Best smoker barges 1-5 large [Vol 22]

[NomduJour]

It’s a Beauford.

[anotherswifty]

That’s the puppy.

[W00DY]

https://www.carandclassic.com/l/C2044628

A very attractive car in those colours on those wheels. Looks tidy.

Edited by W00DY on Wednesday 8th April 09:00

[KadettE]

The advert: https://www.carandclassic.com/l/C2044628

[W00DY]

KadettE said:

The advert: https://www.carandclassic.com/l/C2044628

Good catch. Thanks.

[W00DY]

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202603050...

R500, pre-big-tax, nice colour smaller wheels and with a bit of warranty.

[GeniusOfLove]

W00DY said:

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202603050...

R500, pre-big-tax, nice colour smaller wheels and with a bit of warranty.

That's a proper smoker family car at a proper smoker price. Love it.

[rider73]

GeniusOfLove said:

W00DY said:

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202603050...

R500, pre-big-tax, nice colour smaller wheels and with a bit of warranty.

That's a proper smoker family car at a proper smoker price. Love it.

nice - would have taken a look at that if it was local to me, and then sneakily taken another look the very morning after to see if the suspension was still level..............................

[tobinen]

Nice spot W00DY. That would be ideal for me as a weekend workhorse/camping wagon. Does he want a Toerag in p/ex?

[Nicks90]

20mpg on a good day would be a tough pill to swallow, but i reckon that would also make a nice tow barge for the tin-villa
Kind of whacky alternative to a volvo xc60

[tobinen]

I'm used to 20 MPG on a good day!

[anotherswifty]

NomduJour said:

It s a Beauford.

The Panther DeVille was the other oddity I was thinking of, I can see the limited appeal but applaud that the company existed for a while in various guises to do such things.

[QBee]

tobinen said:

I'm used to 20 MPG on a good day!

There are plenty of them on Autotrader with the 320CDI or 350D engine that give a somewhat beter MPG.
I had the 320 CDI in an E class estate a while ago and it was fine

[Gallons Per Mile]

Nicks90 said:

20mpg on a good day would be a tough pill to swallow, but i reckon that would also make a nice tow barge for the tin-villa
Kind of whacky alternative to a volvo xc60

How about my biturbo Audi A6 2.7 V6?

[GeniusOfLove]

GeniusOfLove said:

One idiot + BCA access + XK8 for comedy money equals....



A short MOT XK8 convertible with a supposedly non operating roof and non opening boot. I think someone pressed the valet button instead of the boot release button, and I was willing to bet real money on it

This had a somewhat unhappy ending. The roof was fine, although it needed a small top up of CHF (let us not wonder where the existing CHF went) and the boot was indeed the valet button. The car was lovely and not rusty with heaps of history but....

The gearbox was indeed shagged and it was not the ATF level. Smoker turds are cheap enough right now that I don't want to sink time and effort into this one so it's gone away.

Hammer price was £1k, with fees (now I'm on the costliest tier) it was £1,378 and I sent it back from whence it came for £1300 so I got out more or less clean. I could probably have sold it privately for more, and I considered getting a used gearbox and rebuilding it to fit but no... time for the next turd!

[anotherswifty]

Was that back via WBAC, or straight back thro the doors of BCA ?
Sounds like you got away with it, oh well nothing ventured nothing gained.

[GeniusOfLove]

anotherswifty said:

Was that back via WBAC, or straight back thro the doors of BCA ?
Sounds like you got away with it, oh well nothing ventured nothing gained.

Sent it to WBAC, they're all the same thing anyway.

[anotherswifty]

Realise that WBAC offer under auction value and BCA then pile em high. I just didn t know if you’d bothered with the WBAC automatic price gouging when you turn up, or if you skipped the middleman.

[Nicks90]

Gallons Per Mile said:

Nicks90 said:

20mpg on a good day would be a tough pill to swallow, but i reckon that would also make a nice tow barge for the tin-villa
Kind of whacky alternative to a volvo xc60

How about my biturbo Audi A6 2.7 V6?

I have had one of those before, a 2002 a6 allroad that I bought with a brave 180k on the clock.
It tested my patience frequently and extensively.

But when it was working, it was a wonderful thing

[plynchy]

Not entirely sure if this is big enough for this thread, but picked this up a couple of weeks ago for my lad for his first motor. He's got good taste.

Small engine, 318Ci, but drives so well for a 26 year old thing, second owner had it 25 years.