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This weeks Classic Irish bargains that i'm not buying

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    #4502
    ianofitz
    Registered Users Posts: 199 ✭✭ianofitz


    http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/vintagecars/2796036

    not much of a bargain but some find this is. original irish aswell. stick a straight 6 in it and you have a great aul TR5


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    #4503
    Ford4000
    Registered Users Posts: 373 ✭✭Ford4000


    homingbird wrote: »
    Yes i know it was too much of a bargain but it was total rubbish . The owner told me he had someone coming down from donegal to buy it anyway a long way to travel for scrap metal.

    But for around 300 quid its breaker money u cant expect anything more than rubbish? would have to be enough good parts on it to bring it to the value of that and weigh in the rest for scrap


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    #4504
    carchaeologist
    Registered Users Posts: 11,318 ✭✭✭✭carchaeologist


    Ford4000 wrote: »
    But for around 300 quid its breaker money u cant expect anything more than rubbish? would have to be enough good parts on it to bring it to the value of that and weigh in the rest for scrap

    Exactly, its always gonna be worth about 150 quid as weight thats after you sell any bits off it?


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    #4505
    homingbird
    Registered Users Posts: 1,272 ✭✭✭homingbird


    carchaeologist wrote: »
    Exactly, its always gonna be worth about 150 quid as weight thats after you sell any bits off it?

    Yes i suppose so about scrap value. The electric windows worked & the panels on it were good i would say it spent a bit of time around a race track drifting. I needed the electric windows but was not going to pay 300 euro for them.


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    #4506
    johnos1984
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,096 ✭✭✭johnos1984


    Worth a punt at €400

    http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/vintagecars/2799565


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    #4507
    carchaeologist
    Registered Users Posts: 11,318 ✭✭✭✭carchaeologist


    johnos1984 wrote: »
    Worth a punt at €400

    http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/vintagecars/2799565


    I dunno, the MK2 Fiestas werent a patch on the MK1s. Same as the later MK3.5 Escorts were horrible things to drive. TBH id take great pleasure in barrel rolling that.:)


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    #4508
    Ford4000
    Registered Users Posts: 373 ✭✭Ford4000


    carchaeologist wrote: »
    I dunno, the MK2 Fiestas werent a patch on the MK1s. Same as the later MK3.5 Escorts were horrible things to drive. TBH id take great pleasure in barrel rolling that.:)

    Dam u to the fires of hell for such a commment:pSome die hard fordies will be after ya !
    Ah they really are not the car of a mk1 to be fair but a fierce economical wee runabout !


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    #4509
    Big Nasty
    Registered Users Posts: 22,080 ✭✭✭✭Big Nasty


    carchaeologist wrote: »
    I dunno, the MK2 Fiestas werent a patch on the MK1s. Same as the later MK3.5 Escorts were horrible things to drive. TBH id take great pleasure in barrel rolling that.:)

    That 1.1L was a relatively fast little engine - I know because I did barrel roll one, unintentionally. :o


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    #4510
    jonnynitro
    Registered Users Posts: 33 ✭jonnynitro


    carchaeologist wrote: »
    I dunno, the MK2 Fiestas werent a patch on the MK1s. Same as the later MK3.5 Escorts were horrible things to drive. TBH id take great pleasure in barrel rolling that.:)

    looks wise your right but they where nearly the same under the bonnet
    bar the 5 speed that wee car would make a nice daily driver


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    #4511
    si_guru
    Registered Users Posts: 2,347 ✭✭✭si_guru


    $(KGrHqR,!iQE7DUNlNEwBO3-zBHcPw~~60_12.JPG


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    #4512
    carchaeologist
    Registered Users Posts: 11,318 ✭✭✭✭carchaeologist


    jonnynitro wrote: »
    looks wise your right but they where nearly the same under the bonnet
    bar the 5 speed that wee car would make a nice daily driver

    Indeed, Except the build quality on the MK2 Fiestas was crap compared to the MK1s.


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    #4513
    homer90
    Registered Users Posts: 2,073 ✭✭✭homer90


    197544925_full.jpg

    One from this side...


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    #4514
    FreudianSlippers
    Registered Users Posts: 20,397 ✭✭✭✭FreudianSlippers


    homer90 wrote: »
    197544925_full.jpg

    One from this side...
    Serious want.


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    #4515
    RobAMerc
    Registered Users Posts: 5,862 ✭✭✭RobAMerc


    jonnynitro wrote: »
    looks wise your right but they where nearly the same under the bonnet
    bar the 5 speed that wee car would make a nice daily driver

    was the mk2 the same as the mark one under the bonnet ? I remember the mk2 sounded very distinct ( sort of offbeat almost like a 5 cylinder I always thought ) and certainly different to the mk1. our mk1 ( my first car ) understeered horrifically compared to the mk2 we had


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    #4516
    MrFoxman360
    Registered Users Posts: 576 ✭✭✭MrFoxman360


    RobAMerc wrote: »
    was the mk2 the same as the mark one under the bonnet ? I remember the mk2 sounded very distinct ( sort of offbeat almost like a 5 cylinder I always thought )

    I think they had a different firing order compared to a normal 4 cylinder engine, or so my brother told me


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    #4517
    Dades
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 25,558 Mod ✭✭✭✭Dades


    homer90 wrote: »
    One from this side...
    Yeah, that is lovely.

    Those pictures seem very desaturated for some reason.


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    #4518
    Bigus
    Registered Users Posts: 4,940 ✭✭✭Bigus


    Hi homer 90 great post on the 3.0s Bmw

    What the deal on running a car in NZ

    Tax ? old vs new big engined vs small ?
    Insurance
    Petrol
    Nct wof etc

    I have a daughter(25) just gone out there to Auckland what should she be looking at, car prob only used for weekends ??? big small old new or classic ?

    Thanks in advance
    B


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    #4519
    Top Dog
    Registered Users Posts: 4,162 ✭✭✭Top Dog


    Full?id=9064421

    http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/2801849

    Me likey! :D


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    #4520
    Grimreaper666
    Registered Users Posts: 1,045 ✭✭✭Grimreaper666


    Top Dog wrote: »
    Full?id=9064421

    http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/2801849

    Me likey! :D

    Only a pretend GTi really though, the 1.9 is a very different animal.


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    #4521
    bijapos
    Registered Users Posts: 3,003 ✭✭✭bijapos


    Grimreaper666 wrote: »
    Only a pretend GTi really though, the 1.9 is a very different animal.

    I disagree strongly that its a "pretend Gti". Its an excellent car, very good engine and a fabulous chassis with a very good power to weight ratio. As regards handling I found it a bit better balanced than the 1.9 but far more forgiving. Yes the 1.9 is faster but no way is the 1.6 a pretend car in any guise.

    My 2c, I've owned a 1.6, my ex had the 1.9 at a different time, two of the best Gtis ever made.


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    #4522
    Saab Ed
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,374 ✭✭✭Saab Ed


    Grimreaper666 wrote: »
    Only a pretend GTi really though, the 1.9 is a very different animal.

    As in the 1.9 understeers far more or that its lift off over steer is even more severe. I always thought that less is more with the 205 GTI. 1.6 is a far better car at being a GTI than the 1.9 ever was IMO. Mind you, those 1.9 wheels do lookk better.


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    #4523
    Dades
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 25,558 Mod ✭✭✭✭Dades


    That thing is cheap as chips!


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    #4524
    Bigus
    Registered Users Posts: 4,940 ✭✭✭Bigus


    Saab Ed wrote: »
    As in the 1.9 understeers far more or that its lift off over steer is even more severe. I always thought that less is more with the 205 GTI. 1.6 is a far better car at being a GTI than the 1.9 ever was IMO. Mind you, those 1.9 wheels do lookk better.

    Understeers more me a"se

    and pretend GTI me h*le

    only difference was the throw of the crank to give the extra 300 cc,

    just a bit torquier was the 1.9 and about 4bhp more

    but with a shorter stroke the 1.6 was revvier. as witnessed in the stock hatch and many the final i was in !


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    #4525
    shawnee
    Registered Users Posts: 1,830 ✭✭✭shawnee


    Dades wrote: »
    That thing is cheap as chips!

    Yeah it's one I like but then again it seems they don't even have the price of a bag of chips nowadays :D


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    #4526
    Bigus
    Registered Users Posts: 4,940 ✭✭✭Bigus


    not for me and no price mentioned but only up the road in newtownards 30 years in storage

    http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C270603


    2468217.jpg


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    #4527
    Saab Ed
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,374 ✭✭✭Saab Ed


    Bigus wrote: »
    Understeers more me a"se

    and pretend GTI me h*le

    It was nothing to do with weight of the engine and more to do with the 195 section tyres in the wet. They'd grip longer than the 185/60/14's in the dry but they'd plough on and lose grip in the wet very handy. The tyres also made the rear grip longer but when it did break, boy did it break more severly. 1.9 was a faster car but the 1.6 was far sweeter IMO.


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    #4528
    hi5
    Registered Users Posts: 3,105 ✭✭✭hi5


    http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/vintagecars/2740954

    €3999



    Full?id=8808372


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    #4529
    bijapos
    Registered Users Posts: 3,003 ✭✭✭bijapos


    hi5 wrote: »
    http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/vintagecars/2740954

    €3999

    Very cheap, no mention of NCT so possibly a money pit. Its worth a call though its for sale by a dealer who does car repairs so there is no reason why it shouldn't have an NCT.

    I looked at a R129 last year, a 500 SL, they are as good value now as they'll ever be. Great car too, very smooth and comfortable yet a nice yoke to take up the Sally Gap or Molls Gap.


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    #4530
    Paparazzo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,398 ✭✭✭Paparazzo


    I want this Merc:
    http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/vintagecars/2816523

    Price is pretty good too at €7,850


    Full?id=9125434


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    #4531
    Dades
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 25,558 Mod ✭✭✭✭Dades


    Looks tidy. Doesn't mention if it has an NCT.

    Cheap on tax but not on juice! Must be one of the last 450's made.

    I miss mine. :(


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