And the winner of dreamer of the year is...

James Bond Junior · 27-09-2016 02:43PM

Kintarō Hattori wrote: »

That TT lives in Balbriggan... I've seen it around.

Is it an "r8 replica" I wonder?

mad dave · 27-09-2016 07:55PM

I think it's meant to look like a Veyron without the massive engine and power.

mayota · 27-09-2016 08:16PM

Esel wrote: »

Another €100 will get you a 'matching' red rear bumper from the seller's other ad. You'd be mad not to.

Garda: Did you get the reg no.?

Witness: No, sorry. My mind was blown by the mad colour scheme.

Garda: What colour was it?

Witness: Red and black... no, more black and red... or maybe it was red and black.

Garda: Blow into this until I tell you to stop.

Is that another TT in the background of pic 8. A red one...

edburg · 27-09-2016 09:19PM

mad dave wrote: »

I think it's meant to look like a Veyron without the massive engine and power.

Failed attempt at that, but was my first thought.

mayota wrote: »

Is that another TT in the background of pic 8. A red one...

If only it had black wings and doors :pac::pac::pac::pac:

Agricola · 27-09-2016 09:19PM

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/kia-sportage-2-0-petrol/13045685

A 17 year old 2L petrol Kia, isn't running right and hasn't had a test in 4 years.

€280 and don't insult him cos he's priced it accordingly..................!

Er, I though scrap metal was €70 a ton these days!

job seeker · 27-09-2016 09:22PM

Agricola wrote: »

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/kia-sportage-2-0-petrol/13045685

A 17 year old 2L petrol Kia, isn't running right and hasn't had a test in 4 years.

€280 and don't insult him cos he's priced it accordingly..................!

Er, I though scrap metal was €70 a ton these days!

In the name of god, what's he smoking? :eek::eek:

Some broom! :rolleyes:

colm_mcm · 27-09-2016 09:26PM

Fun fact that's sort of mentioned in the ad. The original Sportages were built by Karmann.

Not that being built by Karmann is a massive deal, the likes of the Escort cabrio and the VW Corrado were built there.

Sebastian Dangerfield · 29-09-2016 03:13PM

A question on this subject... sorry mods if its not allowed. My car recently got some bodywork damage. I'm not putting another penny into it, so was planning to sell it as it is.

Its an 03 A4 automatic, 2.0 petrol, with 130k miles, lovely car to drive. It had timing belt, water pump and radiator replaced at 115k, and just two months ago I put the guts of a grand into it to replace the coolant housing which was leaking, new brake pads and discs, and I also had ISOFIX retrofitted at a main dealer (I had planned to keep the car for another year at the time). However...

Since then the Mrs rubbed the side of it along the side of a parked lorry so there is a deep scratch along both passenger doors, and it seems to have damaged the window regulator on that side also - its stuck about half an inch from the top. The glass in the mirror is cracked and held in by tape. NCT expires end of January.

I was planning to advertise it for around €500 - is this dreamer territory?

tossy · 29-09-2016 05:03PM

colm_mcm wrote: »

Fun fact that's sort of mentioned in the ad. The original Sportages were built by Karmann.

Not that being built by Karmann is a massive deal, the likes of the Escort cabrio and the VW Corrado were built there.

It's one of those motoring trivia ones like the way the first generation Hyundai coupe was designed by Pininfarina.

Special Circumstances · 29-09-2016 05:10PM

Saw a good few of those kias on the roads in Portugal. And Renault 4s!
I'd say they'd be snapping up stuff we can't insure as dailys here if we drove on the same side of the road.

166man · 29-09-2016 06:32PM

Special Circumstances wrote: »

Saw a good few of those kias on the roads in Portugal. And Renault 4s!
I'd say they'd be snapping up stuff we can't insure as dailys here if we drove on the same side of the road.

Not sure you could pay someone enough to drive that Kia Sportage from Ireland on portugal though...:D

Special Circumstances · 29-09-2016 06:40PM

166man wrote: »

Not sure you could pay someone enough to drive that Kia Sportage from Ireland on portugal though...:D

Christ no, load em onto a ship for sure!

colm_mcm · 29-09-2016 10:28PM

tossy wrote: »

It's one of those motoring trivia ones like the way the first generation Hyundai coupe was designed by Pininfarina.

A bit like that except my one isn't made-up

Tommyboy40 · 30-09-2016 09:48AM

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/mercedes-benz-cl-class-cl500-coupe-auto/9791191
I went to see this and offered €1000 scrap value

Tzardine · 30-09-2016 12:37PM

Tommyboy40 wrote: »

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/mercedes-benz-cl-class-cl500-coupe-auto/9791191
I went to see this and offered €1000 scrap value

The seller is a dreamer with that price, no doubt, but you are the reason I hate selling cars online.

bear1 · 30-09-2016 12:51PM

Tommyboy40 wrote: »

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/mercedes-benz-cl-class-cl500-coupe-auto/9791191
I went to see this and offered €1000 scrap value

I can't believe you offered that.

Sam Russell · 30-09-2016 02:59PM

Tommyboy40 wrote: »

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/mercedes-benz-cl-class-cl500-coupe-auto/9791191
I went to see this and offered €1000 scrap value

You would pay in excess of £5,000 in the UK for one of those. Export it and get some VRT back and you would be able to offer asking price.

30-09-2016 03:50PM

The Honey Monster wrote: »

Yeah but the ad says its got a "lady owner"

Helen ****ing Keller.

TTeyron

DakarVert · 30-09-2016 04:01PM

Tzardine wrote: »

The seller is a dreamer with that price, no doubt, but you are the reason I hate selling cars online.

I agree... But these can be very expensive when they go wrong!

What was up with it Tommy? Suspension issue?

tossy · 30-09-2016 05:28PM

colm_mcm wrote: »

A bit like that except my one isn't made-up

Trivia was the wrong word but you missed my point, it doesn't make them any less a sh!t box lol

Tommyboy40 · 30-09-2016 07:39PM

Tzardine wrote: »

The seller is a dreamer with that price, no doubt, but you are the reason I hate selling cars online.

This is the reason that I hate Boards sometimes. You see how the car was advertised as a clean example if missing a wing mirror. I called about 2 for sale in Limerick, both with full service histories etc. The photos of this car had obviously been taken a long long time ago and it has sat in a yard for close to 2 years I imagine. It was sitting right down on it's ass, the windows didn't't work at all. The fronts fully up so that you couldn't close the doors properly and the rears open 2 inches. The interior was badly water damaged from this. The car obviously wouldn't start and the salesman forced open the electric boor to jump it. When it started, still no windows, no soft close doors, multiple error messages and best of all, a single stamp at 8,800 miles in the service book. The other was just as bad. I'd driven to Limerick wasting €80 odd in fuel and my day to see them. The car was genuinely only worth €1000 in scrap. The CL is a difficult barge to shift but an honest description would at least weed out the scrap. It's easier to buy a perfect car with a scrap engine and replace it than to chase electrical gremlins in a bogey one

James Bond Junior · 30-09-2016 07:49PM

Tommyboy40 wrote: »

This is the reason that I hate Boards sometimes. You see how the car was advertised as a clean example if missing a wing mirror. I called about 2 for sale in Limerick, both with full service histories etc. The photos of this car had obviously been taken a long long time ago and it has sat in a yard for close to 2 years I imagine. It was sitting right down on it's ass, the windows didn't't work at all. The fronts fully up so that you couldn't close the doors properly and the rears open 2 inches. The interior was badly water damaged from this. The car obviously wouldn't start and the salesman forced open the electric boor to jump it. When it started, still no windows, no soft close doors, multiple error messages and best of all, a single stamp at 8,800 miles in the service book. The other was just as bad. I'd driven to Limerick wasting €80 odd in fuel and my day to see them. The car was genuinely only worth €1000 in scrap. The CL is a difficult barge to shift but an honest description would at least weed out the scrap. It's easier to buy a perfect car with a scrap engine and replace it than to chase electrical gremlins in a bogey one

Search the garage on here..

vintagevrs · 30-09-2016 07:52PM

Tommyboy40 wrote: »

This is the reason that I hate Boards sometimes.

Maybe you should have included some of that detail as the reason you offered a seller a 6th of their asking price in your original post?

Tommyboy40 · 30-09-2016 07:53PM

James Bond Junior wrote: »

Search the garage on here..

Really? I wasn't aware of that. The other was for sale at a main dealer of another inferior German marque and while not nearly as bad, had spent too much time on salty UK roads. The only good thing about our ridiculous tax system is that it makes these big engined cars cheaper over here.

Tommyboy40 · 30-09-2016 07:55PM

vintagevrs wrote: »

Maybe you should have included some of that detail as the reason you offered a seller a 6th of their asking price in your original post?

Point taken but it was a morning post, had to build up to it

James Bond Junior · 30-09-2016 09:51PM

Tommyboy40 wrote: »

Really? I wasn't aware of that. The other was for sale at a main dealer of another inferior German marque and while not nearly as bad, had spent too much time on salty UK roads. The only good thing about our ridiculous tax system is that it makes these big engined cars cheaper over here.

The one in the garage on the roundabout I take it? I thought it looked clean enough as I drove through for a sconce recently. It has been there a while mind you.

Tommyboy40 · 30-09-2016 09:57PM

James Bond Junior wrote: »

The one in the garage on the roundabout I take it? I thought it looked clean enough as I drove through for a sconce recently. It has been there a while mind you.

It looks clean from a distance and I was offered a deal but they baulked at letting me plug this into it

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CianRyan · 30-09-2016 10:29PM

To be fair is sounds like a **** car but let's be real
1. You should have just walked away, offering €1000 scrap value just to be a dick is just being a dick. Not cool.
2. I work in a garage and if someone brought their own diagnostic equipment with them and wanted to plug in they wouldn't be entertained.
Sure, it seems innocent but I have no idea what the persons intension is. It could easily be used to damage the car if someone wanted to.
If they wanted to watch as we used our own equipment that would be fine.

What were you really expecting to happen?

James Bond Junior · 30-09-2016 10:37PM

CianRyan wrote: »

To be fair is sounds like a **** car but let's be real
1. You should have just walked away, offering €1000 scrap value just to be a dick is just being a dick. Not cool.
2. I work in a garage and if someone brought their own diagnostic equipment with them and wanted to plug in they wouldn't be entertained.
Sure, it seems innocent but I have no idea what the persons intension is. It could easily be used to damage the car if someone wanted to.
If they wanted to watch as we used our own equipment that would be fine.

What were you really expecting to happen?

I've sold cars to people whom have brought code readers and never had an issue and also bought cars and plugged them in and people have had no issue.

grogi · 30-09-2016 10:39PM

Tommyboy40 wrote: »

I'd driven to Limerick wasting €80 odd in fuel and my day to see them.

Unless you're after some exotic, never drive more than 30 mins to see a car. You can see enough rubbish in that radius not to take longer trips...

And the winner of dreamer of the year is...

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