And the winner of dreamer of the year is...

wexie

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

€4k, automatic, no NCT

geez.....old colleague of mine had one of them, literally couldn't give it away when he left the country and ended up scrapping it.

colm_mcm

Remember when a friend of the family got one of these in 1991 or so. It might as well have been a Ferrari to us.

fancy pigeon

Leonard Hofstadter wrote: »

Indeed, no interior photos, no photos of the instruments.

If it was a V6 it might be worth maybe €3-4k since PSA haven't made a V6 petrol in a long time and they would be so incredibly rare, but a 2.2 diesel Coupé, I don't think so.

I made an attempt to buy a V6 coupe last year to add some of the bits off it onto my non coupe 406, notably the brakes all round and strut brace to start.

The seller wouldn't budge off his advertised price. This is fine if the car was priced reasonably and I have on many occasion given full asking price, but in this case this car was overpriced. It was not overly far away. I was the only viewer for the car which was on sale for a very long time prior, possibly the only person stupid enough to try negotiate with this particular ape. I even flashed the cash in front of him stating I can take it away right now, but greed took over and he wanted the extra bit.

I put the money away, got in my car and drove out

He feebly rang me when I was way down the road saying he'd reconsider

He still has the car to this day

emeldc

elperello wrote: »

I don't think it is right to refer to advertisers as gob*****s and w*****s.
We are just a group of people who are interested in cars no need to be nasty.

You're probably right but I've read the ad several times again and my opinion of the seller hasn't changed. It's not just the price, time warp condition me hoop.

CrankyHaus

emeldc wrote: »

You're probably right but I've read the ad several times again and my opinion of the seller hasn't changed. It's not just the price, time warp condition me hoop.

"No drive without cash", difficult to think much of someone putting that on ad for an old 406.

oldsmokey

colm_mcm wrote: »

They made a caddy pickup based on the mk1 Golf (we got them here while the Mk2 Golf was out til the early 90s I think) , they did a badge engineered VW version of the Skoda Felicia based pickup , which I think was for some emerging market.
The Felicia was a development of the Favorit, which itself was a pre VW model, VW had input in developing the Felicia of course, and the 1.9 non turbo engine is from VW.

The Felicia type pickup to get is the Fun model, which has a rear seat and bulkhead that slides into the load bed. They’re 1.6 petrol IIRC and usually yellow.

Maaaan, i doff my hat to that level of knowledge...felicia pickups in yellow...love it

oldsmokey

peasant wrote: »

if it were yellow though...
https://www.google.ie/search?rlz=1C1CHWA_enIE601IE601&biw=943&bih=964&tbm=isch&sa=1&ei=GFqpW-mLHeyEgAanx5-QDQ&q=felicia+pickup+fun&oq=felicia+pickup+fun&gs_l=img.3..0i5i30k1j0i8i30k1.95916.96764.0.97321.3.3.0.0.0.0.120.203.2j1.3.0....0...1c.1.64.img..0.3.203...0.0.jh7fHs-gSSo#imgrc=_

Pic6 shows its a babe magnet too?

oldsmokey

colm_mcm wrote: »

Remember when a friend of the family got one of these in 1991 or so. It might as well have been a Ferrari to us.

Those popup lights, ahh

MEGA BRO WOLF 5000

colm_mcm wrote: »

Remember when a friend of the family got one of these in 1991 or so. It might as well have been a Ferrari to us.

Haha yep! Probably the first car I ever saw in the flesh as a child and went... “wow” that is cool. Started me off on my Mazda buzz of the late 90s, I owned one of them, then the 323 that came after it then a Jap import MX3. At the time I thought they were rocketships!

Muppet Man

60k euro for a 12 year old Mercedes

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/mercedes-benz-cl-class-cl65-amg-6-0-v12-bi-turb/19278425

Granted I know it’s very special, but jaysis who would pay that money to run a 6litre v12

How do you even come up with a value for that.

The only reason I ended up googling it was I was watching a barret Jackson car auction live from Las Vegas (discovery turbo) and the exact same year CL65 Amg sold for 17k USD. I was curious how much it would be in Ireland. Some difference!

Muppet man

Duke O Smiley

New model here for £36k, I'd say with VRT you'd still be well under 60k

https://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/mercedes-benz/cl/cl-65-amg-the-v12-twin-turbo-flagship-model/9033944

pah

elperello wrote: »

I don't think it is right to refer to advertisers as gob*****s and w*****s.
We are just a group of people who are interested in cars no need to be nasty.

Anyone who prices a max 2k car for 6k is a complete and utter gob5hite

Leonard Hofstadter

Hunky Monster wrote: »

Haha yep! Probably the first car I ever saw in the flesh as a child and went... “wow” that is cool. Started me off on my Mazda buzz of the late 90s, I owned one of them, then the 323 that came after it then a Jap import MX3. At the time I thought they were rocketships!

I always thought they were a really cool looking car back in the day too! Pop up headlights were so space age back then.

Avatar MIA

Leonard Hofstadter wrote: »

Pop up headlights were so space age back then.

Even now, who does them? If someone did do pop up lights now they'd be very eye catching.

Kintarō Hattori

Avatar MIA wrote: »

Even now, who does them? If someone did do pop up lights now they'd be very eye catching.

Aren't they banned now for pedestrian safety?

Avatar MIA

Kintarō Hattori wrote: »

Aren't they banned now for pedestrian safety?

Including cyclists as well, presumably *shakes fist* :pac:

I wonder could they design collapsing headlights if they had an impact ?

Pops_20

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/99-glanza-turbo/19932484

Are these really making this much nowadays? It's not long since similar examples bottomed out around 1500-2500.

StereoSound

Leonard Hofstadter wrote: »

I always thought they were a really cool looking car back in the day too! Pop up headlights were so space age back then.

A neighbour had a black 1992' 323F back in the day and I thought it was a sports car! Those lights popped up like a Testarossa. They were really cool looking in the day. Shame it was no quicker then a 121.

twin_beacon

Pops_20 wrote: »

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/99-glanza-turbo/19932484

Are these really making this much nowadays? It's not long since similar examples bottomed out around 1500-2500.

I'd say 1500 - 2500 would be a good price, as its 19 years old and those cars were built to be driven hard, and most were. Is there much of a demand for them now? lads under 20 probably wont get insured on them any more, and that was the main demographic of their owners.
There were lots of them around my college in the early to mid naughties.

miece16

twin_beacon wrote: »

I'd say 1500 - 2500 would be a good price, as its 19 years old and those cars were built to be driven hard, and most were. Is there much of a demand for them now? lads under 20 probably wont get insured on them any more, and that was the main demographic of their owners.
There were lots of them around my college in the early to mid naughties.

Got my one when I was 20 in 2010 and kept it for 4 years. Went to sell it on in 2014 as I had outgrown it and barely got 1500 for it. 99 model with rare factory recaro interior and 1 previous owner. Kind of miss it

MEGA BRO WOLF 5000

Pops_20 wrote: »

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/99-glanza-turbo/19932484

Are these really making this much nowadays? It's not long since similar examples bottomed out around 1500-2500.

You’re spot on there. That price is very much on the high side.

MEGA BRO WOLF 5000

miece16 wrote: »

Got my one when I was 20 in 2010 and kept it for 4 years. Went to sell it on in 2014 as I had outgrown it and barely got 1500 for it. 99 model with rare factory recaro interior and 1 previous owner. Kind of miss it

About 10 years ago I was mad for one. I was driving a gt punto at the time. Took a friends one for a spin and almost ditched it on the first bend. The handling of them was horrible for such a small car. The punto was no great car by any standards but felt way safer.

ION08

Hunky Monster wrote: »

Haha yep! Probably the first car I ever saw in the flesh as a child and went... “wow” that is cool. Started me off on my Mazda buzz of the late 90s, I owned one of them, then the 323 that came after it then a Jap import MX3. At the time I thought they were rocketships!

Haha same here, used to be big into my mazda's and it started off because I learned to drive in my dads 323 F

Got my own 323F V6 which I thought was the bees knees , then an MX3 V6 followed by an RX-8..

Mazda have really lost their way now , which is a pity.

Thatnastyboy

twin_beacon wrote: »

I'd say 1500 - 2500 would be a good price, as its 19 years old and those cars were built to be driven hard, and most were. Is there much of a demand for them now? lads under 20 probably wont get insured on them any more, and that was the main demographic of their owners.
There were lots of them around my college in the early to mid naughties.

Getting hard got for that money, they're very a finite resource nowadays with most being dead, broken or sold to the UK.

It would cost you about 7k to get one in and cleared from Japan, if you could locate one that is..

Tommyboy40

Muppet Man wrote: »

60k euro for a 12 year old Mercedes

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/mercedes-benz-cl-class-cl65-amg-6-0-v12-bi-turb/19278425

Granted I know it’s very special, but jaysis who would pay that money to run a 6litre v12

How do you even come up with a value for that.

The only reason I ended up googling it was I was watching a barret Jackson car auction live from Las Vegas (discovery turbo) and the exact same year CL65 Amg sold for 17k USD. I was curious how much it would be in Ireland. Some difference!

Muppet man

That's an incredibly rare car. 0-60 in 4.4 seconds
612 bhp with 738ftlb torque. They do go for solid money. there's only one on Autotrader UK.
I wouldn't buy the one Duke posted, never buy the first gen merc, wait for the facelift when they fix all the problems

Duke O Smiley

Tommyboy40 wrote: »

That's an incredibly rare car. 0-60 in 4.4 seconds
612 bhp with 738ftlb torque. They do go for solid money. there's only one on Autotrader UK.
I wouldn't buy the one Duke posted, never buy the first gen merc, wait for the facelift when they fix all the problems

That is a very relevant (and wise) point..if the car was new or nearly new.

It’s 11 years old though. Any manufacturer-related problems are likely long sorted

vandriver

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

New model here for £36k, I'd say with VRT you'd still be well under 60k

https://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/mercedes-benz/cl/cl-65-amg-the-v12-twin-turbo-flagship-model/9033944

So £36k is about €40...and the 36% vrt would be based on the omsp which would probably be based on the only comparable one....so 36% of 60k ,nearly 22 making over 60.

elperello

StereoSound wrote: »

That 406 is a €700 car to me. Would not pay a cent more.

Here is one with NCT for 650e

Cee-Jay-Cee

StereoSound wrote: »

A neighbour had a black 1992' 323F back in the day and I thought it was a sports car! Those lights popped up like a Testarossa. They were really cool looking in the day. Shame it was no quicker then a 121.

I had a black 92 323F 1.8 GT and it was a reasonably fast car back in its day, the 1.6 model was slow though as I also had a 91 version with the carb engine and it was dog slow. The 92> model which was fuel injected was slightly faster and more responsive.

StereoSound

Cee-Jay-Cee wrote: »

I had a black 92 323F 1.8 GT and it was a reasonably fast car back in its day, the 1.6 model was slow though as I also had a 91 version with the carb engine and it was dog slow. The 92> model which was fuel injected was slightly faster and more responsive.

My neighbours one was the very basic 1.5 carb version, I know there was a 1.5/ 1.6 DOHC jap version called the Mazda Astina, everywhere else it was called the 323F.
Still I'd love to have one of these in black, seeing one coming up behind you in your rear view mirror you wouldnt know what the fck it was.... You wouldn't think it was an old Mazda family car... Nice low down nose on them.