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WANTED - cheap estate or similar

  • 17-06-2009 10:34am
    #1
    cloudy day
    Closed Accounts Posts: 312 ✭✭


    Hi can anyone recommend anywhere for a cheap estate (e.g Opel Astra) or similar vehicle 98 - 01

    thanks :)


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


    www.carzone.ie, www.cbg.ie, www.adverts.ie


  • #3
    cloudy day
    Closed Accounts Posts: 312 ✭✭cloudy day


    Thanks.

    I have a Nissan Primera 98 which is a good car but now there's a few bits need doing and I'm wondering if rather than spend money getting stuff done for NCT and then taxing, I may just be better off buying something else for around 2 -2,500.

    I want an est anyway, but a neat one not a monster. Like the opal astra's.

    Saw a Free lander but folk reckon they are a chancy buy.


  • #4
    h3000
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,467 ✭✭✭h3000


    Try one of these

    http://www.carzone.ie/search/Ford/Focus/1.8-GLX-/200915192408105/advert?channel=CARS

    http://www.carzone.ie/search/Opel/Zafira/elegance/200924193088695/advert?channel=CARS

    http://www.carzone.ie/search/Toyota/Corolla/ESTATE/200918192642838/advert?channel=CARS

    http://www.carzone.ie/search/Volkswagen/Golf/1.4-CL-V/200840190233202/advert?channel=CARS

    http://www.carzone.ie/search/Volkswagen/Passat/1.8-T-ES/200924193071747/advert?channel=CARS

    0118 999 881 999 119 725 3



  • #5
    Cionád
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,002 ✭✭✭Cionád


    Bargain 850 T5 ?

    http://www.carzone.ie/search/Volvo/850/T5/200924193093878/advert?channel=CARS


  • #6
    Stephen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,484 ✭✭✭✭Stephen


    Might be worth checking out a Ford Focus estate. Or if you fancy something bigger, a Mondeo. Should be cheap as chips for that age.


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  • #7
    Anan1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,815 ✭✭✭✭Anan1


    Cionád wrote: »
    Bargain 850 T5 ?

    http://www.carzone.ie/search/Volvo/850/T5/200924193093878/advert?channel=CARS
    The OP's looking for something like an Astra...


    Although I do like the way that car's badged as a 2.0!


  • #8
    Cionád
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,002 ✭✭✭Cionád


    Anan1 wrote: »
    The OP's looking for something like an Astra...

    :D Worth a try!


  • #9
    cloudy day
    Closed Accounts Posts: 312 ✭✭cloudy day


    Thanks guys. I don't want a tank of a thing. Would love a 4x4 with seats in back, but budget is v small.


    Saw a subaru forester. what are they like.


  • #10
    bazz26
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 51,363 ✭✭✭✭bazz26


    cloudy day wrote: »
    Thanks guys. I don't want a tank of a thing. Would love a 4x4 with seats in back, but budget is v small.


    Saw a subaru forester. what are they like.

    How about a Volvo V40:
    http://www.driving.ie/usedcars/index.cfm?fuseaction=car&carID=200923193023418

    or
    http://www.driving.ie/usedcars/index.cfm?fuseaction=car&carID=200921192860763
    http://www.driving.ie/usedcars/index.cfm?fuseaction=car&carID=200840190223487
    http://www.driving.ie/usedcars/index.cfm?fuseaction=car&carID=200924193071747


  • #11
    cloudy day
    Closed Accounts Posts: 312 ✭✭cloudy day


    saw this in Loais

    http://www.cbg.ie/Car_Detail.aspx?ID=3220234

    98 opel astra est 1.9 L diesel € 1,500


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  • #12
    EPM
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,822 ✭✭✭✭EPM


    cloudy day wrote: »
    saw this in Loais

    http://www.cbg.ie/Car_Detail.aspx?ID=3220234

    98 opel astra est 1.9 L diesel € 1,500

    If you're happy with your current car, why not pay the tax and get the few jobs done. Better the devil you know and all that. Buying a car with 181k miles you *could* just be buying someone else's problem.

    +1 on a Mondeo estate though - probably the best of the lot for your money

    Plus that Astra's a 1.7d


  • #13
    cashmni1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 629 ✭✭✭cashmni1


    +1 on the 181,000 miles.
    I don't care what anyone tells you about how good certain diesel engines are, 181k is end of life for that motor. Yes you could get another 100k out of it but what condition is the rest of the running gear in?
    Emissions for the NCT could be an issue later on.


  • #14
    cloudy day
    Closed Accounts Posts: 312 ✭✭cloudy day


    Thanks for that on the mileage. my head is wrecked looking at cars all day.

    I know it best to be spending bout 5k for something. kinda do really need an estate though.

    Going to look at a 2000 Mit spacewagon 2.0 110 k miles. nct to 4/2010, € 2,000. It's not far away from us.

    So, have ye any pointers on one of them lads.

    thanks v much.


  • #15
    martydunf
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 403 ✭✭martydunf


    one of my friends is selling a 98 escort estate. I can PM you his number if you wish. He's pretty handy with regards working on the cars and does all the work himself. Think his looking for bout a grand for it.


  • #16
    Woodey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 52 ✭✭Woodey


    Anan1 wrote: »
    The OP's looking for something like an Astra...


    Although I do like the way that car's badged as a 2.0!



    Ha, thats actually my car. Put the badge on to put the scum off, but you can tell if its a T-5 if you know what your looking for.

    By the way, its a great car, huge space & it does 150 mph!!!!

    Dave


  • #17
    Anan1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,815 ✭✭✭✭Anan1


    Woodey wrote: »
    Ha, thats actually my car. Put the badge on to put the scum off, but you can tell if its a T-5 if you know what your looking for.
    Like a square tailpipe?;)
    Woodey wrote: »
    By the way, its a great car, huge space & it does 150 mph!!!!

    Dave
    Looks lovely, best of luck with the sale.


  • #18
    Redsoxfan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,375 ✭✭✭Redsoxfan


    Might be interested in something similar myself-for weekend work only.

    Not really interested in an Astra, Corolla, Escort or Golf. Am looking at the 156 Sportwagon (especially if I can get it with the 2.4JTD), a Mondeo or Focus, Forester, or even a Volvo. Saw a thread recently on the Forester, which also looks good. My budget would stretch to €2,500, but that's really the upper end as this was be purely a 'luxury'. Any further recommendations?


  • #19
    Cionád
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,002 ✭✭✭Cionád


    Woodey wrote: »
    Ha, thats actually my car. Put the badge on to put the scum off, but you can tell if its a T-5 if you know what your looking for.

    By the way, its a great car, huge space & it does 150 mph!!!!

    Dave

    I'd snap that up if I could afford the insurance! I'll have to stick with my 135bhp for now :(

    Good luck selling it. :)


  • #20
    cloudy day
    Closed Accounts Posts: 312 ✭✭cloudy day


    Saw the sub forester, dead sexy. been told they brill cars that last forever. At 2 litre petrol, don't think I can afford running costs.


  • #21
    cloudy day
    Closed Accounts Posts: 312 ✭✭cloudy day


    Saw ad for Renault Scenic 00. €1, 350

    Dead sexy too ( us girls are all about looks, ha) No test on it though. he said bushes are gone but will fly test. should one chance a gamble. anyone know much about them.


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  • #22
    junkyard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,575 ✭✭✭junkyard


    I've got a Focus 1.4 estate for 1800 euros, no test but a good tidy car, 106k miles, sunroof and alloys.


  • #23
    cloudy day
    Closed Accounts Posts: 312 ✭✭cloudy day


    Nice car. It's over priced though. Wouldn't buy without test on.


  • #24
    EPM
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,822 ✭✭✭✭EPM


    cloudy day wrote: »
    Nice car. It's over priced though. Wouldn't buy without test on.

    Thats a fair price if you buy on basis that it passes a test. Apart from missing fog light it looks clean. A test is only €50 squid and if it shows up nothing...


  • #25
    cloudy day
    Closed Accounts Posts: 312 ✭✭cloudy day


    Sure, if there was a test on it. It looks a lovely car. It's also only a 1.4.


  • #26
    HashSlinging
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,413 ✭✭✭HashSlinging


    Jezz no pleasing some people 2.0 to big 1.4 too small.. there wouldnt be a huge difference in performance in a 1.4 and 1.6 ...cars exactly what your looking for.. 1800 euros! bargain.

    inallinanyways


  • #27
    cloudy day
    Closed Accounts Posts: 312 ✭✭cloudy day


    it looks a great car. But we won't chance one without test. only for that we'd prob look at it.


  • #28
    galwaytt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,822 ✭✭✭✭galwaytt


    I know a guy with a perfect 00 Citroen Xsara 1.4 estate, with test, for 1600 iirc.

    One like this:

    xsarahdiestate.jpg

    Ode To The Motorist

    “And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, generates funds to the exchequer. You don't want to acknowledge that as truth because, deep down in places you don't talk about at the Green Party, you want me on that road, you need me on that road. We use words like freedom, enjoyment, sport and community. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent instilling those values in our families and loved ones. You use them as a punch line. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the tax revenue and the very freedom to spend it that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said "thank you" and went on your way. Otherwise I suggest you pick up a bus pass and get the ********* ********* off the road” 



  • #29
    Gonzales
    Closed Accounts Posts: 314 ✭✭Gonzales


    cloudy day wrote: »
    Hi can anyone recommend anywhere for a cheap estate

    thanks :)

    try here :D;)


  • #30
    EPM
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,822 ✭✭✭✭EPM


    cloudy day wrote: »
    it looks a great car. But we won't chance one without test. only for that we'd prob look at it.

    Look at it and make it a condition of sale if possible that it will pass a test. Simple - if that cars sound its got a lot of life left in it and has a decent spec on it too


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  • #31
    cloudy day
    Closed Accounts Posts: 312 ✭✭cloudy day


    EPM wrote: »
    Look at it and make it a condition of sale if possible that it will pass a test. Simple - if that cars sound its got a lot of life left in it and has a decent spec on it too

    Thanks EPM, good idea. You know yourself how careful you have to be with used cars.


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