Does this ad look ok?

euser1984

Hi,
Just wondering what people think about this car? I did a mywheels.ie check and it's a UK import and has had 4 owners in total.

I want to buy it for my mum so I'm extra concerned.
http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/4649185

Thanks.

Cash is king

euser1984 wrote: »

Hi,
Just wondering what people think about this car? I did a mywheels.ie check and it's a UK import and has had 4 owners in total.

I want to buy it for my mum so I'm extra concerned.
http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/4649185

Thanks.

Looks very overpriced imo but 4 years in 11 years is nothing to be afraid off.

Atlantic Dawn

Mileage and NCT expiry date not listed, therefore being sold by a muppet, avoid.

bazz26

Mad money for an 11 year old Corolla imo.

colm_mcm

Id disagree with those who say its overpriced. Its a 3 door corolla with big spec in the best colour.

DL reg is a concern but if the car checked out id have no problem spending that sort of money on it.

NIMAN

One of those ads I hate, with no mileage listed.

Hate those, they even say "low mileage" in the advert, well if its so low for its age, TELL US IT !!

euser1984

colm_mcm wrote: »

Id disagree with those who say its overpriced. Its a 3 door corolla with big spec in the best colour.

DL reg is a concern but if the car checked out id have no problem spending that sort of money on it.

Thanks, what do you mean about the DL reg?

What do people think of the mileage not being shown?

euser1984

http://mywheels.ie/car-history-check/paid-vehicle-report/?id=12c994&VRN=02DL9706

NIMAN

euser1984 wrote: »

Thanks, what do you mean about the DL reg?

What do people think of the mileage not being shown?

Perhaps a slur on us Donegal drivers? That we all thrash our cars to bits?;)

TGi666

for a few yoyo more
http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/4828848

Cash is king

colm_mcm wrote: »

Id disagree with those who say its overpriced. Its a 3 door corolla with big spec in the best colour.

DL reg is a concern but if the car checked out id have no problem spending that sort of money on it.

I never thought I would see big spec and Corollain the same sentence. :DI

Dr. Kenneth Noisewater

Wouldn't worry too much about the DL reg, the plates looks fresh which would suggest to me that it was imported maybe in the last 18 months. It probably hasn't spent the last decade being driven the ****e out of on back roads by boy racers :pac: Its being sold in Roscommon anyway so it mightn't have been in Donegal long regardless.

I don't get the whole DL reg thing. The roads there are no worse than in other counties on the Atlantic coast but you never hear the same attitude towards MO, G, CE, KY or C reg cars. And god knows there are plenty of people in those counties who drive the arse out of their cars no more than Donegal or anywhere else.

mgbgt1978

Personally hate those "chequer plate" rubber floor mats.
Only ever see them in a boy-racer's car.

Also can't stand DD ads where they can't be bothered to (or don't want to) insert their own name......phone "seller" at 085 XXXXXXX. Always seems to me that they have something to hide.

Chris_Heilong

its about €1300 over priced. I bought my 01 Civic for 2100 about 2 years ago from a dealer and with a warranty so I am basing that price on my experience.

weekaizer

colm_mcm wrote: »

Id disagree with those who say its overpriced. Its a 3 door corolla with big spec in the best colour.

DL reg is a concern but if the car checked out id have no problem spending that sort of money on it.

What's wrong with a DL reg?

colm_mcm

Re the donegal thing. I don't want to start a county war or anything but my viewpoint is that the car culture up there is different to other parts of the country, a lot of young guys don't leave home as young as they would and spend their money on cars instead. The roads are among the worst in the country and the lack of resources for policing on the roads means there is a distinct boy racer culture. The county has a shocking and sad mortality rate on the roads.

These are of course only my opinions based on people i know from there and from the times I've been up.

veetwin

Just wondering OP but what was your thinking behind not putting the mileage of the car on the ad? You state it's low mileage but that means nothing without the actual figure..Also ditch those mats, they scream boy racer. Maybe one or two more interior pics including one of the odometer. Having said all that it's a nice looking car for the year but the asking price is in the dreamer of the year territory.

TGi666

veetwin wrote: »

Just wondering OP but what was your thinking behind not putting the mileage of the car on the ad? You state it's low mileage but that means nothing without the actual figure..Also ditch those mats, they scream boy racer. Maybe one or two more interior pics including one of the odometer. Having said all that it's a nice looking car for the year but the asking price is in the dreamer of the year territory.

the OP is looking to buy the car not flog it

veetwin

TGi666 wrote: »

the OP is looking to buy the car not flog it

Sorry I thought he was selling it for his mum:o

Joe Hart

weekaizer wrote: »

What's wrong with a DL reg?

One of the worst plates in the country. I'd never buy a car with a DL plate. Cars have a hard life in that county.They always seem to have more aftermarket crap on them.

dollybird2

Overpriced imo. When was it imported? Mileage?

As a comparision, a family member picked up a 02 CE reg corolla three months ago. Same spec, 3 door also, silver in colour, 89k miles on the clock, great condition and only 1 previous owner, Irish car, for 2400. This is what I'm basing my reply on as a comparision.

Have to say though, it's a lovely car in red.

johndaman66

I would think its overpriced also, irrespective of the mileage which we don't know. But then again them hatchback Corollas from 2002 to circa 2006 seem to command higher asking prices than their counterpart models.

Nice cars?...yes indeed. Should they command a premium over similar sized cars from the same era?...yes. Should they command as high a premium as they seem to do?...well NO....certainly not in my opinion

Bpmull

johndaman66 wrote: »

Nice cars?...yes indeed. Should they command a premium over similar sized cars from the same era?...yes. Should they command as high a premium as they seem to do?...well NO....certainly not in my opinion

My dad had a 2006 1.4d4d corolla and sure there a nice car. They have a nice Diesel engine and are fairly comfortable. But tbh I can't see what people see in them there nice cars but there is nothing amazing about them. We had our one for a year and a half and sold it. The only reason we bought it in the first place was it was going cheap quite frankly it was not much more then the cost of the one the op is looking at and it was 2006 facelift diesel one and this was 2 years ago. But I do agree the red colour is nice in them and if the car checks out I'm sure it will be a lovely car for the ops mother.

johndaman66

^^Man your father done very well to buy a 2006 1.4 d4d corolla for close to €3,300 back two years ago assuming it was all in order. The cheapest Irish reg (a big lot of English reg ones on DD) 2006 Corolla 1.4 d4d I can see on donedeal at the moment is asking €5,900.

The smaller diesel engines seem to command silly asking prices in this country at the moment at least. If you ask me if those buying them are paying close to asking prices they aren't really seeing the wood from the trees

Bpmull

johndaman66 wrote: »

^^Man your father done very well to buy a 2006 1.4 d4d corolla for close to €3,300 back two years ago assuming it was all in order. The cheapest Irish reg (a big lot of English reg ones on DD) 2006 Corolla 1.4 d4d I can see on donedeal at the moment is asking €5,900.

I think he paid 4.3k for It was a commerical version though. Same in everyway though as a 3 door just without rear seats. The vans seem to easily make the same money as the cars these days as there rare. We kept it for a year and a bit sold it for 5.3k and there was literally a que around the block to buy it. It was sold and collected within an hour. It needed no work as long as we had it either.

johndaman66

Bpmull wrote: »

I think he paid 4.3k for It was a commerical version though. Same in everyway though as a 3 door just without rear seats. The vans seem to easily make the same money as the cars these days as there rare. We kept it for a year and a bit sold it for 5.3k and there was literally a que around the block to buy it. It was sold and collected within an hour. It needed no work as long as we had it either.

Well thats a grand more than the car the OP has linked to. Still though he bought very very well indeed if he bought it for €4,300 and sold it for €5,300 over a year later, no doubt about it. More than likely was the "cheaaap tax" more than anything that had them queueing around the block to buy it I would say...Yeah I know... as I say I really don't think these people really see the wood from the trees

NIMAN

colm_mcm wrote: »

Re the donegal thing. I don't want to start a county war or anything but my viewpoint is that the car culture up there is different to other parts of the country, a lot of young guys don't leave home as young as they would and spend their money on cars instead. The roads are among the worst in the country and the lack of resources for policing on the roads means there is a distinct boy racer culture. The county has a shocking and sad mortality rate on the roads.

These are of course only my opinions based on people i know from there and from the times I've been up.

I hear what you're saying, we do have a pretty bad record on the roads when it comes to deaths. And we do have our fair share of boy racers, but I'd say most drive Toyota twin cams, Bora's, Civic's.

Having said this, there has definitely been a drop off in the number of them on the roads since the recession kicked in.

yop

NIMAN wrote: »

I hear what you're saying, we do have a pretty bad record on the roads when it comes to deaths. And we do have our fair share of boy racers, but I'd say most drive Toyota twin cams, Bora's, Civic's.

Having said this, there has definitely been a drop off in the number of them on the roads since the recession kicked in.

Have to agree with that point, any time I have been in Donegal its the lads in those cars which have been the biggest muppets.
Donegal lads love their cars and yes they seem to appear more on the death toll than the rest of the country, but it shouldnt put the buyer off buying the car.
The car looks very clean and the seller seems to have put a bit of effort into getting it right.
The color is prone to fade, so it would put me off a wee bit.

The big things putting me as mentioned are lack of mileage, expect it to be high and NCT. Also the capital letters and no name are just a no no for me.

NIMAN

I drive a DL car, and its well looked after and maintained. Would be a good buy when I come to sell it.

Ruling out every car for sale from an entire county just because we have a higher than average number of boy racers is a tad OTT imho.

This car for sale doesn't look like one that a boy racer would trash tbh.

dh0011

price is mad and it doesnt say what the milage is