LUXOBARGE (sub5k) of the week/day

Atlantic Dawn · 27-01-2015 05:57PM

If you had a contact on the other end to register and sell them there's lots of money to be made.

mickdw · 27-01-2015 06:42PM

Eric Cartman wrote: »

I worked it out at the time and you could take a 2006-2009 range rover vogue from here and land it in the uk, mot register and all and break even with uk prices , so if you took the vrt rebate as your profit you were walking away with 2.5-4k a car

So you would have a situation where a tax rebate is taxable

kevpants · 28-01-2015 04:34PM

Voodoomelon wrote: »

Are people out there still looking at luxobarges? Has anyone seen any trends, less on the ground etc?

There's one more on the ground. I'm moving country and I can't bring my 04 LS430 (mentioned back in October and December 2013 of this thread). I'm going to have to sell her

My bias of having one for sale now notwithstanding, if you're into cars you should own at least 1 luxobarge. It's a different experience to anything else.

It's killing me to get rid of it, mostly because I taxed the feckin yoke up until October 2015, about 2 weeks before the job opportunity raised it's head.

To top it off the country I'm heading for has an incredibly poor motoring pedigree, it's a Caribbean island with lots of salty breezes and all the cars need to be (expensively) shipped from America. So I'll end up in a rusty Chevrolet within the next few weeks after becoming used to having my buns toasted these cold mornings by heated leather seats.

Feck it.

Feck it.

draiochtanois · 28-01-2015 04:36PM

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kevpants · 28-01-2015 04:48PM

draiochtanois wrote: »

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I didn't want to say, I know you're not meant to use this as a platform to advertise.

There's only 90k kms on it so looking at the market it's worth €6k but I'd be willing to negotiate obviously. I haven't put it up on Carzone yet. You can PM me if you're interested.

Mods remove that if it's not kosher!

Bigus · 28-01-2015 04:51PM

kevpants wrote: »

There's one more on the ground. I'm moving country and I can't bring my 04 LS430 (mentioned back in October and December 2013 of this thread). I'm going to have to sell her

My bias of having one for sale now notwithstanding, if you're into cars you should own at least 1 luxobarge. It's a different experience to anything else.

It's killing me to get rid of it, mostly because I taxed the feckin yoke up until October 2015, about 2 weeks before the job opportunity raised it's head.

To top it off the country I'm heading for has an incredibly poor motoring pedigree, it's a Caribbean island with lots of salty breezes and all the cars need to be (expensively) shipped from America. So I'll end up in a rusty Chevrolet within the next few weeks after becoming used to having my buns toasted these cold mornings by heated leather seats.

Feck it.

Feck it.

Buy yourself a nice road bike and get fit and tanned , instead of fat and a tanned arsè, or maybe ship a motorbike from here ?

Odyssey 2005 · 28-01-2015 04:53PM

Think of the sunshine on your back,and forget about the cold here. That'll fix the hurt. Good luck:)

kevpants · 28-01-2015 04:58PM

Bigus wrote: »

Buy yourself a nice road bike and get fit and tanned , instead of fat and a tanned arsè, or maybe ship a motorbike from here ?

I was thinking bike but I think I'd be divorced. It's a small place and I do run so I gues I'll just have to settle for the tanned Adonis option. Ho hum.

Odyssey 2005 wrote: »

Think of the sunshine on your back,and forget about the cold here. That'll fix the hurt. Good luck:)

Thanks a million. The car is the only drawback. It's a great opportunity!

Markcheese · 28-01-2015 05:00PM

Could you stick it in storage somewhere ? If it's done right at least your car'd be there for you if/when you're back -

kevpants · 28-01-2015 05:16PM

Markcheese wrote: »

Could you stick it in storage somewhere ? If it's done right at least your car'd be there for you if/when you're back -

Considered it. But for the value of the car it's nearly not worth it, you could buy a whole new one for the price of properly storing it. If it doesn't shift it's definitely an option though.

Odyssey 2005 · 28-01-2015 05:53PM

There's more to VALYE than monetary value. Nice barges are getting like hobby horses ****e here now. You'll prob never get one again unless Lexus come out with a 1.6 TDI version. Think about Marks idea,it's not entirely hairbrained.

mullingar · 28-01-2015 06:53PM

kevpants wrote: »

I didn't want to say, I know you're not meant to use this as a platform to advertise.

There's only 90k kms on it so looking at the market it's worth €6k but I'd be willing to negotiate obviously. I haven't put it up on Carzone yet. You can PM me if you're interested.

Mods remove that if it's not kosher!

Just to add salt to the wound, there is another 04 Ls430 just advertised today which was NCT'd yesterday and valid until September15, 4 months tax, similar mileage @57k miles for €3,900......

http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/2004-lexus-ls-430/8557715

ofcork · 28-01-2015 06:56PM

Would you question why the nct wasn't done last year when due?

unkel · 28-01-2015 08:22PM

kevpants wrote: »

I didn't want to say, I know you're not meant to use this as a platform to advertise.

Don't worry, it's fine to mention your own car. We've discussed that before. You can even link to your ad. As long as you are clear it is your own car for sale

Best of luck with the sale and the move!

ofcork wrote: »

Would you question why the nct wasn't done last year when due?

Nah. It was done yesterday. Which is better in my book than last September. Probably a realistic enough price, considering supply of luxobarges is now low and petrol is cheap. I doubt the seller would refuse €3.5k though - sorry kevpants if that is not what you wanted to hear!

Gumbo · 28-01-2015 10:34PM

kevpants wrote: »

I didn't want to say, I know you're not meant to use this as a platform to advertise.

There's only 90k kms on it so looking at the market it's worth €6k but I'd be willing to negotiate obviously. I haven't put it up on Carzone yet. You can PM me if you're interested.

Mods remove that if it's not kosher!

What's it like as a daily? I've been looking at the all week and seriously considering one as my next car. Was even looking at the GS 300.

Are they heavy on petrol?
I've had V8's before (4.4 X5) so not totally clueless to the real world figures.

W123-80's · 05-02-2015 02:11PM

Test Jan '15
Tax Sept '15 (I assume PSV?)
Asking €3,995

http://cars.donedeal.ie/vintagecars-for-sale/mercedes-benz-s-class-s320-3-2-2003/8603257?offset=9

Frynge · 06-02-2015 12:02AM

Very tidy looking.

mullingar · 06-02-2015 12:11AM

That Merc is on the full fat tax rate so roughly has €1200 of it left. So an equivalent without tax is only €2800.

Cheap barge

JJJJNR · 06-02-2015 11:10AM

W123-80's wrote: »

Test Jan '15
Tax Sept '15 (I assume PSV?)
Asking €3,995

http://cars.donedeal.ie/vintagecars-for-sale/mercedes-benz-s-class-s320-3-2-2003/8603257?offset=9

Just noticed the below in the above advert, does that mean they'll fit a washing machine engine to my car, seriously how could I explain that to the NCT tester.

*Gerard Lee Motors Ltd is a Bosch approved service center located in Dun Laoghaire, South County Dublin.

Black_Knight · 06-02-2015 12:03PM

JJJJNR wrote: »

W123-80's wrote: »

Test Jan '15
Tax Sept '15 (I assume PSV?)
Asking €3,995

http://cars.donedeal.ie/vintagecars-for-sale/mercedes-benz-s-class-s320-3-2-2003/8603257?offset=9

Just noticed the below in the above advert, does that mean they'll fit a washing machine engine to my car, seriously how could I explain that to the NCT tester.

*Gerard Lee Motors Ltd is a Bosch approved service center located in Dun Laoghaire, South County Dublin.

I really hate it when people create non-vintage cars into the vintage car category.

mullingar · 06-02-2015 12:15PM

But great for bargain hunters.....

unkel · 06-02-2015 12:35PM

JJJJNR wrote: »

*Gerard Lee Motors Ltd is a Bosch approved service center

The Bosch approved car service centers have very high standards in my experience. I wouldn't bring my car elsewhere when it comes to a difficult diagnostics issue.

Truckermal · 06-02-2015 02:14PM

I see the 05 GS300 was sold after being up for 2 weeks I wonder was it a genuine car as I looked at the ad every day.

unkel · 06-02-2015 04:22PM

Thoughts on this?

Linky

Nearly half a million kilometers!!!

punisher5112 · 06-02-2015 04:26PM

unkel wrote: »

Thoughts on this?

Linky

Nearly half a million kilometers!!!

I would love 1 but wouldn't spend that much on something that wil be costing a lot when things start going on it.

Comfort bus is all I can say.

unkel · 06-02-2015 04:34PM

punisher5112 wrote: »

wouldn't spend that much on something that wil be costing a lot when things start going on it.

When or if? I've had several old big BMWs (much older than that one) and never had any big bills.

That said, they were all petrol. And nowhere near that kinda mileage

06-02-2015 07:26PM

Sobanek wrote: »

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Luxobarge requirements:
Price: Max €5k (updated by moderator)
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unkel wrote: »

Thoughts on this?...........

Price: € 8,950

wrong thread imo

And I'd share the sentiment above, €9k is a huge wad of cash to be spending on a car that has 300k miles on it. Given your views on the BMW auto transmission fluid changing I would have thought you'd be wary of a 300k miler.

unkel · 06-02-2015 08:55PM

Forgot about the €5k limit, apologies. Probably a bad idea to pick a high miler diesel anyway

How about this?

'02 735i V8, NCT + tax + 1 owner (all genuine), asking €2,950. No mention of miles though but probably nowhere near half a million km

Augeo wrote: »

Given your views on the BMW auto transmission fluid changing

My views aren't so black and white. In fact, one of the reasons I bought my current car (with the 6 speed ZF box) was that the previous owner had just changed autobox filter + oil at about 150k km. These boxes seem to last longer and give less trouble than the previous gen anyway

Seweryn · 06-02-2015 10:13PM

Must be a very rare car in this country...

Nice one!

Voodoomelon · 06-02-2015 10:20PM

I'd love a spin in one of those.

LUXOBARGE (sub5k) of the week/day

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