High bork V8 Estate or minor bork barge & toy?

[anonymous-user]

So after a year of barging around in my £850 528 I'm thinking of getting an estate as it's easier to shift baby stuff and windsurfing stuff in.

The current plans are either a potentially bork ridden V8 estate e.g.

550M Sport

RS6

With my wallet trembling at any noise

or

An older, slower estate e.g.

E39 530 estate

E430 - in classic JRG

Plus some form of £3-5k toy

Any wisdom from the PH collective - most likely about the massive level of bork that may occur if I take option 1...

[Stuck In A Lift]

You can start by explaining the word 'bork' to the less street uf us around here.

[NiceCupOfTea]

E39 touring + Westfield/TVR

[anonymous-user]

Bork?

[V88Dicky]

Bork? Means where I come from.

[anonymous-user]

Stuck In A Lift said:

You can start by explaining the word 'bork' to the less street uf us around here.

It's about as non 'street' as possible, its from here - the Barge thread

[SV8Predator]

It's some sort of windsurfa cool speak, innit?

[Fox-]

An RS6 makes the 550i look like the Toyota Corolla of bork.

[anonymous-user]

NiceCupOfTea said:

E39 touring + Westfield/TVR

Assuming about £6k max for the TVR - that means something like this

1996 Chimaera ?

How often will I be crying into my socket set with this though?

Westfield - would prefer a little bit of practicality in the toy - if I chose to drive to work in it and it tips down I'd prefer not to be protected by the equivalent of an Argos tent

[m444ttb]

Driving a Westfield with the roof on is very much like camping!

[anonymous-user]

Fox- said:

An RS6 makes the 550i look like the Toyota Corolla of bork.

hmm - I had feared as much. Would I be better off with a 2004 545?

or back into psuedo barge V70 R?

[NiceCupOfTea]

wsurfa said:

NiceCupOfTea said:

E39 touring + Westfield/TVR

Assuming about £6k max for the TVR - that means something like this

1996 Chimaera ?

How often will I be crying into my socket set with this though?

Westfield - would prefer a little bit of practicality in the toy - if I chose to drive to work in it and it tips down I'd prefer not to be protected by the equivalent of an Argos tent

£6k will get you a very nice S-Series or Wedge. But if you're worried about reliability, how about an S2000 or Z4. Can't help thinking that these are aren't really special enough to be weekend cars...

[anonymous-user]

NiceCupOfTea said:

£6k will get you a very nice S-Series or Wedge. But if you're worried about reliability, how about an S2000 or Z4. Can't help thinking that these are aren't really special enough to be weekend cars...

Fun car would likely be used to drive to work a fair bit as well - the only time I can guarantee that wife&child will not be accompanying me;)

Also thought about a 350z - either coupe or convertible - I think decent ones are around 5-6k

[Vitorio]

SV8Predator said:

It's some sort of windsurfa cool speak, innit?

It is fairly accepted in the computer geek circles as well

Anyhow, i thought the e39 also came in V8 flavours besides the M5, the 540i perhaps?

[anonymous-user]

Vitorio said:

It is fairly accepted in the computer geek circles as well

Anyhow, i thought the e39 also came in V8 flavours besides the M5, the 540i perhaps?

Ahh - barge based bork very few 540 estates around, if I was looking at an E39, then I'd probably go for a 530, but happy to look at 540's if a suitable one is around

[TheVole]

Volvo V70 T5 and an S2000? You can definitely get Volvos very cheap, and they're practical with an element of fun. I'm not too sure on the S2000, though I expect you can get one for £5-6k.

Or Saab 9-5 Aero estate + toy?

[s m]

V88Dicky said:

Bork? Means where I come from.

'Muppet speak' - the Swedish Chef

[anonymous-user]

s m said:

'Muppet speak' - the Swedish Chef

So this is the hidden page from the RS6 owners manual

[Caulkhead]

wsurfa said:

Stuck In A Lift said:

You can start by explaining the word 'bork' to the less street uf us around here.

It's about as non 'street' as possible, its from here - the Barge thread

So you want to buy an irreversibly broken V8 estate?

[Tonberry]

The RS6 will cause your wife to leave you.

The 550i will plod along without much trouble.