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[BlackStang5point0]

Weas said:

Dapster said:

r129sl said:

This seems cheap, although the MOT history betrays a world of pain:

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202108015...

That looks lovely from the pics despite it being a stonechip away from the scrapyard if you look at the MOT history as you say.

E320s of that vintage would have had headlamp wipers and walnut dash as standard - that one has neither. Odd spec - expensive air con but no leather - could be a foreign market RHD car imported sometime ago. Asia maybe. Humid, tropical climate helping the onset of rampaging rot?

Incredible that a car can look so peachy top side and be so rotten - presumably underneath. Great colour, cloth + AC + Sunroof make it such an appealing spec. Can't imagine it will be around at £1300 for long.

Having looked at the MOT history the fuel and brake lines seem a bit crusty but no obvious structural corrosion. Would definitely be worth a prod with a sharp implement underneath as looks cracking otherwise.

[BlackStang5point0]

BigBen said:

Macron said:

£1500 job?

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/2021072855...

Or two an arf and you prefer timing chain risk to electrics?!

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/2021072956...

Only one SC in thread I can see, there may be more but surely no one can cope with a Guntree search at this time of a Monday.

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/2021071550...

I was being a bit disingenuous, it was the cheapest TDV8 L322 on the market, still well within thread even with a healthy budget for titivation.

Should be collecting early next week so will supply forecourt shots etc then

Ben

Excellent news...!! I am having serious thoughts about obtaining a TDV8 and maybe even stretching the budget a bit. Would be interesting to get your thoughts when you pick it up

[TyrannosauRoss Lex]

BlackStang5point0 said:

BigBen said:

Macron said:

£1500 job?

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/2021072855...

Or two an arf and you prefer timing chain risk to electrics?!

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/2021072956...

Only one SC in thread I can see, there may be more but surely no one can cope with a Guntree search at this time of a Monday.

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/2021071550...

I was being a bit disingenuous, it was the cheapest TDV8 L322 on the market, still well within thread even with a healthy budget for titivation.

Should be collecting early next week so will supply forecourt shots etc then

Ben

Excellent news...!! I am having serious thoughts about obtaining a TDV8 and maybe even stretching the budget a bit. Would be interesting to get your thoughts when you pick it up

I think the fuel economy in my LS460 is bad enough, Christ knows what it'd be in that supercharged V8 listed above

[Weas]

louiebaby said:

Can someone help me out, did Jag ever do a Safari version of the XK8?

www.ebay.co.uk/itm/154552635276

Thank you for posting this, it is listed by Steve the Maniac Swapper - does anyone else remember his old print ads in Classic Car magazines?

[mondayo]

Re 5-8k estate, would a C or E class Merc do the job?



That's the cupholder in my S210. If it works correctly, you can click on the picture and it'll show it in action.
Or my technical skills are ste and it won't....

[bolidemichael]

That looks as though it were designed for LHD too, though it's pretty slick. How did you upload a video to tumbsnap?

[CharlesdeGaulle]

mondayo said:

Re 5-8k estate, would a C or E class Merc do the job?



That's the cupholder in my S210. If it works correctly, you can click on the picture and it'll show it in action.
Or my technical skills are ste and it won't....

Check you out!

[Mikedknight]

BlackStang5point0 said:

Weas said:

Dapster said:

r129sl said:

This seems cheap, although the MOT history betrays a world of pain:

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202108015...

That looks lovely from the pics despite it being a stonechip away from the scrapyard if you look at the MOT history as you say.

E320s of that vintage would have had headlamp wipers and walnut dash as standard - that one has neither. Odd spec - expensive air con but no leather - could be a foreign market RHD car imported sometime ago. Asia maybe. Humid, tropical climate helping the onset of rampaging rot?

Incredible that a car can look so peachy top side and be so rotten - presumably underneath. Great colour, cloth + AC + Sunroof make it such an appealing spec. Can't imagine it will be around at £1300 for long.

Having looked at the MOT history the fuel and brake lines seem a bit crusty but no obvious structural corrosion. Would definitely be worth a prod with a sharp implement underneath as looks cracking otherwise.

Aaand it’s gone :-(

[Emeye]

CharlesdeGaulle said:

mondayo said:

Re 5-8k estate, would a C or E class Merc do the job?



That's the cupholder in my S210. If it works correctly, you can click on the picture and it'll show it in action.
Or my technical skills are ste and it won't....

Check you out!

I think I bought and fitted one of them to my W202 - it was cool in a loser type of way, but I don't think it was that great at keeping hold of coffee cups, which is why there was always a constant aroma of coffee in the car.

[StonedRollin]

bolidemichael said:

My quandary is that is obscures the airmatic buttons and I'm always fiddling with them, along with the gear changes. The benefit of the 7G-Tronic, is that one can forever use gear braking in the E500. However, when there's a passenger, it's quite convenient as it cleverly holds two cups!

A wise old mechanic once said that discs and pads are cheaper and easier to replace than gearboxes/clutches

[carinaman]

Mikedknight said:

BlackStang5point0 said:

Weas said:

Dapster said:

r129sl said:

This seems cheap, although the MOT history betrays a world of pain:

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202108015...

That looks lovely from the pics despite it being a stonechip away from the scrapyard if you look at the MOT history as you say.

E320s of that vintage would have had headlamp wipers and walnut dash as standard - that one has neither. Odd spec - expensive air con but no leather - could be a foreign market RHD car imported sometime ago. Asia maybe. Humid, tropical climate helping the onset of rampaging rot?

Incredible that a car can look so peachy top side and be so rotten - presumably underneath. Great colour, cloth + AC + Sunroof make it such an appealing spec. Can't imagine it will be around at £1300 for long.

Having looked at the MOT history the fuel and brake lines seem a bit crusty but no obvious structural corrosion. Would definitely be worth a prod with a sharp implement underneath as looks cracking otherwise.

Aaand it’s gone :-(

Thought it may be good to get the reg. in case it resurfaces having had lots of money spent on it, and to track 'safer than money in the bank' rising classic values.

[Weas]

carinaman said:

Mikedknight said:

BlackStang5point0 said:

Weas said:

Dapster said:

r129sl said:

This seems cheap, although the MOT history betrays a world of pain:

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202108015...

That looks lovely from the pics despite it being a stonechip away from the scrapyard if you look at the MOT history as you say.

E320s of that vintage would have had headlamp wipers and walnut dash as standard - that one has neither. Odd spec - expensive air con but no leather - could be a foreign market RHD car imported sometime ago. Asia maybe. Humid, tropical climate helping the onset of rampaging rot?

Incredible that a car can look so peachy top side and be so rotten - presumably underneath. Great colour, cloth + AC + Sunroof make it such an appealing spec. Can't imagine it will be around at £1300 for long.

Having looked at the MOT history the fuel and brake lines seem a bit crusty but no obvious structural corrosion. Would definitely be worth a prod with a sharp implement underneath as looks cracking otherwise.

Aaand it’s gone :-(

Thought it may be good to get the reg. in case it resurfaces having had lots of money spent on it, and to track 'safer than money in the bank' rising classic values.

That is absolutely what this car is destined for...

[tobinen]

StonedRollin said:

bolidemichael said:

My quandary is that is obscures the airmatic buttons and I'm always fiddling with them, along with the gear changes. The benefit of the 7G-Tronic, is that one can forever use gear braking in the E500. However, when there's a passenger, it's quite convenient as it cleverly holds two cups!

A wise old mechanic once said that discs and pads are cheaper and easier to replace than gearboxes/clutches

That expression has done the rounds on many a forum (replace 'wise old mechanic' with anyone really). Has anyone broken an automatic transmission using a low gear to descend/reduce speed rather than cook the brakes? I haven't.

[mondayo]

CharlesdeGaulle said:

mondayo said:

Re 5-8k estate, would a C or E class Merc do the job?



That's the cupholder in my S210. If it works correctly, you can click on the picture and it'll show it in action.
Or my technical skills are ste and it won't....

Check you out!

I know, I'm like Bill Gates or something!

And in answer to the question of how I did it, should a magician reveal how he performs his magic?

(All very tongue in cheek)

[Triumph Man]

tobinen said:

StonedRollin said:

bolidemichael said:

My quandary is that is obscures the airmatic buttons and I'm always fiddling with them, along with the gear changes. The benefit of the 7G-Tronic, is that one can forever use gear braking in the E500. However, when there's a passenger, it's quite convenient as it cleverly holds two cups!

A wise old mechanic once said that discs and pads are cheaper and easier to replace than gearboxes/clutches

That expression has done the rounds on many a forum (replace 'wise old mechanic' with anyone really). Has anyone broken an automatic transmission using a low gear to descend/reduce speed rather than cook the brakes? I haven't.

The saying makes sense when you perhaps consider the extra wear on a clutch on a manual transmission with someone dragging the clutch up to accommodate a downchange - but a blip on the throttle negates that problem anyway.

[Dapster]

r129sl said:

This seems cheap, although the MOT history betrays a world of pain:

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202108015...

Another good looking W124 - earlier facelift 300E in the best colours; blue black / creme. Low mileage and clean MOT





https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C1355328

[flywheel]

To update for posterity's sake, bought this a couple of weeks ago from the PHer seller and it has been great. As indicated, mechanically it is lovely - a credit to its two most recent keepers :-)

callahan said:

My old e61 530i has appeared on ebay: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BMW-E60-E61-530i-Sport-...

Description is spot on, it's a lovely car mechanically with 'room for improvement' on the bodywork and occasional electronic quirks. Perfect family / dog car.

[Macron]

carinaman said:

Thought it may be good to get the reg. in case it resurfaces having had lots of money spent on it, and to track 'safer than money in the bank' rising classic values.

I could believe

M366 TPU

Will end up with a fiver's worth of underseal all over those crusty bits

[tobinen]

Congratulations flywheel

[hwc776]

[quote=rider73]
honestly in my never ending barge hunt, i've started looking at VITO/VIANOs instead of SUVs

I bought a Vito Traveliner back in March 2020 which then didn’t turn a wheel for a number of months. It is an 8-seater, which means two front seats and two rows of three seats. It is a standard wheelbase with a long body. The other versions are standard wheelbase with normal body and long wheelbase with extra long body. The seat mountings I have mean I can’t slide the seats; the Viano versions have runners that allow the seats to move. I believe it was an option for the Traveliner, but rarely taken. I’ve never felt short changed.

Over the last few weekends it has been to the seaside and all that entails, taken worktops to the other side of the country (elderly relatives and a kitchen makeover, it will take 2.7m flat on the floor, or 3m standing on their edge and nestled between the front seats), transport for a hen night (the indignity), it will be used as a wedding car and then back to elderly relatives for more stuff.

It is a 2.2 auto and trots along at motorway speeds quite happily. In the time I’ve had it, I’ve had the gearbox fluid changed hoping to cure a slightly jerky gear change when cold - it made not a jot of difference - and a small water leak from the egr cooler was also dealt with. Service intervals are supposed to be every 25,000 miles and it had been serviced shortly before I bought it. The VW Txx vans are definitely seen as ‘cooler’, however I’m at a stage in my life when that is not a factor for me. I bought it because it was local and it solved a man maths equation I had. I know it is stating the obvious, but I would suggest that values for all these types of vehicle have gone up since I bought this one.

Mrs HwC thinks it is fantastic and has all sorts of ideas for converting it. I’m far less enthusiastic for that, but will conceded that it has been tremendously useful and versatile. I can’t see us selling it anytime soon.