LUXOBARGE (sub5k) of the week/day

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.

MadYaker

TireeTerror wrote: »

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

Maybe a boggo 306 is. But the 607 is nice enough, I was in one that was a taxi a while ago. Lots of leather and wood and it was quiet and comfortable.

Kaiser D

TireeTerror wrote: »

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

You've probably never been in a high spec 607?

TireeTerror

Kaiser D wrote: »

You've probably never been in a high spec 607?

You are right, I have not been. I really shouldn't judge, but this is a thread about luxury cars that are huge, and the Peugeot mark isn't synonymous with luxury.

There are plenty of cars dressed up with leather seats and electric gadgets, but generally they will still be crap underneath all that front. Ive pretty much disliked most French cars ever since I was old enough to know a wee bit about cars.

dougie-lampkin

TireeTerror wrote: »

Ive pretty much disliked most French cars ever since I was old enough to know a wee bit about cars.

I love this attitude, it means there's plenty of nice and cheap second hand cars like that 607 for those who aren't typical Irish sheep.

Good for you, keep buying those well equipped and luxury Toyotas

Marlow

TireeTerror wrote: »

You are right, I have not been. I really shouldn't judge, but this is a thread about luxury cars that are huge, and the Peugeot mark isn't synonymous with luxury.

That's where you pretty much go wrong. All of the french brands have always been synonymous with luxury.

If you look back over time, a lot of these luxobarges are even iconic classics by now, like for example the Citroen DS. The 607 definatly is Luxobarge category.

You can't judge, what you haven't seen.

/M

Sobanek

I've been in a high-spec 607 and was impressed just as much as I was with a full spec Opel Omega back then - they had one as a demo back in a Peugeot showroom in Nadarzyn, Poland. (Now a VW dealer).

As much as I can understand it's the only French modern luxury car, I don't consider it a luxobarge.

We talked about this before with the Volvo S80.

Big Nasty

A Luxobarge is a high spec full sized car. If the glove fits.......

L-M

I was watching Ronin last night as this was taking place. Some nice French autos in that!

Edit: Funnily enough all the main cars are German, M5 s8 and a 450.

Marlow

Limerick man wrote: »

450.

450 ??

/M

TireeTerror

This discussion about the Froggy 607 could go on and on for a long time, and really its all down to what you perceive as luxury. Some people have different standards, I cannot help it if my bar is a little higher than cash starved Ireland....

I shall end the discussion by providing a photo of the interior of a 607, if you think this is luxury then you and I have very very different definitions of the word.

Here is the dictionary definition of "luxury". If you think this describes the picture below then a visit to Specsavers may be in order!

"luxury
ˈlʌkʃ(ə)ri/Submit
noun
1.
a state of great comfort or elegance, especially when involving great expense.
"he lived a life of luxury"
synonyms: opulence, luxuriousness, sumptuousness, richness, costliness, grandeur, grandness, splendour, magnificence, lavishness"



No amount of gadgets and gizmos will disguise the cheap tatty plastics used throughout.