Best smoker barges 1-5 large [Vol 22]

[KadettE]

That interior is lovely!

E38 with velour seats, not that much over thread https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202503110...

[RUI488]

Nice but it’s double what it should be to my eyes.

[bolidemichael]

tobinen said:

Happy Friday losers.

A thread fave Brooklands coupé - only £100,000

https://www.carandclassic.com/l/C1787493

Almost peerless luxury combined with a gash alpine headunit.

[Hippea]

This looks a fantastic example of the marque



https://www.carandclassic.com/l/C1848658

[Rayny]

With the BMW 730 and the MB 190E (it was driving one of those that made me want to own a Mercedes), this is looking like a good Friday - Happily/sadly - I've just got another advisory free year MOT on my car, so I'm sticking with it for a little while longer.

[tobinen]

This 6-pot caught my eye in next month's ACA sale.

https://angliacarauctions.co.uk/auctions/2694-05-A...

No reserve and with claimed working factory air conditioning. If it had cuise as well I'd be tempted.

[KadettE]

Wow that's nice. Wonder what possessed the seller to put £14k in over the last 3 years and then sell it!

[Hippea]

https://www.carandclassic.com/l/C1844469

[maxwellwd]

Twice thread, but still it seems like massive value. Can't believe how cheap these are now

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202405169...

[oilslick]

Hippea said:

https://www.carandclassic.com/l/C1844469

That seems astonishingly cheap, what am I missing?

[Hippea]

oilslick said:

Hippea said:

https://www.carandclassic.com/l/C1844469

That seems astonishingly cheap, what am I missing?

That’s what I was thinking, I know nothing about these but it looks a bargain. Very good advert as well, interesting that it’s supposedly a pre-production example

[KadettE]

That one's been on ebay and the auction ended at £2050 but then the seller relisted it. Trade in value for these is very low I would assume

[RUI488]

Hippea said:

oilslick said:

Hippea said:

https://www.carandclassic.com/l/C1844469

That seems astonishingly cheap, what am I missing?

That’s what I was thinking, I know nothing about these but it looks a bargain. Very good advert as well, interesting that it’s supposedly a pre-production example

Do you three only visit on a Friday!?
As posted above, ended on eBay at £2050 and clearly ‘won’ by another eBay time waster.

What are the chances!?

[nobrakes]

Hippea said:

This looks a fantastic example of the marque



https://www.carandclassic.com/l/C1848658

Brilliant!

[macron]

maxwellwd said:

Twice thread, but still it seems like massive value. Can't believe how cheap these are now

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202405169...

That is a lot of CC's per pound.

[carinaman]

RUI488 said:

Hippea said:

oilslick said:

Hippea said:

https://www.carandclassic.com/l/C1844469

That seems astonishingly cheap, what am I missing?

That’s what I was thinking, I know nothing about these but it looks a bargain. Very good advert as well, interesting that it’s supposedly a pre-production example

Do you three only visit on a Friday!?
As posted above, ended on eBay at £2050 and clearly ‘won’ by another eBay time waster.

What are the chances!?

Thanks for the info. on that Jag. I was even buying into the colour of the garage doors.

[nobrakes]

macron said:

maxwellwd said:

Twice thread, but still it seems like massive value. Can't believe how cheap these are now

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202405169...

That is a lot of CC's per pound.

Nice. A bit more discerning than an E63?

[king arthur]

carinaman said:

RUI488 said:

Hippea said:

oilslick said:

Hippea said:

https://www.carandclassic.com/l/C1844469

That seems astonishingly cheap, what am I missing?

That’s what I was thinking, I know nothing about these but it looks a bargain. Very good advert as well, interesting that it’s supposedly a pre-production example

Do you three only visit on a Friday!?
As posted above, ended on eBay at £2050 and clearly ‘won’ by another eBay time waster.

What are the chances!?

Thanks for the info. on that Jag. I was even buying into the colour of the garage doors.

It's on Ebay for £2250 now.



Someone get it bought!

[GeniusOfLove]

That's about right for one of these, I think the £700 RFL really screws them over and the availability of the SV8 and XFR for a couple of grand more, but I loved the one we had for a while and it was a real "goldilocks" car in terms of power.

A really nice honest smoker with years of service for someone doing a couple of thousand miles a year, but it'll be at the knackers yard early because of the spiteful RFL system.

[paul_c123]

Been there and done it with one of these:



Its a 2005 Mercedes CLS500. It was a bucket list thing to own a V8. I wanted one of those for months, but was put off by the combination of black leather and no sunroof. Eventually found one with the V8, grey leather and a sunroof for £1900 so I bought it. It needed a fair bit spent, some of which I did actually spend on it, but ultimately it had issues and I auctioned it for about £800. But I got to enjoy V8 ownership for a little while; and the luxury of a decent spec Mercedes (I've had 7 others in the past, more sensible ones though).

I deliberately chose one older than March 2006 (I think??) to avoid the £700 road tax - its still obviously the highest band, and still around £400 though. But what killed it was the fuel consumption. When I first bought it, I was working away so only did 60 miles/week commute. A change of job meant I was now doing 250 miles/week commuting. I can see why the 320CDI is the most popular one.

Its a nice car but its a dinosaur. Effectively, you can buy a similarly nice car for nothing these days, because they'll be extinct either in your ownership or very soon after. Something with a reasonable level of equipment, decent fuel economy, low tax and actually worth something when you come and sell it, costs a bit more.