Bangernomics car of the week/day part III

Ded_Zebra

That BX looks in really lovely nick, fair play to ya! My Dad had a 16V back in the day, a car I would really love to own at some stage

CianRyan

Kintarō Hattori wrote: »

Paging CianRyan to bangernomics.....

Don't be tempting me, I'd love another one but I can't become a hoarder.

kermitpwee

ba_barabus wrote: »

That BX is the dogs :cool:

Has been changing hands a lot lately, op doesn't have it long and either did the lad that had it before, was for sale in roscommon initially then onto ballina!

unkel

kermitpwee wrote: »

Has been changing hands a lot lately

The car has had 4 owners in 24 years. Hardly changing hands a lot, is it?

bear1

Each owner has it on average every 6 years... there are cars posted here that have changed owners in the space of a week.
Bangernomics are obviously bangers for a reason, to tie people over for the time being (at least this is my interpretation of it) and then flog it on when something better pops up.
Too much knit picking goes on sometimes with the cars that are posted.

HiKite

The previous owner to me made a mistake in buying it as he thought he could insure it as a classic on his policy. The car isn't 25 yet so he couldn't insure it as a classic and had to let it go. He used to work as a Citroen car salesman and bought a great car with that knowledge, handy for me! The Citroen garage that serviced the car at Christmas wanted to buy it but I hadn't thought of selling it at the time. I called him yesterday but the timing is off now as he has money tied up in new stock. I've had a few inquiries from 'collectors' who could store it for a year and sell it at a profit when it's 25; I might have considered that if i had a storage solution but I'd rather just let it go. I've had a different car every 3 months, since my E30 went into project mode, I suppose I'm buying and selling cars on a whim, just for the fun of driving different motors. Does that explain things?

kermitpwee wrote: »

Has been changing hands a lot lately, op doesn't have it long and either did the lad that had it before, was for sale in roscommon initially then onto ballina!

unkel

HiKite wrote: »

The car isn't 25 yet so he couldn't insure it as a classic

That's a bit odd. Most of the insurers that do classic insurance will do so for any car over 20 years old (as a second car). Sometimes even younger.

HiKite

Not on his policy, apparently! If I was in his situation, I would have switched to an insurer that would have covered it but at that point, I just wanted the car and didn't question it. Maybe he didn't want to switch, there was a 'proper' classic and a family wagon outside his house.

unkel wrote: »

That's a bit odd. Most of the insurers that do classic insurance will do so for any car over 20 years old (as a second car). Sometimes even younger.

Old diesel

Cleveland Hot Pocket wrote: »

Pity that BX isn't the diesel version, I've been looking for a diesel BX or XM for a while now.

I don't know this BX - but on a general point - would it not be an idea to consider a petrol BX or XM.

Ive always thought Xantias looked cool too :D

Interslice

http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/ford-fiesta-for-sale/6311129

NCT - Oct

650 euro

Interslice

http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/toyota-celica-price-drop/6315282

NCT - Feb 15

1210 euro

174k kilometres

Decent spec and appears well looked after.

kermitpwee

unkel wrote: »

The car has had 4 owners in 24 years. Hardly changing hands a lot, is it?

Guys make comments on cars here all the time, like its had the bumper repaired etc. I made a comment as the car was local to me, I said it had changed hands a lot lately, not in 24 years but lately. The reality is the car was for sale in roscommon, a guy in ballina bought it(he often as cars for sale) didn't keep it long as in 4-5 weeks, then the op has it a very short time. All say that they have their reasons for their short ownership. I respect that but I am stating the facts. Are we not allowed to state relevant facts now on this forum. The car COULd be top class but in the last 6 months it has had 3 owners, thats a fact:D. To the op good luck with the sale. I rang the lad you bought it off and he told me his fair share of lies but Im sure you are a honest seller.

Cleveland Hot Pocket

Old diesel wrote: »

I don't know this BX - but on a general point - would it not be an idea to consider a petrol BX or XM.

Ive always thought Xantias looked cool too :D

Nah, I want a diesel one. Not for economy or anything but I just prefer the sound it makes.
That and the funky looks, funky suspension, and sofa seats.

unkel

kermitpwee wrote: »

Are we not allowed to state relevant facts now on this forum.

Of course we are

nd

Having spent a few days looking for a car for myself to buy I must say it's not easy. For most people I suppose travelling more than about a 30 mile radius from their home is not really feasible at this end of the market with collecting kids from school ect ect.
When you narrow the search down to something to your own county or so it's not easy to find something nice.

dgt

NCT Till Feb 15, 1350

coolisin

Interslice wrote: »

http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/toyota-celica-price-drop/6315282

That looks in great nick!

Red Kev

Cleveland Hot Pocket wrote: »

Pity that BX isn't the diesel version, I've been looking for a diesel BX or XM for a while now.

Get a Xantia diesel so, very reliable and still has enough quirks in it. BX's are seriously rare on the ground, too often an uneconomic repair for the suspension when it gets into banger teritory.

kermitpwee wrote: »

Has been changing hands a lot lately, op doesn't have it long and either did the lad that had it before, was for sale in roscommon initially then onto ballina!

Price has also gone up 50% in a few weeks . I thought about buying it myself before Christmas but it would just be parked up.

Esel

nd wrote: »

a6 estate with lpg conversion, nct to oct 14, 1900 euro

http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/audi-a6-1-8turbo-lpg-autogas/5836680

Swap for a keyboard with working CAPS LOCK key and money your way?

Cleveland Hot Pocket

Red Kev wrote: »

Get a Xantia diesel so, very reliable and still has enough quirks in it. BX's are seriously rare on the ground, too often an uneconomic repair for the suspension when it gets into banger teritory.


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Nah, xantias are too common, only interested in a bx or xm.

There's uneconomic repairs and then theres stuff you will do despite the cost if it is not your main car.

daz16

2002 ml320
NCT 8/14
Full cow
81k
€1900
http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/mercedes-ml-320-nct-08-14/6342034

03 x type
2.1 petrol
108k
nct 11/14
€1300
http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/03-x-type-nct-11-2014-just-tested-108k/6296877

02 stype
3.0 petrol
looks tidy
72k
nct8/14
€2000
http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/2002-jaguar-s-type-3-0-ltr-nct-8-14/6178184

HiKite

Price is including some service costs I incurred over the past 3 months and some recommissioning costs the PO incurred also. I think €1750 is a fair price for what you are getting

Red Kev wrote: »

Price has also gone up 50% in a few weeks

Red Kev

HiKite wrote: »

Price is including some service costs I incurred over the past 3 months and some recommissioning costs the PO incurred also. I think €1750 is a fair price for what you are getting

If you want to have a better chance of selling that car then do a proper advert.

List all the repairs and servicing that you and the previous owner have done on the car, include a photo of any receipts if you have them.

Give the car a good wash and polish, it looks scruffy. Then drive the car somewhere decent (not beside the shed out the back) and take a few good shots of it. Forget the view of the car from the front that looks like it's been taken from the perspective of a 2 year old you're just about to run over. Take photos from your own eye level view.

Then throw up a proper description of the car and see how it goes.

HiKite

Funny that you mentioned that, I did some fresh pics yesterday, the car is wet not polished but you can see that it's in good condition. The interior pics show that as well. They're in my photo bucket folder here: BX Pics.

Red Kev wrote: »

If you want to have a better chance of selling that car then do a proper advert.

List all the repairs and servicing that you and the previous owner have done on the car, include a photo of any receipts if you have them.

Give the car a good wash and polish, it looks scruffy. Then drive the car somewhere decent (not beside the shed out the back) and take a few good shots of it. Forget the view of the car from the front that looks like it's been taken from the perspective of a 2 year old you're just about to run over. Take photos from your own eye level view.

Then throw up a proper description of the car and see how it goes.

Cantona's Collars

http://www.adverts.ie/car/mazda/premacy/1999-mazda-premacy-4wd-for-sale-or-swap/4700241

CJhaughey

I am not really a French fan but these are supposed to be a pretty comfortable motor and the diesels are economical as well
http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/citroen-xantia-diesel/6294711

JJJJNR

CJhaughey wrote: »

I am not really a French fan but these are supposed to be a pretty comfortable motor and the diesels are economical as well
http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/citroen-xantia-diesel/6294711

This is bangernomics at its best.. damn tempted myself for the laugh.

cadaliac

@ HiKite - that's one of the coolest cars I've seen on here. Well wear.

Much want....

kermitpwee

HiKite wrote: »

Funny that you mentioned that, I did some fresh pics yesterday, the car is wet not polished but you can see that it's in good condition. The interior pics show that as well. They're in my photo bucket folder here: BX Pics.

In fairness it is a cheap car for what it is and really its a classic but at that money its a very interesting Bangernomic. If you don't want to look like a skinflint then its an interesting buy as Its so much better than your average corolla ect.

W123-80's

Not a very interesting option..
Looks pretty honest though.
1 owner (reg matches selling county.!)
Service History
Short test 04/14
Decent 2nd car/runabout for circa 500 notes
Asking €600

http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/volkswagen-polo/6246396