Best smoker barges 1-5 large [Vol 22]

[Hippea]

golfer19 said:

https://www.carandclassic.com/l/C2015295



£2750

I love those three spoke wheels

[W00DY]

golfer19 said:

https://www.carandclassic.com/l/C2015295



£2750

Great find. Very appealing.

[martynr]

GeniusOfLove said:

One of my best bargains. April 2023 so nearly 3 years ago now, I had been running an X351 diesel for a while and was so impressed with it I wanted a Supersport but was quite fussy about the colours and thought the prices being asked privately and trade were "ambitious" (i.e. I'm tight fisted with cars).

Then sitting down in work one Monday morning and trawling BCA for turds I saw my perfect supersport had just been listed; 54k miles, SWB, indigo blue, parchment and blue interior. Looked as good as anything does in BCA pics and the auction started in an hour. I managed to find the ad from a year ago but all I had at the time was a useless BCA report and a few rubbish pics.

£11.5k with fees in the end I think. I went to pick it up and it was perfect and in the 3 years and 30k miles since it's needed front discs and pads, a MAF sensor (I replaced both), and servicing only. I put the touch screen from a later car in it as they're more responsive, upgraded the maps to the latest (and last ever) version, bought the deep fluffy mat for the boot (I must love it), and picked up a brand new set of the Mataiva wheels (now slightly less brand new) and other than that it's been pour in super and enjoy.

Absolutely spectacular car, I could wax lyrical about it for ages and if it has a 155MPH limiter it appears to have forgotten about it because it will happily run off the end of the speedo (and doesn't take long to do it either. 21mpg average and it did 20k miles on the brand new PZ4 tyres it came with on the rear and I've only just had to replace the fronts, it's been comically cheap and easy to run for a 500bhp car.


Checking it out at BCA pickup and being hugely relieved that it wasn't shagged.

Cars like this always have a pretty big gulf between trade and retail because of the perceived risk, but I think the private chancers thinking they can ask a bit off what a decent dealer asks are pillocks.

These are the two previous ads for my car
https://www.qualitycarstoday.co.uk/vehicle-details...
http://www.parkwayspecialistcars.co.uk/sold/car/ja...

I found out in the end that WBAC paid him about £12.5k for it so they made a small loss selling to me even with fees.

ETA - I have just remembered something it's done wrong. Recently the windscreen (which is not the original) has leaked onto the NS A pillar which has then fallen to bits, so I need to sort out the screen and somehow try and find a replacement pillar in the parchment leather which will probably be impossible. Bugger.

Edited by GeniusOfLove on Friday 13th February 12:02

Have you had the moon roof done as they rust like no tomorrow?
Also, I found it leak water through the roof controls, cleaned the seal and seems to stop the leak so far.

[Mr Tidy]

anotherswifty said:

bolidemichael said:

A rather uncommon barge. S212 E500 with the 388bhp 5.5L M273 V8. In Desingo Mystic Brown -- the the interior is not to my tastes.

https://ebay.us/m/P9b29o

I like 85% of the interior, the rest not so much

That looks lovely, it's a lot of car for the money.

[john_1983]

Mr Tidy said:

Wow, that's a whole lot of stunning car for the money. But you'd probably need to have a similar sum stashed away to run it for a year or two!

I've just had my 2014 Spur serviced at the local indie for a grand total of £706...

I may regret my confidence this time next year

[Rusty Old-Banger]

W00DY said:

https://www.carandclassic.com/l/C2013697


This is absolute perfection. No notes. I need it.

Single-washer, great colours, monster spec.

They could spend £3 and get a new knob for the air-con slider though. "Exceptional", missing a key piece of the driver interface?

[tog]

golfer19 said:

https://www.carandclassic.com/l/C2015295



£2750

I got an alert about that this morning. Looks fab. Saab did a promo on those wheels once, discounted price on those or the Aero 17s as an upgrade over the standard 16s on the SE.

[BlueMR2]

tog said:

golfer19 said:

https://www.carandclassic.com/l/C2015295



£2750

I got an alert about that this morning. Looks fab. Saab did a promo on those wheels once, discounted price on those or the Aero 17s as an upgrade over the standard 16s on the SE.

According to the MOT plenty for the new owner to crack on with.

[Hippea]

This is probably incredibly dull but in a good way. Are these a traditional auto or a CVT?



https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202602159...

[Wulf Sternhammer]

W00DY said:

https://www.carandclassic.com/l/C2006526

This is on my watchlist.

As a one time owner of an S203 but with half the cylinders, fuelled by the black pump, I'd have another in a heartbeat. Especially one with that bulletproof engine and gearbox combination. No SBC, no ABC, simple mechanicals, all the interior goodies one could ever need and enough thrunge to make extremely effortless progress.

With suspension set up with no heed to Nurburgring track times, decent sidewalls and seats built more on the less figure hugging side of sporty, comfort should be high.

Being a facelift version, it has the nicer interior and will be galvanised.

There's actually quite a lot to like.

Now, if only it was the same colour as mine.....

[Wulf Sternhammer]

Hippea said:

This is probably incredibly dull but in a good way. Are these a traditional auto or a CVT?



https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202602159...

They are a standard torque converter gearbox. Performance in these non turbo two litres is.... adequate.

That is a superb " keep forever" daily driver. It's been well looked after, too.

[Hippea]

Wulf Sternhammer said:

Hippea said:

This is probably incredibly dull but in a good way. Are these a traditional auto or a CVT?



https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202602159...

They are a standard torque converter gearbox. Performance in these non turbo two litres is.... adequate.

That is a superb " keep forever" daily driver. It's been well looked after, too.

This photo pleased me greatly

[trevalvole]

Wulf Sternhammer said:

With suspension set up with no heed to Nurburgring track times, decent sidewalls and..., comfort should be high.

I don't know if that applies to the full-fat AMG version in the same way as the normal S203s? It's on 18" wheels and the suspension will be AMG, which I suspect is a step beyond the optional sports suspension.

[Wulf Sternhammer]

trevalvole said:

I don't know if that applies to the full-fat AMG version in the same way as the normal S203s? It's on 18" wheels and the suspension will be AMG, which I suspect is a step beyond the optional sports suspension.

They are still set up considerably softer than something like the M3 or Audi S4. They are no marsmallow but they are more a swift wafter than an out and out track weapon. 17" wheels, the same size as the ones fitted to mine, also fit. For some reason my mighty 220 cdi was fitted with the full fat AMG spec, big brake kit so caliper clearance isn't an issue. I'd be tempted to buy a cheap set of 17s off Ebay, get them refurbished and fit a good quality set of all seasons, or even winters, and keep the 18" wheels for summer use only.

[carinaman]

BlueMR2 said:

According to the MOT plenty for the new owner to crack on with.

Thanks.

[Mad Maximus]

Hippea said:

This is probably incredibly dull but in a good way. Are these a traditional auto or a CVT?



https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202602159...

Generally you don’t need to pay for a low mileage one of these. If it’s rust free and runs you should be ok.

[KadettE]

Picked this up the other day as a replacement for my Daimler. It's got a fewwhole list of niggles that need sorting but it'll do as a stop-gap for the moment. A8 quattro 4.2, posted the ad a while ago on here too

[ChocolateFrog]

john_1983 said:

Mr Tidy said:

Wow, that's a whole lot of stunning car for the money. But you'd probably need to have a similar sum stashed away to run it for a year or two!

I've just had my 2014 Spur serviced at the local indie for a grand total of £706...

I may regret my confidence this time next year

I'm down to 3 or 4000 miles a year in my daily and have just been browsing 'cheap' Spurs.

Tax, fuel and insurance would be £2500, another £1000 or so in servicing and maintenance.

Starting to think it's doable.

Literally the worst part would be dealing with the kind of people selling cheap Spurs.

[W00DY]

KadettE said:

Picked this up the other day as a replacement for my Daimler. It's got a fewwhole list of niggles that need sorting but it'll do as a stop-gap for the moment. A8 quattro 4.2, posted the ad a while ago on here too

Phwoar, that looks great!


We need more details and photos.

[Gallons Per Mile]

KadettE said:

Picked this up the other day as a replacement for my Daimler. It's got a fewwhole list of niggles that need sorting but it'll do as a stop-gap for the moment. A8 quattro 4.2, posted the ad a while ago on here too

Ooof. More pictures please!