP0 said:

I know everyone here loves a Merc, so here's one which says P.O.R......so theoretically it could be in thread budget:



https://www.classicdriver.com/en/car/mercedes-benz...

It probably isn't, though

Without looking at the ad I'm going to guess that's €1.5m.

[r129sl]

0a said:

Is anyone considering booking tickets for the museum at Duxford?

We are definitely on, me and boy 1. Coming down in the G-wagen on Saturday, we may stay at the Holiday Inn although we may be even more parsimonious and stay at the Travelodge. I will probably book tickets for about 10.30am. Any plan on the precise time and location of the RV (you know, far end of car park A and all that stuff)? We'll have to split by 2.30 or 3pm for the long drive back oop North. I once did Cambridge City Centre to Mitford in 2hrs 54min, I seem to recall an average of 89mph, but those days are long gone. Besides, we'd have to fill up about three times at that speed in the G-wagen.

Saturday night supper for us will be either the George at Stamford, or the Queen's Head at Newton if it is open (check it out, we used to wheel out there and get blitzed on scummy before driving back, eek, in my College days), or we may even venture into Cambridge itself and roll up at the old hacienda. Perhaps not. Jesus I am old.

[BigBen]

The Double Tree Cambridge Belfry (not in Cambridge) is £88 next Saturday if anyone is looking for a hotel. I am mainly suggesting this as its near my house I can join for a beer Saturday night!

Ben

[tobinen]

For some reason I thought you were Trumpington/Shelford way otherwise I would join you.

[TyrannosauRoss Lex]

CAPP0 said:

I know everyone here loves a Merc, so here's one which says P.O.R......so theoretically it could be in thread budget:



https://www.classicdriver.com/en/car/mercedes-benz...

It probably isn't, though

That is awesome! Can't say I'd want to have it for anything other than being driven. Imagine trying a 3 point turn.....

[BigBen]

tobinen said:

For some reason I thought you were Trumpington/Shelford way otherwise I would join you.

No out in the wilds of Cambodia!

[0a]

r129sl said:

0a said:

Is anyone considering booking tickets for the museum at Duxford?

We are definitely on, me and boy 1. Coming down in the G-wagen on Saturday, we may stay at the Holiday Inn although we may be even more parsimonious and stay at the Travelodge. I will probably book tickets for about 10.30am. Any plan on the precise time and location of the RV (you know, far end of car park A and all that stuff)? We'll have to split by 2.30 or 3pm for the long drive back oop North. I once did Cambridge City Centre to Mitford in 2hrs 54min, I seem to recall an average of 89mph, but those days are long gone. Besides, we'd have to fill up about three times at that speed in the G-wagen.

Saturday night supper for us will be either the George at Stamford, or the Queen's Head at Newton if it is open (check it out, we used to wheel out there and get blitzed on scummy before driving back, eek, in my College days), or we may even venture into Cambridge itself and roll up at the old hacienda. Perhaps not. Jesus I am old.

Great stuff. I am definitely coming with the old man in the W124. It will be great to see some regulars there - seems like there might be a reasonable showing!

[mondayo]

Krikkit said:

nblr said:

I had copied the url but forgot to paste it in: https://www.gumtree.com/p/mercedes-benz/mercedes-e...

I’ve heard back that they’re really busy today with new stock delivery but he’ll get back to me about a viewing.

OK, so what I'd check:

From the pics I think it has full airmatic suspension - start the car, give it a few seconds, then hit the button below and left of the gear lever that looks like a car with an up arrow - this asks the suspension to raise itself to full height. It should start to rise and get there within a 10 seconds or so, and be noticeably higher than standard. Once it's finished hit the button again to lower it, same procedure. It might not evenly deflate/inflate, mine used to do the front slower than the rear, but was always even side-to-side. If it throws an error at this point it could be as simple as replacing/servicing the pump - it lives under the front bumper and is easy to access. I replaced mine with a used one from eBay, and less than an hour faffing with a rebuild kit which a kind threadist here provided (sorry I forgot who it was!).

When test driving hit the bigger button below the lever, it's a two-stage button that'll light up - first push should slightly firm the ride, the second should be noticeably firmer and feel lower (again give it a few seconds to swap about). If it doesn't firm up or feel different on setting 2 then they may have had the struts replaced with Arnotts non-adjust ones. Again not a deal-breaker, but it's nice to have switch-mode for a spirited session.

AC - make sure it blows nice and cold front and rear, and check it splits the temperature left/right as well. Otherwise they're robust systems and very well programmed imho.

Seats - make sure the heat works, lovely on a cold day. From the memory buttons on the door it *may* have the dynamic seats. Check for a set of controls under your left knee on the driver's seat, right on passenger side. The dynamic seats have air-filled bladders which can be inflated/deflated for fine adjustment of lumbar etc. They're well worth trying to find if you can. Fiddle with the adjusters and make sure everything moves and inflates/deflates as required. The pump lives over the rear wheel arches and can be flaky, so if it does have it I'd recommend a quick nose at it post-purchase and make sure it's in good fettle. Hard to find now.

I believe some of the tailgates can be a bit rusty, so one to watch.

Otherwise it looks a good 'un.

Edited by Krikkit on Friday 16th October 09:50

Slight thread/question hijack, but if you only get ice cold air in the front, but not in the back, is it a simple fix?

[mondayo]

Got my E55 back from the gearbox man on Saturday and it seems to be fixed this time....at least it got me more than 5 miles without getting stuck. So it's definitely more fixed than last time!
Apparently the module had two faults on it and now they've fixed both of them.

After a few days driving a Kia (Robert De) Niro* for a few days, it's nice to big back on the old thing and back to mpg in the teens.

• Review available if required

[soad]

Above budget, but remains tempting: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BMW-540iT-6-HK32-Code-u...

[BlackStang5point0]

mondayo said:

Got my E55 back from the gearbox man on Saturday and it seems to be fixed this time....at least it got me more than 5 miles without getting stuck. So it's definitely more fixed than last time!
Apparently the module had two faults on it and now they've fixed both of them.

After a few days driving a Kia (Robert De) Niro* for a few days, it's nice to big back on the old thing and back to mpg in the teens.

• Review available if required

Yes please...

[Fabric]

soad said:

Above budget, but remains tempting: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BMW-540iT-6-HK32-Code-u...

Love that.