BANGERNOMICS (sub2k) of the week/day

colm_mcm · 11-12-2018 09:23PM

Raiding the piggy bank a little with this chape-tax daysul i30

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/09-i30-service-history/20561700

Watch out for that clutch!

colm_mcm · 11-12-2018 09:28PM

Cheap and chancey
https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/skoda-roomster-style-1-4tdi-nct/20362714

Dia1988 · 11-12-2018 09:29PM

colm_mcm wrote: »

I hate these, but this is a one owner 86km example

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/nissan-almera-2007-just-nct/20508713

Advert says "t belt and water pump changed last month"

The 1.5 Almera has a chain (albeit prone to stretching) Also, why would a seller go to the expense of 250/300 euro for t belt only last month to sell the car for 1k?

Duke O Smiley · 11-12-2018 09:40PM

colm_mcm wrote: »

I hate these, but this is a one owner 86km example

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/nissan-almera-2007-just-nct/20508713

Tax and test are suspiciously long..or blindingly alluding to a punter on a budget, so much so that they mightn't remember to inspect them for their authenticity.

If I have my bearings right, that estate in those photos is next to a halting site near me..

Duke O Smiley · 11-12-2018 09:41PM

colm_mcm wrote: »

Cheap and chancey
https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/skoda-roomster-style-1-4tdi-nct/20362714

I was going to look at that a few weeks ago before I got the Corolla. Looks a bit manky but cheap in every respect, and versatile!

Dia1988 · 11-12-2018 10:01PM

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

Tax and test are suspiciously long..or blindingly alluding to a punter on a budget, so much so that they mightn't remember to inspect them for their authenticity.

If I have my bearings right, that estate in those photos is next to a halting site near me..

No reg shown either!

Allegedly seller says it's taxed to October 2019 at 413euro per year, just NCTd and has had t belt and waterpump change (in a car with a chain)

All this is roughly 700 euro for a 1k car. Also NCT date was manually inputted by seller and not from database.

Too good to be true!

Just trying to message Harry the seller and the message says that I'm messaging Brian, so seller changes names too!

bazz26 · 11-12-2018 11:17PM

Maybe the seller suffers from multiple personality disorder?

Bigus · 12-12-2018 01:34AM

Dia1988 wrote: »

No reg shown either!

Allegedly seller says it's taxed to October 2019 at 413euro per year, just NCTd and has had t belt and waterpump change (in a car with a chain)

All this is roughly 700 euro for a 1k car. Also NCT date was manually inputted by seller and not from database.

Too good to be true!

Just trying to message Harry the seller and the message says that I'm messaging Brian, so seller changes names too!

Sounds like yer man that does a runner as he checks the money, used to operate around Ashbourne, leaves the car with the punter , so commits no crime, tax and test turn out false.

Dia1988 · 12-12-2018 10:28AM

colm_mcm wrote: »

I hate these, but this is a one owner 86km example

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/nissan-almera-2007-just-nct/20508713

WARNING:

I messaged seller Brian/Harry and elaborate story that I was interested in car and I needed the reg to price insurance and to transfer. He sent back the reg 07D48848
3 Previous owners
Tax Dec 2018

....based on these inconsistencies I doubt the "timing belt" service history or 3 keys is accurate.

And he wants to meet at "his house" after 5pm in Dublin 11

morritty · 12-12-2018 10:40AM

NCT site says NCT Due Date : 25/01/2020

Dia1988 · 12-12-2018 11:21AM

morritty wrote: »

NCT site says NCT Due Date : 25/01/2020

Oh so it does. But tax is out this month and has 3 Previous owners.

Brian/Harry says he doesn't know why and that his wife placed the advert and got a few things wrong. He still hasn't corrected the advert. Also the "wife" explicitly writes that it's a one owner from new, and says that twice in advert. Funny then how it has 3 owners.

He said that he has everything and all receipts and he'll show me. This is all very suspicious!

morritty · 12-12-2018 11:24AM

Not sure how he got 9 months tax though. Seems too weird.

ELM327 · 12-12-2018 11:26AM

Ad is gone now anyway

"Sorry, this ad is no longer available
View ads just like it below
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Dia1988 · 12-12-2018 11:43AM

ELM327 wrote: »

Ad is gone now anyway

"Sorry, this ad is no longer available
View ads just like it below
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Advert is still up

He says that they had to pay back tax and that's why it's 2018.

That makes no sense as tax it out this month Dec 2018, so no back tax and you can't buy 10 months tax.

Also after pointing out 3 owners He still hasn't changed advert. It has hallmarks of he enticing you to hand over money to test drive car then you realise car is shagged, or loads more miles etc and he's disappeared !

When asked him was he Harry or Brian he said "Brian Harry smith" lol

punisher5112 · 12-12-2018 02:45PM

Should have asked how Will is or did he sometimes use that name too.

signostic · 12-12-2018 05:48PM

Any opinions on this?
Corolla 2006 Petrol
NCT 10-2019
106,255 mi
https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/2006-toyota-corolla-1-4-nct-10-2019/20456914

johndaman66 · 12-12-2018 07:36PM

Decent car they are. I had a 04 Corolla hatchback up to recently and changed it for a 09 Auris. While the Auris is by no means a bad car the Corolla felt more solidly built than it and where that really seems to show is in the interior. At the money you can hardly go too far wrong with that Corolla and there is the bones of a year NCT on it. 155k miles on it as per ad though as opposed to 106k mile which you mentioned.

Dia1988 · 12-12-2018 10:20PM

Bigus wrote: »

Sounds like yer man that does a runner as he checks the money, used to operate around Ashbourne, leaves the car with the punter , so commits no crime, tax and test turn out false.

BINGO

Anthracite · 13-12-2018 12:37AM

The Gardai should be all over this. They won't be.

KERSPLAT! · 13-12-2018 07:29AM

I can't make sense of his text

Dia1988 · 13-12-2018 08:38AM

KERSPLAT! wrote: »

I can't make sense of his text

It's part of a longer text where seller won't allow test drives or looking at car without money in which he must check if genuine, before you look at car not to mine buy it.

There's been many a scam like this where money would be foolishly hanged over to check if genuine and he'd run away, leaving you with a ****e car not as described with no logbook.

KERSPLAT! · 13-12-2018 09:02AM

Ah, makes sense. What a shytebag.

Baggly · 13-12-2018 09:06AM

Law & Order: Bangernomics Unit.

punisher5112 · 13-12-2018 09:07AM

Anyone know Will's whereabouts????

Dia1988 · 13-12-2018 10:02AM

punisher5112 wrote: »

Anyone know Will's whereabouts????

When probed he said Claremont, Glasnevin,D11 but wouldnt say exactly.

Then using another user account he said Cabra

Anywhere with a quick get away I suppose

nice_guy80 · 13-12-2018 04:53PM

Would be fantastic to bring him a bunch of counterfeit notes

beauf · 13-12-2018 06:24PM

Someone in the extended family is selling this. Very Clean 2005 Corolla, NCT is booked.
Kinda waiting on the NCT to price it more realistically.

https://www.adverts.ie/car/toyota/corolla/2005-toyota-corolla/16889661

Nekarsulm · 13-12-2018 07:14PM

Looking for something else altogether, and came across this in a dealers adverts.
Celica 190hp, those are the preferred models, I believe?

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/toyota-celica-2003-li-190-bhp-t-sport-model/20394691?campaign=6

Or a Beetle for under 500 euro, with a whole months NCT left?

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/volkswagen-beetle-2001-nct-01-19-490/20317174?campaign=6

bazz26 · 13-12-2018 07:36PM

Maybe it's the photos but that Celica looks to have at least 2 different shades of paint depending on which side you are looking at. Given the nature of a car like a Celica it could indicate it was involved in a smash and poorly repaired.

I know these are cheap cars but that Beetle just looks rough as a bears arse. Reality is that cars of that value being sold by dealers are just someone else's cast offs they bought for almost nothing. Of the two I'd go with the Celica but it's a bit like having a choice between a kick in the head or a kick in the balls imo.

26000 Elephants · 13-12-2018 08:07PM

bazz26 wrote: »

I know these are cheap cars but that Beetle just looks rough as a bears arse.

Description can be read 2 ways:

Either "Drives well, Cheap" or the more likely "Drives. Well Cheap"

The 1 month NCT (from a dealer!) strikes it off the list for me. The lacquer peel then removes it from the "cars you would actually drive" category.

I wouldn't discount the celica until you see it in the flesh - paint at plastic/metal lines can often look dodge in photos.

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