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All I Need Now Is A Few Lights!

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  • #2
    Anan1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,815 ✭✭✭✭Anan1


    WOuld the factory warranty still be in force on that?


  • #3
    bf
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 993 ✭✭✭bf


    You'll find that actual car is a lot cheaper than that & going through Merlin car auctions. He seems to advertise a lot of cars that go through there, so he won't have it in stock if you call him

    Last month a 07 ex-Garda mondeo went through Merlin for about 4k


  • #4
    Volvoboy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,479 ✭✭✭Volvoboy


    Anan1 wrote: »
    WOuld the factory warranty still be in force on that?

    Good question, i'd imagine so unless it was limited mileage @ 78K on a 1 year old car i'd say Ford arent eejits when they see holes in the bumbers on the roof and on the dash.


  • #5
    L-M
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,694 ✭✭✭✭L-M


    Jaysus you'd nearly be tempted if you were lucking for a saloon. If you spent a few bob on Ford wheels, and a bit of that Platnium or Zetec outer trim if could look alot better.


  • #6
    homer90
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,073 ✭✭✭homer90


    Limerick-man wrote: »
    Jaysus you'd nearly be tempted if you were lucking for a saloon. If you spent a few bob on Ford wheels, and a bit of that Platnium or Zetec outer trim if could look alot better.

    or some st220 bits :D


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  • #7
    L-M
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,694 ✭✭✭✭L-M


    homer90 wrote: »
    or some st220 bits :D

    Ya, actually, that isn't the engine out of the 220's is it? What engine's are in those?

    White will make a come back, i know it:D


  • #8
    Max_Damage
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,461 ✭✭✭Max_Damage


    The Bluesmobile! :D


  • #9
    L-M
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,694 ✭✭✭✭L-M


    Just looking throught their cars, 06 S8 for 50K odd.... MAdness!!!


  • #10
    Plug
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,248 ✭✭✭Plug


    Volvoboy wrote: »
    http://www.driving.ie/usedcars/index.cfm?fuseaction=car&carID=1250173

    Damn tempting at that money!
    A first service the pads and disks need replacing! second service is a clutch!:D


  • #11
    macroman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 980 ✭✭✭macroman


    Why do a lot of his cars have the front reg plates torn off or bent?


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  • #12
    Plug
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,248 ✭✭✭Plug


    macroman wrote: »
    Why do a lot of his cars have the front reg plates torn off or bent?
    metal ones.


  • #13
    Volvoboy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,479 ✭✭✭Volvoboy


    Plug wrote: »
    A first service the pads and disks need replacing! second service is a clutch!:D

    :pac:


  • #14
    The Real B-man
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 3,740 Mod ✭✭✭✭The Real B-man


    Everything would probably need replacing clutch gearbox discs etc and not to mention the bodywork with holes for all gardai equiptment plus the Dash with chunks taken out of it and of course the upholstery :pac:


  • #15
    Voodoomelon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,661 ✭✭✭Voodoomelon


    ...covered in doughnut icing!


  • #16
    macroman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 980 ✭✭✭macroman


    Check down behind the rear seats...they could be harbouring a small fortune :pac:


  • #17
    Berty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,158 ✭✭✭✭Berty


    http://www.alibaba.com/company/10325896.html


  • #18
    Wishbone Ash
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,038 ✭✭✭✭Wishbone Ash


    On a serious note, why would the Gardai be selling a one year old vehicle with only 70k on it? Surely they would get more value from the use of it than from the selling price? (assuming, of course, that there is no major mechanical damage).

    And if someone really did want to get a bargain, wouldn't it be much better to get a few months out of a clapped out 6 year old Mondeo with half a million on the clock? It would owe one nothing!


  • #19
    craichoe
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,706 ✭✭✭craichoe


    Ex Garda Fleet Vehicle, Bodywork Is A Bit On The Scruffy Side And Needs A Bit Of Tidying But This Car Is Mechanically Perfect,

    Yeah right, the car has had the hole driven off it. 4th and 5th Gear were probably hardly used at all.


  • #20
    javaboy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,094 ✭✭✭✭javaboy


    Wishbone Ash wrote: »
    On a serious note, why would the Gardai be selling a one year old vehicle with only 70k on it?

    Licence plate snobbery I'd say. :D Plus the new shape is much nicer.


  • #21
    Wishbone Ash
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,038 ✭✭✭✭Wishbone Ash


    craichoe wrote: »
    Yeah right, the car has had the hole driven off it. 4th and 5th Gear were probably hardly used at all.
    Opinions seem to differ on this. Garda friends of mine tell me that patrol cars are very well maintained mechanically but otherwise there is a lot of wear, panel damage, grubby seats etc.


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  • #22
    L-M
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,694 ✭✭✭✭L-M


    javaboy wrote: »
    Licence plate snobbery I'd say. :D Plus the new shape is much nicer.

    Actually, just got me thinking. I have yet to see a new model mondeo as a Garda car...


  • #23
    milltown
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,618 ✭✭✭milltown


    Wasn't there something in the news recently about there being a few hundred cars bought ages ago (more than a year) but sitting in storage due to lack of funds/motivation to complete the transformation into cop cars. Lights, livery etc.


  • #24
    Wishbone Ash
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,038 ✭✭✭✭Wishbone Ash


    milltown wrote: »
    Wasn't there something in the news recently about there being a few hundred cars bought ages ago (more than a year) but sitting in storage due to lack of funds/motivation to complete the transformation into cop cars. Lights, livery etc.
    Yes, according to the report of the Comptroller and Auditor General, some 1,300 hundred new Garda vehicles were 'lying up' for over a year.

    Here's another small quote:
    Audit Concerns

    The management of this procurement was out of line with previous commitments on the vehicle procurement and deployment practices of An Garda Síochána. Paying, in 2006, for vehicles some of which were not put into service until 2008 raises questions as to the efficient use of public funds. Any targeted reduction in the age profile of the fleet remained theoretical until the vehicles were actually deployed. It would have been good commercial practice to seek a discount on bulk purchases of over 700 vehicles. This did not appear to have been explored.


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