Turbolounge wrote: » Is super low mileage necessarily a good thing on older cars? I've always been wary stuff like this, as it may have been sitting for some time.
Duke O Smiley wrote: » https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/saab-9-5-2004-full-history-only-25-000-miles/28271765 1 owner 9-5 2.0t with 25k miles and 13 service stamps, NCT til February 2022 and tax til September of this year, €2000 This is absolutely lovely.
2ndcoming wrote: » Why would anyone get a car serviced 13 times in the first 25,000 miles? Just strikes me as odd.
donvito99 wrote: » https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/volvo-s40-just-passed-nct-test/28256875 Nice colour, nice interior. Petrol. Swedish. €1,650
Duke O Smiley wrote: » That wood trim and leather colour does look very “Ikea” alright!
CoBo55 wrote: » What would the tax be being a petrol?
DeepBlue wrote: » €636
CoBo55 wrote: » Sore enough, would put many buyers off if they think of looking before buying.
Murph85 wrote: » Being put off by 636 motor tax is laughable , given many will be happy driving balls of crap in comparison and dont consider depreciation a cost...
CoBo55 wrote: » No it isn't, 636 is a lot to pay in tax especially when someone sees the 08 plate and assumes it's cheap tax. A lot of people don't understand how the co2 based system actually works and just see it as cheap and dear tax 07 versus 08.
bazz26 wrote: » Talking about depreciation in a bangernomics thread is just as laughable.
Sam Russell wrote: » Interesting point. A Mazda MX5 is a good example of the vagaries of the tax. A Mazda Mx5 1.8 l for 2007 pays a tax of €560 on engine capacity but a 2008 1.8l pays €750 on CO2, but a 2009 1.8 l pays €570 on CO2. They reduced the CO2 value in the 2009 version by improving the engine bringing the rate below the threshold. Prior to 2009 the 1.8 l engine CO2 was 174, but from 2009 on it is 167. Those few CO2 mg on the emissions basis makes the road tax jump from €570 to €750. On the other hand, go for the MX5 ND 1.5l which has a CO2 figure of 139 mg which gives a road tax of €240. A much better choice altogether.
CoBo55 wrote: » That's exactly it, not made any easier if the seller takes the expired tax disc out of the window. There was a Audi A6 multichronic on a dealers lot locally that was in the 570 bracket they kept dropping the price until it eventually shifted but it took a long time. People just don't like paying tax on their car. I've seen people spending big money changing perfectly good cars just to get the cheap tax. 13 years down the road it isn't happening as often thankfully.
Cheensbo wrote: » People love it, pay €400/month to avoid paying €200/qtr on tax, some people just really hate tax, like hate it to the point that they'll spend multiples of it per year just to avoid it.
Sam Russell wrote: » Also, go for a big diesel SUV to get the low tax, and do 2,000 km per year going to the shops and driving the kids the 2 km to their school and blow the DPF in the engine because it needs motorway driving to get it to stay clean. Italian tune ups have their place, but diesels on the school run do not.
positron wrote: » Nice looking Alfa Romeo asking €1650. Long NCT as well.
