BANGERNOMICS CAR OF THE WEEK/DAY

frozenfrozen · 06-07-2015 3:52pm

It'll be a sad day when they replace the tax bands CC and Co2 with kilowatt power to the wheels!

anyway there might be a need for a wankel thread if we don't get a few bangers posted here

26000 Elephants · 06-07-2015 3:56pm

Vauxhall Zafira, a bit grim but its 2004 with NCT to Feb 2016. 890 euro

tinofapples · 06-07-2015 6:07pm

Anyone brave enough ?

https://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/alfa-romeo-147/9731959

26000 Elephants · 06-07-2015 6:54pm

tinofapples wrote: »

Anyone brave enough ?

Doesnt belong here - according to NCT they havent seen it since 2012....

To the Fixerupper thread I think. And yes, I would be brave enough - it looks nice. But knock about 300 of the asking

Arthur Daley · 06-07-2015 7:01pm

Would dermot wallace knock it out without an nct?

mickdw · 06-07-2015 7:07pm

Arthur Daley wrote: »

Would dermot wallace knock it out without an nct?

You would

Big Nasty · 06-07-2015 7:08pm

Arthur Daley wrote: »

Would dermot wallace knock it out without an nct?

I wouldn't have thought so. Seems a little cheap for him too..........

tinofapples · 06-07-2015 7:08pm

26000 Elephants wrote: »

Doesnt belong here - according to NCT they havent seen it since 2012....

To the Fixerupper thread I think. And yes, I would be brave enough - it looks nice. But knock about 300 of the asking

My bad, I'm looking to buy something at the moment and my eyes are gone square from looking at the laptop. I just know if I go and buy something something nicer will appear :rolleyes:

80s Child · 06-07-2015 7:12pm

Folks, any POV on the Rx8's?

26000 Elephants · 06-07-2015 7:53pm

tinofapples wrote: »

My bad, I'm looking to buy something at the moment and my eyes are gone square from looking at the laptop. I just know if I go and buy something something nicer will appear :rolleyes:

Ha, I know the feeling. But the beauty of bangernomics is that you are not tied to anything long term. If you make sure that what you buy is presentable, you should always be able to punt it along fairly quick if you find something nicer.

If you go for a grim looking shed, then you are better off running it until it dies. Either way, it beats buying a new car on PCP and being stuck with it for 3 years.

tinofapples · 06-07-2015 8:21pm

26000 Elephants wrote: »

Ha, I know the feeling. But the beauty of bangernomics is that you are not tied to anything long term. If you make sure that what you buy is presentable, you should always be able to punt it along fairly quick if you find something nicer.

If you go for a grim looking shed, then you are better off running it until it dies. Either way, it beats buying a new car on PCP and being stuck with it for 3 years.

Tell me about it, I drove to Newbridge yesterday to look at a "stunning" 2001 Accord which turned out to be less than that. Some fella's are a bit OTT with their terms, Mint, Stunning, Immaculate, Pristine blah blah blah :cool:

callaway92 · 06-07-2015 9:10pm

80s Child wrote: »

Folks, any POV on the Rx8's?

Thinking the same. . . .

26000 Elephants · 06-07-2015 9:26pm

If the claims in the ad check out, then this is worth a punt....

2001 Alfa with NCT till March 2016 for 650 euro

26000 Elephants · 06-07-2015 9:55pm

And if you thought Alfas werent up to high mileage use....

2005 1.6 with 235k kms (or miles?)and brand new NCT for 1400 euro

bear1 · 07-07-2015 8:52am

KM.

zurbfoundation · 07-07-2015 9:48am

the design of the alfas is enduring well i must say

26000 Elephants · 07-07-2015 12:43pm

Nice '80s retronomics Nissan Sunny. Looks tidy and comes with years NCT.

No reason why this wont go on for another 10 years with usual care & feeding.

thewintermute · 07-07-2015 3:07pm

Full disclosure, selling on behalf of a family member and have priced to be off my driveway fairly sharpish.
Good value little Mitsi that has always been well kept.
As a longtime bangernomics lurker, I'd be happy to deal with a fellow boardsie. The last motor I mentioned on here was gone within a few hours.

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/mitsubishi-colt-650-ono-tax-and-nct/9846940

Soarer · 07-07-2015 3:58pm

thewintermute wrote: »

Full disclosure, selling on behalf of a family member and have priced to be off my driveway fairly sharpish.
Good value little Mitsi that has always been well kept.
As a longtime bangernomics lurker, I'd be happy to deal with a fellow boardsie. The last motor I mentioned on here was gone within a few hours.

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/mitsubishi-colt-650-ono-tax-and-nct/9846940

Best of luck with the sale. Always liked those Colts.

CianRyan · 07-07-2015 4:13pm

If I had the money I'd snap that up for my girlfriend.
She'll be learning to drive now and that'd be perfect.

I had promised her my old Almera but I eh... Wrote that off. :pac:

job seeker · 07-07-2015 4:30pm

That's a very fresh colt.. But no n.c.t?

punisher5112 · 07-07-2015 5:04pm

job seeker wrote: »

That's a very fresh colt.. But no n.c.t?

nct up at end of month

thewintermute · 07-07-2015 5:17pm

punisher5112 wrote: »

nct up at end of month

Booked it in for NCT, but dates are two months off at the minute. In fairness, I don't think it would increase the value much for spending 55 euro on a test. It's in pushbike territory, pricewise as it is.

ba_barabus · 07-07-2015 5:30pm

thewintermute wrote: »

I don't think it would increase the value much

It would greatly improve the saleability of the car.

Those Colts aren't an easy sell and have been as desirable as the clap for a good few years now.

gsi300024v · 07-07-2015 6:51pm

Why are these colts not an easy sell?
Are they not like a corolla, reliable? Cheap to run?

punisher5112 · 07-07-2015 7:10pm

gsi300024v wrote: »

Why are these colts not an easy sell?
Are they not like a corolla, reliable? Cheap to run?

I actually think they look a hell of a lot better then the new ones.

It will sell at the right price and be perfect especially for a newbie.

Suggest in the ad to bring a mechanic along for any inspection also say nct is booked but waiting on cancellation.

I could see that car getting slammed.

ba_barabus · 07-07-2015 7:39pm

Very very cheap for such a long nct

http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/01-megane-1-4-16v-5dr-nct-7-16-tax7-15-77k-miles/9848175

ba_barabus · 07-07-2015 7:49pm

Very very cheap for such a long nct

http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/01-megane-1-4-16v-5dr-nct-7-16-tax7-15-77k-miles/9848175

alan partridge aha · 07-07-2015 8:18pm

26000 Elephants wrote: »

Nice '80s retronomics Nissan Sunny. Looks tidy and comes with years NCT.

No reason why this wont go on for another 10 years with usual care & feeding.

They even looked out of date back then, looking very similar to the older Corolla (83-87).
http://www.pakwheels.com/forums/spotting-hobbies-other-stuff/53987-spotted-1984-86-corolla-uk-2

07-07-2015 9:27pm

Those Sunnys became very popular on my road for some reason back in the early 90's. About 6 out of 14 houses had one including us. Our one was passed on to a few family members and was promised to me when I turned 17. It was robbed and burnt out before then though

Thinking back, my dads one was used as my cousins wedding car in 1995 :pac:

mullingar · 07-07-2015 10:42pm

Those Sunnys really are cock-roaches, nothing kills them, except for rot afaik.

Long Time Lurker · 07-07-2015 11:17pm

LETS OFF ROAD ...... kinda :-)

http://cars.donedeal.ie/view/9842753

Long Time Lurker · 07-07-2015 11:20pm

Banzai shopping wagon

http://cars.donedeal.ie/view/9811561

bear1 · 07-07-2015 11:27pm

Long Time Lurker wrote: »

LETS OFF ROAD ...... kinda :-)

http://cars.donedeal.ie/view/9842753

That's suspicious cheap

colm_mcm · 07-07-2015 11:28pm

Just on the civic, they're 123bhp SOHC, 10.9 0-60
It's enough money when you take that into account

GvidoR · 07-07-2015 11:48pm

bear1 wrote: »

That's suspicious cheap

Maybe not? Sold already it seems... didn't get a chance to see it.

bear1 · 07-07-2015 11:52pm

When I was shopping for an estate I was looking for one of those. Apart from being quite bad on fuel I couldn't find a decent one under 2.5k. Maybe that was just an honest bargain

26000 Elephants · 08-07-2015 12:31am

Very elegant looking face-lifted 166, 2005 with a years NCT for 1950

Leather too...:) Its probably stretching the spirit of bangernomics, but the 2.0 isnt that much more to run over a standard family runabout.

wotzgoingon · 08-07-2015 12:50am

colm_mcm wrote: »

Just on the civic, they're 123bhp SOHC, 10.9 0-60
It's enough money when you take that into account

I still think it is expensive for what it is. It is a far from performance figures anyway. It may have the famous vtec but it ain't no type r vtec.

GvidoR · 08-07-2015 1:09am

wotzgoingon wrote: »

I still think it is expensive for what it is. It is a far from performance figures anyway. It may have the famous vtec but it ain't no type r vtec.

Those Civic wagons are very rare, it looks pretty clean and it just passed NCT. I wouldn't say it's expensive, but it if you can knock a couple hundred off, it would be a great deal.

JohnBoy26 · 08-07-2015 2:40am

GvidoR wrote: »

Those Civic wagons are very rare, it looks pretty clean and it just passed NCT. I wouldn't say it's expensive, but it if you can knock a couple hundred off, it would be a great deal.

Looks like a bit of a dog to me. Suspension has been messed with, oversized wheels and loud exhaust fitted. Looks like it has fallen into the wrong hands. You are right though the aerodeck is rare here, but not so rare in the UK.

Most, if not all the ones here have been imported from there. The price is expensive for that one imo. You can get a decent 5 door hatchback version for around €750. I've seen better examples of aerodecks struggling to make less than the asking for that aerodeck. I'd say closer to the grand mark would be enough fot that example, maybe even slightly south of it tbh.

JohnBoy26 · 08-07-2015 3:16am

gsi300024v wrote: »

Why are these colts not an easy sell?
Are they not like a corolla, reliable? Cheap to run?

A corolla is a good bit better in most departments. The colt is ok in terms of reliability they're just not that well screwed together and they have a feeling of being built to a budget. They don't age well they have weak body panels that are easily dented/damaged, poor rust protection and in general the quality of build is well below that of Toyota or honda standards of the time.

The 1.3 engine is also dated and was dated even when that model colt was launched. The lancer (which is essentially a saloon version of the colt) didn't fair to well in the euro ncap either.

Still if a good one can be got cheap it could make good bangernomics. Getting a good one can prove difficult though due to the above. Lots of tired examples out there today with either poor bodywork or a rusted chassis, or both. The one posted here looks clean though. If it checks out I'm sure it will make a good bangernomics car for someone.

Seweryn · 08-07-2015 8:20am

Long Time Lurker wrote: »

Banzai shopping wagon

http://cars.donedeal.ie/view/9811561

Another damaged Civic

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colm_mcm · 08-07-2015 8:35am

wotzgoingon wrote: »

I still think it is expensive for what it is. It is a far from performance figures anyway. It may have the famous vtec but it ain't no type r vtec.

That's what I said?

Seweryn · 08-07-2015 8:43am

26000 Elephants wrote: »

Very elegant looking face-lifted 166, 2005 with a years NCT for 1950

Leather too...:) Its probably stretching the spirit of bangernomics, but the 2.0 isnt that much more to run over a standard family runabout.

That is a lovely one! However I think the earlier face looks a little bit better on that model.

Duke O Smiley · 08-07-2015 9:17am

http://cars.donedeal.ie/vintagecars-for-sale/renault-19/8956005?offset=23

Ph1 19 with a years test, tax and lots of work done/ new parts.

The hygiene levels in my pants have been significantly lowered

colm_mcm · 08-07-2015 9:21am

That's a clean 19

ba_barabus · 08-07-2015 11:30am

colm_mcm wrote: »

That's a clean 19

I've seen it at shows and I strongly disagree.

It's got bubbling in a good few places and a very badly resprayed boot. It's well polished however

GvidoR · 08-07-2015 11:33am

Seweryn wrote: »

Another damaged Civic .

Just because it's lowered, it's damaged? :rolleyes:

colm_mcm · 08-07-2015 11:50am

ba_barabus wrote: »

I've seen it at shows and I strongly disagree.

It's got bubbling in a good few places and a very badly resprayed boot. It's well polished however

Looks good in the pics. Pity.

BANGERNOMICS CAR OF THE WEEK/DAY

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