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  • 03-11-2012 10:42pm
    #1
    Buncha Fives
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 145 ✭✭


    I need to buy a new car, I would be greatful for any suggestions...my main criteria are:

    No more than 8,000 euro
    Diesel...I need a car thats fuel efficient
    No older than 2006
    Reasonably low tax

    I am not big into cars so im not too sure what is the best car to go for, I was thinking of something like an opel astra, or puegot 307? Opinions appreciated


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  • #2
    my my my
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,969 ✭✭✭my my my


    get a ford


  • #3
    godtabh
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 23,243 Mod ✭✭✭✭godtabh


    my my my wrote: »
    get a ford

    Which one? A Cortina?


  • #4
    MuppetCheck
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,865 ✭✭✭✭MuppetCheck


    godtabh wrote: »
    Which one? A Cortina?

    Granada:rolleyes:


  • #5
    my my my
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,969 ✭✭✭my my my


    godtabh wrote: »
    Which one? A Cortina?


    1984 fiesta with broken exhaust


  • #6
    sd card
    Closed Accounts Posts: 21 ✭sd card


    This one is a old ad but its something to go on.

    http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/4011413


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  • #7
    Chuck Stone
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,030 ✭✭✭✭Chuck Stone


    Volvo C30 2.0 D SE SPORT
    €7,550
    2007
    Full Documented Service History
    87,000 miles.

    no-image-large.gif&width=400&height=300

    ___________________________________________________________________________

    Volvo S40 2.0D SE PREMIUM
    NCT 05/2014
    €7,600
    2006
    Full service history.

    no-image-large.gif&width=400&height=300

    Leather interior.

    no-image-large.gif&width=400&height=300


  • #8
    Mariusz Pudgyanovski
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 72 ✭✭Mariusz Pudgyanovski


    godtabh wrote: »
    Which one? A Cortina?

    a funky one!


  • #9
    my my my
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,969 ✭✭✭my my my


    Mariusz Pudgyanovski wrote: »
    a funky one!


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNF6Oc5nm4w


  • #10
    Supergurrier
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,302 ✭✭✭Supergurrier


    Chuck Stone wrote: »
    Volvo C30 2.0 D SE SPORT
    €7,550
    2007
    Full Documented Service History
    87,000 miles.

    no-image-large.gif&width=400&height=300

    ___________________________________________________________________________

    Volvo S40 2.0D SE PREMIUM
    NCT 05/2014
    €7,600
    2006
    Full service history.

    no-image-large.gif&width=400&height=300

    Leather interior.

    no-image-large.gif&width=400&height=300

    That first c30 is niiiiice :)


  • #11
    JustLen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 634 ✭✭✭JustLen


    Same c30 advertised here for 9,600 :confused:


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  • #12
    Supergurrier
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,302 ✭✭✭Supergurrier


    Can't help but feel the C30 is abit girly in its design :p


  • #13
    CianRyan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,721 ✭✭✭✭CianRyan


    Supergurrier wrote: »
    Can't help but feel the C30 is abit girly in its design :p

    Go to bed, boozy!


  • #14
    Supergurrier
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,302 ✭✭✭Supergurrier


    CianRyan wrote: »
    Go to bed, boozy!

    Ahh cmon in fairness it does look awful girly :pac:

    (Drunkface) i loooooooove uuuuuuuuu maaaaaaaaaaaaaan ;)


  • #15
    CianRyan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,721 ✭✭✭✭CianRyan


    I said go, not come. :eek:

    You're just jealous because the Polestar's faster than you're Focus. :p


  • #16
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 21,179 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    http://www.carzone.ie/search/Toyota/Prius/T3/201242210599148/advert?channel=CARS

    only 40K miles, and no I'm not selling it, . But it's a steal at that price.

    On energy tyres this car is capable of 65+ mpg, I get 60-62 in winter on winter tyres.

    In summer I can usually get 840 KMS on 37 litres of petrol. Still on winter tyres, that's what the car came with when I got it.

    Not the most fun and not a rally car but can hold the bends all the same.

    Engine 1.5L 75 HP, 85 lb ft torque,

    Elec motor 67 HP and 300 lb ft torque from 0 rpm.

    8 year warranty on hybrid or 150 K miles, it's rare that the Prius breaks down. One of the most reliable cars on the road.

    Less maintenance than a Diesel, no timing belt to change only oil and filter every 10K miles, that's it. Coolant change at 100K miles and gearbox oil at 100K miles. Can only be done at Toyota. No twin mass flywheel to fail, no particle filter to fail, only belt is water pump. No alternator, okay there is but it's in the gearbox :-)

    Cheaper tax than a 2.0L diesel too. And it's a decent size. And plenty reach 300K + miles, a lot of the 1st generation from 1998 still on the go in the U.S and Japan.

    The Prius is one of the most sensible cars you can buy.


  • #17
    Supergurrier
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,302 ✭✭✭Supergurrier


    Why advertise a car you aren't selling ? :p


  • #18
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 21,179 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Supergurrier wrote: »
    Why advertise a car you aren't selling ? :p

    HAHA okay let me rephrase, it's not my car! ;)

    There are pics of mine somewhere on boards, so you should see that mine is black!


  • #19
    CiniO
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,069 ✭✭✭✭CiniO


    Deleted User wrote: »
    http://www.carzone.ie/search/Toyota/Prius/T3/201242210599148/advert?channel=CARS

    .

    This particular one seems to have NCT till July 2011 and Tax till Nov 2011.
    Looks like the car was laid off for over a year. Would that not do any harm to prius?


  • #20
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,520 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    I doubt that Prius is even on Irish plates, look at the windscreen


    Not that vrt is expensive, but still.


  • #21
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 21,179 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    colm_mcm wrote: »
    I doubt that Prius is even on Irish plates, look at the windscreen


    Not that vrt is expensive, but still.

    Says nct is expired so I'd say it is on Irish plates with an nct.

    I don't understand someone wanting to sell a car not bothering to get nct, but these are seriously reliable cars and too good to let go with the miles.


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