LUXOBARGE (sub5k) of the week/day

LS 460 with a brand new NCT to 05/21 for €4,950.

I don't like them in silver, but it's a lot of car for the money if it checks out.

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/lexus-ls-2007-new-nct-cream-interior/24616968

2003 S320D

Cheap, but has the suspension given up? Looks very low on the back right.

Low Rider

Lurching wrote: »

2003 S320D

Cheap, but has the suspension given up? Looks very low on the back right.

Low Rider

If the airmatic is failing there will be a big red warning light on the middle of the dashboard display, looking where he took the photo of the mileage it’s zoomed into the display so not to get any warning lights that may be on in the photo

Lurching wrote: »

2003 S320D

Cheap, but has the suspension given up? Looks very low on the back right.

Low Rider

"Road Tax only €1,890 per year"

Truckermal wrote: »

Only worth half the asking price!

that poor car..

I've had an 06 RX 400h for a few years. Insurance is very cheap, usually €570-650. They are driven by middle aged men who rarely crash them and tend to look after them. An RX isn't attractive to boy racers and doesn't have the 'loadsamoney' look of an S-Class, so the insurance category tends to be lower.

I still have a SAAB 9-3 with a hot turbo, when I had it on the road the insurance was half that of the B5.5 Passat 1.9D that I had at the same time, even though the SAAB had twice the power. Also the insurance on the Passat went UP when I moved from Rathmines to Roscommon. Reason being that the 5.5 Passat was a favourite at the time of the local boy racer set an had a tendency to end up in a ditch at 4 a.m. on a Sunday morning.

KevRossi wrote: »

I've had an 06 RX 400h for a few years. Insurance is very cheap, usually €570-650. They are driven by middle aged men who rarely crash them and tend to look after them. An RX isn't attractive to boy racers and doesn't have the 'loadsamoney' look of an S-Class, so the insurance category tends to be lower.

I still have a SAAB 9-3 with a hot turbo, when I had it on the road the insurance was half that of the B5.5 Passat 1.9D that I had at the same time, even though the SAAB had twice the power. Also the insurance on the Passat went UP when I moved from Rathmines to Roscommon. Reason being that the 5.5 Passat was a favourite at the time of the local boy racer set an had a tendency to end up in a ditch at 4 a.m. on a Sunday morning.

A few years ago ( pre 2016 ) insurance was generally speaking, reasonably priced. According to the insurers, it was under priced, which is why starting in 2016 they massively increased their premium's. Now that the insurance company's money tanks have not only been topped up, but are overflowing ( google insurance profits, and Pierce Doherty ) it has become the new normal to extract as much as possible from a legally captive "audience". In the last year or two, there has been a slight leveling off on premium prices, not a lot, but the upward march seems to have slowed a bit. Legalized banditry.

KevRossi wrote: »

Also the insurance on the Passat went UP when I moved from Rathmines to Roscommon. Reason being that the 5.5 Passat was a favourite at the time of the local boy racer set an had a tendency to end up in a ditch at 4 a.m. on a Sunday morning.

Just moving from the Westmeath side of Athlone to the Roscommon side of Athlone will increase your insurance dramatically.

It seems, that Co. Roscommon has more crashes than Co. Westmeath.

I made that move last year, insurance increased, then moved back to Co. Westmeath this year and my insurance went down again. And I'm talking 100's of EUR worth in the difference on an Audi Allroad and a Disco 3.

/M

KevRossi wrote: »

I've had an 06 RX 400h for a few years. Insurance is very cheap, usually €570-650. They are driven by middle aged men who rarely crash them and tend to look after them. An RX isn't attractive to boy racers and doesn't have the 'loadsamoney' look of an S-Class, so the insurance category tends to be lower.

I still have a SAAB 9-3 with a hot turbo, when I had it on the road the insurance was half that of the B5.5 Passat 1.9D that I had at the same time, even though the SAAB had twice the power. Also the insurance on the Passat went UP when I moved from Rathmines to Roscommon. Reason being that the 5.5 Passat was a favourite at the time of the local boy racer set an had a tendency to end up in a ditch at 4 a.m. on a Sunday morning.

I worked until recently, for an insurance company as an analyst.

I was involved in the creation of a the new mathematical model for motor insurance and it has become a much more sophisticated beast than it was.

But of course, all that matters for most people is the number spat out at the end rather than the mathematical and risk journey that you go on to get there.

From a geographic POV I fed in things like, junction proximity, school proximity and even border proximity! I think in the end we discovered nearly 300 new variables that weren't being used before to calculate rates.

It's come a long way from when I was 17 and giving my address as my aunts in Lucan as opposed to where I was in Ballyfermot to get a decent quote on a Punto.


It will all filter through over the next few years. Provided it's this particular company you get quotes from I guess.

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I remember I was there when Truckermal got his Lexus and I decided I would try and jump on the Luxobarge wagon and even for me it jumped up (old insurance model), to about 800 quid for an LS430 vs the 450 I was paying on the Carina.

Getting rare, 7 months NCT for €3,300 but you could get it for under €3K.

Not very desirable, but perfectly adequate engine, low enough spec, not perfect, but nice to get into in the morning.

https://www.donedeal.ie/vintagecars-for-sale/bmw-728i-msport-e38/24728448