BANGERNOMICS (sub2k) of the week/day Part 6

TheW1zard wrote: »

My policy states I can drive any other car, it just needs to be taxed.
You can tax a car using any old policy number.

So can I buy another car, and so long as it has nct and tax I am insured to drive it?

I cant see anywhere it doesnt say that!?

No, the driving of other cars extension only applies to other cars you do not own. Otherwise we would all be just insuring a banger Micra in our driveway but actually driving a Porsche.

Cheensbo wrote: »

Aaand a lovely little banger for the topic:

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/suzuki-alto-low-mileage-nct-amp-tax/26335932

Would you drive that today ?

I think one of the criteria is "something you'd drive yourself". Not "if you had to" or "nice car for someone" but actually you, today

Note the VW style Halfords letter badges.

colm_mcm wrote: »

For what it’s worth that garage are around a long time and have a good reputation.

Trade sale means no warranty. I can't see how the reputation of the garage matters.

TychoCaine wrote: »

Trade sale means no warranty. I can't see how the reputation of the garage matters.

It matters because it’s not a pop up garage. Of course you have no comeback but the chances are that the car was traded in against a new Toyota as opposed to being bought for cash to flip.

I don’t agree with main dealers doing ‘trade sales’ above trade prices to non traders, but it was worth noting that the sellers are well established.

crazyjim wrote: »

Would you drive that today ?

I think one of the criteria is "something you'd drive yourself". Not "if you had to" or "nice car for someone" but actually you, today

Absolutely would daily the hell out of it plus it actually looks pretty tidy.

I know what bangernomics is, I've been posting in and buying cars from these threads for years.

bazz26 wrote: »

No, the driving of other cars extension only applies to other cars you do not own. Otherwise we would all be just insuring a banger Micra in our driveway but actually driving a Porsche.

Actually this is how I, and many of my friends probably killed Quinn Direct back in the day.

Year 2007
Age 17
Insured card : Opel Corsa 1.2. Insurance was €1500.

Mothers Car : Toyota Glanza 1.3 turbo
Drove the Glanza on third party extension for about a year. Used to wreck the local guards as they knew what I was doing and so did I. I was once given a fine for "no display of an insurance cert" on the Glanza. this was €50. I successfully fought this with them at the station when I showed them that I had in fact put in the insurance CERT in the window, and since this was from the same piece of paper it has the same value. The Square cert is just a condensed version of the bigger cert. No idea if I was right or wrong legally speaking but it worked and from then on - everyone in the town did this and to my knowledge nothing ever happened after that.

I think they called this "loading".

Now to be fair, I was a fairly moderate driver in that I wasn't out messing or causing hassle - this was just the only way to play the system.
Was it wrong? Probably. Was it provable it was my car? Probably not within reasonable doubt so we all did it.

Oh and that beautiful thing called "being the 5th son as a named driver on farm insurance"

Man. I miss Quinn Direct. They would have insured my left testicle if I had asked.

flexcon wrote: »

Oh and that beautiful thing called "being the 5th son as a named driver on farm insurance"

Man. I miss Quinn Direct. They would have insured my left testicle if I had asked.

Been there, got the mug....

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/bmw-525-auto-nct-10-21-tax-04-21/26224088?campaign=3



525i estate with 6 months tax and 12 months test, €1950

Looks to have had a recent service by Daltons in Portlaoise too. These are still a really nice car, just difficult to find a good example these days

davycc wrote: »

Brave guy I used to work in there Cavan office and binned all my junk years ago!!

If you worked there, you could work anywhere.....
Americian Corporations were only childs play in comparison

Motortax.ie if it’s within 3 months

Cornmarket quote generator will also tell you, not sure if you could use this as evidence but it’ll tell you.

virginmediapls wrote: »

Are all older minis ****e? The wife wants one, or an old beetle, but everyone says they are ****e.

Minis and Beetles (especially priced under €2k) tend not to be driven by the most sympathetic/careful owners, finding a decent example of either can be hard

Andrew33 wrote: »

The original ones or the Golf in a frock and the mini BMW?
Actually, they’re all sh1te. People look at them with Rose coloured glasses.

Got it in one!!