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Excuse me if this was posted before but who knew AI Jeremy is such a good singer?

It probably doesn't help that it's still on UK plates. If it hasn't happened yet you'll have to pay VAT and import fees on top of that asking price. Being rhd obviously doesn't help either. You'd expect it to be sold as a parts donor rather quickly though.

Well, replacing the sunroof seems to have fixed the leak, no water making its way into the car anymore! The alarm doesn't seem to randomly go off either after unplugging the bonnet sensor (naturally with me writing this it now will at 4am tomorrow), it might have just decided to expire right around the time I installed the new headliner. I won't plug it in anytime soon either to prove my theory... I celebrated the occasion by finally cleaning the interior properly, messy footwells begone! I'm still looking for an original beige driver side floor mat, the car did come with one but it literally desintegrated after having been submerged for a year. Naturally most of them are long worn out nowadays. As controversial as it may have been originally, I think this is still a good looking car. I'm not sure if I'm going to tackle any of its remaining issues anytime soon (the only really urgent thing is a potential small leak in the powersteering cooler), everything else planned really are just minor niggles or retrofitting a few options like electric blinds and soft-close which it didn't come with originally, which can wait. With the 7-Series out of the drive the Senator is back. Thanks to @24vdiamond I finally have a replacement for the faded bonnet badge, something I wanted to get sorted since I got the car in 2017: Not sure if the bonnet ever received a respray but the glue of the badge certainly stood the test of time. Naturally the badge crumbled to pieces trying to get it off: I'm not sure if its just me but I'm fairly sure the two locating holes aren't perfectly level. New badge installed. It may seem like a small thing but badges on a car just complete the design for me, which is one of the reasons I don't get debadging, people are turning their cars into more generic versions of the designer's intent. The Opel Blitz might not be the most prestigous logo but it finally completes the look after so many years. Now I just need treat that corner trim to look black again. It's not unlikely that we will reach an agreement with the vendor of the house mentioned further above tomorrow. Should that happen I will start having to advertise the Audi. I'll also have to get my shit together and sort the fuel supply issue on the S-Class Coupe thats been waiting in the background for some action for the last 3 months, and reinstall the front suspension on the W140 behind it, which has been on axle stands for a year now. I'll probably have about 2-3 months to sort all of this so I'm starting to feel the heat!

Man, I still see myself owning one of these in the future. With all of them basically being run into the ground thats becoming less and less likely though. I'll kick myself for not asking to save as many spares as possible from this one.

I'm not sure what shape it's in overall but would it make sense to part it out? At the very least I'd take the flex to those side panels and safe the pleasure wagon decals!

Yeah, apparently the steelies with trims are the original wheels while the alloys would be optional equipment. In his opinion the alloys give the car a whole different presence.

I remember my pre-fl one to ride incredibly well. Not sure if I'd still think the same today but it was one of the best riding cars I owned, and I might have had my W140 back then already.

The Practical Classics Classic Car and Restoration is happening on the 22nd-24th of March again. That's the weekend next week. With many shiters usually around as visitors and club members who's coming this year? I'm personally planning to link this into a bigger parts delivery and collection mission, probably on the Saturday. With costs for parking and tickets not getting any cheaper it might also be good to share any discounts available. I got one for 2 quid off per ticket, let me know if you are interested.

What a beauty, the yellow fog lights do indeed suit it.

To me this is still one of my favorite minivan designs ever. And the color of this one is perfect as well. Shame this one is so crusty.

Niiice, black is not a common color for them either. This should be Safrane #3 on the forum at the moment.

795 quid "Cadillac" Citroen C6. With this being the only photo we are left wondering which of these beauties it might be. https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1359587951421619/

Mid-late 90s European 5-Series/A6 competitor limits the choice massively. If it's not British nor a Volvo/Saab/Alfa it can only be an XM, Safrane, 605, Omega B or E-Class. Unless it's a freaking Quattroporte IV!

Lexus GS300 possibly? Certainly wouldn't be a bad pick. As an Alfa 166 owner I'm hoping for you it's not one of those.

The Sigma would have been the highlight of the show for me (despite not knowing what else has been there). I definitely would have asked to have a sit inside, or even better take it for a spin. The Sigma is just one of those completely forgotten flagships, the most ambitious expensive car Mitsubishi developed at the height of the Japanese auto industry. And I think some of that might be noticeable in the estate as well.

Probably the most exotic of all Kei sports cars, hence the price usually. Would need to be red for me though!

PURPLE Volvo 960. Not cheap but loaded. https://www.facebook.com/groups/390896610925969/permalink/8025213004160920/

Haha yes, that would certainly suit it!

Noted! We haven't looked into what it needs yet but should it need to go I'll keep you in mind. It will however be exactly the opposite of the PT Cruiser condition wise.

At the garden center today.

We've viewed the house we are planning to put a counter offer in a second time today. I think the A8 doesn't look out of place although the XM might have felt even more at home! Anyway, a little progress on the E65. I mentioned above that there was still water somehow making its way through the sunroof which I didnt understand as the drains were unblocked and any gap water could come through located right above the tray it would normally drain from. Yet here we were: Funnily enough these drops would make their way onto the headliner and down towards the A-pillar where it would drip onto the seat from, apparently that dripping was enough to trigger the interior alarm, something I didn't notice until a neighbor up the street actually told me. I'm praying that this might also be the reason why the battery would go flat more recently... After a lot of trial and error it could only be water running down the sunroof tracks, an area that should be physically impossible for rain water to reach (and hence was never properly sealed off). I got a few suggestions on FB that the sunroof seal itself could let too much water through, overwhelming the drains, but this didnt make much sense either, the seal looked alright aside from a tiny gap in the center, none of which would cause water to get through in such volumes to flood the sunroof tracks. I taped it shut but it didn't seem to make a difference. It took me most evenings after work this week before I noticed this: Not the replaceable seal around the sunroof hole but the damn seal around the sunroof glass itself somehow started to separate from the glass. And since that seal wraps underneath the glass and reaches way beyond the channels that were intended to guide the water into the drains some of it made it past that seal and onto the tracks, eventually ending up on the headliner. You could squeeze the seal and water would come out of it. If that isn't a smoking gun I dont know what is... Fortunately its easy to get the glass out, 6 bolts are all that hold it in place. It actually started to separate in several areas around the edge of the glass pane, no idea how I didn't notice this earlier. Fortunately I still had the sunroof glass of the donor car which was in perfect condition. I installed it yesterday and re-initialized the sunroof. Wish me luck that this will finally be the last water leak in this car... A replacement seal for the hole in th roof would have been around 80 quid from the dealer, a replacement glass (seal not separately available) would have been close to a grand...

Is it sad that I saw this barbwire and almost immediately thought where this can only be?

This should be shown to anybody thinking that you can't buy a decent car for a few hundred quid anymore.

I'm still think about @Jim Bell's Maxima regularly. Do we know what happened to it?

Probably not worth the asking price but considering this is a scrapyard they'd probably accept 500 quid for it, which would be fair considering the obvious issues.