Best smoker barges 1-5 large [Vol 22]

[AlexNJ89]

Rayny said:

A diesel driving devil speaks:
But, but, but - Could you buy it, run it for a year [just paying VED, insurance and petrol], then sell it for about £20K...
The drop in price of about £5K would be similar to the annual cost of a PCP on a much less appealing car...

It's pure luck, just a game of pass the bomb tbh.

[BenS94]

tobinen said:

High tyre pressure on one front wheel was an old ruse to hide a car that pulled to one side.

I've not driven it yet, but I was actually wondering if it was hiding something - though that tyre looks like it's been resealed/reseated as there was some evidence of product on the sidewall but not on the others.

[goldieandblackie]

Bet you said the same about Covid

[W00DY]

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202406070...

Nice. Still got lots of depreciation left to do though.

Why they bothered to sell them here is a mystery to me.

[BenS94]

W00DY said:

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202406070...

Nice. Still got lots of depreciation left to do though.

Why they bothered to sell them here is a mystery to me.

Affordable luxury! I like that a lot, the uncommon nature really appeals.

[deadtom]

W00DY said:

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202406070...

Nice. Still got lots of depreciation left to do though.

Why they bothered to sell them here is a mystery to me.

I quite like these, my work takes me to South Korea every now and then (to the main Hyundai / Kia / Genesis R&D plant in fact) so I see quite a few of these in their home environment, and they are blimmin massive, a proper barge. There was a nice bergundy over cream G90 last time I was there that I admired every time I walked past it.

However, that one you've linked to is a 2.5T, which I'm afraid makes it a 4 cylinder engine.

[thepeoplespal]

4 cylinder with 300bhp though.

[alpha channel]

BenS94 said:

I've not driven it yet, but I was actually wondering if it was hiding something - though that tyre looks like it's been resealed/reseated as there was some evidence of product on the sidewall but not on the others.

Puncture repair/part worn replacement? I've just had a 2" nail removed from my rear tyre and the place I take it to do have a tendency to be a tad over generous with the air (this time it was around 40psi when it should, just like yours, be 33psi).

Got lucky this time though, the last puncture (rear so the most expensive end) the nail went through the shoulder, and after having deflated, promptly when through the beading as well, on a tyre that had about 2000 miles on it if that. £285 later, new tyre (with the obligatory dollop of generous psi).

[21st Century Man]

I don't like that Genesis, I should, but I don't. It's like a cross between a Mondeo and a Spur with loads of fussy extraneous detail on the bodywork. Then there's the cylinder count.

[CharlesdeGaulle]

BenS94 said:

W00DY said:

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202406070...

Nice. Still got lots of depreciation left to do though.

Why they bothered to sell them here is a mystery to me.

Affordable luxury! I like that a lot, the uncommon nature really appeals.

I'm with BenS94 on this. I want it more because so few others do.

[The Don of Croy]

blue_haddock said:

W00DY said:

Direct from the CEO of a chocolate lime factory. Probably.




https://www.carandclassic.com/car/C1749538

I've always loved the Arnage and that is one of the best i've seen!

They are dropping in price to the point i try to make the best man-maths calculations about running one as a daily.

And then i remember the purchase price is just the entry point to a world of potential pain!

All that ostentation, then they fit standard (black) seat belts? WTAF?

However, had the seller been 'Duke and Duke' then it'd be a done deal (Ralph and Mortimer).

[SunsetZed]

CharlesdeGaulle said:

BenS94 said:

W00DY said:

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202406070...

Nice. Still got lots of depreciation left to do though.

Why they bothered to sell them here is a mystery to me.

Affordable luxury! I like that a lot, the uncommon nature really appeals.

I'm with BenS94 on this. I want it more because so few others do.

+1

[blue_haddock]

Rayny said:

blue_haddock said:

W00DY said:

Direct from the CEO of a chocolate lime factory. Probably.




https://www.carandclassic.com/car/C1749538

I've always loved the Arnage and that is one of the best i've seen!

They are dropping in price to the point i try to make the best man-maths calculations about running one as a daily.

And then i remember the purchase price is just the entry point to a world of potential pain!

A diesel driving devil speaks:
But, but, but - Could you buy it, run it for a year [just paying VED, insurance and petrol], then sell it for about £20K...
The drop in price of about £5K would be similar to the annual cost of a PCP on a much less appealing car...

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202303185370752?advertising-location=at_cars&atmobcid=soc5&fromsra&make=Bentley&model=Arnage&sort=price-asc

I'm sure this could be bought for £15k and it just looks so classy and for the price of a nearly new shopping trolley car......

[Wheel Turned Out]

blue_haddock said:

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202303185...

I'm sure this could be bought for £15k and it just looks so classy and for the price of a nearly new shopping trolley car......

It's the Green Label though, despite being lovely. That BMW unit is a good engine, but surely if you're going to do Bentley stuff you should have the full fat version.

[21st Century Man]

The Don of Croy said:

All that ostentation, then they fit standard (black) seat belts? WTAF?

Indeed.

Speccing that colour and interior, then not bothering to fine tune with all the other stuff on the configurator

Top/bottom roll, piping, stitching, carpets, belts etc.

[blue_haddock]

Wheel Turned Out said:

blue_haddock said:

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202303185...

I'm sure this could be bought for £15k and it just looks so classy and for the price of a nearly new shopping trolley car......

It's the Green Label though, despite being lovely. That BMW unit is a good engine, but surely if you're going to do Bentley stuff you should have the full fat version.

Whilst it would be nice to have the 6.75 engine i think as a semi-shedlike way of running such a vehicle the BMW engine may be more reliable long term.

There are cheaper 6.75 Models like this one

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202406261...

But i'm not a fan of the black interior

[Shabaza]

Ive seen this smoker on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/28278647...

Perhaps some potential to be spurious reading the ad.
But a V8 in SE trim with low mileage and sensibly priced

[GeniusOfLove]

blue_haddock said:

Whilst it would be nice to have the 6.75 engine i think as a semi-shedlike way of running such a vehicle the BMW engine may be more reliable long term.

There are cheaper 6.75 Models like this one

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202406261...

But i'm not a fan of the black interior

The only way it could have a less reliable engine than a BMW V8 is if they bought in B grade Rover K series powerplants.

Given the difficulty the M62 had in keeping it's fluids inside and it's timing gear intact in much less demanding applications I can't imagine it's any sort of stalwart of dependability when you put a pair of turbochargers on it and task it with dragging around 2.3 tons of Bentley.

I gather the 6.75 is partial to a head gasket but is otherwise as tough as it's nature would suggest, and of course as a pushrod engine a head gasket isn't nearly as tedious a task as with a (D)OHC design.

[anotherswifty]

The Don of Croy said:

However, had the seller been 'Duke and Duke' then it'd be a done deal (Ralph and Mortimer).

As opposed to Bo and Luke (and cousin Daisy of course !) ?

Am I showing my vintage - there is something about a Dodge Charger though whilst most Yank stuff passes over me. Think wrecked orange DofH ones, Bullitt chase car, and was one in ETA Twilight Supernatural, edit - was an Impala

Edited by anotherswifty on Tuesday 9th July 18:07

[macron]

I can haz all of your comfy borks. Price has dropped!

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/2024020863...