BANGERNOMICS (sub2k) of the week/day Part 6

jmreire

marcos_94 wrote: »

I think like all cars it depends on the previous owners. There are larger risks associated with the BMW but doesnt mean youre under the car every few months. I had an n47 320d coupe for just shy of two years, took it from 70k miles to 100k miles and all I ever had to do was service it. It didnt even leak/burn oil which massively surprised me for a diesel!

Hadnt had the timing chain replaced and prior to selling had brought it to BMW to check the timing chain health which was found to be healthy. The car came with a folder of service history and was clearly well taken care of.

I don't know what the statistic's were for timing chain failure on the N47 engines....cannot be that every single one of them failed.... and while you certainly hear about the failures, not too much about the one's that have ran mega miles trouble free, like your one. Still give a dog a bad name, and it will stick. And there has been cases where they had a full BMW service history, and still failed, so while frequent oil changes helped, it was not a guarantee that the chain would not fail.The reverse of that of course, was if it was not serviced...you were practically guaranteed chain failure. Persoanally, I'd be reluctant to take a chance on a N47 engine BMW> But that's just me. I'd like the 320 with the M47 engine though....nice car.

marklazarcovic

Sickening thing is there is years left in that Yaris,and it won't be viable for most people.

MEGA BRO WOLF 5000

marklazarcovic wrote: »

Sickening thing is there is years left in that Yaris,and it won't be viable for most people.

Unfortunately there will always be a way to phase out these older cars that are perfectly fine. Scrappage schemes, NCT's, old band higher tax and now insurance. Sometimes I wish I'd a massive garage I could just stockpile all these cars in and wait...

Interslice

marklazarcovic wrote: »

Sickening thing is there is years left in that Yaris,and it won't be viable for most people.

How bad can the insurance increase be? Part of it is that the boom mentality is back. People choosing to pay 300quid a month for a car loan pcb job because their insurance went up 200 for the year.

MEGA BRO WOLF 5000

Interslice wrote: »

How bad can the insurance increase be? Part of it is that the boom mentality is back. People choosing to pay 300quid a month for a car loan pcb job because their insurance went up 200 for the year.

Anyone in the market for an 03 yaris is probably a first time driver or a very inexperienced one, insurance companies can just say "no, too old".

For reference my insurance came down when I went from a 2001 VW Bora 1.4 petrol valued at 300 euro to a 172 BMW 330e.

jmreire

Hunky Monster wrote: »

Unfortunately there will always be a way to phase out these older cars that are perfectly fine. Scrappage schemes, NCT's, old band higher tax and now insurance. Sometimes I wish I'd a massive garage I could just stockpile all these cars in and wait...

Don't we all !!! When you see the scrap lorries on the road, piled high with cars, still with plenty of life left in them, even if they would need a bit of work to be done. 1st it was the big push to change to Diesel, not it's the big push to EV's...and all the time the focus is change your car , buy a new one, give the banks business.....get into more debt.

Sofiztikated

I'm looking at an 08 Saab Vector TiD. Does the 08 have the sump issues?

Any luck, I'll get it in Bangernomics territory.

Mad_Mike

Sofiztikated wrote: »

I'm looking at an 08 Saab Vector TiD. Does the 08 have the sump issues?

Any luck, I'll get it in Bangernomics territory.

Only the OG 9-3's and early 9-5 petrols were affected, so no issue with the TiD

Check the rear wheel arches as they are prone to rusting in the newer gen models
Also, the TiD can be very sluggish to start and most people replace batteries and alternators, but it's sorted 95% of the time with a new starter as the starters get very very lazy on them

Interslice

Hunky Monster wrote: »

Anyone in the market for an 03 yaris is probably a first time driver or a very inexperienced one, insurance companies can just say "no, too old".

For reference my insurance came down when I went from a 2001 VW Bora 1.4 petrol valued at 300 euro to a 172 BMW 330e.

True ye. The L plate crew were big buyers of them.

I'd say you miss the Bora!

MEGA BRO WOLF 5000

Interslice wrote: »

True ye. The L plate crew were big buyers of them.

I'd say you miss the Bora!

I miss the 330e, that's gone now too sadly, I'm back in bangernomics myself!

terrydel

Hunky Monster wrote: »

Anyone in the market for an 03 yaris is probably a first time driver or a very inexperienced one, insurance companies can just say "no, too old".

For reference my insurance came down when I went from a 2001 VW Bora 1.4 petrol valued at 300 euro to a 172 BMW 330e.

Jesus I'd love to see the logic behind that.

punisher5112

terrydel wrote: »

Jesus I'd love to see the logic behind that.

Less likely to do a crash 4 cash job and also usually if car costs more one in theory would be most careful....

Obviously that's not completely true as in any can do all of that and doesn't matter what one is driving....

marklazarcovic

I recently went from a 07 1.3 petrol,to a 12 1.6 turbo diesel costing 6 times as much,and insurance went up 38 euro. Have us by the bollixes.

jmreire

marklazarcovic wrote: »

I recently went from a 07 1.3 petrol,to a 12 1.6 turbo diesel costing 6 times as much,and insurance went up 38 euro. Have us by the bollixes.

Went up by €38...Grab it quick... before they change their minds....:cool:
I bought a 2nd car in 2015, a 1.9 TDI A6, insurance was €320...fine, in 2016, got the quote €1175.00 reason? they said that I had only 1 years experience with the car.. Legalized robbery.:mad:

carzony

https://www.adverts.ie/car/toyota/avensis/2007-toyota-avensis-nct-06-20/19159885

extremely good value in this avensis - 2007 face lift model and a fairly long nct.

Samuri Suicide

carzony wrote: »

https://www.adverts.ie/car/toyota/avensis/2007-toyota-avensis-nct-06-20/19159885

extremely good value in this avensis - 2007 face lift model and a fairly long nct.

There is more description in your post than the ad...

Hoboo

Samuri Suicide wrote: »

There is more description in your post than the ad...

It's driving great apparently, sure that's all ye need

Duke O Smiley

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/volvo-v50-2005-top-spec-automatic-nctd-20/23248112



Nice looking 1 owner 2.4 V50 with a years test, €950

Lovely yoke if the tax doesn't put you off it

Duke O Smiley

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/alfa-romeo-gt-1-9-jtd/23397752



NCT till June 2020, tax til January, lots of recent enough work done, €1600

Could be a nice buy for 1500 quid if these are your thing.

Duke O Smiley

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/2005-saab-2-0t-aero-210bhp-convertible/23078254



9-3 Aero, 210 bhp, NCT til June 2020, €1950

Not the best time of year to be buying a soft top, but it seems a lot of car for the money

Duke O Smiley

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/renault-laguna/23330588



Years test, tax till April, reasonable miles, €1500

Wouldn't mind going for a look at this myself during the week

Bigus

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/renault-laguna/23330588



Years test, tax till April, reasonable miles, €1500

Wouldn't mind going for a look at this myself during the week

Real bargains don’t last a week.

Duke O Smiley

I probably won’t lose sleep over it, thankfully

terrydel

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/renault-laguna/23330588



Years test, tax till April, reasonable miles, €1500

Wouldn't mind going for a look at this myself during the week

That looks great value.

duffman3833

the ultimate bangernomic..... i give you the punto with 10 months tax and NCT til March 2020 all for .... €525

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/fiat-punto-nctd-10-months-tax/23382582

terrydel

duffman3833 wrote: »

the ultimate bangernomic..... i give you the punto with 10 months tax and NCT til March 2020 all for .... €525

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/fiat-punto-nctd-10-months-tax/23382582

That's what it's all about.
300 quid worth of tax and new tyres, the rest of the car is basically free!

Duke O Smiley

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/bmw-520i-auto-leather-nctd-04-20-clean-car/23355809



1 owner Irish 03 520i, NCT till April 2020, €800

Nice old smoker for the money

Mad_Mike

Looks like a good clean example of a scarce car these days
Had an E39 523 automatic years ago. Was a lovely car to drive, but alas, it went down the E39 route of cooling failure and fried the engine

Duke O Smiley

Yeah, to be honest they can be a bit of a risky/scary prospect these days. I think at 800 quid though (or less!) this one could be worth a punt!

26000 Elephants

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

Yeah, to be honest they can be a bit of a risky/scary prospect these days. I think at 800 quid though (or less!) this one could be worth a punt!

Should be solid enough, the tube of gorilla glue in the dash is nearly empty....