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Bangernomics car of the week/day - Part II

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    #4442
    166man
    Registered Users Posts: 6,575 ✭✭✭166man


    Limerick man wrote: »
    Meriva would be a great little bangernomics car and some of the later models with a decent colour/rear tint arent half bad.

    Agree, it would be a decent bangernomic in a few years but it's just that type of car where there is not one thing I like about it. :o


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    #4443
    166man
    Registered Users Posts: 6,575 ✭✭✭166man


    Also has to be worth a punt @€;500 if it's straight, NCT until May and a few new bits along with the fact that it's diesel.

    http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/3792668


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    #4444
    andyseadog
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,412 ✭✭✭andyseadog


    166man wrote: »
    Also has to be worth a punt @€;500 if it's straight, NCT until May and a few new bits along with the fact that it's diesel.

    http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/3792668

    there has to be a catch there surely? lots of new parts, new NCT, take for granted that the 146 kms are actually miles and it still seems too good to be true.

    it simply must have a big diesel bill in the pipeline, DMF, EGR etc? otherwise thats a bit of a steal.


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    #4445
    andyseadog
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,412 ✭✭✭andyseadog


    NOT bangernomics, but a representation of good value for money i think.
    i must admit, its a weedy petrol in a big car and it looks like a poverty spec example but for jaysus sake people are paying not much less for 01 passat diesels etc.

    http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/3794385

    dont shoot me, i could be way off on this one :pac:


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    #4446
    andyseadog
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,412 ✭✭✭andyseadog


    http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/3791484

    old-ish 3 series diesel with 170k miles, looks tidy with 8 months test. asking €875. not sure if they are a good or a bad car, but if it stands a chance of being reliable it could be nice.


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    #4447
    JAMES VTI S
    Registered Users Posts: 2,080 ✭✭✭JAMES VTI S


    Saab Ed wrote: »
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    Tax 1005 a year :pac:


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    #4448
    langdang
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,864 ✭✭✭langdang


    MidlandsM wrote: »
    LOL.........meriva............lol.......****box marea..........look at all the dents......

    Can't see many dents? Shaped like that from that factory?
    Diesel Marea is handy bangernomics.


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    #4449
    Top Dog
    Registered Users Posts: 4,164 ✭✭✭Top Dog


    andyseadog wrote: »
    http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/3791484

    old-ish 3 series diesel with 170k miles, looks tidy with 8 months test. asking €875. not sure if they are a good or a bad car, but if it stands a chance of being reliable it could be nice.
    Sweeeet!

    A 17 litre BMW! :pac:


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    #4450
    Mr Benevolent
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,456 ✭✭✭✭Mr Benevolent


    166man wrote: »
    I hate the Meriva... Just a tin can for the OAP's who need a high driving position...

    Edit: Wow I sound so ignorant sorry about that, I just dislike the car...:D

    My parents have one. It's not as bad as that, but it's a very impersonal car. Seats are rock hard and it feels gutless, even compared to the 1.2 Corsa I drive. I feel uncomfortable being up so high.


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    #4451
    Fuh Q
    Registered Users Posts: 414 ✭✭Fuh Q


    Someone here might be interested in this - http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/3797797
    Low milage, NCT and cheap.


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    #4452
    Seweryn
    Registered Users Posts: 4,487 ✭✭✭Seweryn


    Fuh Q wrote: »
    Someone here might be interested in this - http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/3797797
    Low milage, NCT and cheap.
    Nice find.

    There is obvious reason for the price being so low and the car is nearly sale proof at a higher price tag.


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    #4453
    johndaman66
    Registered Users Posts: 4,095 ✭✭✭johndaman66


    Top Dog wrote: »
    A 17 litre BMW! :pac:

    And the next would call it 17cc:)

    Quite low mileage at 1,700!


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    #4454
    unkel
    Registered Users Posts: 65,147 ✭✭✭✭unkel


    andyseadog wrote: »
    there has to be a catch there surely? lots of new parts, new NCT

    NCT could be from last year!

    Also old skool diesels might not have expensive injection systems, DMF, DPF etc. to worry about but they are slow, noisy, unrefined and not very frugal (compared to more modern ones)
    Seweryn wrote: »
    There is obvious reason for the price being so low

    There are 3 reasons

    1. Motor tax
    2. Motor tax
    3. Did I mention the €1.683 motor tax?

    I can only see someone who has no intention to tax the car be interested in it tbh...


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    #4455
    g7sxb
    Registered Users Posts: 16 ✭g7sxb


    unkel wrote: »
    NCT could be from last year!

    Also old skool diesels might not have expensive injection systems, DMF, DPF etc. to worry about but they are slow, noisy, unrefined and not very frugal (compared to more modern ones)



    There are 3 reasons

    1. Motor tax
    2. Motor tax
    3. Did I mention the €1.683 motor tax?

    I can only see someone who has no intention to tax the car be interested in it tbh...

    The reason for not buying that car is precisely why my Alfa GTA sits on the drive in the UK whilst I graft over here, the crazy road tax charges. 3.2 V6 in the UK £248 for the year, here Ireland HOW MUCH!!! Not to mention that very dodgy VRT for importing it.

    Ok Bangernomics guru's this is my first post and perhaps you guys can come up with some good suggestions. I'm looking for a banger that is capable of surviving a 160 mile round trip commute 5 days a week and runs on fresh air in terms of fuel. Economy (60+ mpg if possible, diesel probably and with an average purchase price of less than 1k) is way more important than performance though I'm trying to avoid cars that would make folk think I'm a hairdresser. What should I be looking for I'm sure you've all got plenty of wit and wisdom to provide a short list of possible candidates.


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    #4456
    tuborg_man
    Registered Users Posts: 454 ✭✭tuborg_man


    g7sxb wrote: »
    Ok Bangernomics guru's this is my first post and perhaps you guys can come up with some good suggestions. I'm looking for a banger that is capable of surviving a 160 mile round trip commute 5 days a week and runs on fresh air in terms of fuel. Economy (60+ mpg if possible, diesel probably and with an average purchase price of less than 1k) is way more important than performance though I'm trying to avoid cars that would make folk think I'm a hairdresser. What should I be looking for I'm sure you've all got plenty of wit and wisdom to provide a short list of possible candidates.

    that volvo above, or a seat toledo tdi, or peugeot 106 1.5 diesel and lots of spare time to reach your destination


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    #4457
    unkel
    Registered Users Posts: 65,147 ✭✭✭✭unkel


    g7sxb wrote: »
    The reason for not buying that car is precisely why my Alfa GTA sits on the drive in the UK whilst I graft over here, the crazy road tax charges. 3.2 V6 in the UK £248 for the year, here Ireland HOW MUCH!!! Not to mention that very dodgy VRT for importing it.

    I am sad your GTA is off the road but I'm happy you've joined boards.ie

    Welcome to boards :)


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    #4458
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 23,339 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    g7sxb wrote: »
    ....

    Ok Bangernomics guru's this is my first post and perhaps you guys can come up with some good suggestions. I'm looking for a banger that is capable of surviving a 160 mile round trip commute 5 days a week and runs on fresh air in terms of fuel. Economy (60+ mpg if possible, diesel probably and with an average purchase price of less than 1k) is way more important than performance though I'm trying to avoid cars that would make folk think I'm a hairdresser. What should I be looking for I'm sure you've all got plenty of wit and wisdom to provide a short list of possible candidates.

    not many cars out there for a grand that will do 40k miles a year without a few quid needing investment, this is asking 1900 euro but they are relatively troublefree ...
    http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/3245582
    An older 406 diesel or a C5 would do the job too, time isn't on my side for trawling donedeal though, welcome along too.


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    #4459
    g7sxb
    Registered Users Posts: 16 ✭g7sxb


    Oh my GTA isn't off the road. I get to go back to the UK once a month (time off for good behaviour) and then I get to drive a real car rather than the shed on wheels that is the Fiat Marea I currently drive over here. I was looking at the diesel Marea that was put up on here the other day. I swear those cars are made out of tissue paper, you only have to look at them and the metal work buckles, especially round the wheel arches.

    Thanks for the welcome guys and thanks also for the suggestions with regards to fuel frugal cars I shall follow them up and start hunting for my next banger


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    #4460
    hometruths
    Registered Users, Subscribers Posts: 5,820 ✭✭✭hometruths


    unkel wrote: »

    There are 3 reasons

    1. Motor tax
    2. Motor tax
    3. Did I mention the €1.683 motor tax?

    I can only see someone who has no intention to tax the car be interested in it tbh...

    Sold. It did not last long at that price. Cracking buy, I was interested, and I would have taxed it!


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    #4461
    andyseadog
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,412 ✭✭✭andyseadog


    not bangernomics, just a banger, but its proving very difficult fighting the urge to pick up the phone. if it isn't rusted to death it'd be such a quirky car to run around in after a bit of a tidy up.

    http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/3796686


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    #4462
    Marlow
    Registered Users Posts: 14,555 ✭✭✭✭Marlow


    andyseadog wrote: »
    not bangernomics, just a banger, but its proving very difficult fighting the urge to pick up the phone. if it isn't rusted to death it'd be such a quirky car to run around in after a bit of a tidy up.

    http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/3796686

    That is bangernomics. Totally and utterly. And give it a few years, it'll be even cheaper in tax.

    /M


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    #4463
    L-M
    Registered Users Posts: 23,694 ✭✭✭✭L-M


    An almost 30 year old car that looks like it hasn't seen a bit of maintenance in 31 years and only 68 k on it, it's imagine that'd be like getting a piggy back off an auld one around town that has arthritis and hasn't gotten off a couch in 15 years.


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    #4464
    andyseadog
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,412 ✭✭✭andyseadog


    Limerick man wrote: »
    An almost 30 year old car that looks like it hasn't seen a bit of maintenance in 31 years and only 68 k on it, it's imagine that'd be like getting a piggy back off an auld one around town that has arthritis and hasn't gotten off a couch in 15 years.

    i never said it'd be fast or fun to drive :pac: i think im just a jap scrap fanboi though. i'd love it, polish it up, respray the wheels, good clean on the interior, put a square plate back on the front... a real classic in my eyes anyway but surely not to all tastes. learned to drove in my mams 1990 k10 so maybe thats why it holds a place.

    maybe im naieve but i do think that the mileage could be genuine.
    fanboi :)


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    #4465
    L-M
    Registered Users Posts: 23,694 ✭✭✭✭L-M


    The mileage on that I wouldn't care about, as there's no way of ever proving it.

    The paint, you haven't a hope, been there done that bought the tshirt. It's a respray or nothing.

    I can see the cool factor, but no quick lick would make that anyway presentable.


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    #4466
    unkel
    Registered Users Posts: 65,147 ✭✭✭✭unkel


    andyseadog wrote: »
    im just a jap scrap fanboi though

    Maybe we should start a jap scrap thread for you, VolvoBoy and a few other like minded spirits :p


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    #4467
    galwaytt
    Registered Users Posts: 12,761 ✭✭✭✭galwaytt


    Have been offered a 1 owner from new, 00-reg Seicento with headgasket gone, by a neighbour - realistic value, in this condition ? (btw, didn't realise the bloody tax was so big on it- €300+ :().

    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” 



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    #4468
    L-M
    Registered Users Posts: 23,694 ✭✭✭✭L-M


    galwaytt wrote: »
    Have been offered a 1 owner from new, 00-reg Seicento with headgasket gone, by a neighbour - realistic value, in this condition ? (btw, didn't realise the bloody tax was so big on it- €300+ :().

    Realistic what? :pac:


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    #4469
    wonski
    Registered Users Posts: 13,687 ✭✭✭✭wonski


    galwaytt wrote: »
    Have been offered a 1 owner from new, 00-reg Seicento with headgasket gone, by a neighbour - realistic value, in this condition ? (btw, didn't realise the bloody tax was so big on it- €300+ :().

    My first car was 00regd spotless 2 owners Seicento, and it was 700E in 2008. So realistic value for the one you have been offered is 0. Because it is broken already...


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    #4470
    unkel
    Registered Users Posts: 65,147 ✭✭✭✭unkel


    Only scrap value really. Best thing that could happen to that car is if a mechanic picked it up (for scrap value), did it up in his own time, passed the NCT and sold it for 800 or thereabouts


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    #4471
    cadaliac
    Registered Users Posts: 2,903 ✭✭✭cadaliac


    galwaytt wrote: »
    Have been offered a 1 owner from new, 00-reg Seicento with headgasket gone, by a neighbour - realistic value, in this condition ? (btw, didn't realise the bloody tax was so big on it- €300+ :().
    I wouldn't bother. Th most you could make would be a few hundred if you rrepaired the gasket an even at that, it would need a fresh nct to punt it on @ €800. It's a risk I personally wouldn't bother with.
    You could however, get the gasket repaired and get lucky (no damage) and it might sail through the ensiti :-)


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