LUXOBARGE (sub5k) of the week/day

bear1 · 18-04-2014 11:31AM

Big Nasty wrote: »

If its being sold in the UK maybe they're just putting down MOT as people wouldn't know what NCT / DOE is.

Yeah but it's written that the MOT has been done locally which implies that it has a UK MOT.

bear1 · 19-04-2014 06:59PM

http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/mercedes-benz/6775264

Can anyone spot the heated seats? Cause as far as I can tell it doesn't have any.

Sobanek · 19-04-2014 07:07PM

bear1 wrote: »

http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/mercedes-benz/6775264

Can anyone spot the heated seats? Cause as far as I can tell it doesn't have any.

The switch doesn't seem to be there. Odd.

Ded_Zebra · 19-04-2014 09:48PM

Some cool older barges about.

http://cars.donedeal.ie/vintagecars-for-sale/jaguar/6611784

EDIT for another Jaaaaaaag. Barge or not though?

http://cars.donedeal.ie/vintagecars-for-sale/classic-car/6462935

Sobanek · 19-04-2014 10:13PM

While I love the XJS, I'd never own one. It would be sitting on the driveway all the time. Mighty fine to look at, a nightmare to own though.

bear1 · 20-04-2014 08:47AM

Sobanek wrote: »

The switch doesn't seem to be there. Odd.

I was thinking the same, that it should be next to the seat position buttons.
I hate when people lie about the spec that's on their car.

bear1 · 20-04-2014 08:49AM

Would necessarily call the XJS a luxobarge but it's defo a sportyluxobarge

They look absolutely beautiful for a near 40 year old car!

ek9er · 20-04-2014 09:25AM

bear1 wrote: »

It's not possible to put a foreign NCT/MOT on a car not registered in that country.
Don't know how they got to have one and even still I can't see any NCT on the windshield.

You can mot a foreign car. You would have to do it first in order to put it on UK plates.

Senior Bill · 20-04-2014 12:04PM

ek9er wrote: »

You can mot a foreign car. You would have to do it first in order to put it on UK plates.

How would one go about this please? Bill

daRobot · 20-04-2014 01:55PM

This S500 is back again at a greatly reduced price:

http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/mercedes-s/6795763

Nicely specced, but it doesn't have a scrap of history (I literally rang every Merc dealer in the country about it a few months ago). The one guy I got through to who knew the car, described it as "dog rough".

It's a real shame when such an expensive car ends up being neglected through the ownership of people who have no respect for it. It'd be sitting outside my house had it been maintained.

CianRyan · 20-04-2014 02:06PM

Ded_Zebra wrote: »

http://cars.donedeal.ie/vintagecars-for-sale/classic-car/6462935

The hood ornament ruins the cars long, clean front end.
I hate when idiot stick those yokes on where they were never supposed to be.

So much better looking like this.

ek9er · 20-04-2014 03:30PM

Senior Bill wrote: »

How would one go about this please? Bill

You book an mot as normal with a garage in the uk. You will get an mot cert with the foreign reg on it. After you reg the car the dvla will give you a new mot cert with the new uk reg on it

JohnxF · 20-04-2014 06:06PM

CianRyan wrote: »

The hood ornament ruins the cars long, clean front end.
I hate when idiot stick those yokes on where they were never supposed to be.

Beautiful cars as originally designed. Adding the bonnet mascot ruins it, as did the facelift. I would love one but would be very afraid of the costs and reliability of a Jag of that vintage - it would have to be a V12 too though! When you consider that the 928, SEC and 6 series were it's main rivals at the time how do you think the years have been to them? I'd say the 928 and SEC would be the better bet for a usable driver today, with the 6 following close behind and the Jag still on the driveway having failed to proceed.

I remember a group tests in a UK magazine comparing the 928, XJS and 635 I think. As usual in the UK mags the Jag won in the end despite all the preceeding comments in the test. And when a new Jag came out (like the XJ40s) they would then admit how poor and outdated the previous ones were nd how the new one was a great advance to bring them back into the game!

Stallingrad · 20-04-2014 11:06PM

JohnxF wrote: »

I remember a group tests in a UK magazine comparing the 928, XJS and 635 I think. As usual in the UK mags the Jag won in the end despite all the preceeding comments in the test. And when a new Jag came out (like the XJ40s) they would then admit how poor and outdated the previous ones were nd how the new one was a great advance to bring them back into the game!

As a BMW fan back then loved those 7 series, S class and XJ giant tests. The XJ40 was lauded at the time but man was that car an under engineered heap, dated so fast as was miles off the pace in a couple of years. Still won the UK test though. :rolleyes:

lomb · 21-04-2014 09:20PM

daRobot wrote: »

This S500 is back again at a greatly reduced price:

http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/mercedes-s/6795763

Nicely specced, but it doesn't have a scrap of history (I literally rang every Merc dealer in the country about it a few months ago). The one guy I got through to who knew the car, described it as "dog rough".

It's a real shame when such an expensive car ends up being neglected through the ownership of people who have no respect for it. It'd be sitting outside my house had it been maintained.

How much are they with history ? What are they new here I think they list at 165000 and even with a 10 % discount that's 150000. Getting it for 10 at 8 years is absolute peanuts if its a runner. I looked into getting a Cl 500, CLS 500, and S 500 of the w140 kind but ended up with a 500 SEC( See the post on the classic forum). If tax was cheap I would probably consider a CL 500 post 2006. I think they are around 25k now, not a lot for a car that lists at 196000!

Voodoomelon · 21-04-2014 11:55PM

daRobot wrote: »

This S500 is back again at a greatly reduced price:

http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/mercedes-s/6795763

Nicely specced, but it doesn't have a scrap of history (I literally rang every Merc dealer in the country about it a few months ago). The one guy I got through to who knew the car, described it as "dog rough".

It's a real shame when such an expensive car ends up being neglected through the ownership of people who have no respect for it. It'd be sitting outside my house had it been maintained.

Pics are probably a year old too judging by the external temperature shown.

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime · 22-04-2014 12:29AM

Voodoomelon wrote: »

Pics are probably a year old too judging by the external temperature shown.

looks like something pissing from under the engine too !

Theanswers · 22-04-2014 07:52AM

bear1 wrote: »

It's not possible to put a foreign NCT/MOT on a car not registered in that country.
Don't know how they got to have one and even still I can't see any NCT on the windshield.

Incorrect. One book's the MOT via the Chassis Number. I've done it myself in the past.

Sobanek · 22-04-2014 09:59AM

Cheapest D3 A8 is now €5,750.

What happened to all sub-4k ones?

This comes to mind

daRobot · 22-04-2014 11:21AM

lomb wrote: »

How much are they with history ? What are they new here I think they list at 165000 and even with a 10 % discount that's 150000. Getting it for 10 at 8 years is absolute peanuts if its a runner. I looked into getting a Cl 500, CLS 500, and S 500 of the w140 kind but ended up with a 500 SEC( See the post on the classic forum). If tax was cheap I would probably consider a CL 500 post 2006. I think they are around 25k now, not a lot for a car that lists at 196000!

If the VRT on the CL500 was the same as the S500 (about 2.5k for a 2006 from the uk), I'd have one over the w221, as they're very reasonable in the UK. But it's significantly higher.

There's a 2006 S500 with FSH in Kellys for 12k, and I'm sure you'd get something off that, but it's SWB and basic enough spec so not for me.

You'll pick up a nice one in a private sale in the UK for £10k, so around 14-15k clears one with great spec, and FMBSH.

When a car like that has no history, there's something up with it, or someone is trying to hide something. Just like that clown whose CLS you viewed. The amount of things to go wrong, even on a fully documented car of this value is insane, and with no idea of what's been done to that car over the last while, it would be a huge risk.

My guess is that either there is or was a timing chain issue, or issues with the 7 speed box, both of which are common enough. Then of course at those miles you're looking at new air shocks, and no way of knowing if they were replaced.

Has the potential to be the biggest headwrecker of a car ever, and that coupled with a seller who spells 'very' as 'wery' on his multiple adverts, leads me to the conclusion, that from a risk mitigation perspective, even at 10k, it's still a really bad buy.

lomb · 22-04-2014 12:16PM

daRobot wrote: »

If the VRT on the CL500 was the same as the S500 (about 2.5k for a 2006 from the uk), I'd have one over the w221, as they're very reasonable in the UK. But it's significantly higher.

There's a 2006 S500 with FSH in Kellys for 12k, and I'm sure you'd get something off that, but it's SWB and basic enough spec so not for me.

You'll pick up a nice one in a private sale in the UK for £10k, so around 14-15k clears one with great spec, and FMBSH.

When a car like that has no history, there's something up with it, or someone is trying to hide something. Just like that clown whose CLS you viewed. The amount of things to go wrong, even on a fully documented car of this value is insane, and with no idea of what's been done to that car over the last while, it would be a huge risk.

My guess is that either there is or was a timing chain issue, or issues with the 7 speed box, both of which are common enough. Then of course at those miles you're looking at new air shocks, and no way of knowing if they were replaced.

Has the potential to be the biggest headwrecker of a car ever, and that coupled with a seller who spells 'very' as 'wery' on his multiple adverts, leads me to the conclusion, that from a risk mitigation perspective, even at 10k, it's still a really bad buy.

Ya, in reality of course what you really want is a one owner car where it was money no object and for some reason he was lazy and didnt replace the car for 7 or 8 years as he had better things to do. The only reason he is selling now is that he wants a brand new one. Those cars do exist but unfortunately they get sold very quickly and usually at a premium. Its all the rubbish that hangs around. What you dont want is someone who bought a car they couldnt really afford or had no interest in it, ran it into the ground never changing the oil or fixing issues and then when some big issue comes up to try to offload it on a victim who hasnt got the several hours it takes to go through its issues,find out its a piece of dirt and waste a lot of time.
The CLS I viewed the guy was a clown. He paid well over a hundred grand for it ,first service in Issac Agnew in Belfast driving up from Dublin so it doesnt sound as if he is a money no object guy and right enough second service was in Atlas Tyre and Exhaust. And it was downhill from there.

Idbatterim · 22-04-2014 12:46PM

The CLS I viewed the guy was a clown. He paid well over a hundred grand for it ,first service in Issac Agnew in Belfast driving up from Dublin so it doesnt sound as if he is a money no object guy and right enough second service was in Atlas Tyre and Exhaust. And it was downhill from there.

wonder why he got it done in belfast, unless he was up there for some other reason, the cost of fuel in a cls up and down plus the time would make it a nigh on waste of time for just a basic service surely! Also LOL at atlas!

Cleveland Hot Pocket · 22-04-2014 12:49PM

Idbatterim wrote: »

wonder why he got it done in belfast, unless he was up there for some other reason, the cost of fuel in a cls up and down plus the time would make it a nigh on waste of time for just a basic service surely! Also LOL at atlas!

An atlas service in the merc book would almost be worse than a "no history" car.

randy hickey · 24-04-2014 12:31PM

I was just about to post this in the Bangernomics thread when I remembered this thread.

A bag of sand for a 00 S-Class with 80,000 miles:

http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/mercedes-benz-s-class-low-mileage-no/6785137

colm_mcm · 24-04-2014 12:37PM

There's something nice about an s class on basic wheels. Nothing to prove - sorta thing.

mickdw · 24-04-2014 12:40PM

colm_mcm wrote: »

There's something nice about an s class on basic wheels. Nothing to prove - sorta thing.

Looks close to scrap to me

Kaiser D · 24-04-2014 12:41PM

The interior looks quite dismal.

bear1 · 24-04-2014 12:50PM

I think it looks in quite good condition for a 14 year old car.
Spec isn't the highest for an S class but it looks like a nice cruiser.

Black_Knight · 24-04-2014 12:54PM

Cleveland Hot Pocket wrote: »

An atlas service in the merc book would almost be worse than a "no history" car.

A buddy of mine got 2 tyres changed in Atlas not too long ago, during which the car had to be towed to a Volvo dealership, where it was diagnosed with a central electronics module failure. Think they said itd be about €1k to replace. Still no idea how they did this, but his wife went to pick up the car from Atlas, they drove it off the ramp no problem, after she paid there was a guy with his nose under the bonnet and from here things got worse.

Lots of tearing the car apart by volvo, and reconnecting modules 1 by 1 "fixed" it, but for how long.

Once Advance Pitstop told my girlfriend she needed 2 new brake cables. I decided to get the fitted by my mechanic, to which he informed me 1 brake cable is brand new already, and the other is fine. Problem was brake cylinders and warped brake drums.

CianRyan · 24-04-2014 01:12PM

colm_mcm wrote: »

There's something nice about an s class on basic wheels. Nothing to prove - sorta thing.

I'd say the complete opposite.
Everything to prove but they lack to wallet to prove it.

It's like buying a 316i for the badge.

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