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Bangernomics car of the week/day - Part II

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    #6482
    Seweryn
    Registered Users Posts: 4,487 ✭✭✭Seweryn


    RoverJames wrote: »
    .... probably no heater plug light on the dash of the yoke in Galway so :)
    I wouldn't expect it to be there :).

    By the way, I was wondering - is that Benz an original Diesel engined one with a speedometer cluster replaced... or a petrol yoke with a Diesel engine transplanted?

    Well, you guess :pac:.

    1992 Mercedes Benz

    BODY TYPE Saloon
    FUEL TYPE Petrol
    COLOUR Black
    TRANSMISSION Unknown


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    #6483
    Saab Ed
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,374 ✭✭✭Saab Ed


    http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/3904024

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    #6484
    Saab Ed
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,374 ✭✭✭Saab Ed


    http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/3871531

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    #6485
    dgt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,985 ✭✭✭✭dgt


    Seweryn wrote: »
    I wouldn't expect it to be there :).

    By the way, I was wondering - is that Benz an original Diesel engined one with a speedometer cluster replaced... or a petrol yoke with a Diesel engine transplanted?

    Well, you guess :pac:.

    1992 Mercedes Benz

    BODY TYPE Saloon
    FUEL TYPE Petrol
    COLOUR Black
    TRANSMISSION Unknown

    Either it was converted recently or it has a fake NCT....

    The other thing I was looking at was the chrome strip on one wing and none on the other

    Definitely a rubbish find :o


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    #6486
    Saab Ed
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,374 ✭✭✭Saab Ed


    http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/4315522

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    #6487
    Saab Ed
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,374 ✭✭✭Saab Ed


    http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/4256272

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    #6488
    Seweryn
    Registered Users Posts: 4,487 ✭✭✭Seweryn


    dgt wrote: »
    Either it was converted recently or it has a fake NCT....

    The other thing I was looking at was the chrome strip on one wing and none on the other
    Guys in NCT Centre would test the car as a Diesel engined, regardless of whatever is stated in the Vehicle Registration Document, so it makes no difference to them.

    The chrome wheel arches are a very bad idea from either aesthetic or technical point of view. I have no idea why people put them on.
    dgt wrote: »
    Definitely a rubbish find :o
    Rather below average and not worth buying IMO and I would rather spend my money elsewhere.

    However, if you want a W124 Diesel, buy one that left the factory with a Diesel engine in the first place ;). Converting a petrol one is a job for someone who knows what he is doing. It is not a simple matter of throwing in an engine and wiring it up. There are hundreds of bits and bobs that should be changed, i.e. gearbox, radiator, front suspension (springs), rear suspension springs, rear differential, drive shafts (sometimes), wiring looms, speedometer (complete cluster), ignition barrel and controls, sound proofing mats under the bonnet and above the transmission, engine mounts (due to the different vibration damping characteristics), etc. In a car like this it is all plug and play job and can be done, but I have never seen one done half properly.


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    #6489
    MidlandsM
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,737 ✭✭✭MidlandsM


    Saab Ed wrote: »
    http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/3871531

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    cheap because the nct is near out......


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    #6490
    Barry Barry
    Closed Accounts Posts: 494 ✭✭Barry Barry


    Civic 1.4 with 3 months test and tax for €350

    http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/4316423


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    #6491
    dgt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,985 ✭✭✭✭dgt


    Seweryn wrote: »
    Guys in NCT Centre would test the car as a Diesel engined, regardless of whatever is stated in the Vehicle Registration Document, so it makes no difference to them.

    The chrome wheel arches are a very bad idea from either aesthetic or technical point of view. I have no idea why people put them on.


    Rather below average and not worth buying IMO and I would rather spend my money elsewhere.

    However, if you want a W124 Diesel, buy one that left the factory with a Diesel engine in the first place ;). Converting a petrol one is a job for someone who knows what he is doing. It is not a simple matter of throwing in an engine and wiring it up. There are hundreds of bits and bobs that should be changed, i.e. gearbox, radiator, front suspension (springs), rear suspension springs, rear differential, drive shafts (sometimes), wiring looms, speedometer (complete cluster), ignition barrel and controls, sound proofing mats under the bonnet and above the transmission, engine mounts (due to the different vibration damping characteristics), etc. In a car like this it is all plug and play job and can be done, but I have never seen one done half properly.

    Twas unsure of this, I always understood it was tested as in accordance to what was on the VLC.... Must look more into it :)

    I viewed a W126 a few months ago, a 500SE with a 307 engine inserted, 2L on book. Car was in a garage for ages, it's prob still there. Only reason I didn't snap it was the shoddy crash repair it had received. Otherwise it could have been my daily driver :eek:

    Oblig car, I'll try another diesel Merc :)

    NCT till June, 1350

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    #6492
    Saab Ed
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,374 ✭✭✭Saab Ed


    http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/4316846

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    #6493
    Saab Ed
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,374 ✭✭✭Saab Ed


    Wonder whats wrong with it !!!!!!

    http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/4316639

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    #6494
    MidlandsM
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,737 ✭✭✭MidlandsM


    /\ probably the head gasket >>>> SCRAP


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    #6495
    Col200sx
    Registered Users Posts: 1,728 ✭✭✭Col200sx


    Saab Hot Aero with NCT til April.

    250bhp for only €850, not bad. Pity about the lack of pics.

    http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/4315078

    : )


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    #6496
    MidlandsM
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,737 ✭✭✭MidlandsM


    Col200sx wrote: »
    Saab Hot Aero with NCT til April.

    250bhp for only €850, not bad. Pity about the lack of pics.

    http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/4315078

    : )

    he seems to have a certain market in mind, but I'm not sure it'd make it to Poland / Latvia as suggested


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    #6497
    Mycroft H
    Registered Users Posts: 9,316 ✭✭✭Mycroft H


    I get the impression that that Aero has been a bit neglected. Couldn't even clean it for the advert.


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    #6498
    Seweryn
    Registered Users Posts: 4,487 ✭✭✭Seweryn


    MidlandsM wrote: »
    he seems to have a certain market in mind, but I'm not sure it'd make it to Poland / Latvia as suggested
    Pointless bringing a car like this over there anyway ;).


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    #6499
    MidlandsM
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,737 ✭✭✭MidlandsM


    Seweryn wrote: »
    Pointless bringing a car like this over there anyway ;).

    yep, this is more suitable for export to that area for the gents in their string body vests.....

    http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/3892284


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    #6500
    Seweryn
    Registered Users Posts: 4,487 ✭✭✭Seweryn


    MidlandsM wrote: »
    yep, this is more suitable for export to that area for the gents in their string body vests.....

    http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/3892284
    Better ;). But, as these barges are getting less popular and that one being a petrol model, you won't make any money on it (when breaking it for spares), even if you bought it for half the asking. The only M-B cars to export over there are cheap CDI engined ones. At least the (unreliable) engine is worth something plus it usually is attached to an automatic transmission.


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    #6501
    Mar4ix
    Registered Users Posts: 2,350 ✭✭✭Mar4ix


    MidlandsM wrote: »
    he seems to have a certain market in mind, but I'm not sure it'd make it to Poland / Latvia as suggested

    Not sure about Poland, but in Latvia there is no chance get it registered , as it is right hand drive car, .

    cheapest 9-5 is around €700 quid.


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    #6502
    Seweryn
    Registered Users Posts: 4,487 ✭✭✭Seweryn


    Mar4ix wrote: »
    Not sure about Poland, but in Latvia there is no chance get it registered , as it is right hand drive car, .
    Yep, that is the point or lack of it actually. And Poland is the same, i.e. the car has only value in spare parts (very little though).


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    #6503
    galwaytt
    Registered Users Posts: 12,761 ✭✭✭✭galwaytt


    Seweryn wrote: »
    Yep, that is the point or lack of it actually. And Poland is the same.....

    ....Mmm, curiouser and curiouser......the RHD Polish plated A4 floating about this area......

    Ode To The Motorist

    “And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, generates funds to the exchequer. You don't want to acknowledge that as truth because, deep down in places you don't talk about at the Green Party, you want me on that road, you need me on that road. We use words like freedom, enjoyment, sport and community. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent instilling those values in our families and loved ones. You use them as a punch line. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the tax revenue and the very freedom to spend it that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said "thank you" and went on your way. Otherwise I suggest you pick up a bus pass and get the ********* ********* off the road” 



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    #6504
    maidhc
    Registered Users Posts: 7,529 ✭✭✭maidhc


    http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/4316611

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    C250TD with the rare manual box, single tank conversion (I assume), a history and NCT for the bones of 12 months.

    Can't go too far wrong I think.


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    #6505
    Barry Barry
    Closed Accounts Posts: 494 ✭✭Barry Barry


    MidlandsM wrote: »
    /\ probably the head gasket >>>> SCRAP

    how did you come to that conclusion?


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    #6506
    bladespin
    Registered Users Posts: 7,336 ✭✭✭bladespin


    Barry Barry wrote: »
    how did you come to that conclusion?

    not exactly beyond the realms on the 1.4.


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    #6507
    johndaman66
    Registered Users Posts: 4,095 ✭✭✭johndaman66


    NCT out but a good solid 3 months tax left on it. I assume theres something badly amiss with it or otherwise hes giving it away @ €299

    http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/4312636


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    #6508
    Seweryn
    Registered Users Posts: 4,487 ✭✭✭Seweryn


    galwaytt wrote: »
    ....Mmm, curiouser and curiouser......the RHD Polish plated* A4 floating about this area......
    Sure, it is possible, exactly the way you said :D.

    *You can stick any number plates to a car and drive it.


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    #6509
    MidlandsM
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,737 ✭✭✭MidlandsM


    Barry Barry wrote: »
    how did you come to that conclusion?

    i said probably, and if its not the HG, its something else fatal to render the car scrap value!


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    #6510
    dgt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,985 ✭✭✭✭dgt


    NCT till July, 1100

    Taxed till July too (albeit PSV)
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    NCT till July, 900

    Taxed till May
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    #6511
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 23,339 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    MidlandsM wrote: »
    i said probably, and if its not the HG, its something else fatal to render the car scrap value!

    Indeed, oil guzzling and ran dry maybe.


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