Best smoker barges 1-5 large [Vol 18]

[Scrump]

Continued from here:
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

[ian316]

Vol18 already !!!

[harrykul]

Guten Tag bargers.

[CharlesdeGaulle]

How long did 17 last in comparison to the others? I think it's 0a that tracks it isn't it?

[tobinen]

How do?

8 barges reported bought so far this year.

[W201_190e]

Checking in.

[phil_cardiff]

Bon jour.

[BigBen]

On W140 prices taking off (sorry could not do a cross thread quote) I would argue they already have. My S500 was about £2,000 and I had a massive choice of cars at around that price. Now they are all about 3 x that.

Ben

[Easternlight]

Watching from a bitterly cold East coast!

[TyrannosauRoss Lex]

checking in

[d_a_n1979]

Anyone brave enough for a Jap import E65 740i:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BMW-740i/203130350095?h...

Bradford based too...

[W201_190e]

Maybe an E60 is the way for me (I like them) they are modern enough but old enough to be of not much interest, prices are low ish and they don't have much of a following yet. If I save for a bit more maybe £4k will get me a nice 2005 ish 530i M Sport.

[d_a_n1979]

Nice unmolested E38 728i here:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BMW-728i-E38/1846517342...

[d_a_n1979]

W201_190e said:

Maybe an E60 is the way for me (I like them) they are modern enough but old enough to be of not much interest, prices are low ish and they don't have much of a following yet. If I save for a bit more maybe £4k will get me a nice 2005 ish 530i M Sport.

Some ok ones on eBay currently; there's a nice looking 06 version

All 530d and 535d examples usually

[phil_cardiff]

W201_190e said:

Maybe an E60 is the way for me (I like them) they are modern enough but old enough to be of not much interest, prices are low ish and they don't have much of a following yet. If I save for a bit more maybe £4k will get me a nice 2005 ish 530i M Sport.

A pre-2007 3.0 is the one to go for in a 530i. Not really a torque laden engine but smooth and reliable.

I was tempted by a 530i estate, especially when I found out you can 'remap' the automatic 'box but went in a different direction in the end.

[Macron]

Will THIS be the volume the C216 CL drops into budget?

[CharlesdeGaulle]

Macron said:

Will THIS be the volume the C216 CL drops into budget?

I think COVID might keep things mental for a bit yet, so I'm going to say no, except to caveat that we'll see one hyper-mile barried shed in silver pop up.

[tobinen]

d_a_n1979 said:

Nice unmolested E38 728i here:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BMW-728i-E38/1846517342...

Yes, looks good

[W201_190e]

tobinen said:

d_a_n1979 said:

Nice unmolested E38 728i here:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BMW-728i-E38/1846517342...

Yes, looks good

Very nice, I'd be on the phone already if today had gone to plan!

[swampy442]

Afternoon