Bangernomics car of the week/day - Part II

JJJJNR · 16-03-2012 3:35pm

aggghh my eyes!!!!

L-M · 16-03-2012 3:46pm

JJJJNR wrote: »

aggghh my eyes!!!!

indeed, mine feel insulted.

Quazzie · 16-03-2012 4:19pm

Nothing wrong with them Micras really. They will go forever, and they're real popular as first cars for learner drivers.

unkel · 16-03-2012 4:27pm

Indeed. Cheap means of transport. Nothing to go wrong in them, even has a cam chain, good for 150k miles. This one is a 3 door, 10 times less ugly than the 5 door too

There is no cheaper motoring than this...

listermint · 16-03-2012 4:32pm

keithsfleet wrote: »

Still prefer a 99/00 m3 that wouldn't cost much more than 330ci.
Tax is the same on both.
Fuel consumption isn't too different.
But there is a huge difference in power, not shy of 100bhp and the noise difference is in a different chapter altogether.

Tax on a 330Ci is 1390 for the year

Tax on M3 is 1683. considerable difference.

Consumption would be relatively similar.

330Ci would be much cheaper to repair and maintain, As M parts command a premium as does labour cost and associated inspections.
It costs alot to maintain an M3 correctly plenty of idiots have tried and failed leaving alot of abused M3's on the market in this country.

flyingsnail · 16-03-2012 4:42pm

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/3111281

Poor ad but the car might have some promise. €1450

NCT 10 / 2013 and tax until April.

L-M · 16-03-2012 5:01pm

unkel wrote: »

Indeed. Cheap means of transport. Nothing to go wrong in them, even has a cam chain, good for 150k miles. This one is a 3 door, 10 times less ugly than the 5 door too

There is no cheaper motoring than this...

Doesn't seem to be tested or taxed. That's 105 euro more before you even change a bulb :P

pappyodaniel · 16-03-2012 5:04pm

Limerick man wrote: »

Doesn't seem to be tested or taxed. That's 105 euro more before you even change a bulb :P

Check the ad again.

L-M · 16-03-2012 5:06pm

pappyodaniel wrote: »

Check the ad again.

Grr... Putting things in the title and not in the main text.

pappyodaniel · 16-03-2012 5:08pm

Limerick man wrote: »

Grr... Putting things in the title and not in the main text.

Mycroft H · 16-03-2012 5:32pm

Remmy wrote: »

1997 Renault Clio, 3 months NCT, with no tax for 275 euros.

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/3121264

Can someone give me the lowdown on these model clio's? Anything that is prone to go wrong with them?Reliable engine? My Dad had two Renault lagunas in the past where the gearbox went so he has me warned off french cars.

The sunroof leaks in all of them. I've not seen one without a leaky sunroof. Prepare the silicone sealant if you get it. Apart from that, there grand, tidy handling car with a surprising amount of space.

osheen · 16-03-2012 8:46pm

Did over 200k miles in my 95 clio no probs apart from a clutch and usual belts and wheel bearings

Owen · 16-03-2012 10:19pm

Sold my car today, this thread has just become pertinent to my interests :pac:

Mycroft H · 16-03-2012 10:21pm

Owen wrote: »

Sold my car today, this thread has just become pertinent to my interests :pac:

The smart with the backpack? I liked that car, quirky looking

Owen · 16-03-2012 10:41pm

Yup! Someone spotted it, said they've been in the market for a Smart for a while and made a decent offer on it. Not thrilled about being without it as it was hilarious to drive. Only car I've actually laughed in every time I drove it, it was insane to be able to get the back out at 30mph and control it. So most of the money'll clear off a credit card, and then I'll get a banger with tax/test.

colm_mcm · 16-03-2012 10:45pm

Anything in mind Owen?

-Corkie- · 16-03-2012 10:48pm

There was a nice 75 diesel a few pages back for a grand..

Owen · 16-03-2012 10:51pm

Really undecided. Half of me says get something manageable, I'm closing up the painting business due to Ireland being a damp sponge permenantly, so I could get something 1 litrery that sips fuel. Other half of me says get something interesting to drive and tax it for a year and just enjoy it. Had looked into Preludes, always had a soft spot for those, and there's a nice one Cork, the final model shape, seems in decent nick and has a test until December.

Was also thinking T Bar MR2, but I gig at weekends, so I can't get gear into one of those.

I'm actually going to go tyre kicking this weekend. Only requirement I have is that the dash must be double-din for my satnav head unit. Will be weird to go around looking at cars rather than fixing them.

Owen · 16-03-2012 10:52pm

-Corkie- wrote: »

There was a nice 75 diesel a few pages back for a grand..

It'd kill me to get into one which didn't have all the toys mine had again.

Mycroft H · 16-03-2012 11:46pm

Owen wrote: »

Really undecided. Half of me says get something manageable, I'm closing up the painting business due to Ireland being a damp sponge permenantly, so I could get something 1 litrery that sips fuel. Other half of me says get something interesting to drive and tax it for a year and just enjoy it. Had looked into Preludes, always had a soft spot for those, and there's a nice one Cork, the final model shape, seems in decent nick and has a test until December.

Was also thinking T Bar MR2, but I gig at weekends, so I can't get gear into one of those.

I'm actually going to go tyre kicking this weekend. Only requirement I have is that the dash must be double-din for my satnav head unit. Will be weird to go around looking at cars rather than fixing them.

V8 - check
Tax - check
NCT - check

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/3107946

I have no idea what a double DIN thing is

EDIT:

205Gti?

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/3107571

A nicer looking 1.6 205

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/2791089

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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