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  • #2
    broken sink
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 63 ✭✭broken sink


    Anyone ?
    Some of these Ads look like good deals or am I totally naïve
    Here is another one that looks like good value.
    https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/161-hyundai-i30-1-4-petrol-immaculate/15216837


  • #3
    bear1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,866 ✭✭✭✭bear1


    The 2 opels to me scream ex hire cars.
    The first opel says 14 seconds to 100. My god.
    If you're looking at spending that much would you not look at something with a bit more power?


  • #4
    bazz26
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 51,364 ✭✭✭✭bazz26


    Op, why not just go to the UK yourself and buy there?


  • #5
    broken sink
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 63 ✭✭broken sink


    bear1. You could be right about ex hire cars but the Red Astra has alloys which I thought would not be that common on hire cars ? Of course a set could have been bought.
    bazz26. For my needs I don't think it is worth going to the UK for a car. All I want is something reliable and not to expensive to run. Surely I can pick that up here.


  • #6
    bazz26
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 51,364 ✭✭✭✭bazz26


    You can but some of the car's you have linked to in this thread are on UK plates being sold here by private individuals for a profit. So your paying a middle man when you can go to the UK and buy the same type car. That's what I would be doing if I didn't have an old car to sell here.


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  • #7
    bear1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,866 ✭✭✭✭bear1


    broken sink wrote: »
    bear1. You could be right about ex hire cars but the Red Astra has alloys which I thought would not be that common on hire cars ? Of course a set could have been bought.
    bazz26. For my needs I don't think it is worth going to the UK for a car. All I want is something reliable and not to expensive to run. Surely I can pick that up here.

    Remember, just cause the engine is small doesn't automatically equate to cheap to run.
    Low powered cars usually need to be worked harder when on the move which can negate savings.
    If it were me I'd be looking at a little turbo petrol car.


  • #8
    mikeybrennan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 869 ✭✭✭mikeybrennan


    The first one is due an NCT

    May have already failed,can't tell with the reg blacked out


  • #9
    broken sink
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 63 ✭✭broken sink


    Anybody know what kind of reputation Hyundai I30s have ?


  • #10
    broken sink
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 63 ✭✭broken sink


    With regards this AD (Hyundai I30 UK Reg but VRT paid) is there anything I should look out for on the Import side if I went to view.

    https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/161-hyundai-i30-1-4-petrol-immaculate/15216837


  • #11
    Atlantic Dawn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 84,763 ✭✭✭✭Atlantic Dawn
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    broken sink wrote: »
    With regards this AD (Hyundai I30 UK Reg but VRT paid) is there anything I should look out for on the Import side if I went to view.

    https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/161-hyundai-i30-1-4-petrol-immaculate/15216837

    If it has VRT paid why is it still on UK plates? Do a vehicle history check and confirm everything, sometimes wrote off cars that nobody would buy in UK are sold here to people unwilling to bankroll a ?20 car history check on a car costing thousands. Check for evidence the VRT was paid and that it was not VRT exempt, if it was VRT exempt it can't be sold for 12 months without penalties, not sure what happens to the new buyer.


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  • #12
    J.pilkington
    Users Awaiting Email Confirmation Posts: 1,331 ✭✭✭J.pilkington


    Atlantic Dawn wrote: »
    If it has VRT paid why is it still on UK plates?

    Could be something simple like timing of photo?

    There is more to hide showing the IRL plate than the GB plate

    Anyways if it's taxed it's a non issue
    Atlantic Dawn wrote: »
    Do a vehicle history check and confirm everything, sometimes wrote off cars that nobody would buy in UK are sold here to people unwilling to bankroll a ?20 car history check on a car costing thousands.

    Seriously, do you have shares in car history checks?? It's your answer to every and any question on this site.
    Atlantic Dawn wrote: »
    Check for evidence the VRT was paid and that it was not VRT exempt, if it was VRT exempt it can't be sold for 12 months without penalties, not sure what happens to the new buyer.

    thats scaremongering and absolutely no consequesnces to the new buyer, it's a tax matter between the seller and the revenue


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