BANGERNOMICS (sub3k) of the week/day Part 7

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/toyota-corolla-1-4-55-000-miles-nct-amp-tax/28141709?campaign=3



Tiny mileage (55k) Corolla saloon with test til November and tax til August, FSH and 1 previous owner, €1390

Looks nice. This fella always has nice cars like this

Has Luna badge, but isn’t one.
Devalues it!

TommyGun2017 wrote: »

Despite what I've read about them reliability wise, I cant help like this 407 priced at €975

New NCT until 5/22
More reliable 2.0hdi
Cheap tax at €400
Heated leather, cruise. Think these high spec UK ones came with sat nav and xenons too.

Boot looks like its had a knock? Anyway, a nice yoke to cruise along at 120km/h

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/peugeot-407/27985976?campaign=14

That one is great value- nice spec, decent big safe car and a years test- what more would you want for under €1k? Also it’s the 2.0l which was infinitely better than the flaky 1.6

I'd have the 407 out of them 3. The 407 has something that the Corolla and Audi do not have Character and soul.

CoBo55 wrote: »

Alright alright we get it, you're a Peugeot fanboy, well you're certainly unique....

I love Peugeot too, though the 407 wasn’t exactly their finest hour- their early 2000s to 2010 stuff is best forgotten but they now have one of the most competitive mainstream ranges- still for under €1k there’s nothing wrong with that- lot of car for the money

The 206 gets slated but why did/do so many of them survive? I still see lots of them about, 15-20 years old at this stage.
The 107 was/is a platform share with the Toyota Aygo so I guess they shared a lot of parts.

CharlieCroker wrote: »

Do 206's still survive? I can't remember the last time I saw one. Most of them have chewed through their back axle by now.

For a car that sold in such large numbers, there's only 50 of them on Donedeal and most of them look as rough as a badger's ar5e

There’s three in my estate alone! I see them all the time, disappearing now faster though. My brothers gf had one up to a few years ago, scrapped it for a new 208 which is a lovely car to be fair. The garage didn’t even scrap if after- it was still knocking about as a cheap runabout!
That’s a lot- they haven’t been available new for 15 years!

punisher5112 wrote: »

206 all the girls wanted.....

Now it's the fiat 500

At least the Fiat 500 has some redeeming qualities.

Back to that 407 above, at that money it's disposable if/when it goes bang. It's got the better 2.0 engine and probably the best spec I've ever seen on a 407. Leather was an expensive factory option on the Irish market (€2500 iirc in 2008).

90% sold here were the 1.6 ST/Solaire.

punisher5112 wrote: »

A 206 the pedals were way too close exactly like the 106....

The pedals in the 500 are ok but by God is it cramped, I can't sit in it at all, she has one.

Drove an abarth one recently and my left knee was in bits after 10 minutes from rubbing off the centre console

I was all set to buy a 206 when they came out. Couldn’t drive it.

Probably for the best.

punisher5112 wrote: »

Best idea, was friends with a lad that bought one, don't know why he did he was 6foot 3.... He bought it new, hub caps and all :-) couldn't believe it...

They were very stylish when they came out. Reeled a lot of people in I’d imagine

I remember the 206 having really good residual values and was something that Peugeot pushed in their newspaper ads at the time. I drove one for a few hours years ago when my sister had one briefly. Not woeful but the spacing of the pedals was dangerous! Haven't seen one in a long while

colm_mcm wrote: »

I was all set to buy a 206 when they came out. Couldn’t drive it.

Probably for the best.

punisher5112 wrote: »

Best idea, was friends with a lad that bought one, don't know why he did he was 6foot 3.... He bought it new, hub caps and all :-) couldn't believe it...

TommyGun2017 wrote: »

I remember the 206 having really good residual values and was something that Peugeot pushed in their newspaper ads at the time. I drove one for a few hours years ago when my sister had one briefly. Not woeful but the spacing of the pedals was dangerous! Haven't seen one in a long while

Shared a 106 with my sister and when I was away in Oz she got a 206 for herself. She had it years [still on street view from 2009], but I hated driving it. The pedals as said everywhere were awfully dangerous. Everything about the driving position was uncomfortable for me too. And I have spent more time in the missus' K12 Micra the last 3 years than I care to remember.

I even hated the weird lump and jump the wipers did.

That being said, the facelifted still looks fresh after all these years.

Toyotafanboi wrote: »

Yeah that looks great for the money!

Tell us more about the Celica :pac:

yours looks in better nick body wise from what I've seen tbf . Bought in September last year and, despite working from home and not really needing a car, I've put the guts of 10k miles on it. Enjoyable oul yoke, even in 140 form. be interested to hear your own thoughts

TommyGun2017 wrote: »

Anyway, another bangernomics favourite:

1.8 petrol Civic, NCT 02/22, Heated leather up front. I love a sub 2k car with nice spec. This one is looking for €1,450. I'll likely go for one of these when the Celica dies.

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/honda-civic-brand-new-nct-03-2022-2-x-keys/28116909

That looks a fantastic example.

One bug bear of mine though. He has the mileage wrong. He says in the ad 152k km. Dash reads 250k km which translates to about 155k miles. So could be just a mix up but something to question him on if someone goes to look at it.