BANGERNOMICS (sub2k) of the week/day

Duke O Smiley · 28-03-2019 04:47PM

W123-80's wrote: »

'02 C200 Manual
NCT Jan '20
Tax July '20

Something off about this advert, but it could be worth a call!

Asking €650

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/mercedes-c200-nct-jan-20-taxed-july-19-sunroof/21023826

On the contrary I think it’s a very genuine ad. First and surname is IMO a very good sign and the first indicator. Greenlighted, Dublin 2 etc also.

W123-80's · 28-03-2019 05:10PM

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

On the contrary I think it’s a very genuine ad. First and surname is IMO a very good sign and the first indicator. Greenlighted, Dublin 2 etc also.

Ya, I guess you could be right.
The one pic, all the tax/test made me think it was a bit off.
Definitely worth a call with the guts of €200 worth of tax on it!

James Bond Junior · 28-03-2019 05:46PM

Id say a genuine ad. Looks to be taken in an underground car park. I bet it is being sold by someone who never drives it.

JJJJNR · 28-03-2019 06:28PM

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/skoda-superb/21438155

punisher5112 · 28-03-2019 06:31PM

JJJJNR wrote: »

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/skoda-superb/21438155

540km good going.....

Rows Grower · 28-03-2019 06:33PM

JJJJNR wrote: »

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/skoda-superb/21438155

Jaysus there are surely better cars to be got for 2 grand than a 10 year old Skoda ex taxi with 540,000 km on the clock?

Rows Grower · 28-03-2019 06:35PM

punisher5112 wrote: »

540km good going.....

It is very good going, I don't know how much a taxi costs per kilometer but surely the car doesn't owe the owner 2 grand at this stage.

Duke O Smiley · 28-03-2019 06:58PM

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/volvo-xc70-auto-4wd/21437134

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Diesel XC70 CC, years test, bitta tax, €1950

iwillhtfu · 28-03-2019 08:44PM

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/volvo-xc70-auto-4wd/21437134

Diesel XC70 CC, years test, bitta tax, €1950

Tax kills that car which is a shame

Rows Grower · 28-03-2019 08:56PM

iwillhtfu wrote: »

Tax kills that car which is a shame

It's a mortal sin to see something of that quality being taxed to oblivion, there should be some reasonable cap put on motor tax in this country for older cars.

JJJJNR · 28-03-2019 08:58PM

Rows Grower wrote: »

Jaysus there are surely better cars to be got for 2 grand than a 10 year old Skoda ex taxi with 540,000 km on the clock?

Course there is but I doubt you would hit those levels of comfort it's a luxobarge and tax isn't to bad. I'd say it has had a fortune spent on it regarding parts I would have no problem with the mileage once there was a stack of receipts. Diesels love to be driven.

JJJJNR · 28-03-2019 09:03PM

Rows Grower wrote: »

It's a mortal sin to see something of that quality being taxed to oblivion, there should be some reasonable cap put on motor tax in this country for older cars.

Quality .... Are you serious they are balls of ****e, gearbox is made of chocolate because volvo didn't put a radiator on them unlike the xc90. That superb would be a far superior car in every way.

Guy:Incognito · 29-03-2019 07:14AM

W123-80's wrote: »

Something off about this advert, but it could be worth a call!

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The gearbox.

morritty · 29-03-2019 08:38AM

JJJJNR wrote: »

Course there is but I doubt you would hit those levels of comfort it's a luxobarge and tax isn't to bad. I'd say it has had a fortune spent on it regarding parts I would have no problem with the mileage once there was a stack of receipts. Diesels love to be driven.

I never would have classed my Superb as a Luxobarge. Just a boat is all.

ewj1978 · 29-03-2019 09:25AM

Threw up my Saab a few days, so far have had a scrap yard ring me.
Tis a pity to scrap it but c'est la vie.

Rows Grower · 29-03-2019 09:33AM

JJJJNR wrote: »

Quality .... Are you serious they are balls of ****e, gearbox is made of chocolate because volvo didn't put a radiator on them unlike the xc90. That superb would be a far superior car in every way.

Luxobarge and chocolate gearbox, you've got all the lingo.

You need to remember that Skoda has well over half a million kilometers on it, and has carried passengers who couldn't care less about it for the last 10 years.

JJJJNR · 29-03-2019 12:03PM

Rows Grower wrote: »

Luxobarge and chocolate gearbox, you've got all the lingo.

You need to remember that Skoda has well over half a million kilometers on it, and has carried passengers who couldn't care less about it for the last 10 years.

Half a million is nothing on those vw iron blocks, again maintenance needs to be done to pass the taxi test. So would do it again just going by the pics you could do a lot worse but it's a low ball offer 1200 - 1500.

GY A1 · 29-03-2019 01:31PM

ewj1978 wrote: »

Threw up my Saab a few days, so far have had a scrap yard ring me.
Tis a pity to scrap it but c'est la vie.

What year

Mad_Mike · 29-03-2019 01:33PM

Guy:Incognito wrote: »

The gearbox.

??
Did you go to view it?
Pity, as it seemed to be good value

Toyotafanboi · 29-03-2019 01:44PM

ewj1978 wrote: »

Threw up my Saab a few days, so far have had a scrap yard ring me.
Tis a pity to scrap it but c'est la vie.

It's not a bad looking car but I think that's where it's at.

It's not really worth anything with the faults. Driving around having to avoid loading the throttle to avoid sending the car into limp mode and then having to clear it with a scanner would be my worst nightmare, personally. If I was taking on a budget yoke with a big-ish tax disc, i'd want to be driving.

What did the scrap yard offer? €200?

ltd440 · 29-03-2019 03:29PM

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/seat-ibiza/21444274
bought on this thread from another boards member about 6 months ago as an in between cars car... as always discount available to forum
users

Rows Grower · 29-03-2019 03:32PM

https://donedeal.akamaized.net/ddimg/MjZlN2I4N2RhNmZmZjliMDY0NDZlOTcxZDY5NGY5MGGrPUVMmtb2DbjRwIFmv5OxaHR0cDovL3MzLWV1LXdlc3QtMS5hbWF6b25hd3MuY29tL2RvbmVkZWFsLmllLXBob3Rvcy9waG90b18xMjE0NjQ5MjF8fHw2MDB4NjAwfHx8fHx8fHw=.jpeg

Greenlight, 73k km's, 10 months NCT.

zurbfoundation · 29-03-2019 03:51PM

ewj1978 wrote: »

Threw up my Saab a few days, so far have had a scrap yard ring me.
Tis a pity to scrap it but c'est la vie.

that limp mode issue on the saab - have you changed fuel filter? i had something simlar on an Accord, turned out the filter was clogged and when it couldnt get the fuel it wanted it would go to limp mode - it was diesel however. just thought i would mentioned it

cadaliac · 29-03-2019 04:03PM

JJJJNR wrote: »

Quality .... Are you serious they are balls of ****e, gearbox is made of chocolate because volvo didn't put a radiator on them unlike the xc90. That superb would be a far superior car in every way.

I laughed. Out loud.
Volvo didn't put a rad on the gearbox, as standard. If you were towing boats, animals or whatever, you could get one installed. There was no need for a rad on that box for that car, "unless" you wanted or needed one.

Anyway, off with you and your Skoda Sh1t box with a half a million km on it. By the way, its not just the "iron block" that does the mileage.

Mad_Mike · 29-03-2019 04:18PM

Rows Grower wrote: »

https://donedeal.akamaized.net/ddimg/MjZlN2I4N2RhNmZmZjliMDY0NDZlOTcxZDY5NGY5MGGrPUVMmtb2DbjRwIFmv5OxaHR0cDovL3MzLWV1LXdlc3QtMS5hbWF6b25hd3MuY29tL2RvbmVkZWFsLmllLXBob3Rvcy9waG90b18xMjE0NjQ5MjF8fHw2MDB4NjAwfHx8fHx8fHw=.jpeg

Greenlight, 73k km's, 10 months NCT.

Only links to the photo
Here's a link to the ad itself

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/06-fiat-punto-1-2/21448127

James Bond Junior · 29-03-2019 04:42PM

cadaliac wrote: »

I laughed. Out loud.
Volvo didn't put a rad on the gearbox, as standard. If you were towing boats, animals or whatever, you could get one installed. There was no need for a rad on that box for that car, "unless" you wanted or needed one.

Anyway, off with you and your Skoda Sh1t box with a half a million km on it. By the way, its not just the "iron block" that does the mileage.

I have one in my S60 and they are shíte gearboxes. Sealed for life and you run the huge risk of destroying them if you don't change the oil perfectly.

JJJJNR · 29-03-2019 06:45PM

cadaliac wrote: »

I laughed. Out loud.
Volvo didn't put a rad on the gearbox, as standard. If you were towing boats, animals or whatever, you could get one installed. There was no need for a rad on that box for that car, "unless" you wanted or needed one.

Anyway, off with you and your Skoda Sh1t box with a half a million km on it. By the way, its not just the "iron block" that does the mileage.

Simple terms its not a bangernomics car its an expensive 1900 euro, anything goes wrong over the course of ownership its factory parts only, new gearbox 5k, new instrument cluster 3k, the dif is another weak part on them good luck at finding anything in a breakers for them, garden ornaments is what a lot of them end up as, laugh out loud at that.

Rows Grower · 29-03-2019 06:48PM

cadaliac wrote: »

I laughed. Out loud.
Volvo didn't put a rad on the gearbox, as standard. If you were towing boats, animals or whatever, you could get one installed. There was no need for a rad on that box for that car, "unless" you wanted or needed one.

Anyway, off with you and your Skoda Sh1t box with a half a million km on it. By the way, its not just the "iron block" that does the mileage.

Lol.

grogi · 29-03-2019 07:22PM

James Bond Junior wrote: »

I have one in my S60 and they are shíte gearboxes. Sealed for life and you run the huge risk of destroying them if you don't change the oil perfectly.

The trick is to fill it up when the oil is cold.... Unfortunately many garages will want to rush it and with oil expanding with temperature, it will be underfilled.

Newish FWd Toyota use those boxes almost exclusively, without many issues. They are great light, compact and efficient boxes.

johndaman66 · 29-03-2019 10:13PM

cadaliac wrote: »

By the way, its not just the "iron block" that does the mileage.

I very much have to agree with this and its something that people seem to loose sight of too easily when judging a high mileage car with a "good"/"brilliant"/"renowned" engine.

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