Crazy Ad Time...( Plus he cant spell )

Saab Ed

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/1053621

WTF

Steady Zeddy

Aside from the dubious colour scheme the R26R is a far better buy at that money than an 09 Focus RS (40K +)

Drummerboy08

Fcuk me thats a cheap car!

neil_purdy

These R26's are supposed to be a great car.. and 26'000.... NICE!!!

smash

Or you could have taken your 26k, bought an Exige http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/1042103 and used the other 13 for a supercharger, nitrons, induction kit and a respray.

Then you'd have a 260bhp Exige S that would look better and wipe the floor with almost anything you could throw at it!

SV

steve06 wrote: »

Or you could have taken your 26k, bought an Exige http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/1042103 and used the other 13 for a supercharger, nitrons, induction kit and a respray.

Then you'd have a 260bhp Exige S that would look better and wipe the floor with almost anything you could throw at it!

lol@ "nitrons" and induction kit

.Longshanks.

steve06 wrote: »

Or you could have taken your 26k, bought an Exige http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/1042103 and used the other 13 for a supercharger, nitrons, induction kit and a respray.

Then you'd have a 260bhp Exige S that would look better and wipe the floor with almost anything you could throw at it!

:eek:

smash

SV wrote: »

lol@ "nitrons" and induction kit

What's so funny about that? http://www.oph.ie/cms/index.cfm?fuseaction=page&pID=442

PS, the car sold last week after only being online for a few hours.

SV

steve06 wrote: »

What's so funny about that? http://www.oph.ie/cms/index.cfm?fuseaction=page&pID=442

PS, the car sold last week after only being online for a few hours.

Well not so much funny as you reckoning that with the 13k that's the choices you'd be making..

smash

SV wrote: »

Well not so much funny as you reckoning that with the 13k that's the choices you'd be making..

Nitron shocks are regarded as the best for Lotus. Ask any owner!

the exact upgrades I would get are:
Nitron shocks
Toelink upgrade
Tsukuba sport supercharger system
K&N filter
Stage 3 Exige exhaust
respray in Verde Ithaca

colm_mcm

That yoke is taxed commercially.

Dancing_Priest

colm_mcm wrote: »

That yoke is taxed commercially.

Class! :D:D

JHMEG

R26.R is fastest FWD car on the 'ring, no? That's a fair achievement. Shame about the colour scheme and dubious looks tho.

colm_mcm

I believe Tubs and tiles or someone use Golf R32 vans for their execs?

Esel

steve06 wrote: »

Or you could have taken your 26k, bought an Exige http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/1042103 and used the other 13 for a supercharger, nitrons, induction kit and a respray.

Then you'd have a 260bhp Exige S that would look better and wipe the floor with almost anything you could throw at it!

I dunno.... 1.8cc... the batteries in the remote controller might need replacing!

VolvoMan

steve06 wrote: »

Or you could have taken your 26k, bought an Exige http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/1042103 and used the other 13 for a supercharger, nitrons, induction kit and a respray.

Then you'd have a 260bhp Exige S that would look better and wipe the floor with almost anything you could throw at it!

That has to be without VRT?

Saab Ed

VolvoMan wrote: »

That has to be without VRT?

Nope. Because it has no back seats the revenue see it as a car van Plus because it has windows in the back it can never be DOE'd or NCT'd , it falls into that funny little gap that nobody ever bothered fixing...Mad

johndaman66

esel wrote: »

I dunno.... 1.8cc... the batteries in the remote controller might need replacing!

Elsewhere you would probably see it described as 18 litre!

johndaman66

Saab Ed wrote: »

Nope. Because it has no back seats the revenue see it as a car van Plus because it has windows in the back it can never be DOE'd or NCT'd , it falls into that funny little gap that nobody ever bothered fixing...Mad

Very interesting. Does this mean it is considerably inexpensive to VRT? All the same I don't see any windows in the back on the particular model in the ad. Does that mean this one would have to be DOE'd?

L1011

Saab Ed wrote: »

Nope. Because it has no back seats the revenue see it as a car van Plus because it has windows in the back it can never be DOE'd or NCT'd , it falls into that funny little gap that nobody ever bothered fixing...Mad

Car vans do have VRT, and its not the 50 sheets for a real van either. 13.5% (alright, its a lot less bad than it could be...)

colm_mcm

32% VRT on emissiosn based system

johndaman66

MYOB wrote: »

Car vans do have VRT, and its not the 50 sheets for a real van either.

Thats what I was thinking too even though I wasn't full sure.

Henry Ford III

Steady Zeddy wrote: »

Aside from the dubious colour scheme the R26R is a far better buy at that money than an 09 Focus RS (40K +)

As a track car probably. Otherwise no. Plastic windows, no equipment, no rear seats, and a roll cage.

galwaytt

steve06 wrote: »

Or you could have taken your 26k, bought an Exige http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/1042103 and used the other 13 for a supercharger, nitrons, induction kit and a respray.

Then you'd have a 260bhp Exige S that would look better and wipe the floor with almost anything you could throw at it!

.....yeah, yeah, wipe the floor crawling out of it on a wet day, more like..........fine car the Lotus is (I've driven...), and the Renault is still more useful.

...commercial, eh ? Cool ! :cool:

Fishtits

colm_mcm wrote: »

I believe Tubs and tiles or someone use Golf R32 vans for their execs?

I can assure you that that is/was a myth.

.Longshanks.

^ I see a golf gti at least once a week covered in BTW tiles logos. So much so that it looks like a car van

antodeco

So if you remove your back seats you can get commercial tax?

johndaman66

antodeco wrote: »

So if you remove your back seats you can get commercial tax?

I don't think it would be quite that easy antodeco. Plus if it was that simple I'd imagine you would have to declare that the car was to be used for business/ commercial purposes as in give the name of a business that you are affeliated to.

colm_mcm

johndaman66 wrote: »

I don't think it would be quite that easy antodeco. Plus if it was that simple I'd imagine you would have to declare that the car was to be used for business/ commercial purposes as in give the name of a business that you are affeliated to.

It is that easy. I know of a Legnum VR4 and a Supra commercial.
Same as anyone driving a Berlingo or a Caddy and taxing it commercially.
The abilities of the car don't matter a jot. You can get a Mercedes Vito with a 200bhp engine.

johndaman66

Thats interesting Colm mcm. My first car was a Renault Megavan which I bought second hand. It had commercial tax on it already and I was never asked or told to change it over to motor tax based on engine capacity even though I did not use it for commercial purposes. I assumed I was just lucky in this regard.

If the other poster simply removed the back seat from his car would he automatically be able to tax his car comercially. I would have imagined somebody from the revenue would inspect the car? And if they were any way half good at their job they would see through this I'd be thinking? I stand to be corrected though.

JHMEG

antodeco wrote: »

So if you remove your back seats you can get commercial tax?

As long as the mounts for the seats are rendered permanently unusable, and certified as so by the VRO.

There was well publicised VRT scam a few years ago whereby X5s etc were being imported, having the back seats removed, VRTed as commercials, and having the back seats put back in at a later date.

.Longshanks.

JHMEG wrote: »

As long as the mounts for the seats are rendered permanently unusable, and certified as so by the VRO.

There was well publicised VRT scam a few years ago whereby X5s etc were being imported, having the back seats removed, VRTed as commercials, and having the back seats put back in at a later date.

Wait a minute.....:eek:.....
So does this mean that the likes of this MINI GP (out of the factory with only 2 seats) would qualify for commerical VRT and tax?

colm_mcm

Yes, you'd have to black the windows out and make the floor a bit flatter.

.Longshanks.

colm_mcm wrote: »

Yes, you'd have to black the windows out and make the floor a bit flatter.

Bloody hell! But you would want to have that in writing before showing up at the VRT office...