BANGERNOMICS (sub2k) of the week/day

colm_mcm

Glen_Quagmire wrote: »

Would cartell.ie tell you much if I got the chassis number (VIN)

Having a look and seen this on FB, scary how easy it is to clock a car

https://www.facebook.com/JapanCarHistoryCheck/videos/1634674466542916/

Cartell would be useless in this case. Googling the chassis number might throw up Japanese auction websites.

Toyotafanboi

That vid example is a bit silly though. Video of a LHD Opel being clocked to warn you of the dangers of clocking JDM cars.

For what it's worth, I dont think clocking is too prolific on Japanese cars, at least on the Japanese side. A lot of them have quite a low natural mileage. When the make it to Ireland they have about the same risk of being clocked by an Irish person as anything else I suppose.

James Bond Junior

Toyotafanboi wrote: »

That vid example is a bit silly though. Video of a LHD Opel being clocked to warn you of the dangers of clocking JDM cars.

For what it's worth, I dont think clocking is too prolific on Japanese cars, at least on the Japanese side. A lot of them have quite a low natural mileage. When the make it to Ireland they have about the same risk of being clocked by an Irish person as anything else I suppose.

More than likely Irish people to be fair. I sold my other halfs 1 series this morning, it was a 151 so not exactly cheap. The man who bought it viewed three similar cars in Cork and all had been clocked after leaving the UK.

Gary_Pinkass

Hello,

I'm looking for a cheap diesel 08 or newer car for my neighbour who were scammed out of their 2013 Golf

Any recommendations welcome

bazz26

A Ford Kuga with 5 brand new triangle tyres?

punisher5112

How were they scammed out of it

bazz26

It's our weekly troll:

https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057967220

punisher5112

bazz26 wrote: »

It's our weekly troll:

https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057967220

Ah I understand, I seen something about the Kuga alright but didn't see the golf...

Duke O Smiley

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/mazda-2/21402961



New model Mazda 2 with NCT till 2020 for €1500

Ad has a genuine air to it. Obviously not the tidiest for the money but cheap all the same, and these are quite good

Duke O Smiley

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/skoda-superb/21402774



Nice reg, nice spec and cheap tax. Only NCT'd till August, €1350

Taxi!

ewj1978

My 2.0t Vector.
Have it up for €400 but will sell it to a boardsie for less.

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/05-saab-93-2-0t-vector/21406212

BonnieSituation

ewj1978 wrote: »

My 2.0t Vector.
Have it up for €400 but will sell it to a boardsie for less.

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/05-saab-93-2-0t-vector/21406212

Where were you a week ago.

ewj1978

ah man, was waiting on my new car to arrive.

BonnieSituation

ewj1978 wrote: »

ah man, was waiting on my new car to arrive.

I jest. I just laid out on something last week is all and have been in and out of the market for a 9-3 or 9-5 for a few months if something came up.

Nothing like a boardsie car generally.

Glen_Quagmire

Lads would a 1.6 petrol automatic clio be heavy on juice?

Looking at mpg online and it has it at 31mpg which is the same as what a 2.5 petrol automatic BMW 523i is scored at which doesn't seem right?

colm_mcm

What year is it?

Glen_Quagmire

colm_mcm wrote:

What year is it?

2008. 1.6 16v

colm_mcm

Co2 on them is 179 which is very high. It’s a 4 speed auto, assuming it’s a torque converter.

Glen_Quagmire

colm_mcm wrote:

Co2 on them is 179 which is very high. It’s a 4 speed auto, assuming it’s a torque converter.

So would they be hard enough on juice yeah?

colm_mcm

I would imagine so. Early to mid 30s average on a good day at a guess.

Glen_Quagmire

colm_mcm wrote:

I would imagine so. Early to mid 30s average on a good day at a guess.

Need a small automatic for herself and there is one there that looks half decent. She would be doing small miles a year, probably under 5000 miles or so

colm_mcm

Is it very cheap?

I’d be looking for a newer shape Daihatsu Sirion 1.3 auto

Glen_Quagmire

colm_mcm wrote:

Is it very cheap?

1600 with 70k miles

colm_mcm

Glen_Quagmire wrote: »

1600 with 70k miles

If you don’t mind the tax (assuming it’s on cc rate) then that’s not bad at all. You’d probably get a few quid off that as it’s undesirable to the masses.

W123-80's

'07 MK 1 Octavia 1.9 diesel
NCT Nov '19
130k miles
Nice looking car.
Assuming its legit its a hassle free mile muncher for a few years.
Its overpriced for sure, but it qualifies.

Asking €1,795

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/2007-skoda-octavia-tour-1-9tdi-one-owner/21308247

somebody_else

Glen_Quagmire wrote: »

Lads would a 1.6 petrol automatic clio be heavy on juice?

Looking at mpg online and it has it at 31mpg which is the same as what a 2.5 petrol automatic BMW 523i is scored at which doesn't seem right?

Hi
Got Honda Civic 1.6 automatic myself and it does between 7 and 9 liters for 100 km. (can't do miles to galon as both mile and galon are foreign for me).

It is 2004 and 4 speed automatic gearbox.

Tom

Glen_Quagmire

somebody_else wrote:

Hi Got Honda Civic 1.6 automatic myself and it does between 7 and 9 liters for 100 km. (can't do miles to galon as both mile and galon are foreign for me).

somebody_else wrote:

It is 2004 and 4 speed automatic gearbox.

somebody_else wrote:

Tom

Cheers Tom, that's about 26-33 mpg

Mad_Mike

Glen_Quagmire wrote: »

Cheers Tom, that's about 26-33 mpg

That's US mpg, not imperial.
In UK mpg, it works out at 31.5-40mpg, giving an average of around 35ish which is what I would have expected from the Clio too to be honest

grogi

Mad_Mike wrote: »

That's US mpg, not imperial.

And that's why this godforsaken units should be forgotten once for good.

We know exactly how a litre of fuel costs and how many litres we take at the petrol station. We know exactly how many km each day we travel... Yet many still insist on using a unit that does not correlate to any of those...

If I travel 14 km to work each day, l of petrol costs 1.35€, and my car uses 7l/100km - I can easily calculate how much I am spending each day on fuel... (1.35€/l * 7l/100km * 14km = 1.35€). Or calculate how far a 55l tank that I just filled in will get me. (55l/7l * 100km ~ 800km). Good luck doing same with mpg...

bear1

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/1-9jtd-8-valve-nct-03-20-tax-05-19/21402110

I'd say this could get a lot of people out of a bit of bother.
Tax and nct, 500k on it which is saying something and a bit of work done.
Pissed off cause I'd love that, not in the country and the auld pair won't go and see it even though it's 15km from loughrea