[Esel]

^ IANAL (i.e. this is not a legal opinion), but if the properly completed registration certificate that you have witnessed being posted to Shannon bears a 'signature' of the current registered owner in the appropriate (transfer of ownership) section, then, all other things being equal, a new registration certificate will be posted to you from Shannon.

In other words, anyone can scrawl a 'signature' on the certificate. You will only have to worry if there actually is something underhand going on (i.e. if it turns out that the actual owner had not consented to the sale), and I presume you will be able to get a gut feeling about this before committing to buying the vehicle.

On a separate point, you mention 'construction vehicle' in your post. If you mean that the vehicle is classed as commercial for motor tax purposes, you should make yourself aware of the new regime regarding the taxation/use of this class of vehicle, which makes it very difficult for an owner to use such a vehicle for any non-commercial purposes. Do a search of this forum for more information on this if it is relevant to you.

[patdahat]

lad's in the next few day's ill be looking at a 1.6l focus diesel 06, is there any specific's i should be on the look out for relating to this car??

[MidlandsM]

Originally Posted by patdahat

lad's in the next few day's ill be looking at a 1.6l focus diesel 06, is there any specific's i should be on the look out for relating to this car??

Basically, DON'T - shyte engine.....the 1.6 tdci is one of the worst ever placed in a ford as its not a proper ford engine. You'd be lucky not to encounter massive bills - im speaking from experience and not hear'say. Search out a 1.8tdci focus, better engine by a million miles, same mpg, more grunt, and the bit more payable in road tax is negligible over the year.

[MarthaMyDear]

Hi guys,

Just wondering if anybody would be willing to give me a quick opinion on this car? Thanks for the buying guide it's brilliant! They are selling the car and buying an automatic because the lady who owns it finds driving manual very difficult. So they havn't had it long should I be wary? If it drives well and ticks all the boxes that are listed above do you think it's ok?

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/3650407

thanks in advance.

[MidlandsM]

Originally Posted by MarthaMyDear

Hi guys,

Just wondering if anybody would be willing to give me a quick opinion on this car? Thanks for the buying guide it's brilliant! They are selling the car and buying an automatic because the lady who owns it finds driving manual very difficult. So they havn't had it long should I be wary? If it drives well and ticks all the boxes that are listed above do you think it's ok?

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/3650407

thanks in advance.

re; the tax, its renewed yet they're selling, caution required alright, could be using that as a sales tool. !
couple of things of note on these from memory.....

they can leak water ...check the carpets for dampness in the footwells, condensation in the windows inside is a dead giveaway....and a musty small inside - watch for too many air freshners in the car of lots of fabrese spray just been used.....
check the wiper linkage for sloppyness...
check the blower fan in the dash, common failure......ensure it works at all speeds....
Re; his quote - Timing Chain = no worries......well, all grand and well isd the chain is not noisey .......then you'd have got an expensive repair bill on yer hands.

...make sure it selecting all gears well and not jumping out of any gears......

...get a good experienced mechanic to eyeball it first if you are unsure.

Good luck

[MarthaMyDear]

Originally Posted by MidlandsM

re; the tax, its renewed yet they're selling, caution required alright, could be using that as a sales tool. !
couple of things of note on these from memory.....

they can leak water ...check the carpets for dampness in the footwells, condensation in the windows inside is a dead giveaway....and a musty small inside - watch for too many air freshners in the car of lots of fabrese spray just been used.....
check the wiper linkage for sloppyness...
check the blower fan in the dash, common failure......ensure it works at all speeds....
Re; his quote - Timing Chain = no worries......well, all grand and well isd the chain is not noisey .......then you'd have got an expensive repair bill on yer hands.

...make sure it selecting all gears well and not jumping out of any gears......

...get a good experienced mechanic to eyeball it first if you are unsure.

Good luck

Thanks a million. I'll take that all into consideration! Think the reason the car is freshly taxed is either because it was bought for this lady to drive recently and now she wants a different car or else because cars with tax usually sell for a bit higher. I'll tread with caution though Thanks

[Limerick man]

From personal experience the gear shifter in those older Micra's is always stiff.

As long as the car itself checks out you should be ok, I'd ignore/try to avoid taking into their story and just check out the car.

[MarthaMyDear]

Originally Posted by Limerick man

From personal experience the gear shifter in those older Micra's is always stiff.

As long as the car itself checks out you should be ok, I'd ignore/try to avoid taking into their story and just check out the car.

Thank you. First car so fingers crossed it's ok!!

[veruca salt]

Hi, desperately trying to find a Honda civic 2006+ hatchback (either 1.8 or 2.2) for around 6,000, do you think this is just totally unrealistic? Does this seem a bit dodge? http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/3669179
Or this cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/3439256 60k milage?
Thanks a million for any advice!

[MidlandsM]

do the checks on the cars and get them independently inspected if needed be, then you can decide. You'll only know so much over the internet.

[veruca salt]

Thank you for that, hopefully we will manage to find one!

[MidlandsM]

one thing about those civic, avoid the auto/semi auto gearbox in them, they can be hassle.

[boystarone]

hi guys first time posting to this tread, and like everyone else i'm looking for some advice. don't have much experience of buying cars/ or much of a clue when its comes to them for that matter, things is mine just packed in and i ned it for work, I do a lot km, about 20,000 per year. and my budget is 3500/4500 what i'd love to get some advice on is diesel vs petrol. specifically does a 1.8 diesel give as good MPG as a low engine size petrol say a 1.4? it seems like there more diesels available at this engine size for the money I have. would anyone have any recommendations? for 1.8 diesels,

also i'm going to check this later what do you think?

http://www.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/3655657


any advice would be very welcome

[Glebee]

Hi guys, looking for an opinions on my choice. Time to change my old reliable 03 Golf TDI. Liking the Volvo S60 Diesel and on the look out for a 2010 model. Dont see to many for sale though. Any opinion on the volvo...
What else should I consider in the same price range..
Thanks all

[boystarone]

I went to look at this car today:

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/3669892

I drove it and everything seemed fine but an 'anti pollution warning' message came up on the display when I switched on the engine. The owner said it had been there since shortly after she bought the car (about a year) and she hadn't had any problems. I'm just worried the car won't pass an NTC because of this (its up in 6 months) or it's an underlying bigger issue. I can see online that people encounter this problem a lot with the 307, but just wondering will it pass an NCT with a warning like this? I was going to get a mechanic out to look at it but do you think it's worth my while with a fault like this or should i just try again?