Bangernomics car of the week/day part III

bear1

Trust me, those diesel Smarts are not economical at all.
The tank is very small, we had one as a rental a while back in Italy and it was doing about 300km (barely) to a tank

Ded_Zebra

bear1 wrote: »

Trust me, those diesel Smarts are not economical at all.
The tank is very small, we had one as a rental a while back in Italy and it was doing about 300km (barely) to a tank

Since when did the size of a fuel tank have a negative effect on economy

Without knowing the size of the tank there is no way to work it out.

colm_mcm

33 litres.

Oh yeah and 0-60 in 20 seconds.

DPF (pretty sure they have one) and common rail would put me off further.

bear1

Ded_Zebra wrote: »

Since when did the size of a fuel tank have a negative effect on economy

Without knowing the size of the tank there is no way to work it out.

I believe it's a 10 gallon tank.
I meant that with it's small tank (filling up more frequently) and poor performace the car was very uneconomical.
You would have to floor the nuts off of it to get it to move.

wonski

marketty wrote: »

Wow I never knew they made a diesel. I struggle to see the market for it, I mean surely the petrol is very economical for most users and how much motorway driving would you do in that thing?
Strangely tempted though!

Under 1 litre and diesel. There is a market over here. Sounds like a perfect combination:D

Jokes aside, what a stupid idea - diesel in Smart

JohnBoy26

unkel wrote: »

That's what I was thinking



It shouldn't matter though. The NCT due date is based on the first date of original registration (no matter what country that was in)

Maybe something was lost in paperwork translation when the car was imported here?

are you sure about that? As far as i can remember my last import was nct'd based on date of registration in ireland rather than it's original date of registration.

dgt

JohnBoy26 wrote: »

are you sure about that? As far as i can remember my last import was nct'd based on date of registration in ireland rather than it's original date of registration.

Thats the way my old festy was done, nct was based on it was regged here in august despite original registration in the north was in april

MidlandsM

Ded_Zebra wrote: »

Since when did the size of a fuel tank have a negative effect on economy

+1

Tank size has nothing to do with mpg, only a positive effect actually.......because if you have a small tank, therefore less weight for the engine to propel, therefore making it more economical. :P

bear1

Probably I should have been clearer, I meant that the small tank gave the impression it was thirsty due to stopping quite often to fill it back up.
Leaving the small tank part aside, the car is still very uneconomical

Moneymaker

Another C180, better then the one yesterday..and cheaper. Claimed FSH too.

http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/mercedes-c180-fresh-nct-just-passed/6207419

Kaiser D

CHROME ARCHES!!

Moneymaker

Kaiser D wrote: »

CHROME ARCHES!!

Why did I not even notice them?

/puke

h3000

Kaiser D wrote: »

CHROME ARCHES!!

Rust hiders

JohnBoy26

h3000 wrote: »

Rust hiders

At least they give you the option of having brown arches if you don't like the chrome :pac:

Nixer Jim

Surely bought for bangernomics money! Over optimistic?

http://cars.donedeal.ie/vintagecars-for-sale/audi-ur-s4-2-2-20w-turbo/6208775

Modern classic. Will never lose money.

bear1

http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/03-saab-95/6208834

Now this is bangernomics!

Cantona's Collars

http://www.adverts.ie/car/toyota/corolla/1998-toyota-corolla-for-sale/4520778

joujoujou

zerks wrote: »

http://www.adverts.ie/car/toyota/corolla/1998-toyota-corolla-for-sale/4520778

[...]

Used to be red I think.

This one is poorer than paddy spec - it doesn't even have a tachometer.

Cantona's Collars

joujoujou wrote: »

Used to be red I think.

This one is poorer than paddy spec - it doesn't even have a tachometer.

My missus had one of those limited edition red paint jobs on her old car.She hated me calling it pink.:pac:

bear1

http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/bargain-of-2014/6202724

Another bargain

jharr100

bear1 wrote: »

http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/bargain-of-2014/6202724

Another bargain

What are those 1.6 hdi units like? Heard good and bad reports.

MidlandsM

jharr100 wrote: »

What are those 1.6 hdi units like? Heard good and bad reports.

early one's are pure scrap .......avoid.

Kaiser D

Something a bit different.

1979 Ford Cortina
2.0 Petrol, auto
63k Miles
NCT exempt, tax 6/14
€1200
This would make a well nice daily driver.

http://cars.donedeal.ie/vintagecars-for-sale/cortina-mk-5/6211739

h3000

That Cortina is only feckin lovely.

dar_cool

You cant look at a mk5 cortina and not think of this legend

Ninap

Who else here has driven a Cortina??

dar_cool

Id say the only downside to that cortina being the auto gearbox, they are shocking!! Be good for a manual conversion

Scortho

56 quid tax as well! :cool:

dar_cool

Nct exempt aswell, which is a huge thing for me!! I bought a mk2 escort recently and its nct exempt!!

Cleveland Hot Pocket

dar_cool wrote: »

Nct exempt aswell, which is a huge thing for me!! I bought a mk2 escort recently and its nct exempt!!

Swap in a mahoosive american v8, win.