Less than €6000 for this thing.

Plug

Link.

Sleeps 14, €88 road tax, has room for a small car and and even has a cooker.
Pretty cool for the price!

johnos1984

Do I spy a Fiat 127 where the engine should be?

Chuck_Norris

Ball of scrap, but me likey strangely.

Voodoomelon

Wonder what else you could fit in there. Doubt an MX5 would fit, maybe a Micra cabriolet?

robbie_998

Car license will do ?

eh ?

Guy:Incognito

johnos1984 wrote: »

Do I spy a Fiat 127 where the engine should be?

One of the passengers has to sit in that and run it. It's connected to a treadmill that runs the wheels on the bus.

Plug

Engines in the middle?
I could have better use for the car garage, a dungeon for my captives:pac:

johnos1984

A mini would fit. I don't know what else would really apart from old micro cars

challengemaster

robbie_998 wrote: »

Car license will do ?

eh ?

classed as a Camper and can't hold more than X (is it 8? ) people and you shouldn't need anything other than a car license, or at least that's the "logic" behind it.

Pretty cool if you ask me, despite looking like a ball of crap on the outside

Guy:Incognito

challengemaster wrote: »

classed as a Camper and can't hold more than X (is it 8? ) people and you shouldn't need anything other than a car license, or at least that's the "logic" behind it.

Pretty cool if you ask me, despite looking like a ball of crap on the outside

Does the weight limit not still apply?

challengemaster

Guy:Incognito wrote: »

Does the weight limit not still apply?

I'd imagine that's where their "logic" starts to fall apart

conzy

Guy:Incognito wrote: »

Does the weight limit not still apply?

The bodywork is actually all carbon fibre painted to look like a ****ty bus

vectra

challengemaster wrote: »

despite looking like a ball of crap on the outside

And a bigger ball of $hite on the inside..

FearDark

My car would fit in the back of this

Esel

Park it up in a Coach Bay and live in it.

johnos1984

Esel wrote: »

Park it up in a Coach Bay and live in it.

Someone does that (or used to do that) outside The Montrose Hotel across the road from UCD

Kev.

How many people automatically thought about the Euro's?

cson

That is a Polkraine machine if ever I saw one.

If you got 10 lads to split it between them @ 500 a pop [wave 5k in his face and he'd take it I'd say, maybe even less but then again it looks like a labour of love he got ****ed up of], you could flog it over there for 1-2k I'd say after.

Only thing is; he says it sleeps 14 but in the pics I'm only seeing one bed... :eek:

SilverBell

Needs a curtain in the jacks aswell to avoid shocking other campers.

T-Maxx

Second last photo shows the 6 bunk beds - only suitable for kids really.

Dord

johnos1984 wrote: »

Do I spy a Fiat 127 where the engine should be?

Nope,its front engined. The fiat is in the boot.

MidlandsM

DOE-less too .................

dr.fuzzenstein

Looks like a hoot.
Might just sell my house, buy this and fcuk off out of here.
If I could sell my house that is...

trad

SilverBell wrote: »

Needs a curtain in the jacks aswell to avoid shocking other campers.

With 10 blokes on the bus you'd need more than a curtain

Berty

robbie_998 wrote: »

Car license will do ?

eh ?

You know those big ass cranes you see driving around the country. They run on green diesel and you only need a B license to drive one because they are classed as agricultural vehicles.

Madness I know.

BTW, Bus is a ball of scrap. Does it come with a bunch of hippies tied to it to pull it along?

mad muffin

Only in Ireland does a mobile toxic furnace the size of a small town only needs €88 in tax and a normal drivers licence because it's a "camper van" :eek:

Top Dog

cson wrote: »

Only thing is; he says it sleeps 14 but in the pics I'm only seeing one bed... :eek:

Double-bed at the back (2), triple bunks each side just in front of that (+6), single couch type thing in front of that (+1), 2 double-dinettes that presumably make 2 narrow double beds (+4) .... thats 13 bodies accounted for. No idea where number 14 is supposed to fit.

Unless of course the seller is hoping that a bunch of lads will buy it for the Euro's in which case number 14 will be asleep bent over the toilet (theres always 1)!

L-M

12-14 smelly lads on a big dirty auld bus driving around, sounds like my idea of hell.

And this blurry sideways shot resembles a Vietnamese train, minus the random livestock.



You could do alot better with 5 grand. ie. burn half of it and piss the rest up again a wall.

langdang

vectra wrote: »

And a bigger ball of $hite on the inside..

I've lived in worse houses and smaller apartments! Probably has a better BER rating than the boom-built wind tunnel I'm living in now

A smart car would fit would it?

Leave some lads loose with some spray cans

Daycent!

langdang

Top Dog wrote: »

Unless of course the seller is hoping that a bunch of lads will buy it for the Euro's

Motors forum road trip!

aujopimur

Only grandads can drive it on a B car licence.

Del2005

johnos1984 wrote: »

Someone does that (or used to do that) outside The Montrose Hotel across the road from UCD

The Honey Suckle Rose IIRC, he was moved on from there and started parking in Celbridge opposite HP. Haven't seen it in a while

mad muffin wrote: »

Only in Ireland does a mobile toxic furnace the size of a small town only needs €88 in tax and a normal drivers licence because it's a "camper van" :eek:

Only in Ireland to do they run a scrappage scheme to protect our "motor industry*" by scrapping perfectly good cars and encouraging people to buy new cars, which while emitting tiny amounts of CO2(apart from the building, shipping and scrapping!!) emit way more pollution that actually affects people, and pay €102 for a €60k+ car.

Unless you got your B licence before the 90's then you can't drive it on a B, there may also be issues if you did have the C1 on your B but let it lapse for more than 10 years.


* We don't have a motor industry, we have a service sector that sells cars.

MidlandsM

aujopimur wrote: »

Only grandads can drive it on a B car licence.

not even then, it's over 3.5 tonnes, in the event of an insurance claim, you'd be on yer own.

langdang

MidlandsM wrote: »

aujopimur wrote: »

Only grandads can drive it on a B car licence.

not even then, it's over 3.5 tonnes, in the event of an insurance claim, you'd be on yer own.

I wouldn't like to be sneaking it past the German traffic police!

Del2005

MidlandsM wrote: »

not even then, it's over 3.5 tonnes, in the event of an insurance claim, you'd be on yer own.

They used to issue C1 with B, you also got EB, don't know when they stopped issuing them together but it was before the 90s. Similar to how you used to get M on B till 2006. Once you've kept your licences up to date there's nothing an insurance company can do, unless it's over 7.5t dgvw

tossy

hmmmm i can 'tax' my house for 100e or move into this and tax it for 88 euro.

MidlandsM

Del2005 wrote: »

They used to issue C1 with B, you also got EB, don't know when they stopped issuing them together but it was before the 90s. Similar to how you used to get M on B till 2006. Once you've kept your licences up to date there's nothing an insurance company can do, unless it's over 7.5t dgvw

if a "grandad" got the C or C1 categories when they passed their B (car test) back then way wonder on their licence, fine - they'd be licenced to drive it, but if they only had a B licence, nope, they can't and in the event of an accident, they'd be toasted.

Also, that bus has no DOE and I'd doubt it'd pass an engineers report which would be required to get it insured.

Esel

Seriously though - anyone know if there are time/duration limits on parking a taxed vehicle in a coach bay? There are a few bays at the side of Dublin Castle, and with a resident doberman or rottweiler, security when you're away from 'home' shouldn't be an issue......

deandean

I

LOVE

IT

Thinks I'll run right out and buy it.

Then I chuck all the ankle biters outa the house to live in it

and have a good nights sleep.

Worth it for the price :pac:

Stinicker

Right lads we'll all get loans, head over over to the Euro's and then say feck it and motor on into Russia and Eurasia and abandon the hippy mobile somewhere around India before joining the Hare Krishnas and then flying over to Oz to start new lives. :pac::pac: Apparently alot of Irish Soccer fans for USA 94 never returned!, I remember a song along the lines of, lordy lordy lordy we need a big bank loan!

MadsL

Del2005 wrote: »

Only in Ireland to do they run a scrappage scheme to protect our "motor industry*" by scrapping perfectly good cars and encouraging people to buy new cars,

Only in Ireland do we the keep a two-tier motor taxation system for penalising older car drivers and encouraging people to buy new cars.

Terrontress

MidlandsM wrote: »

Del2005 wrote: »

They used to issue C1 with B, you also got EB, don't know when they stopped issuing them together but it was before the 90s. Similar to how you used to get M on B till 2006. Once you've kept your licences up to date there's nothing an insurance company can do, unless it's over 7.5t dgvw

if a "grandad" got the C or C1 categories when they passed their B (car test) back then way wonder on their licence, fine - they'd be licenced to drive it, but if they only had a B licence, nope, they can't and in the event of an accident, they'd be toasted.

Also, that bus has no DOE and I'd doubt it'd pass an engineers report which would be required to get it insured.

The engineer's report for camper insurance, if that is what it will fall under, is easy to get. I once got a camper insurance for a transit camper after a guy I met completed the form using his garage's stamp saying it was fine.

mad muffin

MadsL wrote: »

Only in Ireland do we the keep a two-tier motor taxation system for penalising older car drivers and encouraging people to buy new cars.

Isn't it the other way around?

Reward drivers of older petrol cars with higher emissions and penalise those who go out and buy a newer petrol car with lower emotions, because they didn't buy a diesel.

My old 99 1.4 ltr vw bora has a lower tax than the newer 2009 car that I bought.

Yet the new car has lower emissions.

dr.fuzzenstein

Stinicker wrote: »

Right lads we'll all get loans, head over over to the Euro's and then say feck it and motor on into Russia and Eurasia and abandon the hippy mobile somewhere around India before joining the Hare Krishnas and then flying over to Oz to start new lives. :pac::pac: Apparently alot of Irish Soccer fans for USA 94 never returned!, I remember a song along the lines of, lordy lordy lordy we need a big bank loan!

Am thinking more along the lines of bank job...
Who will be the getaway driver and what will he/she drive?
I reckon Skoda, fasht and a big boot for the loot!

Slidey

Definitely need a minimum of a Rigid (C) licence if not a Bus licence to drive this.

I think I tested one of these before and it was mid engined.

Often thought it would be a nice idea but how in the fcuk would you get into most campsites with it

imitation

Gonna modify a mini and pretend im knight rider with the car hold !

HJL

Fitting a Fiat 126 into a bus is nothing. The bus and the car would fit into the boot of an Octavia with the seats folded down

MadsL

Put a mini motor cycle in the boot of the 127.

Vehicle-ception!




...I'll get me coat....

MidlandsM

Slidey wrote: »

Definitely need a minimum of a Rigid (C) licence if not a Bus licence to drive this.

I think I tested one of these before and it was mid engined.

Often thought it would be a nice idea but how in the fcuk would you get into most campsites with it

so true.:D