Whatcha think?

Ardennes1944

yeah so i didnt buy the mazda 6 and i said id keep the astra, so naturally enough im looking at cars again. punto sporting again this time http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/2051519

opinions lads?
thanks

Wolverine_1999

Arggghhhh

Although I guess it's too young to have any imminent problems yet

They look beefy and have a very nice interior though.. are they still as unpredictable?

Ardennes1944

well i had a 8v mk2 and never had an ounce of trouble so for me, it being a fiat, isnt really a bad thing. these however are supposed to be much more reliable than the mk2 though.
i like its looks, its 95bhp is nippy enough and the interior is pretty nice place to be. for me the best thing is its rarity.
im gonna have trouble finding first hand advice because of that though!

I like them but not in that colour. Know sfa about them though :pac:

Ardennes1944

yeah not sure about the colour or the stripe RJ but theres so few for sale that i may have the bear the colour anyway. its not the worst but black or the GP red would be nicer. noone seems to know anything about them and its hard to get proper reviews of the 95 bhp unit. most are based on star/t jet models in uk

Ardennes1944

LIGHTNING wrote: »

I saw that advert myself and I was thinking it would be a nice purchase. I like the colour and the interior trim. Decent price too!

im gonna get him down to 4600 id say. he said meet at 4750 but im sure he'd take it. taxed til next january though...dont know what to make of that. although when i was trying to sell my astra i had 7months tax on it aswell so it probably means nothing

Ardennes1944

this is the sporting though so it will be the 16v unit

Ardennes1944

yup your right! i am a long serving member of fiat forum. good place to get advice alright. the major problem i see alot of people having, not on the forum mind, is the 17" alloys causing strains on the gearbox?

MidlandsM

Re; the stripe he mentions - I'd like the rest of it on the bootlid and rear bumper please! Or maybe it had some paint on the back, worth looking closly at.

Deutschlandfürimmer7

Deutschlandfürimmer7 wrote: »

is the 17" alloys causing strains on the gearbox?

Nope

Ardennes1944

i presumed fiat wouldve checked all this out of course but there has been some issues, ill take RJs word :pac:

Ardennes1944

right lads, so im going to view this on tuesday and taking it to john donohues in enniscorthy to run a diagnostic on it, anything i should look for myself outside of the ordinary with these? engine wise? getting a sizeable enough discount on it

Deutschlandfürimmer7

Deutschlandfürimmer7 wrote: »

i presumed fiat wouldve checked all this out of course but there has been some issues, ill take RJs word :pac:

Deutschlandfürimmer7 wrote: »

anything i should look for myself outside of the ordinary with these? engine wise? getting a sizeable enough discount on it

Just about the box, if they're known for being soft just have a good listen to it for whining when test driving it

Owen

I think the stripe is done properly. There's nothing worse than a stripe that goes up from the bottom of the bumper, across the bonnet, roof, boot, and back down the bottom bumper. Looks like a kid with a roller did it. The proper striped cars like Shelby's never had it like that.

Ardennes1944

thanks lads, and these starjet engines are supposed to be very good. if its as reliable as my old mk2 8v ill be laughing :pac:

-Corkie-

Thats a very decent car for relatively small money. You wouldnt get much of a VW for that money imo.

Ardennes1944

no you would not! a 01 gt tdi with 150kmiles id say
the only thing is....cant get hold of the seller now. his phones turned off :mad:

-Corkie-

Deutschlandfürimmer7 wrote: »

no you would not! a 01 gt tdi with 150kmiles id say
the only thing is....cant get hold of the seller now. his phones turned off :mad:

Relax!!!. It is the bank holiday weekend...:pac:

Ardennes1944

the views on his ad have skyrocketed since i linked it here, some boardsie will nick if off me the bastards
if only the same would happen here http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/2107115

Deutschlandfürimmer7

Deutschlandfürimmer7 wrote: »

some boardsie will nick if off me the bastards

I'm off next week :P

Ardennes1944

RJ would never do that to me....would you? *shakes fist*

Ardennes1944

LIGHTNING....if you do....i WILL find you....
:pac:

Ardennes1944

imma come take apart some fiat engines with you so please love fiat!

Ardennes1944

its supposedly a totally different engine. most people are confused why it has less hp than the mk2b had but i think its down to emmissions. i feel like my astra is pretty nippy for a 1.4 and this has 7bhp more, and is 200kgs lighter so i might notice some difference

Ardennes1944

well, the guy just rang me and said its sold astra...youre coming back off donedeal....again. poor car!

Bigus

Did roverJames buy it ? http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=314368&page=159

Ardennes1944

no ****in way!?

Harcrid

This should be interesting!

Bigus

You post a cheap car on a public forum what do you expect , but RJ could have been a bit more covert for awhile at least. That why my thread is called this weeks classic that i'm NOT buying !

Ardennes1944

your man said this guy came to look at it/rang about it 2weeks ago though so maybe RJ was on it the whole time

:pac:

Of course I didn't buy it
I wouldn't do that to someone.

I'd get a wind up out of it though :pac: