Bangernomics car of the week/day part III

unkel

SeaDaily wrote: »

You could hardly call a Saab 95 a rocket

There's loads of folk on here calling their pathetic diesel cars rockets. Maybe we should let them keep their belief in Santa. And yeah, you're right, the petrol turbo Saab 9-5 ain't no rocket either.

Cleveland Hot Pocket

Kaiser D wrote: »

Lads, re that S type. Would I be correct in saying the 4.0 V8 model was called the S Type R?

No, that was the supercharged v8, the n/a v8 was not branded as the "R"

bear1

Dreamt last night I bought a Jag X-type.. cough cough diesel cough cough.
What are these cars like? Basically a Mondeo from what I gather

jharr100

bear1 wrote: »

Dreamt last night I bought a Jag X-type.. cough cough diesel cough cough.
What are these cars like? Basically a Mondeo from what I gather

Absolute Rockets!

Cleveland Hot Pocket

jharr100 wrote: »

Absolute Rockets!

She'll fly like a chipped TDI

Cleveland Hot Pocket

bear1 wrote: »

Dreamt last night I bought a Jag X-type.. cough cough diesel cough cough.
What are these cars like? Basically a Mondeo from what I gather

Basically a mondeo is about right, presented in a nicer package if that floats your boat.

delthedriver

Cleveland Hot Pocket wrote: »

No, that was the supercharged v8, the n/a v8 was not branded as the "R"

Supercharged or R version was 4.2 AFAIK ?

bear1

I get the impression they aren't anything spectacular then
Still saving up so I'm floating some ideas around but if I manage I'll be looking a 159 2.4 Ti from the UK.
Time will tell

Cleveland Hot Pocket

delthedriver wrote: »

Supercharged or R version was 4.2 AFAIK ?

Correct, if my memory of the Top Gear episode was correct
Nice bus, the S type R imo.
Rare enough and Q car looks.

bladespin

bear1 wrote: »

Dreamt last night I bought a Jag X-type.. cough cough diesel cough cough.
What are these cars like? Basically a Mondeo from what I gather

Considering the Mondy is one of the best cars out there, it's no bat thing

Atlantic Dawn

Kaiser D wrote: »

Jaguar S Type, 4.0 V8, TAX 12/13, nct 4/14, €1300

Love the ad description too

http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/jaguar-s-type-sport/6001630

Sold an hour ago, someone will hopefully have fun with it.

Cleveland Hot Pocket

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

Sold an hour ago, someone will hopefully have fun with it.

Aye, some machine for the cost of a weekend away!
Well wear if someone reading this thread bought it!

Kaiser D

Indeed, well wear to whoever bought it.

Scortho

Guy who works for my oul lad bought himself an s type r. By ****, that thing is fast...:D

Kaiser D

Does this count as bangernomics?

1973 Daimler Sovereign, 2.8 lire, NCT exempt, classic tax, €1250

Admittedly not the most desirable engine, but vintage tax and insurance and NCT exemption are real bonuses. Ad claims the bodywork is good too.

http://cars.donedeal.ie/vintagecars-for-sale/jaguar-daimler-sovereign/5590663

toyotaavensis

Kaiser D wrote: »

Does this count as bangernomics?

1973 Daimler Sovereign, 2.8 lire, NCT exempt, classic tax, €1250

Admittedly not the most desirable engine, but vintage tax and insurance and NCT exemption are real bonuses. Ad claims the bodywork is good too.

http://cars.donedeal.ie/vintagecars-for-sale/jaguar-daimler-sovereign/5590663

Boards needs a like button

bear1

You mean the thumbs up button to the far right of your post?

Scortho

toyotaavensis wrote: »

Boards needs a like button

It has a thanks button:)

johndaman66

unkel wrote: »

Relax dude that part of my post was nothing but a rant

Fair enough unkel I probably over-reacted a bit but I do sometimes get a wee bit annoyed when someone spouts out a figure like 95% or 99% to make a point or to suit their side of the debate, when that figure is a fair shot off the mark.

I believed your points were flawed and without basis, hence why I decided to pull you up on them. Wasn't my intention to come across as irate or condescending

unkel wrote: »

That aside I would be interested if someone could pull up real figures about engine size in private cars. As a guess I'd say that 99% of private cars sold on or after 01/01/2008 have engines smaller than 2l

Makes me sad

http://www.beepbeep.ie/stats/

I just looked at 2012 there. There was a total of 79,574 passenger units sold in that year. Of them 4,271 were over 2,000 cc so that works out at circa 6% of new car sales that year. I would suggest the figure is most likely fairly representative of the the total since 1/1/08. Get results of total sales and then tick all boxes from 2001 cc upwards to return figure for them engine sizes.

It would make you a wee bit sad maybe but you could see both sides of the coin too. I know were mostly motoring enthusaists here but not everyone buying cars is. Can all motoring enthusaists even afford larger engined cars? People are already so much streched and the govt have made owning cars over 2000cc so unaffordable (some under for that matter) People need to buy clothes, education, food, housing, pets, holidays etc etc too

I suppose at the end of the day most new car sales are diesels anyway so who cares what engine size they are

ba_barabus

Kaiser D wrote: »

Ad claims the bodywork is good too.

It's clear from the pictures it's not.

Kaiser D

ba_barabus wrote: »

It's clear from the pictures it's not.

Hm, I can't see anything in the photos that stands out. Sills, arches, doors look spotless. The only thing I can see is the surface rust forming on the bumper but its more like a light haze than anything else.

ba_barabus

Kaiser D wrote: »

Hm, I can't see anything in the photos that stands out. Sills, arches, doorslook spotless. The only thing I can see is the surface rust forming on the bumper but its more like a light haze than anything else.

There is rust on both sills and the rear valence. The under bonnet pic reveals rust on the wings too. It could be surface rust but I'd eat my fist if the jacking points, box sections and floors aren't riddled with tin worm. The car shows no signs of being looked after either. These Jags are notorious for tin worm and given issues if not fastidiously maintained. I'd guarantee that car is a parts car only. Even if it was just surface rust you'll have to respray it properly with will cost a bomb in man hours.

Kaiser D

ba_barabus wrote: »

There is rust on both sills and the rear valence. The under bonnet pic reveals rust on the wings too. It could be surface rust but I'd eat my fist if the jacking points, box sections and floors aren't riddled with tin worm. The car shows no signs of being looked after either. These Jags are notorious for tin worm and given issues if not fastidiously maintained. I'd guarantee that car is a parts car only. Even if it was just surface rust you'll have to respray it properly with will cost a bomb in man hours.

Hmm, I must be going blind.

Belongs in the fixer upper thread then, I guess.

BorneTobyWilde

http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/genuine-mazda-mx5-roadster/6007003

Mazda MX5
Lady owner, looks great with top down. great body
NCT 2/14
TAX 3/14
Maybe 2000 can buy it

BorneTobyWilde

http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/range-rover-2-5-diesel/6005379

2000.00
NCT 4/14

unkel

johndaman66 wrote: »

I suppose at the end of the day most new car sales are diesels anyway so who cares what engine size they are

I suppose you're right. Which makes things even worse. Nearly no cars over 2l and over 4 cylinders and the ones that are, are generally diesels. Where's that shotgun?

Daniel S

BorneTobyWilde wrote: »

http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/genuine-mazda-mx5-roadster/6007003

Mazda MX5
Lady owner, looks great with top down. great body
NCT 2/14
TAX 3/14
Maybe 2000 can buy it

What about the car?

bear1

Maybe she comes included in the car?

deandean

Lady owner, looks great with top down. great body

ROFL

Donedeal advert of the month.

Cantona's Collars

http://www.adverts.ie/car/mazda/626/mazda-626-2-0-diesel-1999-nct-tax/4246409

2L Daysul. €950