BANGERNOMICS (sub2k) of the week/day

BonnieSituation wrote: »

Handbrake in that is sitting fierce high!

If the driver was like my da then it wouldn't worry me at all.

He would absolutely pull the guts out of it no matter where it was parked hill or not.....

2smiggy wrote: »

why is the road tax so dear for the volvo , it being a 2009 car with a 1.8 engine ?

the ad is wrong. Motortax.ie has the tax at 390 a year for that car.

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

09 WH 872 is down as €750 p/a alright

Its that high because its on the emissions based system and not the cc/engine size system

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

Thats MH, the Volvo is WH

I need my eyesight checked.

If the tax was 350 a year the car would be listed at 2500 euro

And people would say its a bargain, too.

Will those Volvos run for much longer ?
Considering the mileage is so high.

gooner99 wrote: »

If a car that was originally brought in from the UK is showing 3 previous owners, is that total owners or just Irish owners.

Just Irish

Bigmac1euro wrote: »

Will those Volvos run for much longer ?
Considering the mileage is so high.

They don't just implode after a certain amount of miles. It depends very much on how it has been looked after and how you look after it too.

Unfortunately that can be a big risk when it comes to bangernomics. You can get lucky and buy a car on the cheap that has had loads of work done to it in the last 5/8/10/12k miles and will run then for a good while without needing anything doing, or you can get unlucky and buy something that needs this, that and something else done to it all at the same time.

Case in point, I bought a 03 A6 TDI last June for €900 that had a heap of expensive maintenance carried out by the previous owner over the previous 18 months. Clutch, timing belt, tyres etc. It was great, I drove it for about 6 months and got a good 8k miles out of it without needing to spend a cent on it.

I have a 07 Civic hybrid now, bought a few weeks ago for €1k. Already its had two tyres at €160, its due a service and transmission fluid change, new wipers and it will probably need a few bits for an NCT in a few months. ****e luck really, but the car was cheap to begin with.

26000 Elephants wrote: »

punisher5112 wrote: »

10l/100km is about it and may improve slightly on a long run but not hugely.

I've been running a 1.6 petrol Stilo (which should be about the same as a 1.6 focus) for the last 3 years and ive never averaged 10l/100km. Worst case of nothing other than cold start school runs/trips to shop is 9l/100km. If a 1.6 hatch from that era is only doing 10l average, then you should be getting it checked.

Average for a 200km round trip of N-roads (no motorway) without being too careful is an easy 6l/100km. 5.6 is my record. Because of the realtively low gearing in these cars, motorways will drop that to about 7.

On a side note: Yes, that bangernomics fixerupper 2004 Stilo Multiwagon that I picked up for 350 euros over 3 years ago passed its latest NCT in march only needing tyres. Still going strong! nearly 60,000kms up on it.

That car deserves it's own thread .

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

Unfortunately that can be a big risk when it comes to bangernomics. You can get lucky and buy a car on the cheap that has had loads of work done to it in the last 5/8/10/12k miles and will run then for a good while without needing anything doing, or you can get unlucky and buy something that needs this, that and something else done to it all at the same time.

Case in point, I bought a 03 A6 TDI last June for €900 that had a heap of expensive maintenance carried out by the previous owner over the previous 18 months. Clutch, timing belt, tyres etc. It was great, I drove it for about 6 months and got a good 8k miles out of it without needing to spend a cent on it.

I have a 07 Civic hybrid now, bought a few weeks ago for €1k. Already its had two tyres at €160, its due a service and transmission fluid change, new wipers and it will probably need a few bits for an NCT in a few months. ****e luck really, but the car was cheap to begin with.

Wow! Ok so your an experienced Banger

What do people make of this

https://www.donedeal.ie/view/21343503

Tax is the only thing putting me off.
He dropped the price recently. Then again we would need to know the maintenance carried out I suppose.

Bigmac1euro wrote: »

Actually judging by the worn gearstick this car might be clocked. Hmmmm....

True I would be very sceptical of it been a near 50k mile car to be honest....

Bigmac1euro wrote: »

Wow! Ok so your an experienced Banger

What do people make of this

https://www.donedeal.ie/view/21343503

Tax is the only thing putting me off.
He dropped the price recently. Then again we would need to know the maintenance carried out I suppose.

That car looks okay on the face of things, and it would be a nice buy at a grand. I too would be skeptical of the mileage though. The steering wheel/gear knob/driver's seat bolster (you can just see in photo 5 where the offside bolster is gone a bit white from wear) don't look right for a car with 86k kms.

I think the yellow warning light in photo 9 is just a brake pad wear light.

The rust would be a concern. They were notorious for rotting especially around the wings and doors.