Best smoker barges 1-5 large [Vol 22]

[macron]

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/2025080551...

Thread max E39 540i. Yum.

Nice Jag too.

[bolidemichael]

macron said:

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/2025080551...

Thread max E39 540i. Yum.

Nice Jag too.

That's a good spot

[Bubbas Grill]

bolidemichael said:

macron said:

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/2025080551...

Thread max E39 540i. Yum.

Nice Jag too.

That's a good spot

Had one. Gutless given the cc but the worst thing I remember were the awful headlights. Victorian dark at their best. Rusty too....

Nah!

[StefanYHU]

Krikkit said:

tobinen said:

Krikkit said:

Did my L405 4.4 TDV8 purchase in January make your list too?

Nope, I have not seen a picture of that in this thread, chap. I recorded five in January but I have never seen an L405 grace these pages. It will be a first, I am pretty sure.

My fault again...

Ive have to keep reminding myself over and over, that only two cars have ever broken down on me in dangerous situations, one of which being on the outside lane of a motorway where the car quite simply decided to switch itself of after driving faultlessly - they were both range rovers.

My last one, the worst thing about it was nobody wanted to fking look at it when it needed fixed.

[tobinen]

Happy Friday losers

Silver Spirit, £15,000

https://www.carandclassic.com/l/C1953518

[W00DY]

tobinen said:

Happy Friday losers

Silver Spirit, £15,000

https://www.carandclassic.com/l/C1953518

I have a real thing for the Spirit IV at the moment.

4 memory positions, what's not to like (No, the non-mirrored seat controls are just part of the charm. Shut up.)

[Den Den]

tobinen said:

One of the thread's favourites reviewed by No.27

my dream car

[W00DY]

https://www.carandclassic.com/l/C1987321

[GeniusOfLove]

Krikkit said:

Parts are reasonable but it's a lot of work getting it done. At £75 an hour or whatever they charge these days it's a big one.

Have you seen the JLR TSB about changing just the tensioners and guides with the chain in situ, with the help of cable ties?

Looks like a full days work the first time you do it but maybe 5 hours or so once you've done a couple. On a lower mileage car I'd do that, provided the codes for timing adjustment show the chain isn't too elongated.

[Snubs]

W00DY said:

https://www.carandclassic.com/l/C1987321

Now that's glorious. Looking at the pics in the add, has the rear wing bent in the middle or is it supposed to look like that?

[Swervin_Mervin]

Snubs said:

W00DY said:

https://www.carandclassic.com/l/C1987321

Now that's glorious. Looking at the pics in the add, has the rear wing bent in the middle or is it supposed to look like that?

They always look like that. Although whether they're meant to I've no idea - they look like they've gone soft in the sun

[Hippea]

Something a bit different and asbo for a Friday



https://www.pistonheads.com/buy/listing/19592109

[anotherswifty]

Ermm, interesting is about as far as I’d go with that. Good spot tho. Rubbish handling I believe and will be horribly thirsty, and seems way OTT in price to me. It might have lots of ccs but as far as barge sophistication goes there must be far better places to put your 14k.
Something about that appeals to the inner hooligan tho

[Rayny]

Another Friday offering - Not quite as comfortable as a Range Rover, but it is older than most of you:
https://www.country-classic-cars.co.uk/listings/19...

[phil_cardiff]

Hippea said:

Something a bit different and asbo for a Friday



https://www.pistonheads.com/buy/listing/19592109

I'd straight pipe it and never go above 30mph, or around bends.

[MightyBadger]

W00DY said:

https://www.carandclassic.com/l/C1987321

Lovely, what a beauty. Manual and purple, rare.

[Rumdoodle]

W00DY said:

tobinen said:

Happy Friday losers

Silver Spirit, £15,000

https://www.carandclassic.com/l/C1953518

I have a real thing for the Spirit IV at the moment.

4 memory positions, what's not to like (No, the non-mirrored seat controls are just part of the charm. Shut up.)

I've always had a thing for Silver Spirits, and I'm drawn to the earlier cars. Maybe the simpler tech makes them easier to run there days than the later ones, I don't know.

[deadtom]

anotherswifty said:

Ermm, interesting is about as far as I d go with that. Good spot tho. Rubbish handling I believe

I may be due a QI klaxon, but I thought these were based on the then previous gen E Class chassis (so I guess the W210?), so wouldn't that mean they handle like an E class?

Or is that why they handle badly?

disclaimer: I have never driven a W210

[QBee]

deadtom said:

anotherswifty said:

Ermm, interesting is about as far as I d go with that. Good spot tho. Rubbish handling I believe

I may be due a QI klaxon, but I thought these were based on the then previous gen E Class chassis (so I guess the W210?), so wouldn't that mean they handle like an E class?

Or is that why they handle badly?

disclaimer: I have never driven a W210

I have.
My previous car was a Saab 9-5 with stiffer dampers, and it went round corners like it was on rails.
Whereas the Mercedes was an extreme case of turn in and hold your breath.
It wallowed its way around the corners and your exit point was pure speculation.
Reminded me of a canal barge, so well suited for this thread.

[anotherswifty]

Good info QBee, I assumed it was just because it was yankee.
Would the better option, for this budget or less, be a [petrol] XF estate with the V8 (1st gen) altho there’s not even one on AT. The 2nd gen X260 is at most 3.0 vee6, but is that the jlr with 2 cyl blocked off or is it a proper/better motor ? Sorry am hirsutally challenged on this topic.