BANGERNOMICS (sub2k) of the week/day Part 6

bear1 wrote: »

Jesus I had the same. You had to pretty much guess and feed the gear change.
Never bothered repairing it as I got used to it.

Dial a gear, reverse was a nightmare, was great crack seeing someone else trying to drive it:pac: (Fiat 128)

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/seat-leon-1-4-nct-and-tax/25823634

Clean looking Seat Leon NCT end of Feb & tax end of April. Don't know much about these but if bought for around 500 , it would tide you over. Will the Covid extension apply to the NCT?.

T.

ek motor wrote: »

Had a 2 litre 1998 156 , the redline was 8500ish rpm
. Fun to drive

They're a grand revy engine but they'll not do 8500rpm. I think limiter is around 7k or a bit below.

In the market for a starter car lads as just recently passed my full licence, have 1 year no claims bonus as named driver under my belt so any banger recommendations? Would that focus posted above be worth it?

scottigael wrote: »

In the market for a starter car lads as just recently passed my full licence, have 1 year no claims bonus as named driver under my belt so any banger recommendations? Would that focus posted above be worth it?

Bear in mind that the annual tax for that Focus is a €570 and not the €385 listed in the advert.

fonecrusher1 wrote: »

Wheels are in bits, gutless 1.4, nct due in a few weeks time and its one of the more ugly cars Ford have made in the last 20 yrs imo.

My bad, for some reason I thought it had 1 years NCT. 2021 just a few weeks away

T.

scottigael wrote: »

In the market for a starter car lads as just recently passed my full licence, have 1 year no claims bonus as named driver under my belt so any banger recommendations? Would that focus posted above be worth it?

If you mean this one;

fonecrusher1 wrote: »

If it had to be a 10+ yr old cheap Ford I'd rather go for a Focus. Something like this https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/ford-focus-2009-1-4-new-nct-1-22-170km-taxed/26733207

It was purchased by a dealer on 22/10/2020, but is selling it on DoneDeal as a Private Seller. Have someone look at the car before you buy it.

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Check with mates on who they're insured with, and ring their insurance companies to see what you can get insured on.

scottigael wrote: »

In the market for a starter car lads as just recently passed my full licence, have 1 year no claims bonus as named driver under my belt so any banger recommendations? Would that focus posted above be worth it?

Kot very powerful, but my lad had one as a first car like yourself a year or 2 ago, and wss ideal - was (relatively) easy to insure, good deal less than an Auris or Golf of similar age. Simple wagon, reliable enough too.

Motor insurance in particular can seem to work in a peculiar manner. The Actuaries set rates based on the accident/ claim rates for particular models also - almost the computer says yes, computer says no type scenario if you will. All the while companies will target certain demographics/ try to build or scale back their book which can figure in it all. Most of us have probably being in a situation where someone said to you to try such and such company, they were by far the best for me. When you try them it may well be the case that they are the worst for you.

Re that Focus though on the face of it I would not be too keen to get into a Ford having that high a mileage on it. Certainly without a fully documented, on time every time service history. I base that on experience of Fords in the wider family and friends. High mileage never tended to be kind to them. Like that and everything else though it could be down to bad lack or all of them per chance having had a poor life.

A banger update:

https://touch.adverts.ie/car/seat/leon/seat-leon-12-months-tax-bargain/21637396

Bought for 650. It flew through the NCT last week. No work done yet, just an airbag sensor that needs doing asap. I think you can always spot a decent car from the advert and a quick chat with the owner over the phone. We called about a few cars that week and it is pretty easy to spot the jokers vs. a decent honest seller.

The car also came with all the service and repair receipts over its 15 year life. An enjoyable read if you are into that sort of thing - also another great sign of an honest car and seller.

A great second car and one for the dog. Love that fact you can buy, tax and NCT a car for the price of a decent phone!

dublin runner wrote: »

A banger update:

https://touch.adverts.ie/car/seat/leon/seat-leon-12-months-tax-bargain/21637396

Bought for 650. It flew through the NCT last week. No work done yet, just an airbag sensor that needs doing asap. I think you can always spot a decent car from the advert and a quick chat with the owner over the phone. We called about a few cars that week and it is pretty easy to spot the jokers vs. a decent honest seller.

The car also came with all the service and repair receipts over its 15 year life. An enjoyable read if you are into that sort of thing - also another great sign of an honest car and seller.

A great second car and one for the dog. Love that fact you can buy, tax and NCT a car for the price of a decent phone!

Jeez that looks tidy alright. Well wear.

Notch000 wrote: »

is that he same engine as the 1.4 in a golf mk4 ? My brother ran one for year, it was soo gutless i wasnt sure there wasnt somehting actually wrong with it. used tons of oil too, V nice car on the eye tho, good buy

Jesus

A strange one i've noticed with that era of petrol vag is running 2 sepearate coolant temp sensors, one for the ecu and another for the dash. The ecu sensor regularly fails but only throws a code on very decent scanners, or vagcom on a laptop, leaving the engine fuel mix set to stone cold all the time. Running rich like that for a long time wrecks the engine and the cat. It's the same on the diesels but it doesn't cause the same problems.