Best smoker barges 1-5 large [Vol 19]

[anonymous-user]

Making a change for Y reg diesel Mondeos for £8k and other such fare of the last few weeks

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202110268...



80k miles, Collection Spec with the nice leather and good looking wheels, it's the later engine with 245bhp, and a manual gearbox. £2k is a decent price for that, and the MOT advisories suggest a set of discs and pads and maybe a couple of bushes should get it up to scratch.

I like these a lot. Total disconnect between engine output and chassis competence.

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Macron said:

Thank you to the threadist who posted this to me. A fitting end to a volume....

New volume not far away now.

[mondayo]

r129sl said:

mondayo said:

Hello darkness, my old friend

https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C1129685

Gold E430 for mid(ish) thread money.

Is it just me or is that an utterly dreadful advert?

Agreed, it's a terrible advert and I imagine the reality of going to view might be even worse.

[Mark-C]

W00DY said:

TyrannosauRoss Lex said:

stickleback123 said:

Look at this weird looking Barge I spotted yesterday



I thought it might be appreciated here

That is not standard, is it? Can't tell exactly what it's based in..... E23? E9?!

It's an E3 that's been converted.

https://www.pistonheads.com/news/ph-spottedykywt/b...

Quite lovely.

Crayford did an estate version ... must be one of the rarest cars on our roads.

Many years ago I bottled buying an immaculate E3 saloon at auction when the bidding got to £2k ...

[Mark-C]

mondayo said:

r129sl said:

mondayo said:

Hello darkness, my old friend

https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C1129685

Gold E430 for mid(ish) thread money.

Is it just me or is that an utterly dreadful advert?

Agreed, it's a terrible advert and I imagine the reality of going to view might be even worse.

Ad says "If you're looking for a cherished, low mileage, quality W210 E-Class, then read on."

I assume they meant "run away" rather than "read on"?

[CAPP0]

stickleback123 said:

Look at this weird looking Barge I spotted yesterday



I thought it might be appreciated here

How are you defining the word "appreciated", exactly?

[Prinny]

lord.vader said:

Good news; new job.

Bad news; can’t drive my QP 20k pa.

I need a new car.

Auto, comfy, cheap, reliable, not look rubbish.

Depending on your definition of rubbish (I have a Bangle 7 so my opinion don’t count), you could do worse than the v6 Mondeo that Macron posted t’other day:

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202107074...

Swap the (corroded) fancy wheels for a set of 16” off a zetec model & it’d be a nice way to while away the miles.

[anonymous-user]

Prinny said:

lord.vader said:

Good news; new job.

Bad news; can’t drive my QP 20k pa.

I need a new car.

Auto, comfy, cheap, reliable, not look rubbish.

Depending on your definition of rubbish (I have a Bangle 7 so my opinion don’t count), you could do worse than the v6 Mondeo that Macron posted t’other day:

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202107074...

Swap the (corroded) fancy wheels for a set of 16” off a zetec model & it’d be a nice way to while away the miles.

I know this might be considered heretical but for 20k miles a year you could do worse than a soot chucker, they're excellent motorway cars and I assume they're going to be the sort of miles that are just as tedious in a supercharged V8 or a 1.6tdi?

I'd be thinking S320d / S350d thoughts or a 730d.

ETA - If you're ok with an E65 a 95k 2008 730d SE has a CAP clean price of £3,775 so I'd expect to pay not much more than that for a private one. You can get into a 2010 F01 for £7k. A 57 plate S320d on 105k has a CAP clean price of £3,400 so you'd hope to bag a nice clean private one for £4k.

Edited by anonymous-user on Wednesday 27th October 14:04

[W00DY]

stickleback123 said:

Making a change for Y reg diesel Mondeos for £8k and other such fare of the last few weeks

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202110268...



80k miles, Collection Spec with the nice leather and good looking wheels, it's the later engine with 245bhp, and a manual gearbox. £2k is a decent price for that, and the MOT advisories suggest a set of discs and pads and maybe a couple of bushes should get it up to scratch.

I like these a lot. Total disconnect between engine output and chassis competence.

Very handsome. So much car for the money too.

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