Bangernomics car of the week/day - Part II

unkel · 16-03-2012 11:49pm

Owen wrote: »

Other half of me says get something interesting to drive and tax it for a year and just enjoy it.

I like that other half of yours

C'mon buy a car for 1k and tax it for up to that again and then don't worry, just enjoy

Owen · 16-03-2012 11:57pm

Actually now that I think of it, 4 requirements! Doh. Double Din for the stereo, aircon, sunroof and heated seats. Gotten way too used to heated seats in the last 3 cars. I'm amazed I don't have piles.

17-03-2012 12:01am

Owen wrote: »

............ I'm closing up the painting business ...........

Sorry to hear that, your work looked incredibly tasty in the pics you and others posted.

About the cars, air con and a sunroof can be a rarity, was never a huge sunroof dude tbh.

unkel · 17-03-2012 12:53am

I used to like sunroofs, but with modern aircon, they're a bit obsolete, no?

And as for heated seats - really? In our very mild climate?

Owen · 17-03-2012 12:54am

God yes. Heated seats are fantastic. I've lived with them permenantly on for the last few years.

colm_mcm · 17-03-2012 1:03am

I love having a sunroof, makes the interior way airier

unkel · 17-03-2012 1:14am

Owen wrote: »

God yes. Heated seats are fantastic. I've lived with them permenantly on for the last few years.

LOL, are you using the heated seats as birth control? No sperm could survive that kinda heat

Mycroft H · 17-03-2012 1:22am

colm_mcm wrote: »

I love having a sunroof, makes the interior way airier

That's until they fecking leak spilling water on your head going round a corner. Or maybe im just unlucky

colm_mcm · 17-03-2012 1:27am

My fiat, Toyota, fto and jag all had sunroofs, only the fiat one did what you described.

L-M · 17-03-2012 1:55am

Happened me in the e30, hit the brakes hard and the water came off the roof and down the gap in my shirt.

colm_mcm · 17-03-2012 1:58am

On the fiat, if you used the windscreen washer with the roof open you'd get soaked

Esel · 17-03-2012 1:58am

Owen wrote: »

God yes. Heated seats are fantastic. I've lived with them permenantly on for the last few years.

Ya feckin' mad yoke ya!

Shur any daycent taxi driver will tell ya dat dem tings use more peterdil dan having your dipped headlights on when one sidelight will do.... Handy for dryin' de seat doh

CharlieCroker · 17-03-2012 2:46am

Any pics of the Smart, Eoin? I'd heard of it but I've never seen it around.

Mohandas · 17-03-2012 2:57am

Limerick man wrote: »

Happened me in the e30, hit the brakes hard and the water came off the roof and down the gap in my shirt.

I hope your medallion did not go rusty

andyseadog · 17-03-2012 12:11pm

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/3046807

again, no tax or test and aftermarket DRL's but i think the price is just about right if you want a good go-er of a car.

Owen · 17-03-2012 12:23pm

CharlieCroker wrote: »

Any pics of the Smart, Eoin? I'd heard of it but I've never seen it around.

No bother, I'll take a few photos of her at the start of the week when it's going out for valeting/NCTing.

dan hibiki · 17-03-2012 1:00pm

only the brave......

http://www.carzone.ie/search/Renault/Safrane/2.0-EXEC/4213292280494140/advert?channel=CARS

unkel · 17-03-2012 1:05pm

The brave? The foolish more like. That price is ridiculous. No NCT means the car is not worth more than a couple of hundred. €1,500 hahaha :rolleyes:

Seweryn · 17-03-2012 1:12pm

unkel wrote: »

The brave? The foolish more like. That price is ridiculous. No NCT means the car is not worth more than a couple of hundred. €1,500 hahaha :rolleyes:

Yeah, a 12 years old French executive car with a "large" (by the local standards) petrol engine, no NCT, 150k miles on the clock and plenty of electric gizmos for over a grand is not a bargain in any way IMO.

Mycroft H · 17-03-2012 1:15pm

I never knew the safrane was made in 00. Rare car.

Saab Ed · 17-03-2012 3:44pm

unkel wrote: »

The brave? The foolish more like. That price is ridiculous. No NCT means the car is not worth more than a couple of hundred. €1,500 hahaha :rolleyes:

Got to agree, 500 quid is loads for it. But it shouldnt be dismissed altogether though. Those yokes were a mighty cruiser and they didnt break at all. The bonus was that they were fitted with this engine ...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volvo_Modular_engine

.... which was more than capabale of silly mileage.

argosy2006 · 17-03-2012 4:47pm

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/3126517
is that cheap,
Seems alot for a lil

Owen · 17-03-2012 4:49pm

Hideous, problematic and saleproof - all those ML's were.

Mycroft H · 17-03-2012 4:56pm

770 euros. Not bad for one of these, often sell for a little bit more. NCT too.

MidlandsM · 17-03-2012 5:02pm

argosy2006 wrote: »

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/3126517
is that cheap,
Seems alot for a lil

78k me hole, and Owens not wrong, terrible muck them merc ml's

daycent 406 diesel, it'll do another 200k!
http://www.adverts.ie/car/peugeot/406/1999-peugeot-406-for-sale/1436292

argosy2006 · 17-03-2012 5:02pm

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/3136505

02 reg for 550
5 door#4 new tyres
cheap as chips
with a nct
Looks quite smart to from front,
Not a car to duck and hide in LOL

Mycroft H · 17-03-2012 5:04pm

but its a daihatsu..........

argosy2006 · 17-03-2012 5:05pm

BX 19 wrote: »

but its a daihatsu..........

Yea,
Deserve respect daihatsu
They keep it simple and reliable,

Mycroft H · 17-03-2012 5:07pm

argosy2006 wrote: »

Yea,
Deserve respect daihatsu
They keep it simple and reliable,

That they do. Original point still stands. Its a bit uninspiring

argosy2006 · 17-03-2012 5:09pm

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/3136009
How about a skoda
with new nct
but a few dents
for 850

Bangernomics car of the week/day - Part II

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