******* Motors Chat Thread *******

ELM327

Fun fact, the old links to motors forum (ie vbulletin links) still resolve to the new, unrelated non vbulletin forum. I remember the good old forum 47 days!

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=47

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=47

Never underestimate a nerd who's been drinking,#

Dartz

Jesus. All that backlinking. No wonder it costs so much to run the place.

In unrelated news. I didn't know BMW made a steam-powered 1-series until I saw one this morning near the Blanchardstown shopping centre. That was some cloud of steam going down the road.

AndyBoBandy

Have a bit of a conundrum folks..

I have a 2nd car, a 2006 BMW 320d M-Sport Auto (M47 163BHP engine). It was relegated to our 2nd car when we got an EV in 2020, and for some reason we've kept it going since then as from time to time it's handy having a 2nd car on the driveway, but it can also spend weeks/months sitting idle..

I love the car, have had it since 2012, but it's a bit of a killer paying €710 each year to tax it, especially when it might not even do 700km in a year!! Current mileage is about 315,000km.

I'm not too keen to revert back to a single car, so was thinking to 'upgrade' it, but as cheaply as possible, and was even thinking a 2nd EV would be ideal (even an older Leaf/Zoe with sub 100km range would suffice).

Not really sure what my question is, but I guess to start off, would dealers take scrappage against 2nd hand cars or is it only for new car sales?

Would there even be such a market for such a car privately? I can't find an auto in similar spec on done deal…

Would it be worth throwing into Bangernomics? I've actually never even sold a car before as this was the 1st car I bought myself!

Any help/advice would be most welcome..

User1998

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123784241#Comment_123784241

If it was priced right it would sell in a couple of days on Donedeal. But the type of customers it will attract might put you off selling it privately. Any dealer would take it as a trade in but you’ll get more selling it privately.

At the very least I think you should be buying something with cheap tax. Maybe a hybrid or 1.0 petrol. But then again, do you really want to spend thousands on a new car to save a few hundred per year? Have you considered declaring the car off the road when not in use, or changing the ownership every now and again?

AndyBoBandy

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123784446#Comment_123784446

Yeah, I think the private route would be a non runner as I don't think I'd be interested in all that goes with that…

For a replacement I was thinking no more than probably ~€4k, and ideally with something electric for the €120 a year tax, and cheaper running costs.. and I'd really like to avoid an ICE/hybrid if I could.

Haven't considered declaring off road, as would randomly need to use the car, but some of that would be known in advance, like airport runs etc…

What benefit could be gained from changing ownership? is there some sort of grace period for a new owner to not be liable for previous tax dues?

User1998

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123784572#Comment_123784572

Well, officially the car cannot be taken from you at the roadside unless the tax is more than 3 months expired. And then changing the ownership would clear the tax arrears. But doing this might not be viable long term

Ciano35

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123784241#Comment_123784241

For what it’s worth I sold my 2005 non-msport manual with 300k kms for 1500 a few months ago. Was an absolute ball-ache selling it, the type of clientele it attracted did my head in. Was advertised for around 3 weeks.

bazz26

Unfortunately the typical type of buyer for that car of that vintage and price will be looking to diff it on roundabouts or burnouts at crossroads.

Esel

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123784819#Comment_123784819

It's more than 2 months, not 3.

job seeker

Hi all,

Just a quick question. I have a 132 1.6TDI Octavia and I was looking to get the manual gearbox oil changed. There is currently 373,000 Km on the clock. I spoke to my local ex-mechanic and he reckons that it has to be changed every 80,000-100,000km. I searched on Facebook and people have said different thing. Some say the oil in the manual gearbox does not need to be changed, only the DSG gearbox oil does. Others say it's every 150k-200k miles. I downloaded the user manual off Sokda.ie and it doesn’t mention changing the gearbox oil in any shape or form… Does anyone here know for sure and can give me a correct answer?? Thanks!