Charles Haugheys Old Merc up on Ebay!

therewillbe

I came across A listing for C Haugheys State car.It is A 1994 e220.The guy that owns it is selling it for The Childrens Hospital in Crumlin.I got into this car years ago and he is one character.He is a Frank Sinatra NUT.He just sang all the way home.Good cause,I say.

bijapos

Here it is, doesn't seem to have a NCT and is that a dent in the side?

The comment about Tubridy is a laugh as well.


http://cgi.ebay.ie/car-/140516334124?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item20b76d1a2c

FOR AUCTION

CHARLEY HAUGHEYS STATE CAR AS SEEN ON TV,[REELING IN THE YEARS AND THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CHANNEL DOCUMENTORY ENTITLED CHASING TIME]',

PRESENT OWNER 'TOMMY VALENTINE' AKA CABBIE SINATRA.DRIVER TO THE STARS AND THE PUBLIC INC BONO,SHANE MCGOWN, RONNIE WOOD, BRIAN O DRISCOL, LIAM CUNNIGHAM,AMANDA BRUNKER, GLENDA GILSON, ROSANNA DAVIDSON,MICHAEL BUBBLE AND THE MOST FAMOUS OF ALL THE LOUNGE LIZARD HIMSELF , THE RENOWNED SWING MASTER RYAN TUBRIDY.ALL THE ABOVE MENTIONED HAVE ENJOYED SINGING ALONG WITH TOMMY TO HIS OWN COVER CD OF FRANK SINATRA HIT SONGS.


AUCTION IN AID OF OUR LADIES CRUMLIN AND TEMPLE CHILDRENS HOSPITALS


BIDDING STARTS AT 100 EURO



MERCEDES E220 PETROL
1 PREVIOUS OWNER
AUTOMATIC
1994 MILAGE
370 000
COLOUR STATE NAVY

-Chris-

I wish I had some spare cash. I'd buy this and I'd have bought Seanie Fitz's BMW and whatever else "interesting" cars that come up for sale.

I'm not sure what I'd do with them, but the words derby and demolition are coming to mind, although I'm not sure if I've fully crystallised my ideas....

Guy:Incognito

-Chris- wrote: »

I wish I had some spare cash.

It's a 94 E class with 370,000 miles, how poor are you?

mickdw

I dont recall ever seeing him in that car. Its not really famous enough to be worth buying. It is for charity though so I hope it goes for a good few quid.
the idea of buying this type of stuff to crush as some form of protest is just silly. Its not as if anyone is bothered.

Leonard Hofstadter

I would have thought the state cars had bigger engines than that?

Or maybe it was different back then.

It is a testament to the superior build quality and superb standard of engineering of Mercs from back then that this car still works despite being 17 years old and having no less than 370,000 miles.

You can bet your left leg that a modern car would be doing well to get to even half that mileage, in fact with some of the more modern machines reaching 100,000 miles is an achievement.

therewillbe

It is up to e300 now.

mickdw

captainspeed wrote: »

You can bet your left leg that a modern car would be doing well to get to even half that mileage, in fact with some of the more modern machines reaching 100,000 miles is an achievement.

I dont agree at all with that. IMO 200,000 miles is not an issue nowadays. Im looking at 2005/2006 passats/Octavias regularily with 270,000+ km and if they have had any level of basic maintenance they are good for many more miles. Sure some are loose but if you see one that was fully maintained, they are in excellent condition.

They will have had 2 or 3 new flywheels though:D

pm.

fair play to him

studiorat

Tommy Valentine is a legend!!!

I heard somewhere that there was a pair of Terry Keanes knickers wedged down the back seat too! That has to be worth an extra few quid.

coylemj

Haughey resigned as Taoiseach in 92 so he had retired by the time they gave him that car, he would have had several other cars before that when he was Taoiseach and Minister going back to 1960 when he was made a parliamentary secretary, the position now known as minister of state.

_Kaiser_

mickdw wrote: »

I dont agree at all with that. IMO 200,000 miles is not an issue nowadays. Im looking at 2005/2006 passats/Octavias regularily with 270,000+ km and if they have had any level of basic maintenance they are good for many more miles. Sure some are loose but if you see one that was fully maintained, they are in excellent condition.

They will have had 2 or 3 new flywheels though:D

I'll sell ya mine 06 Passat and only ONE new flywheel!

unkel

mickdw wrote: »

I dont agree at all with that. IMO 200,000 miles is not an issue nowadays. Im looking at 2005/2006 passats/Octavias regularily with 270,000+ km

Bit of a difference between 270k km and 370k miles, the latter being well over double the former. It's true, those pocket rockets built in the czech republic that have a boot bigger than the moon will all do a million miles in the hands of any Lombroso lad from Magherafelt, but I wouldn't be surprised if the mean mileage at scrappage for an Irish car is around the 100k miles...

mickdw

Kaiser2000 wrote: »

I'll sell ya mine 06 Passat and only ONE new flywheel!

No thanks. Too young for a passat myself:D and I think Id still steer clear of an 05/06 one. I said they will do alot of miles but I didnt say they will alot of miles trouble free!

Also, just to avoid any confusion, I wouldnt buy an Octavia if I had a choice between it and a bicycle.

therewillbe

therewillbe wrote: »

It is up to e300 now.

What, then the engine must have been changed.

unkel

unkel wrote: »

Bit of a difference between 270k km and 370k miles, the latter being well over double the former. ..............but I wouldn't be surprised if the mean mileage at scrappage for an Irish car is around the 100k miles...

In fairness Mick was disagreeing with 100K miles been seen as an achievement doe more modern cars

And if the mean at scrappage is 100K then lots have way more than that on them :pac:

captainspeed wrote: »

Iin fact with some of the more modern machines reaching 100,000 miles is an achievement.

unkel

RoverJames wrote: »

And if the mean at scrappage is 100K then lots have way more than that on them :pac:

Yeah half of them

Wossack

unkel wrote: »

Yeah half of them

dont be mean

Cionád

unkel wrote: »

Yeah half of them

<pedantism>
Half have more than the median, not the mean...
</pedantism>

therewillbe

samih wrote: »

What, then the engine must have been changed.

It was a Taxi,Good for at least another 100 miles or so.

unkel

Cionád wrote: »

<pedantism>
Half have more than the median, not the mean...
</pedantism>

True! I thought I used the word median, but obviously I didn't

antodeco

Just jumped frmo €350 to €510! Someone from this?!

996tt

mickdw wrote: »

I dont recall ever seeing him in that car. Its not really famous enough to be worth buying. It is for charity though so I hope it goes for a good few quid.
the idea of buying this type of stuff to crush as some form of protest is just silly. Its not as if anyone is bothered.

Is this not the car that he used to arrive at many of his tribunals at dublin castle in?