LUXOBARGE (sub5k) of the week/day

Idbatterim · 16-03-2020 11:34AM

if I knew how much the 8 series would surge in value, from the pittance they were going for, I would have bought a few of them a few years ago! the 4L engine I have read, has some reliability issues though and the bhp is quite poor for 4L

Voodoomelon · 16-03-2020 09:36PM

The M62 has a few issues, but on the whole is a very reliable engine if looked after. I'd have no qualms about owning and running one.

https://bmwtuning.co/bmw-m62-engine-problems/

TigerTim · 17-03-2020 11:57AM

Not sure if this is a Luxobarge.Nice looking car. BMW 525i touring with NCT Sept 2020. €1,150.

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https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/bmw-525i/24418270

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Marlow · 17-03-2020 07:36PM

Voodoomelon wrote: »

The M62 has a few issues, but on the whole is a very reliable engine if looked after. I'd have no qualms about owning and running one.

https://bmwtuning.co/bmw-m62-engine-problems/

It was the M60 in the 8-series. Still, those engines, unless it was one of the early ones, were pretty much bullet proof. My '95 E38 has the same engine.

/M

California Dreamer · 18-03-2020 09:47PM

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

Priced dropped to €2750.

Down to 1750

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/2007-honda-legend-3-5-v6-300-bhp-nct-08-20-tax-03-/24088828

Duke O Smiley · 18-03-2020 09:52PM

I'd say that Legend still needs about a grand shaved off the price

crazyjim · 22-03-2020 07:54PM

I hope I don't die before owning a proper luxobarge

I want a 4.2 litre XJ8. With the proper old Jaguar looks. At the right price !

Leonard Hofstadter · 24-03-2020 11:42AM

The M60 (4.0 litre 840i) had problems with Nikasil, although you'd imagine that any engine that's made it this far doesn't have the problem.

The M62 (4.4 litre 840Ci) has a problem with the timing chain guides, a very expensive thing to put right if it goes. It's very reliable apart from that though.

Duke O Smiley · 24-03-2020 01:55PM

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/2008-honda-legend/24207783

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08 Legend with NCT til August, and a few days tax for €1950

Looks quite decent in the pictures. Of the 3 on DoneDeal at the minute, this is the only example that is reasonably priced, it still needs to be a tad cheaper though!

Lurching · 24-03-2020 02:30PM

I'd love to know who bought these Legends new. They didn't get ugly with age, they were ugly to begin with!
Think of what else you could have got for that money day 1.

Sam Russell · 24-03-2020 03:37PM

Lurching wrote: »

I'd love to know who bought these Legends new. They didn't get ugly with age, they were ugly to begin with!
Think of what else you could have got for that money day 1.

Honda dealers.

If they cannot sell them, they register them and sell at a discount.

Duke O Smiley · 24-03-2020 05:03PM

Lurching wrote: »

I'd love to know who bought these Legends new. They didn't get ugly with age, they were ugly to begin with!
Think of what else you could have got for that money day 1.

My father bought one new in 1999. Ronnie Drew bought one at the same time too. He says it was IR£70k at the time, an LS400 was 85. Stuff like S Classes etc were 100+.

Two years previous both he (my father) and Chris de Burgh bought the very first pair of new model Audi A6s in the country too.

Bit of O’Smiley family trivia there!

California Dreamer · 24-03-2020 05:05PM

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

Two years previous both he (my father) and Chris de Burgh bought the very first pair

Not something I would admit to many people!!!!

:D:D:D:D

An Ri rua · 24-03-2020 08:48PM

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

My father bought one new in 1999. Ronnie Drew bought one at the same time too. He says it was IR£70k at the time, an LS400 was 85. Stuff like S Classes etc were 100+.

Two years previous both he (my father) and Chris de Burgh bought the very first pair of new model Audi A6s in the country too.

Bit of O’Smiley family trivia there!

I bought a cabriolet a few years back and, as you do, went topless. So did Rosanna.

ðŸ˜„

KevRossi · 24-03-2020 10:33PM

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

My father bought one new in 1999. Ronnie Drew bought one at the same time too. He says it was IR£70k at the time, an LS400 was 85. Stuff like S Classes etc were 100+.

Two years previous both he (my father) and Chris de Burgh bought the very first pair of new model Audi A6s in the country too.

Bit of O’Smiley family trivia there!

Some time after that Ronnie Drew sold that Legend and bought a Saab 9-3, I'm not sure if he had a car in between.

I own that Saab today.

California Dreamer · 24-03-2020 10:44PM

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

Chris de Burgh bought the very first pair of new model Audi A6s in the country too.

Was the wife or the nanny in it?!

KaneToad · 24-03-2020 10:47PM

KevRossi wrote: »

Some time after that Ronnie Drew sold that Legend and bought a Saab 9-3, I'm not sure if he had a car in between.

I own that Saab today.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bhJoYN-s1Y4

Nekarsulm · 24-03-2020 10:49PM

Saw a 1991 Honda Legend today on a garage back lot.
Immaculate. Garage man says it's not for sale, but I'm hoping to wear him down...

Marlow · 24-03-2020 11:34PM

Nekarsulm wrote: »

Saw a 1991 Honda Legend today on a garage back lot.
Immaculate. Garage man says it's not for sale, but I'm hoping to wear him down...

Ah here .. but that's an entire different story there.

/M

BonnieSituation · 25-03-2020 06:21PM

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/2008-honda-legend/24207783

08 Legend with NCT til August, and a few days tax for €1950

Looks quite decent in the pictures. Of the 3 on DoneDeal at the minute, this is the only example that is reasonably priced, it still needs to be a tad cheaper though!

Lurching wrote: »

I'd love to know who bought these Legends new. They didn't get ugly with age, they were ugly to begin with!
Think of what else you could have got for that money day 1.

I don't think they're ugly per se. They just look like bloated Accords. I wouldn't mind having one if the price was right. The price isn't right just yet.

Lurching · 26-03-2020 10:33AM

BonnieSituation wrote: »

I don't think they're ugly per se. They just look like bloated Accords. I wouldn't mind having one if the price was right. The price isn't right just yet.

I get it, each to their own!
To me (and my peculiar ways), a Luxobarge has to be German!

BonnieSituation · 26-03-2020 02:13PM

Lurching wrote: »

I get it, each to their own!
To me (and my peculiar ways), a Luxobarge has to be German!

...or a Jag or a Lexus...

milltown · 29-03-2020 08:05PM

Lurching wrote: »

I'd love to know who bought these Legends new.

I always presumed the bulk of those oddball range toppers on otherwise pedestrian brands went to dealer principals and sales managers in dealerships, just so they'd have one available if any rich headbanger fancied a test drive.

crazyjim · 31-03-2020 01:01PM

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

My father bought one new in 1999. Ronnie Drew bought one at the same time too. He says it was IR£70k at the time, an LS400 was 85. Stuff like S Classes etc were 100+.

Two years previous both he (my father) and Chris de Burgh bought the very first pair of new model Audi A6s in the country too.

Bit of O’Smiley family trivia there!

I like that. Ronnie Drew bought a Legend...because he was a Legend. He must have had Gay Byrne's financial advisor to buy it new though.

KevRossi · 31-03-2020 02:14PM

crazyjim wrote: »

I like that. Ronnie Drew bought a Legend...because he was a Legend. He must have had Gay Byrne's financial advisor to buy it new though.

I have an article in a magazine* somewhere, it's an interview with Ronnie Drew and they talk about his cars. He always drove an automatic. Why?

Back in the 70's, the Dubliners would be on the beer. Barney McKenna and Luke Kelly would steal the keys to Ronnie Drew's car and head off on a bit of a road trip. One night Ronnie had borrowed his managers car, which was an auto. The lads duly stole the keys, but showed up a few minutes later as they couldn't work out how to drive the auto. So the next car Ronnie ordered was an auto and he drove one from that day on.

* It was a magazine with interviews of Irish celebs, still have it somewhere in the attic. Ronnie Drew had a Nissan Maxima at the time, also interviews with Dermot Morgan (Citroen CX) and Eamonn Andrews (pair of W108's) amongst others.

Casati · 31-03-2020 02:22PM

KevRossi wrote: »

I have an article in a magazine* somewhere, it's an interview with Ronnie Drew and they talk about his cars. He always drove an automatic. Why?

Back in the 70's, the Dubliners would be on the beer. Barney McKenna and Luke Kelly would steal the keys to Ronnie Drew's car and head off on a bit of a road trip. One night Ronnie had borrowed his managers car, which was an auto. The lads duly stole the keys, but showed up a few minutes later as they couldn't work out how to drive the auto. So the next car Ronnie ordered was an auto and he drove one from that day on.

* It was a magazine with interviews of Irish celebs, still have it somewhere in the attic. Ronnie Drew had a Nissan Maxima at the time, also interviews with Dermot Morgan (Citroen CX) and Eamonn Andrews (pair of W108's) amongst others.

It was Car Driver. I’m sure I have a copy of that one too. From memory Dermot Morgan’s was a very descriptive ad for the CX that he was selling

m17 · 04-04-2020 02:59PM

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/mercedes-benz-s-class-320-cdi/24276686

blindside88 · 04-04-2020 03:29PM

m17 wrote: »

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/mercedes-benz-s-class-320-cdi/24276686

I love s classes in general but not a fan of the interior on that one. Also is it just me or does the suspension seem to be very high on that. Massive gap between the wheel and arch considering it’s on 19s

bazz26 · 04-04-2020 03:59PM

It could just have the adjustable air suspension which was an option on them back then.

Duke O Smiley · 04-04-2020 04:10PM

Terrible spec on that S Class, doesn't even have so much as heated seats!

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