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Today I saw a car for sale thread - part 2

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    #3362
    Muppet Man
    Registered Users Posts: 1,650 ✭✭✭Muppet Man


    Truckermal wrote: »
    Thought hard about this but the tax is a killer..:pac:

    All kidding aside IMHO the aluminium windscreen surrounds looks really terrible.


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    #3363
    extra-ordinary_
    Registered Users Posts: 1,300 ✭✭✭extra-ordinary_


    Does a convertible even make sense in Ireland? Was different when we used to actually have Summers but now you'd probably get to drive with the top down maybe 10 days a year?


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    #3364
    Sam Russell
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 19,396 Mod ✭✭✭✭Sam Russell


    extra-ordinary_ wrote: »
    Does a convertible even make sense in Ireland? Was different when we used to actually have Summers but now you'd probably get to drive with the top down maybe 10 days a year?

    You can normally drive with the hood down, even in the rain, as long as you do not stop. :)

    Also, get a soft top you can put up from the drivers seat, like the MX5.


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    #3365
    PsychoPete
    Registered Users Posts: 8,604 ✭✭✭PsychoPete


    extra-ordinary_ wrote: »
    Does a convertible even make sense in Ireland? Was different when we used to actually have Summers but now you'd probably get to drive with the top down maybe 10 days a year?

    Of course, you just need to drive fast enough to out run the rain


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    #3366
    wotzgoingon
    Registered Users Posts: 14,309 ✭✭✭✭wotzgoingon


    extra-ordinary_ wrote: »
    Was different when we used to actually have Summers

    When did we used to have summers? :pac:


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    #3367
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users Posts: 73,386 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    wotzgoingon wrote: »
    When did we used to have summers? :pac:

    2006-2007. 2018-2019


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    #3368
    Ta ceist agam
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 387 ✭✭Ta ceist agam


    extra-ordinary_ wrote: »
    Does a convertible even make sense in Ireland? Was different when we used to actually have Summers but now you'd probably get to drive with the top down maybe 10 days a year?

    Why were convertibles popping up everywhere from 2007 to 2010, albeit tin drop tops such as Focus, Astra, Eos, 307cc, 206cc and Megane Convertible??

    Funny how none of the above have convertibles anymore but SUV equivalents more likely.


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    #3369
    Sam Russell
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 19,396 Mod ✭✭✭✭Sam Russell


    Ta ceist agam wrote: »
    Why were convertibles popping up everywhere from 2007 to 2010, albeit tin drop tops such as Focus, Astra, Eos, 307cc, 206cc and Megane Convertible??

    Funny how none of the above have convertibles anymore but SUV equivalents more likely.

    They did not sell well.

    Fashion changed, and austerity made those with cash not to be frivolous, or not to be ostentatious. Keep the cash in the Jacobs biscuit tin under the bed.


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    #3370
    extra-ordinary_
    Registered Users Posts: 1,300 ✭✭✭extra-ordinary_


    colm_mcm wrote: »
    2006-2007. 2018-2019


    Was thinkin of the 70s! :pac:


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    #3371
    job seeker
    Registered Users Posts: 5,115 ✭✭✭job seeker


    https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/2003-ford-focus-rs-mk1/23819318
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    I havn't seen a mk1 RS Focus for sale in years!


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    #3372
    wotzgoingon
    Registered Users Posts: 14,309 ✭✭✭✭wotzgoingon


    Them MK1 RS's aren't that good performance wise by today's standards. But that one does look clean and on UK plates as well I think.


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    #3373
    wonski
    Registered Users Posts: 13,687 ✭✭✭✭wonski


    wotzgoingon wrote: »
    Them MK1 RS's aren't that good performance wise by today's standards. But that one does look clean and on UK plates as well I think.

    UK (NI) plates so vrt could be hefty.

    It is one for enthusiast that's certain. Still quick car, but compared to some modern turbo diesels saloons it isn't ground breaking.

    Definitely more fun than 2.0 diesel A4 anyway.

    Wonder how expensive can it be when it comes to maintenance. Does it share suspension parts with any more common Ford of that era?
    Or is it completely separate line meaning big money for everything?


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    #3374
    wotzgoingon
    Registered Users Posts: 14,309 ✭✭✭✭wotzgoingon


    wonski wrote: »
    UK (NI) plates so vrt could be hefty.

    It is one for enthusiast that's certain. Still quick car, but compared to some modern turbo diesels saloons it isn't ground breaking.

    Definitely more fun than 2.0 diesel A4 anyway.

    Wonder how expensive can it be when it comes to maintenance. Does it share suspension parts with any more common Ford of that era?
    Or is it completely separate line meaning big money for everything?

    VRT is €1859(I think that includes NOX, but not sure)

    I think the RS model has completely different running gear than the rest of MK 1 Focus'.


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    #3375
    Midnight_EG
    Registered Users Posts: 9,700 ✭✭✭Midnight_EG


    There was a MK1 for sale this year that got slated in this very thread, by JPS Car Sales.


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    #3376
    bazz26
    Registered Users Posts: 51,142 ✭✭✭✭bazz26


    A really late Escort registered in 2001:

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    https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/ford-escort/25797633

    The Focus that actually superseded it had been on sale since 1998.


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    #3377
    job seeker
    Registered Users Posts: 5,115 ✭✭✭job seeker


    Midnight_EG wrote: »
    There was a MK1 for sale this year that got slated in this very thread, by JPS Car Sales.

    I never seen that post! I quite like them to be honest.


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    #3378
    Sexual Chocolate
    Registered Users Posts: 2,053 ✭✭✭Sexual Chocolate


    wonski wrote: »
    UK (NI) plates so vrt could be hefty.

    It is one for enthusiast that's certain. till quick car, but compared to some modern turbo diesels saloons it isn't ground breaking.


    I've always loved Fords especially of that era but will admit that VAG and Honda certainly put them in their place in the early 00s when it came to hot hatch's. Even today I don't think Ford ever gained back the cult following for any of the fast Focus models that they had with the older Cosworths. The Fiesta maybe but certainly not the Focus.


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    #3379
    Truckermal
    Registered Users Posts: 6,048 ✭✭✭Truckermal


    https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/audi-rs7-nardo-grey/25694554

    A turf burner RS7!

    Long live the Daysul RS4!:D


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    #3380
    wotzgoingon
    Registered Users Posts: 14,309 ✭✭✭✭wotzgoingon


    20v blacktop engine swap Corolla.

    https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/toyota-corolla-sr-20v-blacktop/25774090?campaign=3


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    #3381
    Toyotafanboi
    Registered Users Posts: 12,917 ✭✭✭✭Toyotafanboi


    That's a nice car. The best thing about it is it's the kind of a
    swap you might get away with not declaring. Still a 1.6 Corolla.


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    #3382
    Atlantic Dawn
    Registered Users Posts: 81,280 ✭✭✭✭Atlantic Dawn
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    The Ripspeed DVD player devalues it by 85%.


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    #3383
    James Bond Junior
    Registered Users Posts: 5,130 ✭✭✭James Bond Junior


    Truckermal wrote: »
    https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/audi-rs7-nardo-grey/25694554

    A turf burner RS7!

    Long live the Daysul RS4!:D

    Cringe. Looks to be the lowest powered diesel version too. Says 218bhp but they came in 204bhp or 272bhp. Or 313 BiTdi which it's definitely not.


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    #3384
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users Posts: 73,386 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    Who wraps a car then puts it up for sale. I’d have serious questions about the condition of the paint under the wrap. Why would you do that?


    Could be just testin de water.


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    #3385
    Truckermal
    Registered Users Posts: 6,048 ✭✭✭Truckermal


    colm_mcm wrote: »
    Who wraps a car then puts it up for sale. I’d have serious questions about the condition of the paint under the wrap. Why would you do that?


    Could be just testin de water.

    He forgot the park it in a lake to test said water..


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    #3386
    at9qu5vp0wcix7
    Closed Accounts Posts: 738 ✭✭✭at9qu5vp0wcix7


    Truckermal wrote: »
    https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/audi-rs7-nardo-grey/25694554

    A turf burner RS7!

    Long live the Daysul RS4!:D

    That's gas, the brake discs the size of bottle caps are a dead giveaway!


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    #3387
    MEGA BRO WOLF 5000
    Registered Users Posts: 17,433 ✭✭✭✭MEGA BRO WOLF 5000


    Truckermal wrote: »
    https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/audi-rs7-nardo-grey/25694554

    A turf burner RS7!

    Long live the Daysul RS4!:D

    Now that's embarrasing.

    How many BHP does your RS7 have?

    Em...not enough to pull the skin off a sausage.


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    #3388
    bazz26
    Registered Users Posts: 51,142 ✭✭✭✭bazz26


    I suppose at least it's 3.0 litre and not the 2.0 litre but yeah it's shameful.


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    #3389
    at9qu5vp0wcix7
    Closed Accounts Posts: 738 ✭✭✭at9qu5vp0wcix7


    bazz26 wrote: »
    I suppose at least it's 3.0 litre and not the 2.0 litre but yeah it's shameful.

    Fairly sure the 3.0 diesel is the base spec in these. I think they're a beautiful car with the nicest interior design of the era, but putting RS badges on it makes it very silly.


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    #3390
    bazz26
    Registered Users Posts: 51,142 ✭✭✭✭bazz26


    Yeah, I was thinking of the newer generation which has a 2.0 litre option.


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    #3391
    L-M
    Registered Users Posts: 23,694 ✭✭✭✭L-M


    A story from years ago someone went up to a chap who was putting diesel in his “M5” and just said “hey becareful there you’re putting diesel in it!” And he just replied with “It runs better on it”

    Lol


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