BANGERNOMICS (sub2k) of the week/day

bear1 · 12-02-2019 12:47PM

Belfast wrote: »

Skoda Superb 1.8T (please read ad)
2 hours 50 views South County, Dublin
€400

2003 Skoda Superb Comfort 1.8 T
Mileage 115,500 mi
Fuel Type Petrol
Transmission Manual
Body Type Saloon
Engine Size 1.8 litre
Road Tax €636
NCT Expiry Aug 2019
Previous Owners 5
Country of Reg. Ireland
Full service history from new, genuine mileage, two keys, passed NCT on 25.10.2018, timing belt and water pump done at 108000 at the main skoda dealer, have a receipt to prove, many other parts replaced. TAXed to the end of November. Excellent condition, in every day use and it looks and drives very very well. Any inspection more than welcome. Light damage as can be seen from the photos. The car has been declared a category c write off so just need an engineer report to be brought back to the road. As I said the car is absolutely perfect condition and was in use up until now; I bought a new car today so don't want this one to stay with no use. Open to reasonable offers. May swap for something not a car obviously
https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/skoda-superb-1-8t-please-read-ad/20282542

Can't see the relevance of the car here.
You can't drive it away.
And if reports are correct then you need to spend double that for the report and then watch the insurance companies rape you with the premium..

Gravelly · 12-02-2019 01:23PM

bear1 wrote: »

Can't see the relevance of the car here.
You can't drive it away.
And if reports are correct then you need to spend double that for the report and then watch the insurance companies rape you with the premium..

And aside from all that, it's a 16 year old Skoda. You'd really want to be getting it for free or very close to it. It's about as desirable as a dog turd. Too expensive to run to be cheap transport, and has very little else going for it.

FionnK86 · 12-02-2019 02:05PM

lucalux wrote: »

Hi all, I'm a big fan of Bangernomics here, as I'm used to small, cheap running and older cars.

I'm wondering if I can lean on your wisdom and knowledge for the current pickle I'm in..?

So I'm without a car, through the rust getting to my last banger. I never thought I'd be at this stage but I'm looking at a newly NCT'd 2001 Yaris... thankfully I've few notions left. Ad is here:

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/toyota-yaris/20913256

I haven't called yet as I just spotted it, but I wonder would anyone of ye have any major points to check out and look out for when/if I go to look at it?

Really not great at the costing of these things but with a new NCT and no tax, is 600 fair? Don't like to lowball anyone and i am stuck so...

Any help greatly appreciated, I'm mightily stuck, and so grateful of all opinions or pointers,
L

Bulletproof car.

I’ve got 3 in the fleet, mother, myself and housemates.

Boring, reliable motoring. Check exhaust for corrosion , should knock about €50 off.

My own his thermostat issue which only manifests itself in traffic after long motorway drives. Coolant light flashes and it overheats.

Dravokivich · 12-02-2019 04:21PM

Belfast wrote: »

Skoda Superb 1.8T (please read ad)
2 hours 50 views South County, Dublin
€400

2003 Skoda Superb Comfort 1.8 T
Mileage 115,500 mi
Fuel Type Petrol
Transmission Manual
Body Type Saloon
Engine Size 1.8 litre
Road Tax €636
NCT Expiry Aug 2019
Previous Owners 5
Country of Reg. Ireland
Full service history from new, genuine mileage, two keys, passed NCT on 25.10.2018, timing belt and water pump done at 108000 at the main skoda dealer, have a receipt to prove, many other parts replaced. TAXed to the end of November. Excellent condition, in every day use and it looks and drives very very well. Any inspection more than welcome. Light damage as can be seen from the photos. The car has been declared a category c write off so just need an engineer report to be brought back to the road. As I said the car is absolutely perfect condition and was in use up until now; I bought a new car today so don't want this one to stay with no use. Open to reasonable offers. May swap for something not a car obviously
https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/skoda-superb-1-8t-please-read-ad/20282542

Surely this is a fixer upper? Especially being cat c and repairs clearly not done.

Quazzie · 12-02-2019 04:30PM

Dravokivich wrote: »

Surely this is a fixer upper? Especially being cat c and repairs clearly not done.

You'd buy the car. Sell the engine, box and loom to the VAG scene as a complete conversion for €500 and weigh the rest in as scrap and make a handy €200 profit there.

Gravelly · 12-02-2019 04:43PM

Quazzie wrote: »

You'd buy the car. Sell the engine, box and loom to the VAG scene as a complete conversion for €500 and weigh the rest in as scrap and make a handy €200 profit there.

Your definition of "handy" is very different to mine!

Drive to car
Do deal
Tow car home
Remove engine
Put engine on Donedeal
Get 7 million phonecalls from people asking stupid questions, trying to scam you, or offering 10% of the advertised price
Waste many hours of your life meeting wastrels until engine is sold
Arrange for body to be collected by scrapper, and waste an entire Saturday waiting for it to be picked up

Dakotabigone · 12-02-2019 04:45PM

Quazzie wrote: »

You'd buy the car. Sell the engine, box and loom to the VAG scene as a complete conversion for €500 and weigh the rest in as scrap and make a handy €200 profit there.

Scrap value of shell €30.

AudiAvant · 12-02-2019 07:44PM

Quazzie wrote: »

You'd buy the car. Sell the engine, box and loom to the VAG scene as a complete conversion for €500 and weigh the rest in as scrap and make a handy €200 profit there.

Your optimistic anyway
Having dismantled and scraped a few cars myself
You won't get anywhere near that money for the parts
Like said aswell
Done deal and adverts is full of timewaisters that can't tell their arse from their elbow
I have loads of parts for sale at the minute for nothing prices and can't get a buyer

Squatman · 12-02-2019 09:22PM

AudiAvant wrote: »

Your optimistic anyway
Having dismantled and scraped a few cars myself
You won't get anywhere near that money for the parts
Like said aswell
Done deal and adverts is full of timewaisters that can't tell their arse from their elbow
I have loads of parts for sale at the minute for nothing prices and can't get a buyer

plus the weeks it will take to sell, and every scrouge ball will be coming out of the woodwork looking for hose clamps and tyre valve caps, breaking your balls. not worth the hassle at all at all

Quazzie · 12-02-2019 11:00PM

AudiAvant wrote: »

Your optimistic anyway
Having dismantled and scraped a few cars myself
You won't get anywhere near that money for the parts
Like said aswell
Done deal and adverts is full of timewaisters that can't tell their arse from their elbow
I have loads of parts for sale at the minute for nothing prices and can't get a buyer

Complete 1.8T conversions will sell for €500 all day every day on Autostadt and the likes.

AudiAvant · 13-02-2019 12:12AM

Quazzie wrote: »

Complete 1.8T conversions will sell for €500 all day every day on Autostadt and the likes.

Must check that out,I have a load of crap in the shed that needs shifting,I'm sitting on a small fortune

BonnieSituation · 13-02-2019 12:21AM

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/2008-ford-tourneo-connect-90-ps-nct-10-19-8-seater/21013078

08 Toureno 8 seater, NCT till October 19, €1750

I don't know why, but I kind of like this. Looks fairly clean too

I would love to grab that solely for the look on her face when I park up in it.

fancy pigeon · 13-02-2019 09:43AM

Quazzie wrote: »

You'd buy the car. Sell the engine, box and loom to the VAG scene as a complete conversion for €500 and weigh the rest in as scrap and make a handy €200 profit there.

Can't understand why others aren't seeing this. If you don't have the full equipment to handle transporting shells then forget about it. Scrap isn't necessarily just the weight of the car but also the remaining VIR from the car (if one really wants to scrape the pennies out of the car), cat, battery and wheels.

That and forums are much different to sell stuff on than the likes of donkeydeal as most members want parts for the same marque/are known to other members and would be ousted for pulling fast ones

Would I be right in saying anything you've broken for parts you haven't been left out of pocket?

Kenny Logins · 13-02-2019 10:06AM

AudiAvant wrote: »

Your optimistic anyway
Having dismantled and scraped a few cars myself
You won't get anywhere near that money for the parts
Like said aswell
Done deal and adverts is full of timewaisters that can't tell their arse from their elbow
I have loads of parts for sale at the minute for nothing prices and can't get a buyer

I have an A4 Avant sitting idle since last summer. Really not worth the hassle of breaking and dealing with all the shíte in doing so. I'll probably just pull parts off it when I need them.

Gravelly · 13-02-2019 10:11AM

fancy pigeon wrote: »

Can't understand why others aren't seeing this. If you don't have the full equipment to handle transporting shells then forget about it. Scrap isn't necessarily just the weight of the car but also the remaining VIR from the car (if one really wants to scrape the pennies out of the car), cat, battery and wheels.

That and forums are much different to sell stuff on than the likes of donkeydeal as most members want parts for the same marque/are known to other members and would be ousted for pulling fast ones

Would I be right in saying anything you've broken for parts you haven't been left out of pocket?

My argument wasn't that it wouldn't be profitable, if by profitable you mean that you end up with more money in your pocket afterwards than you had at the start, my argument was that it simply wouldn't be "handy"

The collection of the car, removal of the engine and ancillaries, answering calls to buyers, meeting potential buyers, selling them, dropping the shell for weighing in etc. would, off the top of my head, take at least 20-30 hours of one's time. For a potential profit of €200. I simply value my free time considerably more than €6-€10 per hour (not counting the cost of diesel, phone, placing the ad, wear and tear on car and trailer etc.)

canonball5 · 13-02-2019 10:54AM

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/2007-opel-corsa-1-2/21045340

Nice clean looking Corsa.

NCT 7-19
Tax 4-19

terrydel · 13-02-2019 11:35AM

Thoughts?
https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/audi-a6-1-9tdi-130bhp/21035582

Mileage is highish but not out of the ordinary for the age.
Automatic - anything to be concerned with on these
5 months tax. Years nct.
Pictures are a bit odd to me, either low quality or filtered.

Duke O Smiley · 13-02-2019 11:37AM

That’s nice, it’s the final edition which usually has a few nice goodies. Auto box wouldn’t be my first choice though (multitronic) especially with those miles. Worth a call though!

Gravelly · 13-02-2019 11:42AM

The multitronic is fine if it's serviced properly. If you do buy it, get it done by someone who knows what they're doing.

terrydel · 13-02-2019 11:42AM

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

That’s nice, it’s the final edition which usually has a few nice goodies. Auto box wouldn’t be my first choice though (multitronic) especially with those miles. Worth a call though!

Aye, I just prefer manual regardless, old school!
A big estate is gonna be my second bangernomics purchase after the corolla from here :P

grogi · 13-02-2019 11:44AM

Gravelly wrote: »

The multitronic is fine if it's serviced properly. If you do buy it, get it done by someone who knows what they're doing.

Can you recommend someone? Might be PM...

Gravelly · 13-02-2019 11:45AM

grogi wrote: »

Can you recommend someone? Might be PM...

What part of the country?

grogi · 13-02-2019 11:46AM

Gravelly wrote: »

What part of the country?

~Cork.

Gravelly · 13-02-2019 11:48AM

grogi wrote: »

~Cork.

Is that the middle of the south or the south of the midlands

AH!

grogi · 13-02-2019 11:52AM

Gravelly wrote: »

Is that the middle of the south or the south of the midlands

AH!

Sometimes I get the feeling it's just middle-earth... ;P

Gravelly · 13-02-2019 11:54AM

VASS are good. The Cork gearbox centre are very good with multitronic.

AudiAvant · 13-02-2019 12:18PM

terrydel wrote: »

Thoughts?
https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/audi-a6-1-9tdi-130bhp/21035582

Mileage is highish but not out of the ordinary for the age.
Automatic - anything to be concerned with on these
5 months tax. Years nct.
Pictures are a bit odd to me, either low quality or filtered.

It's nothing mileage for the engine once correct oil was used
Lovely car
I'd be asking for the service history,especially for the gearbox

Duke O Smiley · 13-02-2019 12:37PM

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Whats going on with the top left hand side of the windscreen? Looks like someone gave it a belt of a hammer

Gravelly · 13-02-2019 12:49PM

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

Whats going on with the top left hand side of the windscreen? Looks like someone gave it a belt of a hammer

Think it's just a splash of something - seems to be wiped away in part by the windscreen wipers - mud, or a bird with bowel issues?

terrydel · 13-02-2019 04:14PM

Gravelly wrote: »

Think it's just a splash of something - seems to be wiped away in part by the windscreen wipers - mud, or a bird with bowel issues?

Much prefer the look of that model a6 than the one that came after.

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