BANGERNOMICS (sub2k) of the week/day Part 6

26000 Elephants

Last thread closed @ 10k post

Bangernomcs Rules:

• Under €2000
• Valid NCT
• Something you'd actually drive yourself
• VRT paid

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Clean Fiat Idea, low miles (104k kms), new NCT to 07/20 and with a warranty from a dealer.

Asking €999

Sexual Chocolate

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/skoda-octavia-vrs/22189784

Petrol VRS with test till January, €1950

Its always a good sign (IMO) when something like this hasn't had 8/9/10+ owners. This looks like a nice enough example

How do them FSi engines take to high mileage ? I was considering a GTi before I picked up the S40 but even ones under 3.5k have crazy miles on them so I decided to hold off until the funds improve.

Sexual Chocolate

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/opel-astra-2005-taxed-nctd/22439075

Tax till end of month
NCT till April 20
172k kms
€999

Sexual Chocolate

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/honda-civic/22437857

Tax till end of month
NCT till March 20
197k kms
€1700

Reg is blurred in photo but clearly visible on the discs

bazz26

Steep imo for the Astra, to me that a €600 car at most. Those Astra engines are fairly soft so I wouldn't want to be spending too much on one.

Sexual Chocolate

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/2008-mazda-3-new-nct-06-20-80k-miles/22368937

Tax is out
NCT June 20
128k kms
2 Owners

€1250

Sexual Chocolate

bazz26 wrote: »

Steep imo for the Astra, to me that a €600 car at most. Those Astra engines are fairly soft so I wouldn't want to be spending too much on one.

A bit yeah, id be inclined to offer 700 and go no more then 800. Head gaskets are their weakness.

selectamatic

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/car/22411076

08 mk1 octavia
Very reliable 100bhp pd tdi
Test till November
Cheap tax and it's taxed till next April
2 owners, current one has it since 2010
218,000 km on the clock belt changed @210,000
Looks very straight and tidy.
The one cloudy headlight lets it down a bit but easily rectified
Asking €1650

Duke O Smiley

That Octavia is a very good find. It has a very genuine air to it overall

Kind of tempting as a replacement for my civic...

26000 Elephants

Cheap to run, unlikely to break but even if it does, cheap to fix. The chape tax makes it a no brainer.

babaracus

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/skoda-octavia-vrs/22189784



Petrol VRS with test till January, €1950

Its always a good sign (IMO) when something like this hasn't had 8/9/10+ owners. This looks like a nice enough example

Always strange to see an old friend when least expected. I owned this until mid 2014. One previous owner when I bought it who was a relation of mine so I knew it well. It was well looked after up to then and never flogged, think I sold it with about 175,000km on the clock. God knows what life it has had since though! 2 previous owners would need checking, its not greenlighted.

colm_mcm

2 previous owners = 3 owners. Change of ownership only gone through last week so donedeal not up to date.

Duke O Smiley

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/1998-starlet-new-nct/22442794



Starlet fresh from the convent, 60k miles, NCT till Jan, €650

Needs to be 500, but I definitely would!

Duke O Smiley

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/seat-arosa/22432590



NCT till Feb 2020, small miles, €500

12 element

selectamatic wrote: »

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/car/22411076

08 mk1 octavia
Very reliable 100bhp pd tdi
Test till November
Cheap tax and it's taxed till next April
2 owners, current one has it since 2010
218,000 km on the clock belt changed @210,000
Looks very straight and tidy.
The one cloudy headlight lets it down a bit but easily rectified
Asking €1650

Wasn't the mk2 introduced in 2004. Any idea how a mk1 would be on 2008 plates? Would the oil leaks on the driveway concern anyone else?

johndaman66

12 element wrote: »

Wasn't the mk2 introduced in 2004. Any idea how a mk1 would be on 2008 plates? Would the oil leaks on the driveway concern anyone else?

Its a bit of an unusual one. The Mk2 was introduced in 2004 as you mentioned but the MK1 was concurrently produced up until 2010 at least. There have certainly being sightings of 2009 Mk1 Octavias in this country and quite a few 2008 Mk1 knocking about.

I wonder is that definitely oil? If it is oil and if its from that Octavia then yes that would certainly concern me alright. The underside should be showing it if it is letting go of oil.

Luckycharms_74

This is it wrote: »

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/audi-a6-s-line-2-0-automatic-low-km/22276270

Wonder what's wrong with this...

Lazybones wrote: »

Initial thoughts are that in addition to the bad spelling in the advert it is the 1200 Euro annual tax is the major thing wrong :-)

colm_mcm wrote: »

It’s not diesel

colm_mcm wrote: »

11 year old €1200 tax not even fast petrol car.
That generation A6 is underwhelming at best.

Aside from the above anything to watch out for on these. I have a 06 A4 Sline and needs about 1k repairs. would I be better off putting that 1k to the 08 A6.

I know going Petrol and tax will be a big change but if I get a year or 2 out of the A6 before flogging it

I just dont want to go down the route of finance on a newer car with lower specs.

Edit: Also any reason why the tax is €1200. There is a 06 A6 for sale 2.0 Petrol and the tax is €710


Would this be a better buy.

€1950 - BMW 5-Series, 2006 525i "Only 85,000 Miles"

Midnight_EG

Sexual Chocolate wrote: »

How do them FSi engines take to high mileage ? I was considering a GTi before I picked up the S40 but even ones under 3.5k have crazy miles on them so I decided to hold off until the funds improve.

My GTI with the same engine as that VRs had 254k miles on it, ran like day one :cool:

pippip

Luckycharms_74 wrote: »

Edit: Also any reason why the tax is €1200. There is a 06 A6 for sale 2.0 Petrol and the tax is €710

Its on the CO2 tax for 08.

Iseedeadpixels

What do you think lads should I take a punt on that and offer around 750??

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/skoda-octavia-2007/22258889

MetzgerMeister

Nissan Micra "Sports Car" :pac:

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/micra-lite-sports-car/22444183

Iseedeadpixels

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

Nissan Micra "Sports Car" :pac:

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/micra-lite-sports-car/22444183

A real head turner

MetzgerMeister

Iseedeadpixels wrote: »

A real head turner

...for all the wrong reasons!

selectamatic

12 element wrote: »

Wasn't the mk2 introduced in 2004. Any idea how a mk1 would be on 2008 plates? Would the oil leaks on the driveway concern anyone else?

Most likely just water on the tarmac.

colm_mcm

12 element wrote: »

Wasn't the mk2 introduced in 2004. Any idea how a mk1 would be on 2008 plates? Would the oil leaks on the driveway concern anyone else?

They continued to sell the old model alongside the new model. It was called the Octavia Tour. The newer model was a bit more expensive anyway and this model where all development was well paid for (Octavia launched in 1996) could be produced and sold much cheaper for markets where the new model was out of reach. We ended up getting them in Ireland but they mainly sold to taxi drivers.

kermitpwee

colm_mcm wrote: »

They’re a great little car.

Are those fiats ok to live with? I have been tempted

colm_mcm

kermitpwee wrote: »

Are those fiats ok to live with? I have been tempted

I only had them as rentals. Can’t imagine they’re that much different to a Punto or a panda underneath.

26000 Elephants

kermitpwee wrote: »

colm_mcm wrote: »

They’re a great little car.

Are those fiats ok to live with? I have been tempted

There is very little to go wrong in them. Just make sure the coolent bottle is clean and filled with pink liquid. Electrical glitches will have been sorted ages ago. Timing belts need doing but is cheap and not critical.
Avoid abused examples, nice clean ones aren't much more money.

They are text book bangernomics.

26000 Elephants

You wont see too many of these down your local Aldi carpark:



Unusual car, useful space and NCT to Feb 2020 for just €399

colm_mcm

Drives my OCD mad

26000 Elephants

colm_mcm wrote: »

Drives my OCD mad

Theres no 'unseeing' that. thanks.

actually, if the line went straight across, it would start to look a bit like a zx wagon.

Odyssey 2005

Iseedeadpixels wrote: »

What do you think lads should I take a punt on that and offer around 750??

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/skoda-octavia-2007/22258889

It's a shyte ad,also smells of taxi.

Iseedeadpixels

Odyssey 2005 wrote: »

It's a shyte ad,also smells of taxi.

Hes foreign :pac: was thinking ex taxi alright but as a runaround for a year or 2 is a good option?

BonnieSituation

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/1998-starlet-new-nct/22442794



Starlet fresh from the convent, 60k miles, NCT till Jan, €650

Needs to be 500, but I definitely would!

Good God!

That's my first call tomorrow.

BonnieSituation

26000 Elephants wrote: »

You wont see too many of these down your local Aldi carpark:



Unusual car, useful space and NCT to Feb 2020 for just €399

I really like the look of this for some reason.

Duke O Smiley

Iseedeadpixels wrote: »

Hes foreign :pac: was thinking ex taxi alright but as a runaround for a year or 2 is a good option?

To its credit, it’s on private tax/NCT currently so it hasn’t been taxi’s (very recently)

There are better options out there. Something like that, with PSV history, is a minefield IMO. The gold 05 diesel auto Bora posted by Toyotafanboi would be a good shout

Alternatively I have a cheap tax 08 Mondeo 1.8 tdci with test till next May for a grand, if you can live with a manual

Iseedeadpixels

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

To its credit, it’s on private tax/NCT currently so it hasn’t been taxi’s (very recently)

There are better options out there. Something like that, with PSV history, is a minefield IMO. The gold 05 diesel auto Bora posted by Toyotafanboi would be a good shout

Alternatively I have a cheap tax 08 Mondeo 1.8 tdci with test till next May for a grand, if you can live with a manual

Never going manual again cheers for the offer.

Mad_Mike

BonnieSituation wrote: »

Good God!

That's my first call tomorrow.

Is it just the lighting/reflections or does the bonnet look like a nun took a paint brush to it??

Jollyballs

Mad_Mike wrote: »

Is it just the lighting/reflections or does the bonnet look like a nun took a paint brush to it??

I thought I as the only one, maybe because its red, but couldnt look at it.

Iseedeadpixels

Any one here ever bought from Merlin Auctions? Had a look at the snapshot of prices and there are some great deals! Was thinking of heading up Saturday.

Toyotafanboi

Went up there to buy a car before. Won the bidding but it didn't make its reserve and couldn't make a deal with the owner after the fact.

Merlin's was great though, staff were friendly and helpful for a first time and for a car guy it was a cool experience. Turn up good and early if you want a good look around the cars.

You would need to have your wits about you a little bit though, an awful lot of chancey scrap there, some of it going for what looks like well over the odds too when people get caught up bidding.

Look up how the fees are calculated beforehand because the price you are bidding doesn't include fees. I think the entry deposit to bid was like €500 too?

Iseedeadpixels

Toyotafanboi wrote: »

Went up there to buy a car before. Won the bidding but it didn't make its reserve and couldn't make a deal with the owner after the fact.

Merlin's was great though, staff were friendly and helpful for a first time and for a car guy it was a cool experience. Turn up good and early if you want a good look around the cars.

You would need to have your wits about you a little bit though, an awful lot of chancey scrap there, some of it going for what looks like well over the odds too when people get caught up bidding.

Look up how the fees are calculated beforehand because the price you are bidding doesn't include fees. I think the entry deposit to bid was like €500 too?

Yeh 500 deposit and admin fees of about 100-200 for my price range.

Duke O Smiley

Iseedeadpixels wrote: »

Yeh 500 deposit and admin fees of about 100-200 for my price range.

That 05 diesel auto Passat will make very little but I don’t think it is going through this weekend

Iseedeadpixels

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

That 05 diesel auto Passat will make very little but I don’t think it is going through this weekend

The Silver one? Was last night I think and its waiting for a sale allocation.

26000 Elephants

There are very few 'bargains' in merlin. If you are looking for something cheap, then stick to the 'no reserve' lots or you will end up dealing with a dreamer who thinks because you came all the way to bid that you will pay him over the odds for the car. Direct from finance or dealers are next best bet, but be sure you know your stuff, they won't be that cheap and you will be up against lads who can fix them cheaper than you. I usually stick to cars the lads have no interest in (anything non-vag, jeeps or convertibles, coupes)
However, you will often find privately advertised stuff on done deal can be cheaper, so do your homework.

selectamatic

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/saab-93-price-drop1-9-tid-linear-sport/21535419?campaign=3

2008 automatic Saab 93 tid
Test till July 20
Same owner since 2015
Low owner Irish car
Supposedly a full service history
Looks lovely and clean
Asking €2100

Might suit ya Iseedeadpixels.

Iseedeadpixels

Id love it but just out of my budget unless I sold my current car

Sexual Chocolate

Iseedeadpixels wrote: »

Any one here ever bought from Merlin Auctions? Had a look at the snapshot of prices and there are some great deals! Was thinking of heading up Saturday.

Not Merlin but Wilsons I bought from. Quite daunting buying something that you can't drive but it did work out for me. Then again I did only spend €900. In case you aren't aware that an auction fee thats paid on top of the price as well. I cant remember if its a percentage or flat fee but it was an additional €85 for me.

Sexual Chocolate

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/07-renault-scenic-tax-amp-tested/22462674

NCT till Oct
Tax till Sept
85k kms
€550

Renaults of that era can be hit and miss but I reckon its still worth taking a chance on, even if its only 4 months test.

Sexual Chocolate

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/saab-93/22461937

NCT till only Sept but tax for another month.
206k kms
Looks clean on the outside
€375

Sexual Chocolate

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/2009-opel-astra-1-7l-diesel-cheap-tax-road/22460569

Dunno a lot about the 1.7 diesel other than its an old isuzu unit so forgive me....

NCT Jan 20
A months tax (200 p/a)
122k miles
€1550