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FIXERUPPER of the week/day

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  • #212
    JohnBoy26
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,532 ✭✭✭JohnBoy26


    166man wrote: »
    Why not?
    Would you buy a car without seeing it first?


  • #213
    Ded_Zebra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,792 ✭✭✭Ded_Zebra


    166man wrote: »
    Why not?

    Well Ray is dead and Stevie is probably rich enough not to be considering €350 cars!


  • #214
    166man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,575 ✭✭✭166man


    JohnBoy26 wrote: »
    Would you buy a car without seeing it first?
    Ded_Zebra wrote: »
    Well Ray is dead and Stevie is probably rich enough not to be considering €350 cars!

    Whoops didnt really read it, I'm more interested to hear head the balls view on the car sorry!


  • #215
    dgt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,985 ✭✭✭✭dgt


    166man wrote: »
    Why not?

    Well being a blind musician I doubt an arse pressed barge like that would tickle Stevie Wonder's fancy and Ray Charles is dead 9 years :pac:


  • #216
    dgt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,985 ✭✭✭✭dgt


    JohnBoy26 wrote: »
    Would you buy a car without seeing it first?

    But there are pictures.....? Maybe I'm too drunk but I thought there were pictures :confused:


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  • #217
    JohnBoy26
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,532 ✭✭✭JohnBoy26


    dgt wrote: »
    But there are pictures.....? Maybe I'm too drunk but I thought there were pictures :confused:
    Stevie ain't going to be seeing them anytime soon though is he ;)


  • #218
    dgt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,985 ✭✭✭✭dgt


    JohnBoy26 wrote: »
    Stevie ain't going to be seeing them anytime soon though is he ;)

    Touché!


  • #219
    Scortho
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,876 ✭✭✭Scortho


    keithsfleet wrote: »
    Yup the OH is getting it. Selling her puma to cover the cost of getting the fto back to original condition, her idea.

    Now that's what I call a keeper :D


  • #220
    Ded_Zebra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,792 ✭✭✭Ded_Zebra


    Possibly one of the nicest fixeruppers yet!

    http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/fiat-panda/5276446

    Full-21156748.jpeg


  • #221
    Bigus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,957 ✭✭✭Bigus


    Ded_Zebra wrote: »
    Possibly one of the nicest fixeruppers yet!

    http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/fiat-panda/5276446

    Full-21156748.jpeg


    A new battery might fix that.


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  • #222
    Ded_Zebra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,792 ✭✭✭Ded_Zebra


    Bigus wrote: »
    A new battery might fix that.

    I might be in Cork next Thursday and Friday. If I am and it's still for sale I mightn't be able to resist going for a look at least :P


  • #223
    Bigus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,957 ✭✭✭Bigus


    Ded_Zebra wrote: »
    I might be in Cork next Thursday and Friday. If I am and it's still for sale I mightn't be able to resist going for a look at least :P

    It'll be long gone I'm afraid


  • #224
    Ded_Zebra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,792 ✭✭✭Ded_Zebra


    Bigus wrote: »
    It'll be long gone I'm afraid

    Probably. For my sake I hope so I could do without wasting more money!


  • #225
    Bigus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,957 ✭✭✭Bigus


    Ded_Zebra wrote: »
    Probably. For my sake I hope so I could do without wasting more money!

    There's a grand to be made on that, that's not wasting money.


  • #226
    Ded_Zebra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,792 ✭✭✭Ded_Zebra


    Bigus wrote: »
    There's a grand to be made on that, that's not wasting money.

    Well if it's still around come Thursday and I do go to Cork we'll see. If that's all that's wrong with it it'll be gone by then.:(


  • #227
    joegriffinjnr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 686 ✭✭✭joegriffinjnr


    http://www.adverts.ie/car/ford/mondeo/bargin-2002-ford-mondeo-running-daily-only-400euro/3339907

    Ill stick on of mine in here :). Put it down too 400, she drives grand, a few new tyres and tracking and she should be ok. Its an ex Taxi though!

    I know the photos and the Ad is sh**e!


  • #228
    goz83
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,035 ✭✭✭goz83


    joegriffinjnr wrote: »
    http://www.adverts.ie/car/ford/mondeo/bargin-2002-ford-mondeo-running-daily-only-400euro/3339907

    Ill stick on of mine in here :). Put it down too 400, she drives grand, a few new tyres and tracking and she should be ok. Its an ex Taxi though!

    I know the photos and the Ad is sh**e!

    Will u take €390? :D

    If she had nct, i'd be all over her.


  • #229
    HiKite
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 378 ✭✭HiKite


    Speaking of ex. Taxis, I bought this one today, no NCT but we had it pre-NCT checked. It needs about e150-e200 spent, on bushings, a bearing and a few links: http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/price-drop-for-quick-sale/5190238

    The tax until the end of November is nice and takes the sting out of the few repairs needed.


  • #230
    Max Power1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,272 ✭✭✭✭Max Power1


    HiKite wrote: »
    Speaking of ex. Taxis, I bought this one today, no NCT but we had it pre-NCT checked. It needs about e150-e200 spent, on bushings, a bearing and a few links: http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/price-drop-for-quick-sale/5190238

    The tax until the end of November is nice and takes the sting out of the few repairs needed.


    Nice, left field purchase. Well wear (but remove the m5 badges for the love of god! :P )


  • #231
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 4,520 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Wonder if this can be negotiated into fixeruppers budget?

    View2-21264746.jpeg



    Balls! Just noticed its a NI reg.

    Fail :(


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  • #232
    Ded_Zebra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,792 ✭✭✭Ded_Zebra


    I think it might still count (kinda, nothing in the rules about it). Would really suit a 6 county fixerupper fixer :)


  • #233
    JohnBoy26
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,532 ✭✭✭JohnBoy26


    shaaane wrote: »
    Wonder if this can be negotiated into fixeruppers budget?

    View2-21264746.jpeg



    Balls! Just noticed its a NI reg.

    Fail :(
    Engine trouble in these usually means big bucks will need to be spend to put it right. The way the seller isn't specific about what the issue is would lead me to believe that this is the case.

    tbh even if it was on Irish plates id be avoiding it.


  • #234
    166man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,575 ✭✭✭166man


    JohnBoy26 wrote: »
    Engine trouble in these usually means big bucks will need to be spend to put it right. The way the seller isn't specific about what the issue is would lead me to believe that this is the case.

    tbh even if it was on Irish plates id be avoiding it.

    What goes wrong with 'em?


  • #235
    JohnBoy26
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,532 ✭✭✭JohnBoy26


    166man wrote: »
    What goes wrong with 'em?
    Turbos and timing chains amongst other things.


  • #236
    dgt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,985 ✭✭✭✭dgt


    JohnBoy26 wrote: »
    Turbos and timing chains amongst other things.

    Caused by incorrect grade of oil, usually gobsh*tes cheaping out :mad: timing chain rattle is a giveaway....

    Don't forget cracked manifolds on early cars ;)


  • #237
    JohnBoy26
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,532 ✭✭✭JohnBoy26


    dgt wrote: »
    Caused by incorrect grade of oil, usually gobsh*tes cheaping out :mad: timing chain rattle is a giveaway....

    Don't forget cracked manifolds on early cars ;)

    No iv‘e seen these issues occure even when the correct oil is used. it seems to be more down to the car itself rather than maintainance. later cars seem to be improved though and don‘t give as much trouble as the early exanples of these.


  • #238
    jharr100
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,186 ✭✭✭jharr100


    http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/vw-passat-sport-130bhp/5313631

    Full-21345810.jpeg

    Do automatics have clutches? Or does he mean torque converter?
    Is this a pig of a job?


  • #239
    dgt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,985 ✭✭✭✭dgt


    jharr100 wrote: »
    http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/vw-passat-sport-130bhp/5313631

    Full-21345810.jpeg

    Do automatics have clutches? Or does he mean torque converter?
    Is this a pig of a job?

    Friction clutch? Lockup clutch? Who knows unless asked directly.... Maybe meant a CV joint?


  • #240
    Toyotafanboi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,917 ✭✭✭✭Toyotafanboi


    For the very few of you watching with interest :pac: http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=85067913&postcount=6392

    my free punto that some of you may remember. having parked it up and never so much as batting an eyelid at it for a month i said it was time to move it on. local scrap yard offered me €120 for it which i thought was very very good.

    fiona bet me it was worth more though, i told her she was mad and if she thought it was worth more that she could sell it :pac:, so i found myself eating my words.

    advertised it on donedeal on wednesday night around 10pm for €350 or nearest offer (advert stating, no tax, no test, needs repair work). had two interested calls on thursday and sold for €200 thursday night.

    don't know what the moral of the story is really, just kind of shocked it sold tbh. glad to see someone going to keep it on the road though, it served our family very well.


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  • #241
    Scortho
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,876 ✭✭✭Scortho


    Toyotafanboi wrote: »
    don't know what the moral of the story is really, just kind of shocked it sold tbh. glad to see someone going to keep it on the road though, it served our family very well.

    If you're thinking of scrapping your car, throw it up on donedeal first for 350?


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