BANGERNOMICS (sub2k) of the week/day

BorneTobyWilde

Modnote - Thread moved to new thread because the other one was near 10k posts.


Bangernomics part 5 here
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057493741

Bangernomics rules:
Under €2000
Valid NCT
Something you'd actually drive yourself
VRT paid
__________

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/2005-bmw-520i-nct-05-18/15133222



nct 5/18
2005

Toyotafanboi

colm_mcm wrote: »

That's very cheap. Now it is the basic SE spec which is not that popular, but assuming it isn't a total dog, that's fierce value - and is bad news for us civic drivers who are usually comforted by high prices.

Haha, that was literally exactly what went through my head.

Maybe I'm deluded but I'd like to think my car is worth €4500 or so. It won't take many more popping up at €2k to pull the prices down overall though I'd say.

rizzodun

Toyotafanboi wrote: »

Haha, that was literally exactly what went through my head.

Maybe I'm deluded but I'd like to think my car is worth €4500 or so. It won't take many more popping up at €2k to pull the prices down overall though I'd say.

I was thinking the same, mine having less mileage and slightly higher spec too....

W123-80's

This looks nice.
'02 A4 Estate 1.6 petrol
Test Feb '18
Low miles & 1 owner
Asking €1,500

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/audi-a4-1-6-low-mileage-estate/15201866

unkel

Toyotafanboi wrote: »

Haha, that was literally exactly what went through my head.

Maybe I'm deluded but I'd like to think my car is worth €4500 or so.

If you have any plans to sell it in the near future, say this year or so, now's the time. You won't get anywhere near what you reckon it's worth, but you will get decent money.

Sold my E60 back in October for €2,600. Back then there were only a few banger E60s for sale for just about bangernomics money, while mine was very good, far better than bangernomics. 6 months later and there are dozens and dozens of E60s for sale for well under €2k. I would have struggled to get €1,600 for mine

So to cut a long story short, if you think your 10 year old Civic is worth €4.5k, I doubt it. If you don't sell it for about €3k now, it will be only worth €2k in a few months...

RayCon

unkel wrote: »

So to cut a long story short, if you think your 10 year old Civic is worth €4.5k, I doubt it. If you don't sell it for about €3k now, it will be only worth €2k in a few months...

Funny you should mention that , in Feb my Mrs got a beautiful 2007 Honda Civic 1.8I SE Executive 5DR , Full Cow, heated seats, NCT til Nov 18 etc from a garage with 6mths warranty for €3k .

Soarer

If I may be so bold lads.

I've gone all hippie and bought a Leaf! So here's my old yoke up on DoneDeal.

Genuinely good little car. Tax is a bit high being 1.7, but she's as reliable as the day is long. Any questions, fire away.

€400 or there abouts.

Quazzie

Soarer wrote: »

If I may be so bold lads.

I've gone all hippie and bought a Leaf! So here's my old yoke up on DoneDeal.

Genuinely good little car. Tax is a bit high being 1.7, but she's as reliable as the day is long. Any questions, fire away.

€400 or there abouts.

Quiet simply the best and worst car ever made. Absolutely nothing outstanding about it, but it will drive forever with even the most basic of servicing. I'll be surprised if that lasts long.

Toyotafanboi

unkel wrote: »

If you have any plans to sell it in the near future, say this year or so, now's the time. You won't get anywhere near what you reckon it's worth, but you will get decent money.

Sold my E60 back in October for €2,600. Back then there were only a few banger E60s for sale for just about bangernomics money, while mine was very good, far better than bangernomics. 6 months later and there are dozens and dozens of E60s for sale for well under €2k. I would have struggled to get €1,600 for mine

So to cut a long story short, if you think your 10 year old Civic is worth €4.5k, I doubt it. If you don't sell it for about €3k now, it will be only worth €2k in a few months...

Yeah i reckon youre right, it does feel like we are on that turning point to be fair.

There are plenty of 07 civics in middle of the road dealers advertised between 5-7k at the moment which made me think you could ask 4500 privately as a starting point. Mine is probably less desirable again being the 1.8 and semi auto.

I done a voluntary early test recently and failed on a few bits so I'm going to get one last 2 year NCT cert on and then either flog it or commit to keeping it until the wheels fall off.

CharlieCroker

Quazzie wrote: »

Soarer wrote: »

If I may be so bold lads.

I've gone all hippie and bought a Leaf! So here's my old yoke up on DoneDeal.

Genuinely good little car. Tax is a bit high being 1.7, but she's as reliable as the day is long. Any questions, fire away.

€400 or there abouts.

Quiet simply the best and worst car ever made. Absolutely nothing outstanding about it, but it will drive forever with even the most basic of servicing. I'll be surprised if that lasts long.

My missus had one, indestructible. She wanted a new car last year and was afraid to nct in case it passed and her train to buy a new one would be gone. Her's was horrible to drive

Murt102

Wouldn't wish this car upon my worst enemy to have - but may be suitable for a first time driver, I'd imagine there isn't a big insurance risk with them?

08 Nissan Tiida
NCT 01/2018
Seems clean & the seller is open to any mechanics coming to see it so he must be somewhat confident of it being A1.
Asking €1,850

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/nissan-tida-2008-long-nct-test-2018/14751427

W123-80's

Something a little different.
'02 Galant
Test Nov '17
Tax Sept '17
1 owner
Low miles
Asking €1,200
https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/mitsubishi-galant/14617298

bear1

Far worse cars to own than that tiida imo.

Murt102

bear1 wrote: »

Far worse cars to own than that tiida imo.

True. I would drive it if I were in-between changing cars or so. Could make a cheap runaround for someone!

W123-80's

Nice low mile cruiser
'02 E200 auto
Test June '17
6 weeks tax!
prob a bit pricey considering the short test.
Asking €1,750

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/2002-e200-automatic-genuine-low-mileage/15110499

choons

W123-80's wrote: »

Nice low mile cruiser
'02 E200 auto
Test June '17
6 weeks months tax!
prob a bit pricey considering the short test.
Asking €1,750

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/2002-e200-automatic-genuine-low-mileage/15110499

FYP!

unkel

Taxed till the end of June, so 6 weeks is about right, choons. Lovely motor, but I would try and haggle it down a lot. These are probably the most comfortable car (<2l) that bangernomics money can buy. Always liked them. Only 2 months NCT though...

Sam Russell

W123-80's wrote: »

Nice low mile cruiser
'02 E200 auto
Test June '17
6 weeks tax!
prob a bit pricey considering the short test.
Asking €1,750

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/2002-e200-automatic-genuine-low-mileage/15110499

It has a Nokia hands free kit - wow.

choons

unkel wrote: »

Taxed till the end of June, so 6 weeks is about right, choons. Lovely motor, but I would try and haggle it down a lot. These are probably the most comfortable car (<2l) that bangernomics money can buy. Always liked them. Only 2 months NCT though...

My bad, had the Galant tab open at the same time :rolleyes:

166man

I posted a few weeks ago about having picked up an '07 Volvo S40 for bangernomics money. Only had 5 months test on it.

Did a general service, and put four GoodYear tyres on it and decided to chance the NCT. Failed on a rear seat belt buckle.

€5 for the part from Kilcock and drove it back for a free visual, leaving the test centre with a two year Cert valid until mid 2019! A big thank you to Shietpilot for his help.

As I was so chuffed, today I got a stainless steel exhaust systemput on it to really let the 5 cylinder engine warble. Absolutely delighted.

Mervyn Skidmore

Any idea what I could get for my banger 2000 Ford Focus 1.4 petrol. NCTed today till July 2018. Would I get €400-€500 for it? If not I'll probably just run it into the ground.

punisher5112

Mervyn Skidmore wrote: »

Any idea what I could get for my banger 2000 Ford Focus 1.4 petrol. NCTed today till July 2018. Would I get €400-€500 for it? If not I'll probably just run it into the ground.

300 to 500 be about right. Its a 1.4 which is a poor engine and very few will bite due to this and age due to insurance and older cars.

DeepBlue

Mervyn Skidmore wrote: »

Any idea what I could get for my banger 2000 Ford Focus 1.4 petrol. NCTed today till July 2018. Would I get €400-€500 for it? If not I'll probably just run it into the ground.

Sold my 2000 Focus (petrol) for 500 euro a couple of days ago if that helps. It had over 170K miles but had NCT and Tax until next March so that obviously helped.

It sold within a couple of hours of going up on DD. I didn't even get a chance to post it here.

cruizer101

96 Honda Prelude
Its not a great ad with only two pics but looking for 1100 with over half a years tax which is worth 400, NCT til next Feb, and one owner from new means it was likely kept good care of, I think its a bargain. Be great if you could get classic insurance on it.

JohnBoy26

punisher5112 wrote: »

300 to 500 be about right. Its a 1.4 which is a poor engine and very few will bite due to this and age due to insurance and older cars.

Actually more people would opt for the hatchback with the 1.4 engine rather than the saloon with the 1.6 engine.

The performance is adequate enough for most peoples needs

boardsuser1

JohnBoy26 wrote: »

Actually more people would opt for the hatchback with the 1.4 engine rather than the saloon with the 1.6 engine.

The performance is adequate enough for most peoples needs

1.6 hatchback?

JohnBoy26

KC161 wrote: »

1.6 hatchback?

What about them?

Red Kev

cruizer101 wrote: »

96 Honda Prelude
Its not a great ad with only two pics but looking for 1100 with over half a years tax which is worth 400, NCT til next Feb, and one owner from new means it was likely kept good care of, I think its a bargain. Be great if you could get classic insurance on it.

Lovely car, one owner from new. Take the tax into account and he's looking for €650 net.

One owner from new with full years tax would give me a lot of confidence in it. Classic tax as a 2nd car should be no bother as it's over 20 years of age.

boardsuser1

JohnBoy26 wrote: »

What about them?

Better than the saloon equivalent or the 1.4.

punisher5112

JohnBoy26 wrote: »

Actually more people would opt for the hatchback with the 1.4 engine rather than the saloon with the 1.6 engine.

The performance is adequate enough for most peoples needs

1.4 are very common for blowing seals and burning oil.
Underpowered also. Rust on the early models are serious also.

JohnBoy26

KC161 wrote: »

Better than the saloon equivalent or the 1.4.

but nowhere near as poular as either. The saloon had higher spec too with all being available in ghia spec only until some point in 2001. A ghia spec hatchback from that era is very rare in this country.

The 1.4 suits most people best and is the easiest to sell due to cheaper running costs.

JohnBoy26

punisher5112 wrote: »

1.4 are very common for blowing seals and burning oil.
Underpowered also. Rust on the early models are serious also.

Early 1.4's in the pre facelift mk1's(the ones with the silver top and the cover over the plugs) is less prone to burning oil than the later facelifts with the blacktop engine but they do still burn a drop for sure.

Rust is actually less common on the earlier models. The facelift is far more prone to rust.

They are underpowered on paper but in everyday driving they are adequate and they don't really feel that underpowered in day to day driving. It's only when.you drive the 1.6(which isn't that powerful either tbh) is when.you notice the difference.

Anyway that doesn't matter to most people. The 1.4 is cheaper to run and the hatchback is a much nicer car and that is why they are far more popular and easier to sell.

everlast75

Does this qualify as a good summer banger?

https://www.donedeal.ie/vintagecars-for-sale/mazda-mx-5-5-1-6i-coupe/15115093

boardsuser1

JohnBoy26 wrote: »

but nowhere near as poular as either. The saloon had higher spec too with all being available in ghia spec only until some point in 2001. A ghia spec hatchback from that era is very rare in this country.

The 1.4 suits most people best and is the easiest to sell due to cheaper running costs.

The 1.6 Ghia wasn't bad.

bazz26

Another cheap Octavia diesel with test asking €1600:


https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/skoda-octavia-2005-tdi-nct-2018/15040052

BorneTobyWilde

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/ford-fiesta-diesel/15236248

Fiesta diesel
3.5 million MPG
NCT MARCH 18
1250.00

fOR 1K it's a cheap eco car for a year.

Red Kev

everlast75 wrote: »

Does this qualify as a good summer banger?

https://www.donedeal.ie/vintagecars-for-sale/mazda-mx-5-5-1-6i-coupe/15115093

Price and NCT are good, so as long as the car checks out it's a good price for this time of year IMO. The car has been for sale for a good while and has been reduced in price so they may be willing to go down a good bit more.

(It could be me, but are those panel gaps a bit big?)

boardsuser1

With a bit of haggling i reckon she'd fit in here.


https://www.donedeal.ie/vintagecars-for-sale/mitsubishi-fto-2-0-v6-manual-64k-miles-nct-11-17/15242682

JohnBoy26

KC161 wrote: »

The 1.6 Ghia wasn't bad.

It certainly wasn't but they were hard on fuel and expensive to insure in my experience and this was before they started hitting older cars with higher premiums.

Esel

W123-80's wrote: »

Something a little different.
'02 Galant
Test Nov '17
Tax Sept '17
1 owner
Low miles
Asking €1,200
https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/mitsubishi-galant/14617298

I like it when "Tax Sept '17" means until the end of the stated month, like here.

unkel

KC161 wrote: »

With a bit of haggling i reckon she'd fit in here.


https://www.donedeal.ie/vintagecars-for-sale/mitsubishi-fto-2-0-v6-manual-64k-miles-nct-11-17/15242682

"Eligible for classic insurance"

I have my doubts about that. Car looks rough, hole in the seat. Is it really worth anywhere near the asking price? I like the collection of tax and NCT disks though

colm_mcm

It's next to impossible to get them on classic insurance now AFAIK.


Very rare to see a 2.0 FTO without the sports package. The lack of a spoiler and alloys gives it novelty value, as does it's Irish history. Seeing that it was taxed for 12 months by the previous owner every year for over a decade inspires confidence
The seat wouldn't bother me as they're easily fixed, the front end of the car being a different shade of grey would though.

MIVEC is the way to go with these at this stage. If you're gonna be killed on insurance regardless of engine you may as well go for the best one.

boardsuser1

unkel wrote: »

"Eligible for classic insurance"

I have my doubts about that. Car looks rough, hole in the seat. Is it really worth anywhere near the asking price? I like the collection of tax and NCT disks though

Look at photo 5. I just spotted 2 different colours.

The tax and nct collection is fantastic.

acri

KC161 wrote: »

With a bit of haggling i reckon she'd fit in here.


https://www.donedeal.ie/vintagecars-for-sale/mitsubishi-fto-2-0-v6-manual-64k-miles-nct-11-17/15242682

Wasn't this posted last weekend for €500?

colm_mcm

This one?
https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/mitsubishi-fto-sports-coupe/14921130?campaign=3

Teddington Cuddlesworth

colm_mcm wrote: »

This one?
https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/mitsubishi-fto-sports-coupe/14921130?campaign=3

Woof


...rough...

bazz26

That grey FTO looks as rough as a bear's arse. Must have a number of different shades of grey on it and lots of panels look misaligned. Says to me that car seen the wrong side of a ditch or wall at some part of it's life. Lancer style wheels don't inspire it either. Asking price is dreamer territory imo based on all that.

Bandito909

bazz26 wrote: »

That grey FTO looks as rough as a bear's arse. Must have a number of different shades of grey on it and lots of panels look misaligned. Says to me that car seen the wrong side of a ditch or wall at some part of it's life. Lancer style wheels don't inspire it either. Asking price is dreamer territory imo based on all that.

Guess you could call it fifty shades of grey...

acri

My bad, I thought it was on 'Nomics. But yeah, that grey FTO was on DoneDeal last weekend for €500. Must say, a V6 for five hundred blippers was tempting...

boardsuser1

Why would he pay to multiple times for the same ad? A premium ad at that.

i didn't see it for €500 last week though.

The more i looked at it the more i WOULDN'T pay €500 for it, never mind €2250.

It does belong here though as it is only going to fetch below the thread price guide.

colm_mcm

It would have been easily worth €500 to be fair.