LUXOBARGE (sub5k) of the week/day

mickdw

Eric Cartman wrote: »

and a decent taxi it makes. Was the only thing it could become realistically.

It is a decent taxi. Super cheap yet perfect for the job.

Big Nasty

Same car? Original ad is gone.

unkel

Big Nasty wrote: »

Same car? Original ad is gone.

Hint: it now has taxi badges :pac:

There's probably only one 3.3l petrol '08 Grandeur in the country I would have thought...

26000 Elephants

unkel wrote: »

Hint: it now has taxi badges :pac:

There's probably only one 3.3l petrol '08 Grandeur in the country I would have thought...

I imagine the Grandeur Owners Club of Ireland meetings would be rather lonely affairs....

Furzy

Big Nasty wrote: »

Same car? Original ad is gone.

... I don't think so. IIRC the Sligo one had a KE reg and that taxi D reg is showing no change of ownership in last 3m. Surprised it sold so quickly though but buying for use as taxi makes sense.

Duke O Smiley

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/jaguar-daimler-4l-v8-auto-n-c-t-1-2017/11162744

Nice Daimler with brand new NCT for under €3k. Probably not to everybody's taste but this is absolutely perfect to my eyes

Arthur Daley

Beautiful and rare original Irish Daimler.

Red Kev

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/jaguar-daimler-4l-v8-auto-n-c-t-1-2017/11162744

Nice Daimler with brand new NCT for under €3k. Probably not to everybody's taste but this is absolutely perfect to my eyes

New NCT would give me a fair bit of confidence, the colour looks a lot better in the flesh than the photo, though it's not something I'm particularly fond of. Nice reg.

One minor issue is that the seller claims 130000 miles, the NCT disc says 152000.

unkel

+1

Had the same tranny in my early 90s 530i V8 and while a good transmission back then (5 speed), dunno either how much life would be left in it after it's already done over 150k miles (240k km)

Bit overpriced for what is essentially a bit of a gamble - '17 NCT is nice though...

Duke O Smiley

The NCT cert also says its a Jaguar so I wonder what the story is there.

If it were my car I would be having them reprint that

unkel

Easy mistake as it's just a clone of a Jaguar.

landmarkjohn

unkel wrote: »

Easy mistake as it's just a clone of a Jaguar.

Yes the Daimler moniker is almost more of an upmarket trim level than a make. Easy identifier from Jaguar is the rippled top of front grill and same at rear over number plate.

Arthur Daley

Yes it's often called a fluted grille. Plus you have the daimler D in the headrests and the tables for the rear seats. Still it's all a nice little upgrade from the jag.

Odyssey 2005

26000 Elephants wrote: »

I imagine the Grandeur Owners Club of Ireland meetings would be rather lonely affairs....

Don't worry they'll find a phone box somewhere to have a party. BTW there is no begging board on that taxi ???

TigerTim

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/lexus-gs300-with-nct-and-tax-1250-ono/11188832

T.

robtri

TigerTim wrote: »

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/lexus-gs300-with-nct-and-tax-1250-ono/11188832

T.

nice motor.... always had a soft spot for the GS... but the CE reg, I just couldnt do it !!

power pants

dislike the colour and general shape of these ones. Dont like the front or the passenger rear windows. or the back

its a no for me

cadaliac

power pants wrote: »

dislike the colour and general shape of these ones. Dont like the front or the passenger rear windows. or the back

its a no for me

Agreed on the color but it represents great value to be fair.
Shape looks dated now alright.

Truckermal

In fairness that shape is nearly 20 years old I think they still look great I fact I had decided to buy mullingars one but I found a newer one from another Boardsie. Class car and totally bullet proff I'd buy it in a heart beat..

mullingar

Those GS's are cockroaches. They refuse to die and will survive any nuclear holocaust. Trust me, I had mine 9 years and it cost buttons to maintain.

For a near 20 year old car they aged very well.

power pants

whilst I get what you are saying, I dont understand the "its 20 years old therefore it has aged very well"

A car either looks good or doesnt. Imo It doesnt it looks dated and every bit of the 20 years that it is.

I take the points being reliable and very cheap

SpannerMonkey

robtri wrote: »

nice motor.... always had a soft spot for the GS... but the CE reg, I just couldnt do it !!

Why?

robtri

SpannerMonkey wrote: »

Why?

stupidity really on my part.... it just puts me off.....

Truckermal

robtri wrote: »

stupidity really on my part.... it just puts me off.....

99% of them are either registered as G, D, CE, or C..

Duke O Smiley

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/jaguar-daimler-4l-v8-auto-n-c-t-1-2017/11162744

Daimler V8 with new NCT (previously posted by me a few weeks ago) now reduced to €1950

daz16

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/mercedes-e320-diesel-avantgarde-nct-06-16/8618353

Big miles but if its tidy i'd take a chance

unkel

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

Daimler V8 with new NCT (previously posted by me a few weeks ago) now reduced to €1950

Two weeks ago he was looking for 3 grand. Which was overpriced.

Now he's looking for 2 grand which is a bit more realistic given it has a long NCT, but still a bit rich imho

There are very few people out there buying 15+ year old cars that cost the guts of €2k per year to tax. Those few people that do buy them, want them for next to nothing...

166man

unkel wrote: »

Two weeks ago he was looking for 3 grand. Which was overpriced.

Now he's looking for 2 grand which is a bit more realistic given it has a long NCT, but still a bit rich imho

There are very few people out there buying 15+ year old cars that cost the guts of €2k per year to tax. Those few people that do buy them, want them for next to nothing...

Everything's a bit rich for you to be fair though.

I'm not sure how (assuming haggling)'you could get that for much less than €1500. Prices of these cars have gone up in the last two years from the bottom of the barrel that they were. How much cheaper do you want to buy it?

@€;1750 it seems a fair price given the spec and the NCT which means it's somewhat mechanically sound. I'd love it.

unkel

166man wrote: »

Everything's a bit rich for you to be fair though.

Indeed

I'm usually not wrong though, am I?

Would love the Daimler myself and I am one of those few people who have forked out max tax for many cars over the years - not at the moment though, but will do it again in future

Truckermal

http://www.carzone.ie/used-cars/lexus/gs300/used-2007-lexus-gs300-executive-4-westmeath-fpa-201214491527824280

Nice GS and from a dealer so warranty and a discount if buying straight..