Best smoker barges 1-5 large [Vol 22]
Best smoker barges 1-5 large [Vol 22]
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E90_M3Ross

36,484 posts

233 months

Sunday 9th November 2025
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KadettE said:
phil_cardiff said:
Was quite interested in this until...

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/2025102874...
Haha yikes.I do not want to know what happened there
What do you mean?

soad

34,268 posts

197 months

Sunday 9th November 2025
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Look at the driver’s seat! yikes

E90_M3Ross

36,484 posts

233 months

Sunday 9th November 2025
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soad said:
Look at the driver s seat! yikes
Oh laugh

nobrakes

3,744 posts

219 months

Sunday 9th November 2025
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E90_M3Ross said:
soad said:
Look at the driver s seat! yikes
Oh laugh
^ that seat pic/advert probably needs to be on the ‘juvenile things that make you snigger’ thread - not that I follow it.

Palmela

309 posts

5 months

Sunday 9th November 2025
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soad said:
Look at the driver s seat! yikes
Coffee, hopefully!

dscam

2,184 posts

208 months

Sunday 9th November 2025
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Absolutely blows my mind that any seller would not address that before advertising the car for sale.

Do they actually hope to make a sale?!

Some of the other pictures display distinct grotiness throughout and whilst it can all be cleaned I think I’d just pass in favour of any number of the other examples that are either clean, or at least have been cleaned!


macron

12,558 posts

187 months

Monday 10th November 2025
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Even a classic beaded seat cover would be preferable!

Anyway, this looks like it can't decide if it is full council with the black alloys and tips, or not with the clear glass...


Rayny

1,954 posts

222 months

Monday 10th November 2025
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macron said:
Even a classic beaded seat cover would be preferable!

Anyway, this looks like it can't decide if it is full council with the black alloys and tips, or not with the clear glass...

What are the 'black tips'?
To confuse the matter even further - The tow hitch means that it could be a council estate fly-tipper or a country manor utility vehicle.

QBee

22,014 posts

165 months

Monday 10th November 2025
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Rayny said:
macron said:
Even a classic beaded seat cover would be preferable!

Anyway, this looks like it can't decide if it is full council with the black alloys and tips, or not with the clear glass...

What are the 'black tips'?
To confuse the matter even further - The tow hitch means that it could be a council estate fly-tipper or a country manor utility vehicle.
Or a geezer who likes to slow traffic down with his 8 metre long touring caravan.

W00DY

16,362 posts

247 months

Monday 10th November 2025
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I had assumed all of those Legacys were rotten now, but the MOT history doesn't suggest any welding. Good colours and a cheap car with some haggling (to make room for a wheel refurb).

macron

12,558 posts

187 months

Monday 10th November 2025
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Rayny said:
What are the 'black tips'?
To confuse the matter even further - The tow hitch means that it could be a council estate fly-tipper or a country manor utility vehicle.
I should have used a comma, or otherwise differentiated the [exhaust] tips, as I don't think that's how Subaru sold it.

Krikkit

27,758 posts

202 months

Monday 10th November 2025
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W00DY said:
I had assumed all of those Legacys were rotten now, but the MOT history doesn't suggest any welding. Good colours and a cheap car with some haggling (to make room for a wheel refurb).
We sold our BP Outback at 160k miles and it was spotless - they're not all rotten.

Rayny

1,954 posts

222 months

Monday 10th November 2025
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macron said:
I should have used a comma, or otherwise differentiated the [exhaust] tips, as I don't think that's how Subaru sold it.
I thought that is what you meant, but to me they look like normal chrome with the black portion being the darkness inside of the pipe.
Thanks for reminding me to look at Subarus, but they seem to be slower and/or more expensive to run than my rattly old BMW diesel.

donkmeister

11,292 posts

121 months

Monday 10th November 2025
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Rayny said:
What are the 'black tips'?
To confuse the matter even further - The tow hitch means that it could be a council estate fly-tipper or a country manor utility vehicle.
hehe

Or it could be someone with a bike rack or caravan, or who occasionally needs to pull a trailer full of stuff.

I rather like the utility of a towbar. I stumbled in to towbar ownership many years ago when I bought a car that had one fitted for a previous owner. Now I wouldn't be without one on any family bus. I've fitted my own a few times now.

GeniusOfLove

4,537 posts

33 months

Monday 10th November 2025
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Those Subarus are a bit spoiled for by the weirdo owners they seem to attract who are absolutely utterly convinced that they're the best and fastest cars that have every existed or will ever exist, with supercar smashing performance. There was one on here for a while posting in every single thread about how much better his Subaru was than whatever car was being discussed.

I did drive a three litre automatic arse peck B one once and it was fine. Thirsty, slow, but fine. Manual probably better but hard to see why you'd want one for more than about a grand these days?

Edited by GeniusOfLove on Monday 10th November 12:22

trevalvole

1,881 posts

54 months

Monday 10th November 2025
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GeniusOfLove said:
I did drive a three litre automatic arse peck B one once and it was fine.
Is that the version that Father Jack had?

Wulf Sternhammer

1,456 posts

119 months

Monday 10th November 2025
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How about a bit of retro barge action?

https://www.carandclassic.com/l/C1970994

I had a 2.6 version of one of these. It was the first car that I owned that would comfortably sit at 120mph.

biggbn

29,472 posts

241 months

Monday 10th November 2025
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I do love a big Vauxhall!!

QBee

22,014 posts

165 months

Monday 10th November 2025
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My late mother had a fairly major accident in one of those big Vauxhalls on holiday in Scotland.
A French couple coming the other way at night assumed that priorite a droite applied throughout the EU, so turned right straight across in front of her without stopping or even slowing.
The car saved her life, though she did have a fractured sternum and seat belt burns from the accident.
The car was a write off, as was her confidence driving at night.

Krikkit

27,758 posts

202 months

Monday 10th November 2025
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GeniusOfLove said:
I did drive a three litre automatic arse peck B one once and it was fine. Thirsty, slow, but fine. Manual probably better but hard to see why you'd want one for more than about a grand these days?
Either you have a very lofty standard for speed in big busses, or it wasn't a Spec B hehe