luxo barge needed!

[burraston2006]

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201308098235479/sort/locasc/usedcars/onesearchad/used%2Cnearlynew%2Cnew/quicksearch/true/make/land_rover/postcode/ba214ed/price-to/4500/model/range_rover/page/1/radius/100?logcode=p

 

Would anybody recommend this? I fancy a P38 but there are horror stories of them being the AA's best friend!

[cort16]

Just no. Spend the same money getting a really good classic rr. Just as nice, not as complex and easier to sell .

[Cavcraft]

What you want is an Audi A4 1.8. 

[Asimo]

Looks very "dad", very quiet, cheap, comfy even for big kids and their mates, good stereo, suitably thirsty.

 

Chrysler Grand Voyager V6 auto

[burraston2006]

Looks very "dad", very quiet, cheap, comfy even for big kids and their mates, good stereo, suitably thirsty.

 

Chrysler Grand Voyager V6 auto

Don't these have a history of frying their ecu's?

[Lacquer Peel]

This is the bleakest thread ever.

[Rocket88]

My Vauxhall Royale, obviously...........

[Bucketeer]

I take it 12 pot beemers should be avioded like a dose of herpes then?!

 

I've only ever owned one, so I'm not in a position to make broad, sweeping generalisations.

But yes, ALL 750's WILL DESTROY YOU.

[Dave_Q]

They're good in theory, literally two 2.5 6 pots nailed together.

 

However that means 2 of everything, 2 airflow meters, 2 distributors, 2 sets of rather expensive ht leads, and I think even 2 ecus!

 

Let's say fault finding can be tricky.

[barmatt]

How about an Audi S8? you can get an excellent example for that sort of money and they go as low as you wamt mpg wise if you press the pedal hard enough

[cort16]

Aye s8 would be what I'd go for. That or that 1.3 cavalier on the eBay thread .

[smellmycheese]

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201308098235479/sort/locasc/usedcars/onesearchad/used%2Cnearlynew%2Cnew/quicksearch/true/make/land_rover/postcode/ba214ed/price-to/4500/model/range_rover/page/1/radius/100?logcode=p

 

Would anybody recommend this? I fancy a P38 but there are horror stories of them being the AA's best friend!

p38's are a fucking nightmare, i gave 13 large for a y reg one and had nothing but trouble. Electrical gremlins like u wouldn't believe. Avoid at all costs. Why wouldn't u have a jag? xjr's are absolutely immense and not worth a wank. Drive one and i bet you'll change your mind.

[dave j]

'phoned them up as I have a 80 mile round trip just to collect and the same to drop off and they said that I tell them my reg plate and the make; they know how many MPG's it does and then the cost is offset. If that is the case then that is why I want a huge giffer mobile. I'll only use it to collect and drop off the kids.

I'll call them again in the morning to reconfirm what they told me. After all Gov't agencies never get it wrong !!

 

Dont do it for those reasons! It wont make much of a difference to your payments, it doesnt come off pound for pound, where they will offset the cost is from the income they use to calculate the payments f that makes sense...

 

Do it for the sake of owning a luxo barge before none of us can afford to put fuel in and fix them!

[burraston2006]

How about an Audi S8? you can get an excellent example for that sort of money and they go as low as you wamt mpg wise if you press the pedal hard enough

PMSL!

 

Thought about this but it's too far away really bit chavvy aswell?

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VOLKSWAGEN-PASSAT-4-0-AUTO-W8-4-MOTION-079999-88105-/161154527439?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item25858ef0cf#ht_1450wt_1141

 

[cort16]

I recon you'd have to be lord fontlepants and drive a db5 to recon a passat estate is chavy.

[burraston2006]

Used to have a pisshat turbo when I was young and stupid with the dogs bolloxs alloy, sports exhaust and the carbon kit inside. The W8 seems to come with these as standard!

[smellmycheese]

what about something lpg'd? csa wouldn't know and would pay you on petrol figures thus gettin a few bob back from the twats??

[burraston2006]

sounds like the making of a plan!

[Doctormop]

Right on Bro, strike a blow straight at the heart of 'Da Govermintttt' by claiming mileage for a 2500cc that's really a 2 litre, there will be blood in Whitehall and the South will rise again.

 Alternatively just get a car you like within your budget regardless of alleged mpg figures and maybe just maybe you won't be found with a cut-throat razor in one hand, your nose in the other saying "There you go face, that will teach you"

[smellmycheese]

^ eh??

[Junkman]

Right on Bro, strike a blow straight at the heart of 'Da Govermintttt' by claiming mileage for a 2500cc that's really a 2 litre, there will be blood in Whitehall and the South will rise again.

 Alternatively just get a car you like within your budget regardless of alleged mpg figures and maybe just maybe you won't be found with a cut-throat razor in one hand, your nose in the other saying "There you go face, that will teach you"

 

 

Yeah, but it is an utterly Unbritish concept to save money by just not spending it in the first place.

In England, 'saving' means to buy something, preferably on credit.

[Doctormop]

Very true Junkman, I just can't get comfortable with the word credit, never could.

Maybe its best to buy a ridiculously large engined vehicle because you want to and its your decision than to try and annoy a CSA pen pusher who drives a 62 plate Polo on 4 year finance.

[Asimo]

..or an Aluminium Jag XJ, then you can tell us how good / bad it is.  And it will annoy the hell out of the ex. when the kids tell her about it........

[burraston2006]

Right on Bro, strike a blow straight at the heart of 'Da Govermintttt' by claiming mileage for a 2500cc that's really a 2 litre, there will be blood in Whitehall and the South will rise again.

 Alternatively just get a car you like within your budget regardless of alleged mpg figures and maybe just maybe you won't be found with a cut-throat razor in one hand, your nose in the other saying "There you go face, that will teach you"

Steady on there!   I think you may need to start taking the tablets again!!

[cort16]

Buy a W8 for purely for the fact the block looks like the picture "the scream"

 

[Junkman]

I'd still go yank if ultimate luxo-bargeness is key.

The problem is that they don't need nearly as much petrol as everyone who never owned one claims.

[scooters]

I know you have dismissed them but I would go for an XJ40 Daimler Double Six....feckin awsum and with walnut champagne tables in the back!

 

or -

 

 

or

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1988-MERCEDES-300-SE-AUTO-BLUE-W126-Stunning-Car-Grab-Piece-of-History-/131099842464?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item1e8628d7a0

 

 

or a Silver Shadow for £3k?

 

[cort16]

There's an 1800 quid Roller and 4 grand Bentley Turbo R for sale on Retro Rides just now so take your pick.

[Tetleysmooth]

Buy this from me, and I can, in turn, buy Scooters T5

 

 

3.3 V6 Bader etc etc.

[scooters]

hey tetly - that lookz mint - you up for swapsies?