Bangernomics car of the week/day part III

JohnBoy26

CianRyan wrote: »

Most VZR's go for that kind of money, they don't get the same following as EK's.

If that's the case wouldn't it be better to wait for a better example to come along for the same money? I know they are rare now but they do pop up from time to time.

CianRyan wrote: »

So, writing off a decent car just because of the paint?

That's the thing though, it's not a decent car, well not in my eyes anyway. It's not just the paint, it why it was painted so badly.

Also maybe you disagree but paint problem is a perfectly justifiable reason to dismiss a car, especially one that old, as paintwork can be expensive to put right.

CianRyan wrote: »

Can not agree with that sense, especially when you're talking sub €1500, no way he expects to get the full asking.

Your making wild assumptions there, that's you've spoken to the seller and agreed a price?

Im glad we can agree on it being overpriced though

CianRyan wrote: »

I think if it did buy it, I'd whack a coat of grey primer over it and leave it. It's a weird one but a mate if mine did it to his EG and it looks really well. For less than €50 too.

Ah here, :eek:that would make it a lot worse than it already is, desperate in fact. How could your mate do that to an eg civic.

rizzodun

JohnBoy26 wrote: »

That's the thing though, it's not a decent car, well not in my eyes anyway. It's not just the paint, it why it was painted so badly.

Also maybe you disagree but paint problem is a perfectly justifiable reason to dismiss a car, especially one that old, as paintwork can be expensive to put right.

Matt white wouldn't be my first choice but it's a bit of an assumption to think it was done badly, have you seen it up close?

JohnBoy26

rizzodun wrote: »

I'd hardly write it off based on the paint job, would some people rather a perfect car on the surface but rubbish mechanically? If it checked out I'd overlook the paint job, they're less common than the 1.4, and the price could be wrangled down.

Id rather kill 2 birds with the one stone and get a car that is both mechanically and cosmetically in good condition.;)

rizzodun

JohnBoy26 wrote: »

Id rather kill 2 birds with the one stone and get a car that is both mechanically and cosmetically in good condition.;)

Agreed, but while peoples idea of mechanically perfect is pretty much universal, beauty can be in the eye of the beholder

JohnBoy26

rizzodun wrote: »

Matt white wouldn't be my first choice but it's a bit of an assumption to think it was done badly, have you seen it up close?

Admittedly I didn't see this particular car up close. What I meant by badly painted, was painting it matt instead of doing a proper job. I have seen a matt white example of an almera(same body shape) and (to me) it didn't suit the car at all.

nd

seat ibiza, 60k miles, NCT 07/14 TAX 01/14, 950 euro

"Timing belt and water pump replaced 4 months ago. New tyres"

http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/seat-ibiza-1-0/6079642

W123-80's

Nice little '03 Civic Coupe
Test 04/14
Bit of haggling to be done, but it seems an honest advert.
Asking €1850

http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/honda-civic/6080164

W123-80's

'04 RX8
Test 05/14
Very low mileage claim.
Nice bus if it checks out.
Asking €1650

Scratch this one. Engine needs attention. Missed it when I originally posted it.

http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/2004-mazda-rx8/6080002

Scortho

Engine needs attention on an rx8....oh dear.
whoever buys it, I hope they're good with tools.

W123-80's

Scortho wrote: »

Engine needs attention on an rx8....oh dear.
whoever buys it, I hope they're good with tools.

Didn't spot that. Scratch that suggestion so.!

Scortho

W123-80's wrote: »

Didn't spot that. Scratch that suggestion so.!

If you had your head screwed on and could do the work yourself, it's a decent fixer upper.

JohnBoy26

Scortho wrote: »

Engine needs attention on an rx8....oh dear.
whoever buys it, I hope they're good with tools and have deep pockets.

Fyp

Quazzie

CianRyan wrote: »

I think if it did buy it, I'd whack a coat of grey primer over it and leave it. It's a weird one but a mate if mine did it to his EG and it looks really well. For less than €50 too.

No he didnt.

nd

99 avensis, nct to 7 14,

"reason for selling moving to london for work

quick sale needed

no reasonable offer will be declined

550 ono"

http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/toyota/6081046

CianRyan

Quazzie wrote: »

No he didnt.

Oh?

Edit: €73, oh my god. I can't believe I made a mistake.
I guess I'll just close my account now, I can't live with the shame.




And I think it looks class, even better in person.

Interslice

http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/honda-accord-vtec-nctd-today-900/5922963

accord - vtec 150k miles

NCT'd today, exp. Aug 14

900 euro

flazio

nd wrote: »

seat ibiza, 60k miles, NCT 07/14 TAX 01/14, 950 euro

"Timing belt and water pump replaced 4 months ago. New tyres"

http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/seat-ibiza-1-0/6079642

Can anyone make out what's on the stickers? Also seems a bit of a devilish reg plate

Cleveland Hot Pocket

Interslice wrote: »

http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/honda-accord-vtec-nctd-today-900/5922963

accord - vtec 150k miles

NCT'd today, exp. Aug 14

900 euro

possibly one for the bad parking thread!
Looks a bargain though, on a serious note. We (well, my dad does :P) have one with 215k miles on her and still going strong.

JohnBoy26

CianRyan wrote: »

Oh?

Edit: €73, oh my god. I can't believe I made a mistake.
I guess I'll just close my account now, I can't live with the shame.

why would anyone want to spray there car with just gray primer though It would look like cr*p tbh.

Cleveland Hot Pocket

JohnBoy26 wrote: »

why would anyone want to spray there car with just gray primer though It would look like cr*p tbh.

*their
*grey

And I think it suits the car. But opinions are like assholes - we all have one.

Quazzie

CianRyan wrote: »

Oh?

Edit: €73, oh my god. I can't believe I made a mistake.
I guess I'll just close my account now, I can't live with the shame.




And I think it looks class, even better in person.
http://i40.tinypic.com/2nqdz7c.jpg

I wasn't arguing about the price. I was arguing that he made it look well. He destroyed a nice car.

JohnBoy26

Cleveland Hot Pocket wrote: »

*their
*grey

And I think it suits the car. But opinions are like assholes - we all have one.

Oh indeed I know every one has an opinion but as a civic fan I just can't believe any one could that to their civic.

Apart from the primer not being very durable due to it's porous nature, it also looks shocking on that civic Imo. It's called an undercoat for a reason:pac:

If that was my civic id leave the original paintwork well alone before id go spending 70 odd euro on primer to make it worse.

If I wanted to re spray it Id get it done properly. A nice gun metal gray colour etc would look the business on that car.:)

CianRyan

It's a personal thing I know but lads, you're absolutely ripping it out of some one's pride and joy and that's just a dick move.

The paint work was rough on the car, he saw another car like this and really liked it, he whacked on a few quids worth of paint and saved himself €2500 on a car that's probably only worth that. So financially a new paint job would have been a waste of money.

There's always room for something new, it's been a few months now and the car still looks the business despite every "expert" telling him it'd go to ****e and rust in a week.

L-M

Move on lads, take it to the chat thread.

Kaiser D

CianRyan wrote: »

It's a personal thing I know but lads, you're absolutely ripping it out of some one's pride and joy and that's just a dick move.

The paint work was rough on the car, he saw another car like this and really liked it, he whacked on a few quids worth of paint and saved himself €2500 on a car that's probably only worth that. So financially a new paint job would have been a waste of money.

There's always room for something new, it's been a few months now and the car still looks the business despite every "expert" telling him it'd go to ****e and rust in a week.

Happens a lot, even on here in the skangermobiles thread. If you are prepared to do such a thing to a car you have to be prepared to take some criticism/comments no matter how they are put.

dgt

Didn't realize it was that time of the month week again :rolleyes:

Here, bitch over this or whatever

NCT till March, 1600

dgt

NCT till June, 1500

BASQUE IN ITS BLANDNESS :pac::pac::pac::pac:

dgt

NCT till April, 1400

L-M

dgt wrote: »

NCT till June, 1500

BASQUE IN ITS BLANDNESS :pac::pac::pac::pac:

I had one of those for 3 weeks, bloody horrible place to be. Really cheap and smelled of horrible plastics. Drank fuel as well.

dgt

Limerick man wrote: »

I had one of those for 3 weeks, bloody horrible place to be. Really cheap and smelled of horrible plastics. Drank fuel as well.

I'd imagine they're not handy alright. Wonder what the 2.4 is like....