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Bangernomics car of the week/day - Part II

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    #272
    dgt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,985 ✭✭✭✭dgt


    166man wrote: »
    http://photos.donedeal.ie/photos/Full?id=9437699

    http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/2888765

    Want. :D

    No mention of an NCT! :eek:

    Mine was NCTd when I got it :D

    Alas, that has almost perfect bodywork :)

    And a clean engine ;)

    I've been doing some thinking about this one...


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    #273
    Esel
    Registered Users Posts: 22,016 ✭✭✭✭Esel


    ongarite wrote: »
    Citroen C5, NCT 8/12. Available for €700 cash I'd say.

    Full?id=9268351

    99 A4 1.8T, NCT 6/12 for €900.

    Full?id=9351647
    Links to ads, not pics, please. :D

    Pic links cannot be back-linked to ads by some users, including YT.

    Not your ornery onager



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    #274
    Esel
    Registered Users Posts: 22,016 ✭✭✭✭Esel


    Limerick man wrote: »
    Was behind a real poshy lady in one yesterday at a roundabout, as i pulled up beside her at a roundabout she looked at me if to say "Hmmpph, state of you".
    FYP. :D

    Not your ornery onager



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    #275
    L-M
    Registered Users Posts: 23,694 ✭✭✭✭L-M


    Esel wrote: »
    Links to ads, not pics, please. :D

    Pic links cannot be back-linked to ads by some users, including YT.

    Yours truely?

    I like it haha

    http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/2889808

    Full?id=9442227

    More than likely an SDI, but that's not a bad thing. Will go for ever!

    You'd be surprised what you can fit in the back too.


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    #276
    An Ri rua
    Registered Users Posts: 4,475 ✭✭✭An Ri rua


    RoverJames wrote: »
    It's not actually, the 2.3 was quite possibly the worst engine in the range (in terms of longetivity and reliability), T series engines didn't suffer from Head Gasket trouble, there is no such thing as a "Rover direct-injected 'T' Series diesels okay", it's an L series.

    So it's not accurate at all really :)

    What made you think it was by the way?

    I find Honest John Back Room VERY accurate. Much like here, the truth comes out in the stats of ordinary Joes chatting. I understand you might just be referring to the car reviews, but there's a mine of truth on HJ, IMO.


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    #277
    Esel
    Registered Users Posts: 22,016 ✭✭✭✭Esel


    An Ri rua wrote: »
    I find Honest John Back Room VERY accurate. Much like here, the truth comes out in the stats of ordinary Joes chatting. I understand you might just be referring to the car reviews, but there's a mine of truth on HJ, IMO.
    +1

    While denying any knowledge of HJ's BR :D, I am inclined ;) to give credence* to RJ's opinion of the Rover 600 / Honda Accord (Prelude).

    * BMR, FS, PM. OK, Creedence, but YKWIM...

    Not your ornery onager



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    #278
    kupus
    Registered Users Posts: 4,151 ✭✭✭kupus


    Honest John is very good. Never heard about him till I was looking for cars and for the ordinary punters, he is very good same as parkers.

    I think you boys are seeing it from a different viewpoint. You know cars. You know engines. Ordinary buyers dont and thats who HJ caters to, he doesnt write for you....... theres no big sentences like the "EGR value is going in and sticking, on the out cycle".
    He writes simple and that's what I appreciate.

    Now I'll still take what he says with a pinch of salt, because who knows what company is paying him backhanders this week to write glowingly about new car on market......... but on average he seems to be very fair with all the reviews on different cars and models.


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    #279
    barura
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,505 ✭✭✭barura


    A bit steep at 1700? But what a car! NCT til next year, but a feckin' ton to tax. Probably a bargining chip?

    http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/2890328

    View2?id=9444520


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    #280
    dahamsta
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 16,659 ✭✭✭✭dahamsta


    I always worry when I read sentences like...

    " 18" staggered pirelli alloys with loads of thread on tyres"


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    #281
    barura
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,505 ✭✭✭barura


    dahamsta wrote: »
    I always worry when I read sentences like...

    " 18" staggered pirelli alloys with loads of thread on tyres"
    I actually take it with a grain of salt. Most people aren't so good with wurds on the internets.


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    #282
    Alanstrainor
    Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators Posts: 23,157 Mod ✭✭✭✭Alanstrainor


    "27 MPG around town..." bahaha!

    Still I nice ould motor though!


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    #283
    Atlantic Dawn
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    Merc E240, €1000, tax 03/2012, nct 06/2012, pity there's no internal photos, I'm assumming no leather.
    http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/2890345

    Full?id=9444574


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    #284
    barura
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,505 ✭✭✭barura


    Atlantic Dawn wrote: »
    Merc E240, €1000, tax 03/2012, nct 06/2012, pity there's no internal photos, I'm assumming no leather.
    http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/2890345

    Full?id=9444574
    It says leather in the ad. :)


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    #285
    [Deleted User]
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    An Ri rua wrote: »
    I find Honest John Back Room VERY accurate. Much like here, the truth comes out in the stats of ordinary Joes chatting. I understand you might just be referring to the car reviews, but there's a mine of truth on HJ, IMO.

    I'm referring to the linked article that I was asked was accurate :)
    NO doubt some folk in the back room know their beans though.


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    #286
    Atlantic Dawn
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    barura wrote: »
    It says leather in the ad. :)

    Sorry I'm blind as a bat this morning :D


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    #287
    unkel
    Registered Users Posts: 64,871 ✭✭✭✭unkel


    I had a 530i V8 E34 auto. Lovely car / engine / gearbox. Not many V8s that aren't in the max tax category either :D


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    #288
    L-M
    Registered Users Posts: 23,694 ✭✭✭✭L-M


    Atlantic Dawn wrote: »
    Merc E240, €1000, tax 03/2012, nct 06/2012, pity there's no internal photos, I'm assumming no leather.
    http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/2890345

    http://photos.donedeal.ie/photos/Full?id=9444574

    Could be wrong but I could of sworn E240's were 2.6 petrols, not that it makes that much of a difference.


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    #289
    JJJJNR
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,791 ✭✭✭JJJJNR


    Limerick man wrote: »
    Yeah honestjohn in the Uk where they mind their cars, but not here.

    Honest john being one source, there are also otherrs that give the piccaso good reviews, the internet in general is a good starting point.
    RoverJames wrote: »
    HonestJohn :eek:

    As above, a starting point on reviews
    RoverJames wrote: »
    It's not actually, the 2.3 was quite possibly the worst engine in the range (in terms of longetivity and reliability), T series engines didn't suffer from Head Gasket trouble, there is no such thing as a "Rover direct-injected 'T' Series diesels okay", it's an L series.

    So it's not accurate at all really :)

    What made you think it was by the way?

    Both hj & parkers gave the same 2 stars, but the hj gave a way better and detailed review of that example


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    #290
    Timmaay
    Registered Users Posts: 11,394 ✭✭✭✭Timmaay


    barura wrote: »
    A bit steep at 1700? But what a car! NCT til next year, but a feckin' ton to tax. Probably a bargining chip?

    http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/2890328

    View2?id=9444520

    Hmm whats going on with the numberplate in the photos ha! Full (german style :rolleyes:) reg in the main photo, blanked out in another, and e34 530 touring in another!


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    #291
    barura
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,505 ✭✭✭barura


    Probably just wanted to keep the plate hidden? I dunno. Ring him and find out! :D


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    #292
    L-M
    Registered Users Posts: 23,694 ✭✭✭✭L-M


    JJJJNR wrote: »
    Honest john being one source, there are also otherrs that give the piccaso good reviews, the internet in general is a good starting point.

    If that car was still for sale I'd nearly buy it or at least go and view it to prove you wrong!


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    #293
    Atlantic Dawn
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    Atlantic Dawn wrote: »
    Merc E240, €1000, tax 03/2012, nct 06/2012, pity there's no internal photos, I'm assumming no leather.
    http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/2890345

    She's now marked as sold, looks like it wasn't all too bad.


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    #294
    unkel
    Registered Users Posts: 64,871 ✭✭✭✭unkel


    Limerick man wrote: »
    Could be wrong but I could of sworn E240's were 2.6 petrols, not that it makes that much of a difference.

    W210 E240s are 2.4 W211 E240s are 2.6 :)

    Edit: difference in tax now €242 between these two :eek:


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    #295
    L-M
    Registered Users Posts: 23,694 ✭✭✭✭L-M


    unkel wrote: »
    W210 E240s are 2.4 W211 E240s are 2.6 :)

    No, as I was driving a 01 last week and I'm 100% sure it was 2.6, and I priced a trade in on one when I was in sales and it was 2.6 as well.


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    #296
    I Was VB
    Registered Users Posts: 1,912 ✭✭✭I Was VB


    Limerick man wrote: »
    No, as I was driving a 01 last week and I'm 100% sure it was 2.6, and I priced a trade in on one when I was in sales and it was 2.6 as well.


    Always thought they were a 2.6 aswell.


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    #297
    JJJJNR
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,791 ✭✭✭JJJJNR


    Limerick man wrote: »
    If that car was still for sale I'd nearly buy it or at least go and view it to prove you wrong!

    That was a heap,an nct'd heap for 500? Thought that was the point of bangernomics, Picasso' all $hitboxes, lol
    MEH!:pac:


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    #298
    L-M
    Registered Users Posts: 23,694 ✭✭✭✭L-M


    JJJJNR wrote: »
    That was a heap,an nct'd heap for 500? Thought that was the point of bangernomics, all $hitboxes, lol
    MEH!:pac:

    Buying a **** box isn't bangernomics, buying hassle free (ish) cheap motoring is.


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    #299
    Saab Ed
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,374 ✭✭✭Saab Ed


    Seemingly honest ad is endearing, even if it is a crap box. Bangernomics all the way though ;)

    http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/2890997

    View2?id=9447806

    Target price of 350 quid


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    #300
    JJJJNR
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,791 ✭✭✭JJJJNR


    Was talking about above, ;) on my phone.


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    #301
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users Posts: 73,384 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    I Was VB wrote: »
    Always thought they were a 2.6 aswell.

    Mate has a 02 (newer model) e240, and it's 2.6


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