When it is £5,000; at which point you could drive it for a year spend £5000 fixing it, sell it for £8000 and it will have only cost you £2000 for a years motoring.
I reckon he would take £10k, if not £9k .. a V12 is pretty hard to sell, especially near Christmas
Sorry, £1000 per coil pack?
And it has 12, right? Really?
If this is right, Jesus Howard Christ!
Chattonmill
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If I read correctly there is only one coil pack that does all 12.
I love them, there is one at Sheffield for 15K, a good deal I think.
last months Enthusiast mag had one as well.
What I would like is a large diesel engine in one! Has anyone ever done that? is it achievable?
Would need that or LPG to make it affordable. Not the same as a V8 or V12 I know but this fuel stuff aint cheap.
Always remember the saying that the bloke who buys a car for 60K or whatever can afford a new windscreen or exhaust for 1K, but when you buy it second hand the parts are still the same price!!
last months Enthusiast mag had one as well.
What I would like is a large diesel engine in one! Has anyone ever done that? is it achievable?
Would need that or LPG to make it affordable. Not the same as a V8 or V12 I know but this fuel stuff aint cheap.
Always remember the saying that the bloke who buys a car for 60K or whatever can afford a new windscreen or exhaust for 1K, but when you buy it second hand the parts are still the same price!!
Where is the point of having such car,show off?
An earlier version of a big Mercedes Coupe would be much easier on the pocket - something like a W126 500 or 560 SEC . DIY maintenance is perfectly do-able : oils/filters/brakes etc ; I did springs myself last summer ; electronics not too bad , I have only once had to visit an indy once for an ABS problem which turned out to be two faulty wheel sensors , bill was £350 of which £200+ was for the two sensors , exhausts can be expensive but tend to last a few years ( or buy stainless and forget ) , tyres typically around £90 a corner and don't wear out too quickly .
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and from the sublime to the ridiculous...1989 MERCEDES 420 SEC AUTO BLACK on eBay (end time 11-Jan-10 20:27:14 GMT)
That was someone's dream car once until it went wrong and they couldn't afford to fix it. For the same reason, I'd love a Turbo R but I'd need a small padded room and funny pills if I bought one. Surely the massive price drop has to be a hint? Stunning car but......
That was someone's dream car once until it went wrong and they couldn't afford to fix it. For the same reason, I'd love a Turbo R but I'd need a small padded room and funny pills if I bought one. Surely the massive price drop has to be a hint? Stunning car but......
Hmmm ?? How fast is a modern one ?
The W126 versions were/are 250-300 bhp cars with top speeds ranging from 140-155 .
Mine ( on the way to a fire
) can do 90 in second , close on 140 in third and I've never maxed it in top , so who knows ?Can't look at eBay at work , but cheap 126's are the bargain of the century just now and they often don't have much wrong .
I paid a little over a grand for my 500SEL with new MOT and have spent maybe another £800 or so between new tyres , 2x springs , ABS repair and just routine DIY servicing , with 18 K clocked up over 15 months now .
The other 126 I bought for £250 drives well and looks very good body wise but I've yet to see what the MOT man says ; my pal James bought a 420SE out of a breakers in very nice condition for £250 and it passed its MOT without any advisories .
These cars are just big W123's , robustly and supremely well screwed together and largely unrecognised . Grab one while you can .
I paid a little over a grand for my 500SEL with new MOT and have spent maybe another £800 or so between new tyres , 2x springs , ABS repair and just routine DIY servicing , with 18 K clocked up over 15 months now .
The other 126 I bought for £250 drives well and looks very good body wise but I've yet to see what the MOT man says ; my pal James bought a 420SE out of a breakers in very nice condition for £250 and it passed its MOT without any advisories .
These cars are just big W123's , robustly and supremely well screwed together and largely unrecognised . Grab one while you can .
Hmmm ?? How fast is a modern one ?
The W126 versions were/are 250-300 bhp cars with top speeds ranging from 140-155 .
Mine ( on the way to a fire
a modern 500 has 388bhp and can probably do just over 170mph. it'll probably burn slightly less fuel aswell since its a more advanced engine, but as with advanced things comes a fair share of problems.
Less is more and all that..
To be fair - there's an enormous gulf between the sort of person who wants/drives an old 126 and someone who wants/drives a modern C215 or W220.
Perhaps comparible on some levels, but totally different cars in reality.
The old V8 126s sound nice and go okay, but they're getting on a bit. Most will be quite tired by now - rusty, heavy on fuel, lacking some of the more modern features. They're great cars but you can't ignore the fact that they're a ~ 20/30 year old design now
I love 126s as classics, but for 99% people they're an unrealistic option for a daily driver.
Will
Perhaps comparible on some levels, but totally different cars in reality.
The old V8 126s sound nice and go okay, but they're getting on a bit. Most will be quite tired by now - rusty, heavy on fuel, lacking some of the more modern features. They're great cars but you can't ignore the fact that they're a ~ 20/30 year old design now
I love 126s as classics, but for 99% people they're an unrealistic option for a daily driver.
Will
In reality , a W126SE is not much bigger than a W124 - slightly wider , not much longer unless you go for an SEL . Not altogether clear in the photo , but my pal's W124 estate is parked behind my 280SE ; the tail ends of both cars are about level .
I know the newer ones have a lot more toys and complexity , that's why I've shied away from them as I can cope with DIY maintenance on what I have , would hesitate to take on a W140 and definitely baulk at a W220 .
My neighbour has an early W220 which I know he bought for something like £2500 , speaking to him the other night I heard he just had a two grand + bill for some work on the suspension - he jokingly said it was costing him almost as much to run as the Rolls he had before and that he'd need to keep it a bit longer now to get the benefit of his outlay , but that he might sell it to me in a year or two - I thanked him and bade him goodnight .
I know the newer ones have a lot more toys and complexity , that's why I've shied away from them as I can cope with DIY maintenance on what I have , would hesitate to take on a W140 and definitely baulk at a W220 .
My neighbour has an early W220 which I know he bought for something like £2500 , speaking to him the other night I heard he just had a two grand + bill for some work on the suspension - he jokingly said it was costing him almost as much to run as the Rolls he had before and that he'd need to keep it a bit longer now to get the benefit of his outlay , but that he might sell it to me in a year or two - I thanked him and bade him goodnight .
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