The Best ///M/Barge/General Rant/Look at this/O/T(Vol XIX)
Discussion
ATM said:
V12, 4 secs, nice looks with no pig snout front end, would benefit from a dark oxblood interior. Not bad for the price of a new cheap family car.
barchetta_boy said:
Actually 6.1 to 60 is dam quick for a 2 ton barge but I don't think you buy one of these cars for the traffic light grand prix. It's an interesting alternative to a used A8, 7 series or S class, isn't it, if you 'must' have the correct number of cylinders. What intrigues me about them is they form part of the obscure collection of cars we might call "Piech vanity projects", along with the Veyron.
It's interesting to see what happens when a manufacturer like VW, then in their pomp don't forget pre-dieselgate, puts god-level resources behind a maverick genius like Piech.
VW had already under his leadership redefined what a modern Bentley should/could be with the Conti GT, now it's as if he wanted to get VW to compete with VW-owned Bentley just for s
ts and giggles.
Some interesting nuggets here https://jalopnik.com/the-pain-and-pleasure-of-brie...
It dovetails with the other conversation. The VW badge seemingly doomed it before a wheel turned, completely at odds with the underlying engineering (arguably wasted on most). Something else I have never even sat in, I wonder how much of the ultimate capability of the uber-Phaeton is present in the humble 3.0 dag-dag. It's interesting to see what happens when a manufacturer like VW, then in their pomp don't forget pre-dieselgate, puts god-level resources behind a maverick genius like Piech.
VW had already under his leadership redefined what a modern Bentley should/could be with the Conti GT, now it's as if he wanted to get VW to compete with VW-owned Bentley just for s
ts and giggles. Some interesting nuggets here https://jalopnik.com/the-pain-and-pleasure-of-brie...
This would have been interesting:
ferrisbueller said:
Not sure why I find these appealing:
Up for auction at the weekend here: https://angliacarauctions.co.uk/classic-auctions/2...
Did a little due diligence on it and found the previous two sales:
Nov 21 at Bonhams
Buyer sold it via a dealer in Scotland some time later
You find them so appealing because they are effortlessly cool. I ran an estate for a wee while, utterly brilliant thingUp for auction at the weekend here: https://angliacarauctions.co.uk/classic-auctions/2...
Did a little due diligence on it and found the previous two sales:
Nov 21 at Bonhams
Buyer sold it via a dealer in Scotland some time later
biggbn said:
ferrisbueller said:
Not sure why I find these appealing:
Up for auction at the weekend here: https://angliacarauctions.co.uk/classic-auctions/2...
Did a little due diligence on it and found the previous two sales:
Nov 21 at Bonhams
Buyer sold it via a dealer in Scotland some time later
You find them so appealing because they are effortlessly cool. I ran an estate for a wee while, utterly brilliant thingUp for auction at the weekend here: https://angliacarauctions.co.uk/classic-auctions/2...
Did a little due diligence on it and found the previous two sales:
Nov 21 at Bonhams
Buyer sold it via a dealer in Scotland some time later
dscam said:
Swiss Import not yet registered here, so maybe worth checking if there is VAT yet to pay? Oddly enough the bulk of Alpina’s B10 3.0 AllRad’s were sold in Switzerland for all that white fluffy stuff that doesn’t really happen anymore because of some girl called Greta?!?It was supposed to use the same 265bhp engine as the E36 B3 3.0 but for whatever potential frailties the Alpina geeks saw in the 4wd system of the 525iX cars they were based upon, the engine was detuned to 250bhp.
There are 3 right hand hand drive cars which were put together by Sytner for UK customers, two saloons and a Touring.
Might be useful if you can find some white fluffy stuff but otherwise the vagaries and ‘uniqueness’ of BMW’s four wheel drive system will leave you weighed down and occasionally broken down.
Isn’t Calypso red pretty on an old BMW though
Not sure this is the right thread for this but this looks a lovely things with some nice modifications.
https://www.pistonheads.com/buy/listing/16901618
https://www.pistonheads.com/buy/listing/16901618
Stick Legs said:
I remember one of the RHD E34 Allrad cars being featured in Performance BMW circa 2003.
Lots of want then & now.
I remember that and the earlier article about the same in BMW Car Magazine; the last I heard the same chap still owned it.Lots of want then & now.
E24 Alpina is lush; always wanted one But I never had the opportunity and funds at the same time. Too damned expensive now.
McGee_22 said:
Isn’t Calypso red pretty on an old BMW though
Never liked it, probably my least favourite BMW shade and always avoided cars in that colour when we were offered them on trade-in, or if we did get a car that shade then it was usually traded to another dealer; I remember once we got a nice J reg 750i (not long wheelbase) on trade-in against an 850ci, the 7 series ended up in stock for a good 6 months before being traded to another dealer. Shame as it drove really nicely being the shorter wheelbase, I could just never stomach the colour. It was weird as cars that shade when parked on the 'used car lot' always used to attract more bird st than other colours, so the car-valeter hated it too! 
The tyres and exhaust on that saloon are giving me extreme whiffs of 'been spanked round a track for years and just put the crusty old interior back in to sell it'.
why lie? Why do they do it?
It'll make one for sure, but its 100% guaranteed to need more than
seller said:
Genuine 161.000 Motorway Miles With Service History
Just.... why lie? Why do they do it?It'll make one for sure, but its 100% guaranteed to need more than
seller said:
Bodywork Needs Slight TLC & MOT Expired
Gassing Station | General Gassing | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff