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Jon Rank: Renault 16

Jon

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This brown beauty could be a nice catch if the reserve stays low and you're willing to overlook the obscenely wank aftermarket speakers hacked in to the front door bins.

 

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http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/used-cars/chrysler/auction-794995964.htm

 

Love how no effort was made to disguise the tacked on wing extenders after they moved on from the pretty hockey stick rear lamps.

Jon Rank: Renault 16

Jon

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Many people think that Aussies are a laid back bunch of jokers but spot how many add-ons which had to be made to an Aussie market MKIV Cortina (NZ was offered standard and Aus spec at the same time) to make it comply to their regulations of the time? 

 

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I mean, they even had to meddle with the name!

 

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http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/used-cars/ford/auction-793408850.htm

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skattrd Rank: Lancia Gamma

skattrd

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Lancia Phedra £888 BIN

 

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So it's in Elgin (that's between Inverness & Aberdeen if you didn't know) with no UK paperwork, 250k on the clock and a knackered turbo. WCPGW.

I want to see this in a collection thread :D

skattrd Rank: Lancia Gamma

skattrd

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Arsebiscuits.

 

The week after I give up looking for one of these and buy a Merc wagon one appears in the correct spec, reasonably price and with beige velour heated seats ffs

 

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tooSavvy Rank: Talbot Tagora

tooSavvy

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▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲ twas evva thus ;)

 

 

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Junkman Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

Junkman

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Arsebiscuits.

 

The week after I give up looking for one of these and buy a Merc wagon one appears in the correct spec, reasonably price and with beige velour heated seats ffs

 

Beige velour heated seats are by far the most arse friendly device ever devised by mankind.

I wish there was one permanently attached to my backside. In fact, I should have been born with one permanently attached to my backside.

Pillock Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

Pillock

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Holy shit. A £100k car is worth less than an IKEA kitchen after only a few years.... And I know which one would he nicer in five years time (although will be poor at making toast)

Junkman Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

Junkman

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That's the Yookaye for you.

A similar car in the Vaterland costs almost as much as an Ashley Ann kitchen:

 

http://suchen.mobile.de/auto-inserat/mercedes-benz-s-600-l-v12-oldenburg/192525981.html?lang=de&pageNumber=1&__lp=2&scopeId=C&sortOption.sortBy=price.consumerGrossEuro&makeModelVariant1.makeId=17200&makeModelVariant1.modelId=93&makeModelVariant1.searchInFreetext=false&makeModelVariant2.searchInFreetext=false&makeModelVariant3.searchInFreetext=false&minFirstRegistrationDate=2000-01-01&maxFirstRegistrationDate=2001-12-31&negativeFeatures=EXPORT&noec=1

DS20 Rank: BL Wedge

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To be honest, a near-six-litre V12 with over 100k miles on the clock is as much of a liability as an asset, in my book.  It's got electric everything, multiple computers, and because the whole car is interconnected, if one bit's not working properly, it can make other parts of the vehicle malfunction as a consequence.  A friend of mine has just sold a 2004 Audi A8 (4-litre diesel) with rather fewer miles, because random parts failing caused even more random weirdness to happen.  For example, the auxiliary heater packed up, leading to all sorts of OMGwarninglights and limp-home mode.  Also, the electronic control module for the gearbox began to fail, leading to all sorts of weird driving characteristics.  And are there going to be many people who purchase a £3k used car who are going to be happy to have to take it to the garage to have bulbs replaced, at whatever a main dealer is per hour?  IMHO, I'd far rather buy a mid-80s S-Class and shares in Waxoyl, than a fifteen-year-old one.  Although, come to think of it, a fifteen-year-old S-Class is likely to rust rather worse than a 30-year-old one, given M-B's 'dip' in build quality in the late nineties.  

gordonbennet Rank: Renault 16

gordonbennet

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S Classes a better bet with minimum toys and either the 3.2 6 pot or 5 litre V8, i've seen these V12's stripped out in my MB indies workshop, skipfulls of black death filling the rocker covers the like we haven't seen since 70's Fords.

Miles too complicated.

DS20 Rank: BL Wedge

DS20

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...now, this is my idea of a £3k S-Class.  Straight-six as used in tens of thousands of C- and E-classes, and steel wheels with trimz :)  They spoil the ad a little by declaring that this stunning Hyundai is professionally valeted, but I'd still choose this over the V-12 any day.  

 

S-Class on Ebay

 

 

 

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ETA: 

NO SODDING RUSTY ARCHES TO DEAL WITH EITHER!!!!!!11!!1! 

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tooSavvy Rank: Talbot Tagora

tooSavvy

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:shock: ... I'd bid just for that 'Hood Duct' alone..........

 

 

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Pillock Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

Pillock

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Is it a liability?

He even admits in the advert it would break for more and I can see that easily, so run it for 3 years / 18 months / 6 months / until next Tuesday, whenever it breaks down and get the socket set out.

All those computers are full of magic and fairy dust so they'll bring in a far bit on ebay to other owners facing up to the fact they bought a liability. Engine has to be four figures, you pay half that for a Ford petrol lump out of a Focus which is about as rare as a Tesco Extra. Wheels are a bit shit but they're genuine at least. Heated leather has to be £500 all in. 

spike60 Rank: Renault 16

spike60

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This S600 was 100,000 quid new. It could now be yours for £2680 althought I recon you'd need deep pockets and big plums to take it on. Or big pockets and deep plums, either way.

 

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http://retrorides.proboards.com/thread/172079/2000-mercedes-s600-chesterfield-2680#.VET7kFfct3Y

The one thing the seller doesn't mention is the suspension, it'll be air which is unreliable and expensive or the optional ABC hydraulic which is more unreliable and more expensive.

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