BANGERNOMICS (sub2k) of the week/day Part 6

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

https://www.adverts.ie/vehicles/fiat-panda-1-4-100hp-rare-car/22070367



Nice looking Panda 100 with NCT til April 2021, €1850

These are class. Would love this

Ran one for 6-9 months and at the time it was pretty much my affordable dream car ...18k ish new was plain stupid but i dropped a bit under half that on a fresh one . It had a very solidly built feel ,real quality like a post 2006 Yaris /Golf etc ...heavy door clunk ,door handles that didnt feel as if you could rip them off -unlike many cars eg latest Quashquai .Alas for a Fiat fan that was largely where the positives end .OK so it could handle a 45mph/70kmh sweeping bend in a pretty impressive fashion as well .The subwoofer under the drivers seat was cool too



Here comes the rant :-( It ATE petrol on my two hour mixed -but plenty of motorway and very little urban-commute .The best I ever got was 43mpg and the worst about 36/37 so averaged 40/41 .For what it is this was unacceptable to me and I sold it inevitably losing around a couple of grand .A 2 litre Gti getting that(or even 106GTi etc-Sure i used get 40mpg plus in my aul Kadett GSi 16v which was a sub7 sec car ) is ok but a 1.4 litre 9 to 10 second 0-60 car ?!No thanks.The poor mpg was due to the stupidly low sixth gear which completely spoiled the car for me -3600rpm at 75? .It completely lacked the hooligan feel of the 1.1 Panda (and most other small Fiats eg 'centos)and would just 'plough on' on roundabouts which are normally a good test of cars tight handling .Some suggested I had a bad one but it was on good tyres and was laser tracked .(It would loose tracking at the sight of a pothole !)I had a loaner 1.1 Panda when it was in having a new sump after hitting a small grapefruit sized rock -it was LOW -and i didnt want to swap back .A standard Panda will delight on a wet roundabout carving a perfect track around it even if the wheels are spinning most of the way round .

The thing most hated about these is the tungsten(concrete would have been cosy relatively speaking!) hard rear suspension .Every speed ramp was a spine cruncher .(Ive driven all manner of low hard stuff eg lowered MX5 but this was plain stupid hard )
The 1.4 16v engine was just plain boring giving neither low down torque or red line urge instead just a 4500rpm gentle shove .
Now most rave about these and one driving instructor even speaks of passing a Ferrari 355 on a trackday in one .But it left me cold and broke in 2011 .My wife even reckons it shares the blame with Lehman Brothers for causing the recession .
Having said that at 1850 Im ALMOST tempted to not learn from my mistakes .Mind you it could be due a second pricey timing belt at 113k and I dont think the bushings were that tough either although I think theres a UK one on 150k miles plus .
Eh I think that covers it .Any questions ?!:-)

2011 ford fiesta diesel driving school edition

1500 eur

http://www.adverts.ie/22073686

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/skoda-superb-2-5-v6-automatic/26446284





V6 TDI Superb Elegance, same owner for the last 8 years, NCT til September 2021, €1350

Very rare as an original Irish example, only 2 previous owners too. Looks like it could be a nice car

Scaldy tax but it looks beautiful.

That Fiesta has 195k miles on the clock according to the NCT cert photo, not 195k km as stated in the advert. It also had an engine replacement. I have my suspicions as usually this a very good reason why something like that appears to be a bargain.

2011abc wrote: »

Jeez wouldnt want to wife to have a set of those if her phantom braking is anything to go by!

Weird to see a car where the passenger seat has more wear!

kaizersoze wrote: »

I'm sure they could be removed handy enough....No?

Yes

2005 ford focus dies3l with engine swap 180 bhp

1250 eur
http://www.adverts.ie/22076267

colm_mcm wrote: »

I’d say it’s just mapped, nice bit of test on it if it makes it to then

Maybe you right....
FORD FOCUS II (DA_, HCP, DP) 2.0 TDCI DIESEL HATCHBACK 98 KW 133 HP

Worried about clutch if remapped

kalkat2002 wrote: »

2005 ford focus dies3l with engine swap 180 bhp

1250 eur
http://www.adverts.ie/22076267

It's not necessarily an engine swap. The 2l Diesel engine in the mk4 Mondeo and Mk2 Focus was designed and built by Peugeot. It's considered a far better engine than Ford's own oil burners of that era, (like the 1.8l with the wet belt the costs $$$ to change). That's probably the message the seller is trying to get across.

KevRossi wrote: »

Audi A2 1.4 TDi. 15 months NCT, €1250.

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/audi-a2-2004-1-4-l-diesel-tdi/26296461

Already been linked about 2 weeks back
Surprised it hasn't sold tbh as not many of them around

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

This looks nice, 2.0T (210 bhp?) 9-3 estate with low miles and NCT til May 2021, €1999

Link doesn't work. Here the correct one: https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/saab-9-3-2008-vector-estate-low-mileage/26463401