LUXOBARGE (sub5k) of the week/day

Midnight_EG

BonnieSituation wrote: »

We should stick all the successful purchases in the OP.

If that's the case, myself and Truckermal bought LS460's thanks to this thread :P

And I've turned a few people off some of them in here too thanks to viewing them

Idbatterim

Congrats man, youve been very patient. I do barely any driving now, thought is paying max tax rate ridiculous with virtually no driving. But that car is on another planet to anything else , in my opinion, at that budget... Visually it certainly is with amg body kit , alloys and facelift headlights...

My next car , will be a facelift s500 or the 350. There is no comparison in terms of bang for buck in my opinion. The only thing id say wow to is exotic , which would be massively more expensive to own ...

BonnieSituation

Midnight_EG wrote: »

If that's the case, myself and Truckermal bought LS460's thanks to this thread :P

And I've turned a few people off some of them in here too thanks to viewing them

I was looking at a LS myself on here last year and insurance increase me short. So it could have been another.

jmreire

Eric Cartman wrote: »

They are, I am contemplating this but itll be bottom of the list, sounds and fridge are first.

Edit - rear blind and bluetooth fixed now �� , simple bits

Well wear, thats some car for one car !!! Long may you live in it......
For the phone, go into the phone menu and delete the existing phone from the car, and likewise from the phone, Then start the connect set up again, let the bluetooth search and pair. That's what sorts it out in mine anyway when it behaves like yours.. and it has done too in the past.

Mickiemcfist

Congrats on purchase, looks gorgeous. What I'd love to know is how much the 10k bills would have cost if you DIY'd them.
My Luxobarge man-maths is thrown off when I hear of 10k bills.

KevRossi

Mickiemcfist wrote: »

Congrats on purchase, looks gorgeous. What I'd love to know is how much the 10k bills would have cost if you DIY'd them.
My Luxobarge man-maths is thrown off when I hear of 10k bills.

I've a Lexus RX, the sensor for the auto levelling lights went. It's a known fault in them, they go after 12 years or so.

Lexus want €730 (VAT included) to put a new one in. Part was €30 on Ebay and €30 to install it as I didn't have the software for it.

Then there'e the batteries. Used to cost thousands to repair until some guy in Cork put up a detailed method on how to repair them. They are effetively 12 modules and each can be clipped out and replaced. They cost around €40 on Ebay and about 4 hours work to take the boot apart and replace it.

Most common issues now have full instructions on Youtube or various dedicated forums. I'd have no issues picking up another Luxobarge as long as it's about 18 months into its production run.

Time

I've been following this thread for a while and am at a stage where a second car that won't do mire than 8k a year is needed. Ye have me all convinced a luxobarge is the way to go.

I Was VB

https://www.donedeal.ie/view/25469022

06 W221, LWB, electric rear seats, looks quite well with the black on black, it’s been a Limo since 2013.

€3950.

traco

selectamatic wrote: »

Fair play to ya Eric and best of luck with it.

We're gonna need an updated Cartman fleet picture soon, it surely looks even more like a senior mafia members get together now.

Nice - well wear!!

Dumbo will be back on the road Sept 01 so I'm up for a socially distanced barge meet. We can all sit the back and watch the peasants pass by.

I Was VB

I Was VB wrote: »

https://www.donedeal.ie/view/25131265

New set of registration plates and a €1750 price increase.

It’s baaaaack

https://www.donedeal.ie/view/25490788

It’s made it down to cork now, €4650

This is the 3rd time it’s been on DoneDeal in the space of 6 weeks.

bazz26

That's been passed around by curb side dealers more often than a dose of the clap on student's rag week.

traco

He must have a different options list than I have, not poverty spec but not loaded either and that front passenger tyre will need replacing to start.
I can't see the mileage and no mention of turbo / valves being done, oil seals replaced or the fuel line seals. If those jobs were sorted recently then it could be a decent buy.

California Dreamer

I Was VB wrote: »

It’s baaaaack

https://www.donedeal.ie/view/25490788

It’s made it down to cork now, €4650

This is the 3rd time it’s been on DoneDeal in the space of 6 weeks.

What price did it start at?

Eric Cartman

traco wrote: »

He must have a different options list than I have, not poverty spec but not loaded either and that front passenger tyre will need replacing to start.
I can't see the mileage and no mention of turbo / valves being done, oil seals replaced or the fuel line seals. If those jobs were sorted recently then it could be a decent buy.

theres 310,000km on it, possibly more now.

Idbatterim

traco wrote: »

Nice - well wear!!

Dumbo will be back on the road Sept 01 so I'm up for a socially distanced barge meet. We can all sit the back and watch the peasants pass by.

This gave me a good laugh! Ive been given the finger and wanker gesture from the haters, its things like this , that make paying the running costs worthwhile

Mostly its people admiring the car though , had one lad at a cross roads in rathfarnham , bowing down to it repeatedly, like he was worshipping it, infront of it at a packed cross roads

Then the time the gf was in the car saw a load of lads looking in at multi lane lightcontrolled roundabout , initially she thought they were checking her out... she should have known better

I Was VB

Lwb, electric rear seats, nct’d and taxed

https://www.donedeal.ie/view/25499818

€3900.

Eric Cartman

got myself an official iPod kit for 43 quid from Lithuania. Does anyone know a merc specialist around Dublin who has the tools to code it in for me ?

ooter

Slightly over €5k but would appreciate any feedback on this car from the knowledgeable folk on here, seems too good to be true.
21,000 miles in 6 years?
https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/fiat-panda-2014/25490175

ohnonotgmail

ooter wrote: »

Slightly over €5k but would appreciate any feedback on this car from the knowledgeable folk on here, seems too good to be true.
21,000 miles in 6 years?
https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/fiat-panda-2014/25490175

I'm not sure i would describe it as a luxobarge but the mileage might be genuine. it doesnt look like it has done a lot of miles. I would be looking at the service history stamps to confirm it.

as an aside does anybody know what the City button in pic 9 does? does it sharpen up the steering?
ETA: i really should have googled it first. It lightens the steering to make parking easier. nice idea.

Kilboor

ohnonotgmail wrote: »

I'm not sure i would describe it as a luxobarge but the mileage might be genuine. it doesnt look like it has done a lot of miles. I would be looking at the service history stamps to confirm it.

as an aside does anybody know what the City button in pic 9 does? does it sharpen up the steering?
ETA: i really should have googled it first. It lightens the steering to make parking easier. nice idea.

Makes the steering lighter for easier parking...

I think Eric Cartman should have waited and picked up this Fiat Panda instead. Luxobarge pick of the year.

eringobragh

Eric Cartman wrote: »

got myself an official iPod kit for 43 quid from Lithuania. Does anyone know a merc specialist around Dublin who has the tools to code it in for me ?

Probably a good time to visit aliexpress & get the cloned main dealer diagnostics, MBstar or whatever...save you a lot of heartache down the road.

Got the Honda HDS main dealer diag there and its great for pinning down faults.

traco

Kilboor wrote: »

Makes the steering lighter for easier parking...

I think Eric Cartman should have waited and picked up this Fiat Panda instead. Luxobarge pick of the year.

He could have put it in the boot as a spare??

I Was VB

Do you still have my old W220, traco? Having sellers remorse lately of barges that I sold.

traco

Still have it in storage. Turned the key in it a few weeks ago and fired no bother, settled down and ran smooth. I let her fully warm up and get some charge into the battery. Insurance is transferred to the W221 which I will put on the road on September 01 for 3 months as the Boxster is coming off at end of August.



Don't know what to do with the W220 to be honest. I love the way it wafts around so may use it for Dec, Jan and Feb. NCT is out on it also because of lockdown and SORN'd so i should address that.


Juggling insurance and tax really messes up multi car ownership in this country.

I Was VB

traco wrote: »

Still have it in storage. Turned the key in it a few weeks ago and fired no bother, settled down and ran smooth. I let her fully warm up and get some charge into the battery. Insurance is transferred to the W221 which I will put on the road on September 01 for 3 months as the Boxster is coming off at end of August.



Don't know what to do with the W220 to be honest. I love the way it wafts around so may use it for Dec, Jan and Feb. NCT is out on it also because of lockdown and SORN'd so i should address that.


Juggling insurance and tax really messes up multi car ownership in this country.

It’s a great example of a w220, herself loved it too which is a surprise, she’s not impressed with the 740, or as she calls it “the grizwald mobile”

Voodoomelon

Some chancer in front of me today, thought he owned the road! :pac:

bear1

Ah that bollocks Typical Merc driver tbh, indicator being the exception.

b.c

Pass anything except a petrol station ��

Duke O Smiley

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/bmw-740i-automatic/25600186



740i with low miles and NCT til next year for €2950

Truckermal

It's fairly rough though especially the interior!

Midnight_EG

That's a Naas Rd Autos kinda car

Eric Cartman

silver outside on grey interior has to be the most awful combo I've seen.

spec is alright but jaysus the colour combo.

CharlieCroker

Truckermal wrote: »

It's fairly rough though especially the interior!

Everything about that ad seems wrong. Terrible description, dirty interior/exterior, rubbish on the ground, pictures taken down the back of the Lidl carpark.

It screams of being run on a shoestring.

A wash and Hoover, pics taken in a nice location (surely he could've driven 15 minutes up to the Phoenix Park or over to Dalkey) and a proper description would make it vastly more sellable

the_syco

CharlieCroker wrote: »

A wash and Hoover, pics taken in a nice location (surely he could've driven 15 minutes up to the Phoenix Park or over to Dalkey) and a proper description would make it vastly more sellable

Agreed. Trash in the front & back, and saying "full option" doesn't say much. Lack of a shot of the dash always hits me as suspicious.

bazz26

I see John the seller of the 740i and 10 other cars must be sharing his forecourt with Lidl.

Eric Cartman

https://www.donedeal.ie/view/25603894

What scam is being pulled here for 636 tax.

Nexo

It’s down as a 1.8 engine on the VLC 😂

Nexo

https://www.donedeal.ie/view/25617376

California Dreamer

The wheels, aaaggghhh my eyes!!!!

I Was VB

Nexo wrote: »

https://www.donedeal.ie/view/25617376

Needing some engine work, the asking price is what it would be worth fixed.

Padre_Pio

I Was VB wrote: »

Needing some engine work, the asking price is what it would be worth fixed.

That quilted floor.. :eek::eek:

KevRossi

Padre_Pio wrote: »

That quilted floor.. :eek::eek:

Saw that alright. Seller says it's a Limo, the flooring looks like a clip in covering to protect the original carpet, which isn't a bad thing.

The wheels don't look too bad IMO, either way, they are easily swapped. The rear lights look shlt IMO.

Either way, I wouldn't have the cojones to touch that unless a mechanic I know could fully diagnose the problem and assure me that spending X amount of Euro's would fix it permamently.

I'll be selling the Lexus soon and was looking at E65 and W221's. But the more I look at them, the more I think of getting a pre-'96 W140 with a V8. Just easier to diagnose and fix. Of course, you could get lucky as with Eric C and get something really nice, but I like fiddling with them myself.

b.c

from the drips of oil in the pics id say the oil cooler seals are gone, if that was the case id say its overpriced, not a really hard job but loads of hours

Duke O Smiley

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/mercedes-benz-s320-auto/25550434?campaign=3





2010 pre-facelift W221, odd

traco

Bit odd alright.
Old unregistered stock sitting in some garage I wonder? Looks clean for the mileage.

Casati

traco wrote: »

Bit odd alright.
Old unregistered stock sitting in some garage I wonder? Looks clean for the mileage.

S Class isn’t usually a stock car is it - Id imagine most are factory orders? Could it be a ringer?

traco

Casati wrote: »

S Class isn’t usually a stock car is it - Id imagine most are factory orders? Could it be a ringer?

Clever man - worth checking the reg on motortax or cartell for the gallery

grogi

Casati wrote: »

S Class isn’t usually a stock car is it - Id imagine most are factory orders? Could it be a ringer?

With such low number in Dublin? I doubt that, the buyer waited for first day of 2010 to be registered IMHO....

It is possible that on the wave of Celtic Tiger someone ordered one, but bubble bursted and they couldn't collect.

jharr100

GS450h hybrid 2008

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/lexus-gs-2008-hybrid-nct-01-2021/25683455

Casati

Casati wrote: »

S Class isn’t usually a stock car is it - Id imagine most are factory orders? Could it be a ringer?

Merc Ireland would have a few I imagine even in bad times that'd do the rounds at dealers countrywide.