BANGERNOMICS (sub2k) of the week/day Part 6

gussieg wrote: »

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/toyota-yaris-verso/27833914
lovely looking yoke , surprised its still there

I would prefer to look at one of them or even drive one than the last generation Nissan Micra. An absolutely horrendous looking yoke. I turn away anytime I see one coming and look for something nicer to look at. The shame in driving one of them. I am not talking about the current one which is a really good car but the one that was out before it.

Definitely the right call there so. Scrap value is all its worth.

Chain most likely stretched after years of neglect.

What sort of a yoke are ya looking for?

There's betterthan that generation of micra to be had anyways.

Looking for cheapest motoring i can get at the min long story! Yeah id be thinking it was a coil pack as he said it was running fine before parking up but without my diagnostic cant be certain but the timing chains do stretch very easily on that particular generation of nissan!

If chain is gone you wil get cam crank sensor fault or out of sync, multiple random misfire, if coil pack would be usually misfire on certain cylinder

CoBo55 wrote: »

None of that tally’s with the excess smoke on the fail sheet, it’s either a blown head gasket or a completely worn out engine, broken piston ring etc. Anyway, it’s somebody else’s problem now.

I know but it had 0 smoke out of it when was there not black or blue,white. Coolant full and bright red, It was a strange one as you dont see that fail tacked onto petrol cars that often. Yeah he wont get what he is asking, if it ran ok I would have been off with it.

https://www.donedeal.ie/view/27822984
Honda Civic 1.8 petrol

https://www.donedeal.ie/view/27854438
Toyota Corolla 1.4 D4D 2006

Went and viewed these two today.

Corolla was batterd wouldnt mind that too much but the driver side quater where the light goes on was fairly drove in. That aside there was no oil on the dipstick tried three times just to be sure, the dipstick was covered in a substance like tar but no oil present. Guy said a mechanic looked over it only two days previously and said it was perfect! Engine bay also screamed serious neglect left it there.

The civic was filthy inside and out, engine was sweet, windscreen was cracked and wasn't taxed until September as stated in add. Id get over the two shocks and the rest but the clutch was almost gone so didn't purchase that either seller kept saying he has a guy coming from dublin tomorrow giving him the asking so i said best of luck and thanks for leaving me view it.

yamaha4life wrote: »

https://www.donedeal.ie/view/27822984
Honda Civic 1.8 petrol

https://www.donedeal.ie/view/27854438
Toyota Corolla 1.4 D4D 2006

Went and viewed these two today.

Corolla was batterd wouldnt mind that too much but the driver side quater where the light goes on was fairly drove in. That aside there was no oil on the dipstick tried three times just to be sure, the dipstick was covered in a substance like tar but no oil present. Guy said a mechanic looked over it only two days previously and said it was perfect! Engine bay also screamed serious neglect left it there.

The civic was filthy inside and out, engine was sweet, windscreen was cracked and wasn't taxed until September as stated in add. Id get over the two shocks and the rest but the clutch was almost gone so didn't purchase that either seller kept saying he has a guy coming from dublin tomorrow giving him the asking so i said best of luck and thanks for leaving me view it.

Look out for an avensis 05-07 1.6 hassle free and cheap to repair plenty of parts in breakers if you want a cheap comfortable reliable auld yoke .
I picked up an 06 last year with over 300k for 420 euro no nct but i drove it and it passed the nct no problem.
They are not a complicated machine to work on anyway
Sold it on after 6months and the fella is still going strong in it i see it every day

You aint going anywhere fast in one but it will start and go 99% of the time.
People cant sell them bar fellas buying them for export


This one is even in waterford taxed until end of july and tested till november cheap motoring .Owner paid for a full years tax which is always a good sign few marks but still and current owner since september 18
https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/toyota-avensis/27839312?campaign=14

yamaha4life wrote: »

https://www.donedeal.ie/view/27822984
Honda Civic 1.8 petrol

The civic was filthy inside and out, engine was sweet, windscreen was cracked and wasn't taxed until September as stated in add. Id get over the two shocks and the rest but the clutch was almost gone so didn't purchase that either seller kept saying he has a guy coming from dublin tomorrow giving him the asking so i said best of luck and thanks for leaving me view it.

A term from selling tractors "off the land" applies to that Honda!

Doublebusy wrote: »

@yamaha4life... How desperate are you - check out this chevy
https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/chevrolet-lacetti-1-4-elite-nct-02-22-t-belt-done/27074854

Would anyone on here drive it.. I know of one that was used as a run about in a car parts shop and the thing couldn't be stopped

They have an opel astra engine as fair as I remember i did a head gasket on one at work one time, the waterpump is how you set the timing belt tension. Wasnt a bad car by any stretch suit people who just see cars like an appliance if you get me just to do the one job grand runaround.

Tax on that is on co2 €570 compared to €385, i had a daewoo lanos before for a short time but had the older opel engine again couldn't fault it very reliable. Bit thirsty though.

Im not at the desperate stage yet i posted up the cars earlier just in case anyone else on here had interest in them might save the trouble. The honda would be a nice car tidied up but i just don't have the motivation but thats another story altogether.

So are you looking for a car or not?

You seem to view way more cars than you should for someone who isn't really looking

wonski wrote: »

So are you looking for a car or not?

You seem to view way more cars than you should for someone who isn't really looking

Yes i am looking for a car, i have a lot of constraints at the moment but I wouldn't like to put them up on a public message board, i sold my car about 2/3 weeks ago and living rural having only one car in the household now can be a real pain!

I didn't realise there was a set limit of cars you can view lol

yamaha4life wrote: »

Yes i am looking for a car, i have a lot of constraints at the moment but I wouldn't like to put them up on a public message board, i sold my car about 2/3 weeks ago and living rural having only one car in the household now can be a real pain!

I didn't realise there was a set limit of cars you can view lol

I just think you need to lower expectations at that end of the market.

A good bit of nct, brakes, tires, suspension that isn't falling apart is a must. Anything else is extra.

wonski wrote: »

I just think you need to lower expectations at that end of the market.

A good bit of nct, brakes, tires, suspension that isn't falling apart is a must. Anything else is extra.

I don't have high expectations! I've been buying and selling cars with 15 years. At this end of the market your going to see a lot more lemons than gems.

If your referring to my opinion on how a lacetti, avensis, lanos and similar are joyless cars to drive thats just my opinion doesn't mean there not a good car for getting from a to b. Jezz i drove an almera for a year up and down to work compared to my alfa it was a soulless machine but got me up and down the country just fine for €200 the nct test put it to car heaven after a tester decided to make swiss cheese out of both sills very violently with a screwdriver!

wotzgoingon wrote: »

That happened me but they done it to the chassis rail. I honestly to this day still think he forcefully busted through as I was looking at it after the holes were busted through and it was still solid steel.

Not the first time this has happened, a family member of my ex had a metro turbo fully restored top to bottom, it went for its first test since the resto and he saw the tester attacking the under side of his pride and joy through the window. He said he ran around into the test area and gave yer man serious abuse! He said he lodged a complaint as-well afterwards.

Id be fairly pissed too if i spent €€€€'s on a classic for a cnut to be chipping away the underseal etc with a screwdriver causing more harm than good. You could eat your dinner off the underside of the car so i don't understand how in his case the tester would even think to put a screwdriver to it.

alias no.9 wrote: »

A 12 year old Korean reheat of a 20 year old Opel with a bit of cheap US branding... not knocking it if it were reasonably priced but it's not a €1k car, or if it is a €1k car, bangernomics is dead.

Its a nct'd sub 1k car located in waterford next to yamaha4life who needs a runabout.
Go away for yourself and look for suitable suggestions for a bangernomics waterford located car. It definitely wouldn't be top of my list to run out the door and buy but Y4L isnt blessed with many options where he is.


As i said make a suggestion with your criticism it will go a lot further