BANGERNOMICS (sub2k) of the week/day

Duke O Smiley

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/kia-picanto-1-0-petrol-2008/22200479



This is cheap. 08 Picanto, NCT till May 2020, tax till July and its €1k

Mad_Mike

Not normally a fan of the E46 and especially the coupe, but if this car is genuine, it looks cracking
The wheels alone in mint condition could be worth a good chunk of the price of the car
Ad says 70,000 miles, which again, if correct, would be awful low mileage on that 2.2 litre, 6 cylinder engine
NCT was done last month, but backdated, so it expires in September, so in theory it could be put right through again and have NCT until Sep 2020!
The keywords at the bottom of the ad are possibly what's putting me off, but maybe it's just a seller trying to appeal to a certain market?
€1295

robertpatterson

What's everyone's thoughts on this? Looking for something to get me over the next few months
https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/peugeot-407-1-7st-2008-new-nct-02-20-a-c-alloys/22189243?utm_source=whatsapp&utm_medium=social

tonytiger81

I'd be wary of 6 owners (5+1) on such low mileage - unless it was the same family due to the tax

bear1

robertpatterson wrote: »

What's everyone's thoughts on this? Looking for something to get me over the next few months
https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/peugeot-407-1-7st-2008-new-nct-02-20-a-c-alloys/22189243?utm_source=whatsapp&utm_medium=social

tonytiger81 wrote: »

I'd be wary of 6 owners (5+1) on such low mileage - unless it was the same family due to the tax

If you take the average amount of time each owner owned the car relative to it's age then for 1k it wouldn't bother me.
What bothers me more is it being flaunted as top of the range when it isn't.

Duke O Smiley

robertpatterson wrote: »

What's everyone's thoughts on this? Looking for something to get me over the next few months
https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/peugeot-407-1-7st-2008-new-nct-02-20-a-c-alloys/22189243?utm_source=whatsapp&utm_medium=social

Not a bad yoke for the money really.

Mad_Mike

robertpatterson wrote: »

What's everyone's thoughts on this? Looking for something to get me over the next few months
https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/peugeot-407-1-7st-2008-new-nct-02-20-a-c-alloys/22189243?utm_source=whatsapp&utm_medium=social

To get a car with that mileage, loads of NCT and it's a 2008, in that condition for under a grand, it's got to be worth a shot.

Drive it for a few months and hopefully move it on at the same money again.

terrydel

tonytiger81 wrote: »

I'd be wary of 6 owners (5+1) on such low mileage - unless it was the same family due to the tax

Previous owners is 2 according to the ad?

26000 Elephants

Previous owners is 2 according to the ad?

I think some replies were mixing the BMW and the Pug.

tonytiger81

terrydel wrote: »

Previous owners is 2 according to the ad?

I was referring to the BMW. 6 owners doing about 12k each!

MEGA BRO WOLF 5000

Those e46 only look nice with the M-Sport bumpers, those standard ones look awful, totally take away from the "sportyness" of having a coupe.

Sofiztikated

Just picked up the latest banger, a 1.4 diesel polo, 06, 129k miles, tested til February for 900 lids.

Electric windows don't work after putting a new wing mirror on, so has a niggle, but I'm happy enough.

Mad_Mike

Stick a set of wheel trims on this, and you have a nice 1.4 Corolla with NCT until the end of Feb 2020 and 4 new tyres!
Taxed until the end of the month too, so drive it away. Asking €600. Surely could be bought for 5?

Jollyballs

Sofiztikated wrote: »

Just picked up the latest banger, a 1.4 diesel polo, 06, 129k miles, tested til February for 900 lids.

Electric windows don't work after putting a new wing mirror on, so has a niggle, but I'm happy enough.

Looking for something similar, you did well there. What are they like on diesel being a small engine?

Sofiztikated

Jollyballs wrote: »

Looking for something similar, you did well there. What are they like on diesel being a small engine?

I'll report back after a while. Literally just brought it home.

selectamatic

Jollyballs wrote: »

Looking for something similar, you did well there. What are they like on diesel being a small engine?

They're supposed to be very economical if driven easy.

Most of the smaller cars with low displacement turbo diesel engines are though.

Jollyballs

selectamatic wrote: »

They're supposed to be very economical if driven easy.

Most of the smaller cars with low displacement turbo diesel engines are though.

Define easy lol, trying to drive at any sort of normal pace with Audi's and beemers being every second car makes me feel like a moving obstacle. Guess its nice to have alittle in reserve if needed.

Sofiztikated wrote: »

I'll report back after a while. Literally just brought it home.

My bad, will keep an eye out.

jmreire

Mad_Mike wrote: »

Gorgeous car

That's just a sin!
Bloody car costs less than 1 years motor tax :mad::mad::mad:

So count 2 years tax + the price =€5000. Not so bad when looked at like that for 2 years luxury motoring. Wonder what it cost back in 2000 ???.

jmreire

ToxicPaddy wrote: »

It's up to €1600 lads. He must read this forum:D

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/mercedes-benz-s320-new-nct/22186238

Probably getting too many low ball offers, so jacked the price up, The problem is, most people would love the car, but only see the tax, and then there's the insurance issue with a 19 year old car.. so maybe not too many enthusiastic buyers out there as you would think. Personally, if I was in the market for a car, I'd definitely be interested in it.

jmreire

Sofiztikated wrote: »

Just picked up the latest banger, a 1.4 diesel polo, 06, 129k miles, tested til February for 900 lids.

Electric windows don't work after putting a new wing mirror on, so has a niggle, but I'm happy enough.

Probably disconnected the electrical plug from it's socket, take off the door card and have a look at the wiring cables, make sure that they are all connected.

selectamatic

Jollyballs wrote: »

Define easy lol, trying to drive at any sort of normal pace with Audi's and beemers being every second car makes me feel like a moving obstacle. Guess its nice to have alittle in reserve if needed.

Tipping about at 90-100km/h on regional roads even 100-120 if avoiding harsh acceleration.

Driving along on a motorway at 130+km/h you'd be better off with a 1.9 or 2.0 turbo diesel car with taller gearing and more comfort.

Burgo

Picked up a 1.6 diesel Mazda 3 '09 last week. NCT'd until Feb, 180k km on the clock for 1900. Drives like a dream.

CoBo55

Burgo wrote: »

Picked up a 1.6 diesel Mazda 3 '09 last week. NCT'd until Feb, 180k km on the clock for 1900. Drives like a dream.

Should last till February...

cadaliac

CoBo55 wrote: »

Should last till February...

you're thinking of the 2.0l.

CoBo55

cadaliac wrote: »

you're thinking of the 2.0l.

All of them.. the 2.2 is probably the best by a slim slim margin.

Old diesel

CoBo55 wrote: »

cadaliac wrote: »

you're thinking of the 2.0l.

All of them.. the 2.2 is probably the best by a slim slim margin.

I think Cadaliacs point is that the 1.6 isn't a Mazda unit - yes it has its own issues - but I wouldnt be overly inclined to link the 1.6 PSA unit to the wider Mazda diesel crapshow.

It isn't a great engine but if it's a well maintained car then it can be trouble free.

They are VERY sensitive to servicing - need to be done on time.

Dropping the sump and making sure the oil pick up is okay (not blocked etc) is a good idea.

Sludging of the oil can be an issue - has presented as having the turbo faile and then the replacement failing again not long after as the sludging that caused the turbo failure wasn't fixed.

In an ideal world you wouldnt buy the 1.6 unless the servicing was top notch and the car well cared and driven etc.

But now the car is bought - id keep it well serviced, get the sump cleaned etc and see how it goes.

1500 euro cars always present an element of risk - especially diesels.

Old diesel

Ah its 1900 not 1500 - the general point still stands though

selectamatic

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/04-bmw-320d-m-sport-individual-final-price-drop/22039161

2004 Estoril blue msport e46 320d
Test till the end of February 2020
Supposedly 169k miles on the clock
Looks very clean and well minded
I can't see any visable rust either
Asking €1550
Last change of ownership was this time last year.

This is it

I really like the colour

Sorry if I'm going a bit off topic but am I right in thinking it's near impossible/prohibitively expensive to insure a second car? There's been a few posted here than would be reasonable to buy and run and I'd love to have 2 cars, one for the dog to wreck and another one that wouldn't feel like a complete waste of time keeping clean. :P