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LUXOBARGE (sub5k) of the week/day

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  • #5162
    Big Nasty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,066 ✭✭✭✭Big Nasty


    Back in the day this thread was all about E38's. :(


  • #5163
    ofcork
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,501 ✭✭✭ofcork


    https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/bmw-7-series/13178018 Hows that!


  • #5164
    Voodoomelon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,653 ✭✭✭Voodoomelon


    A nice late example. Looks like the cluster has been replaced or its clocked, one or the other.


  • #5165
    Soarer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 8,148 ✭✭✭Soarer


    Clocked with a full service history?


  • #5166
    Tommyboy40
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 629 ✭✭✭Tommyboy40


    commited wrote: »
    Any chance you could expand on that with some sample running costs? I was seriously considering an S220 S500, but wanted a facelift and none were up for sale :(

    I've had the SL500 for 9 years. It gets a service (oil , filter & plugs) every 6000 miles. I always use genuine parts. Aside from general servicing it has needed;
    Front discs and pads €220 + VAT genuine parts. A battery €160. Alternator €400.
    Gearbox oil and filter €240 ish. Several foglight lenses @ €21. At motorway speeds it returns 27/28 mpg but 1,000000 smiles per gallon. It's whisper quiet until you put your foot down.
    Cars and coffee 1.jpg

    Ulrich front.jpg


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  • #5167
    Voodoomelon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,653 ✭✭✭Voodoomelon


    Soarer wrote: »
    Clocked with a full service history?

    The description doesn't really inspire confidence, not to mention the owner seems to think he has M5 wheels? The tamper dot is showing on the display, meaning the speedo cluster has been swapped from another vehicle or it has been changed.


  • #5168
    jayo26
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,779 ✭✭✭✭jayo26


    Voodoomelon wrote: »
    The description doesn't really inspire confidence, not to mention the owner seems to think he has M5 wheels? The tamper dot is showing on the display, meaning the speedo cluster has been swapped from another vehicle or it has been changed.

    Could of genuinely been changed didn't that type have problems with the odometer display going. Also the millage is stored in two modules in the car it will show the correct millage but the vin in the clocks won't match the vintage on the car that's when tamper dot comes on I thought.


  • #5169
    frozenfrozen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,677 ✭✭✭frozenfrozen


    You can change both.. you can also do it in a way you don't get the tamper dot. So if it was clocked it was clocked by a gob****e


  • #5170
    Trojan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,415 ✭✭✭✭Trojan


    Voodoomelon wrote: »
    The description doesn't really inspire confidence, not to mention the owner seems to think he has M5 wheels?

    I think late E34 M5 did actually have M Paras so he's right there :)

    🎙️ The Recognized Authority Podcast



  • #5171
    Stallingrad
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,344 ✭✭✭Stallingrad


    This non sport sits a bit high on those M Paras but nice car though. I'd still take a genuine Sports thought.


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  • #5172
    Blazer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,516 ✭✭✭✭Blazer


    commited wrote: »
    However, I'd probably pocket the €1000 and go for this:
    http://www.carzone.ie/used-cars/lexus/gs450h/used-2006-lexus-gs450h-340bhp-dublin-fpa-8730865330592521880

    I can't believe how cheap these are getting, looks like I picked the wrong time to buy :/

    I saw one of these the other day and couldn't believe it was 07. I would have sworn it was a brand new car as it was absolutely immaculate.


  • #5173
    Voodoomelon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,653 ✭✭✭Voodoomelon


    frozenfrozen wrote: »
    You can change both.. you can also do it in a way you don't get the tamper dot. So if it was clocked it was clocked by a gob****e

    Agreed. It's much cheaper just to repair the ribbon cable in the cluster through than replace the whole thing, but you never know. Replacing it is a much quicker job.


  • #5174
    Tommyboy40
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 629 ✭✭✭Tommyboy40


    Totally outside all budgets but oh God
    http://www.avantgardecars.co.uk/cars/mercedes-benz-280se-3-5-coupe/


  • #5175
    Stallingrad
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,344 ✭✭✭Stallingrad


    Tommyboy40 wrote: »
    Totally outside all budgets but oh God
    http://www.avantgardecars.co.uk/cars/mercedes-benz-280se-3-5-coupe/

    Holy crap, nearly fell off my chair at some of those prices!
    BMW M5 E28 - £39,995!!!!


  • #5176
    Marcusm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,000 ✭✭✭✭Marcusm


    Tommyboy40 wrote: »
    Totally outside all budgets but oh God
    http://www.avantgardecars.co.uk/cars/mercedes-benz-280se-3-5-coupe/

    How much was it? Fabulous car.


  • #5177
    Tommyboy40
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 629 ✭✭✭Tommyboy40


    Marcusm wrote: »
    How much was it? Fabulous car.

    Probably six figures. Jonathan, the owner of Avantgard always has amazing stuff. Anyone who's on detailing world will know Ted, who dresses his cars. It just shows you the market in other countries where the state is more sympathetic to motorist. Check out this lot for more gems
    http://www.4starclassics.com


  • #5178
    testyone
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4 ✭testyone


    some one look'n to move from one barge to another, clean looking touring

    donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/2003-bmw-touring-330i-e46-auto-mtec-lpg-swap-630i/13104135


  • #5179
    unkel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 60,136 ✭✭✭✭unkel


    A BMW 3-series isn't a luxobarge, testyone.

    "Make no mistake. The days of the internal combustion engine are definitely numbered" - Quentin Willson, 1997



  • #5180
    Truckermal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,043 ✭✭✭Truckermal


    €2,800 asking price and tax until next January!

    https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/lexus-gs300/13205735

    He also has a beautiful JDM Accord..


  • #5181
    Shannon757
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,847 ✭✭✭✭Shannon757


    How long has the "sub5k" been in the title?


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  • #5182
    frozenfrozen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,677 ✭✭✭frozenfrozen


    today


  • #5183
    Esel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,475 ✭✭✭✭Esel
    Not Your Ornery Onager


    Bangernomics title now says sub 2K as well. No harm really to spell it out for non-regulars.

    Not your ornery onager



  • #5184
    Soarer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 8,148 ✭✭✭Soarer


    Truckermal wrote: »
    €2,800 asking price and tax until next January!

    https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/lexus-gs300/13205735

    He also has a beautiful JDM Accord..

    Is it just me, or are those GS getting better looking with age?


  • #5185
    Stallingrad
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,344 ✭✭✭Stallingrad


    Soarer wrote: »
    Is it just me, or are those GS getting better looking with age?

    The exterior has aged well without being good looking, in a Bangle kind of a way, that interior not so much.


  • #5186
    Duke O Smiley
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,086 ✭✭✭✭Duke O Smiley


    https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/a8-2-8-v6-quattro-rare-colours-/12494423

    MzM1NWE1YmE2MjY4YTgwYTBjMDgxYjBmZGZkMWUwZDBmQbo3yK2FrEX6OzQF95txaHR0cDovL3MzLWV1LXdlc3QtMS5hbWF6b25hd3MuY29tL2RvbmVkZWFsLmllLXBob3Rvcy9waG90b181NzI2OTExMHx8fDYwMHg2MDB8fHx8fHx8fA==.jpeg

    Lovely looking last-of-the-line D2 A8. Nice colours indeed and it looks well looked after. These are E38s in the right spec and condition are gorgeous cars. €3k for this one


  • #5187
    frozenfrozen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,677 ✭✭✭frozenfrozen


    great reg too


  • #5188
    James Bond Junior
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,146 ✭✭✭James Bond Junior


    Duke O Smiley wrote: »
    https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/a8-2-8-v6-quattro-rare-colours-/12494423

    MzM1NWE1YmE2MjY4YTgwYTBjMDgxYjBmZGZkMWUwZDBmQbo3yK2FrEX6OzQF95txaHR0cDovL3MzLWV1LXdlc3QtMS5hbWF6b25hd3MuY29tL2RvbmVkZWFsLmllLXBob3Rvcy9waG90b181NzI2OTExMHx8fDYwMHg2MDB8fHx8fHx8fA==.jpeg

    Lovely looking last-of-the-line D2 A8. Nice colours indeed and it looks well looked after. These are E38s in the right spec and condition are gorgeous cars. €3k for this one

    Could the Saab 9-5 the seller also has for sale be considered a luxobarge too?


  • #5189
    Esel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,475 ✭✭✭✭Esel
    Not Your Ornery Onager


    James Bond Junior wrote: »
    Could the Saab 9-5 the seller also has for sale be considered a luxobarge too?

    Not by a long shot. It's a 900, not a 9-5. A future classic, maybe.

    Not your ornery onager



  • #5190
    bear1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,942 ✭✭✭✭bear1


    James Bond Junior wrote: »
    Could the Saab 9-5 the seller also has for sale be considered a luxobarge too?

    Christ..
    Its a 900 for a start.
    How in the name of god would that be considered a contender for this thread?


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  • #5191
    James Bond Junior
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,146 ✭✭✭James Bond Junior


    bear1 wrote: »
    Christ..
    Its a 900 for a start.
    How in the name of god would that be considered a contender for this thread?

    Wow. Sorry I poked the bear1...


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