LUXOBARGE (sub5k) of the week/day

ofcork

unkel wrote: »

NCT passed last week on the Jag, some peace of mind there. I will own one of these one day

(although the wife reckons they are really old fashioned / old man cars - she's right there of course)

Up in march though so 6 months late putting it through.

ofcork

Limerick man wrote: »

Laughing all the way to your local Mercedes specialist I'd imagine.

Also, the CUT of the wheels :eek:

If im not mistaken they are wheelcovers from another merc as the car is base spec classic so no alloys.

L-M

ofcork wrote: »

If im not mistaken they are wheelcovers from another merc as the car is base spec classic so no alloys.

They're alloys from the previous gen E class.

Also I'd say it's at least an Elegance; Chrome trim - Leather - Electric seats.

Voodoomelon

I'm going for a look at something in an hour, nothing special but going for silly money, hard to pass.

Bigus

Voodoomelon wrote: »

I'm going for a look at something in an hour, nothing special but going for silly money, hard to pass.

I just bought the wife a silly car for silly money, 4.5 petrol 4x4 German with a big P in the name, going to be hard to pass a petrol station. Capital cost is Less than the depreciation on a new Dacia for the year.

I'd say it'll be going to the uk come summer.

Voodoomelon

Good work! Any pics?

jharr100

Bigus wrote: »

I just bought the wife a silly car for silly money, 4.5 petrol 4x4 German with a big P in the name, going to be hard to pass a petrol station. Capital cost is Less than the depreciation on a new Dacia for the year.

I'd say it'll be going to the uk come summer.

I'm no good at guessing games.. any photos?

Of the car... not the wife!

Bigus

Voodoomelon wrote: »

Good work! Any pics?

I'll put up a pick of the receipt for the first full tank of unleaded , but that'll be 1st December .:D

Voodoomelon

I put €131 in mine today.

JJJJNR

Porsche Cayenne , is it the LPG one.

MadYaker

Delicious S500 for silly money anyone?



http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/mercedes-benz-s-class-500-lwb-outstandi/5173563

ofcork

Again only 5 months nct,obviously these cars are needing work to pass.

Lex Luthor

http://www.driving.ie/used-cars/Saab/9-5/2.3-T/201347219791196/

nice Saab estate

Sobanek

That S500 is yummy.

Gavman84

ofcork wrote: »

Again only 5 months nct,obviously these cars are needing work to pass.

Says just nct'd so prob back dated I say?? Lot of car for the money!

Voodoomelon

Met a man this evening and bought another E38 7 series.

Lived five minutes away from me, couldn't be handier. €650.

728i, facelifted, only 106k miles, full leather, xenons, sunroof etc, drives perfectly smoothly and shifts beautifully. An absolute sin to break it up and I feel suitably ashamed, but that's why I bought it.

Some pics:







Interior is immaculate, just needs a hoover. Dual tone too which I really like:









It's sitting in my store, after driving so well, with all electrics working and I'm arguing with myself what to do with it!

bidiots

Peach

L-M

Well worth it.

Voodoomelon

Now to figure out how to code xenons to my car.

EDIT: They don't need it, sweeeet.

mickdw

pajor wrote: »

2003 Audi A8 3.7 V8 (sorry if repost)
NCT 03/14
85k miles
€3999



http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/audi-a8-3-7-v8-quattro/5939774

Lovely car for that kind of cash.

Sobanek

THIS 728I WAS ALSO OWNED BY A MAN I WORK WITH

//if it has some NCT left on it, I'll happily buy it off you for 800 quid.

If it's not disassembled already

racso1975

that is some car voodoo!!! Just out of interest does the phone in it work or is it analogue?

Voodoomelon

Sobanek wrote: »

THIS 728I WAS ALSO OWNED BY A MAN I WORK WITH

//if it has some NCT left on it, I'll happily buy it off you for 800 quid.

If it's not disassembled already

Small world! I thought you were up around this area alright. No NCT unfortunately, needs new rear bushes and wheel sensor.

racso1975 wrote: »

that is some car voodoo!!! Just out of interest does the phone in it work or is it analogue?

The phone in this model doesn't seem to power on, the one in my E38 works just fine with an O2 SIM.

ShadowHearth

Voodoomelon, did you got it off Lithuanian fella?

Marlow

Voodoomelon wrote: »

Now to figure out how to code xenons to my car.

EDIT: They don't need it, sweeeet.

Yup. Plug and play. Was the same in my E39 Touring.

It's only the new stuff that's silly like that.

/M

Sobanek

Any idea how much the wheel sensor would cost voodoo? I was interested in this when it was up on scamdeal but I missed it.

Voodoomelon

ShadowHearth wrote: »

Voodoomelon, did you got it off Lithuanian fella?

Does everyone on boards now live in Louth? I did indeed. :cool:

Sobanek wrote: »

Any idea how much the wheel sensor would cost voodoo? I was interested in this when it was up on scamdeal but I missed it.

Genuine ones are around the €100 mark, assuming that's the problem. I might have a new one kicking around here somewhere, can pick up used ones for less than €40.

Sobanek

I would like to see the look on the guy's face if I arrived in once his 728i

Voodoomelon

It's yours for a grand, with halogens installed.

Sobanek

Voodoomelon wrote: »

It's yours for a grand, with halogens installed.

I thought it's worth more when you upgrade, not downgrade?
Besides, you'd be making more than 150 quid on me from the start since you got the xenons

(And it's me who has to fork out 1391 quid on tax )

I can do 900 if you take me for a spin in yours (735i if I recall)

Voodoomelon

Hee hee.
It's funny, I bought it just to take the aux water pump and xenons out, everything else was a bonus. Breaking starts next week!

*Sob*

ShadowHearth

Voodoomelon wrote: »

Does everyone on boards now live in Louth? I did indeed. :cool:

Nah, its just there is a huge sigh - LITHUANIA under your number plate m8! :pac::cool::pac:

Sobanek

ShadowHearth wrote: »

Nah, its just there is a huge sigh - LITHUANIA under your number plate m8! :pac::cool::pac:

LIETUVA

Marlow

Sobanek wrote: »

I thought it's worth more when you upgrade, not downgrade?
Besides, you'd be making more than 150 quid on me from the start since you got the xenons

Beggars can't be choosers.

/M

Sobanek

Smart words.


Anyway, keep the breaking discussion of this thread, I don't want to hear about another E38 off the road :P

Marlow

Talking about Luxobarges .. or sort of ... the current climate ... etc.

I've made a deal on something rare today, that can be considered a Luxobarge ... just in time to have another 4WD outside the door for winter ...

Made a deal on an E34 525iX Touring. Basically the pre-decessor of the X5 and only just over 800 of'em build in RHD. And that ain't gonna get broken.

Fun part about that one was, that I was looking for one 3 years ago, but only found an autobox one, which a mate bought. I wanted a manual.

I then bought the Audi 200 Quattro Avant. A week after that a manual one turned up in London for very cheap money. I didn't buy it, so it disappeared after a short while.

Well, I was rewarded with the best car for one of the worst winters we had here. And the Audi was perfect for that.

The fun part is, that that same manual one from London has surfaced again .. in Dublin. Picking it up next weekend.

/M

unkel

Bigus wrote: »

I just bought the wife a silly car for silly money, 4.5 petrol 4x4 German with a big P in the name, going to be hard to pass a petrol station. Capital cost is Less than the depreciation on a new Dacia for the year.

I'd say it'll be going to the uk come summer.

Can't believe the reaction to your post has been so lame. Let me at least try and be a bit more enthusiastic:

Hallelujah, my hero

Hope your wife appreciates you as much me and all the other petrolheads on here do

V8 petrol? Maybe hard to pass a petrol station in one, but impossible for 99.9% of cars on the road to overtake one

Bigus

unkel wrote: »

Can't believe the reaction to your post has been so lame. Let me at least try and be a bit more enthusiastic:

Hallelujah, my hero

Hope your wife appreciates you as much me and all the other petrolheads on here do

V8 petrol? Maybe hard to pass a petrol station in one, but impossible for 99.9% of cars on the road to overtake one

New lingerie has already appeared, and ........ didn't know she was into Porsches

tw0nk

Do you mind me asking how much the Porsche set you back? I see cheapest ones online seem to be around 9k.

Are they reliable? Im currently driving Z4 and I would like to give the Cayenne a try.

L-M

Apparently theres a big ass drive shaft front to back that needs replacing every few k that ain't cheap.

tw0nk

Ouch that could be nasty, not driving much though, just weekends. Irony of the current situation in Ireland is that you can get amazing cars for cheap because of high motor tax, but in my opinion you need to be driving a lot to justify paying the tax.

RustyNut

tw0nk wrote: »

Do you mind me asking how much the Porsche set you back? I see cheapest ones online seem to be around 9k.

Are they reliable? Im currently driving Z4 and I would like to give the Cayenne a try.

But how will you look in the new lingerie?

tw0nk

hahaha, jaysus that would be a sight!

Marty McFly

tw0nk wrote: »

Ouch that could be nasty, not driving much though, just weekends. Irony of the current situation in Ireland is that you can get amazing cars for cheap because of high motor tax, but in my opinion you need to be driving a lot to justify paying the tax.

It's not only the high motor tat it's the now inherent fear your average Irish motorist has for petrol if its not diesel most don't want to know.

Me I'll be sticking to petrol unless someday I start doing mental mileage.

japasca

http://www.carzone.ie/search/BMW/7-Series/735-I/33413612029480380/advert?channel=CARS

Nice BMW 735i for a snip over 4k. 5 owners in 10 years is a bit suspicious though

Kaiser D

japasca wrote: »

http://www.carzone.ie/search/BMW/7-Series/735-I/33413612029480380/advert?channel=CARS

Nice BMW 735i for a snip over 4k. 5 owners in 10 years is a bit suspicious though

Not really, each owner had it 2 years maybe? Seems about spot on to me tbh.

daRobot

japasca wrote: »

http://www.carzone.ie/search/BMW/7-Series/735-I/33413612029480380/advert?channel=CARS

Nice BMW 735i for a snip over 4k. 5 owners in 10 years is a bit suspicious though

Not at all, 2 years of ownership per owner is totally fine. But those early e65's are dogs, plagued by electrical issues and better left alone to be honest.

MadYaker

Nice french luxobarge:



http://www.carzone.ie/search/Peugeot/607/2.9-SV-V/213225585635150/advert?channel=CARS

pajor

MadYaker wrote: »

Nice french luxobarge:



http://www.carzone.ie/search/Peugeot/607/2.9-SV-V/213225585635150/advert?channel=CARS

Don't ask me how I remember these things, but I think that's the third time that's been posted.

TireeTerror

pajor wrote: »

Don't ask me how I remember these things, but I think that's the third time that's been posted.

and Peugeot's are certainly not luxury...cheap horrible things with flimsy plastic everywhere.