CHEAPO-ECO-MANIACS (sub-500euro)

2002 Carisma with relatively low mileage and NCT till October 21 for €325

http://https://www.donedeal.ie/view/26811520 Mitsubishi carisma nctd

https://www.donedeal.ie/view/26811520

BOSTIK wrote: »

2002 Carisma with relatively low mileage and NCT till October 21 for €325

http://https://www.donedeal.ie/view/26811520 Mitsubishi carisma nctd

https://www.donedeal.ie/view/26811520

AS dull as a knee in the back but that's a fine reliable motor for that money.

Be gone the mara.

AMKC wrote: »

In great condition that. It's a pity do that the revamped version both inside and out never looked as nice as the pre revamp version. A great car for the price do at least it looks it as long as it has been looked after and not in any crashes.
My parents came close to buying one but the salesman was terrible.

Such a bizarre facelift. Ruined it. Wasn't a bad looking boredom-box beforehand.

lalababa wrote: »

Was just looking up cars for sale in France as I'll be working there for a year. The prices (and valuations)are almost the opposite than here!
The old cars are expensive and the new cars are cheap.
My 05 corsa that I have here would be around 700 euros...in France its at least 3 times the price @2100.
And new cars are like 20% cheaper over there!

There's the odd LHD car for sale here at times. Why not scope out bringing one over with you and making a few quid?

TommyGun2017 wrote: »

2004 Mazda 2, fresh NCT till 02/22. Thoroughly decent runaround at a price of €500 and likely some wiggle room too. Wouldn't work as a first car due to age but even so. At this price point, small and Japanese is the way to go.

Where's the link for this?

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/toyota-yaris-very-low-mileage-long-nct/27868310



Yaris with NCT til February 2022 for €300 (says he'll take 250)

Chain a bit noisy. I guess if you got even three months out of it you'd be doing alright?

BOSTIK wrote: »

https://www.donedeal.ie/view/28351330

https://www.donedeal.ie/view/28351330

2006 Mazda 3, 240km on clock.
NCT till March 2022, now asking €450

Might be OK, not the worst looking yoke for the price.

Gone

kalkat2002 wrote: »

2003 skoda octavia tdi

500 eur

http://www.adverts.ie/24117711

Bloody great spot.

That octavia was bought a few months ago. The previous owner had it years. And it seemed well minded.

Duke o smiley posted it in the bangernomics thread at 800 I think. it eventually price dropped to 500 and was marked sold after about a week at that.

Could be a grand buy.

job seeker wrote: »

Would ye think that the 342k miles put off many joe soaps from buying that Octavia?

I'm referring to the Irish mentality that some people wrongly think that something with 200k miles is ready for the scrapyard.

I'd say you could put up another 160k+ miles on that Octavia easily.

I recall seen a video on Youtube some time back now of two identical engine's that were taken apart. One in a car with 65,000 miles that was serviced poorly if hardly at all and one with 165,000 miles that was serviced and maintained very well. The internals of the engine with 65,000 miles looked horrendous compared to that of the engine with 165,000 miles on it which seemed to have more wear on the components.

Your probably right, that kind of mileage would totally put off your average joe soap but at the end of the day its a €500 car with almost a years NCT....Things sometimes need to be put in perspective too. If money was tight and I needed a bit of a workhorse to keep me going a while and car generally checked out ok on a once over I certainly would.

The other side of it is that its important to remember that there are other mechanical ancillaries that are seldom serviced/ replaced in the normal course of events and subject to wear and tear from more use too, such as alternator's, starter motors, power steering pumps, wiper motors, gearboxes (often not serviced even by those who keep on top of their servicing better than others). Horses for courses, if the outlay was much bigger and the mileage was colossal I'd probably be less likely to take a chance unless the money was right accordingly to persuade me to take that chance. Depends on the car too, some can simply take the mileage better than others all other factors being equal. I don't like this mentality though that a car is automatically scrap after X miles. That's too broad and sweeping a generalisation.

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/skoda-felicia-nct-05-22-tax-09-21/28498589



1.3 Felicia estate with NCT til May 2022 and tax til September, €385

Not glamorous, but cheap!

Not even 1 airbag in that Felica. Looks just like on Octavia MK1 from the front. It is an estate version too. Could suit someone on here. A simple basic car.

Oops! wrote: »

Just by looking at the angle of that photo i thought it was a Mk1 Octavia!

You would do even do if they were both beside each other you would see the Octavia is a bit more detailed and more too it but still very similar.

kalkat2002 wrote: »

2006 hyundai sonata diesel auto

400 eur

http://www.adverts.ie/24227058

Great spot. €370.gets it. NCT Sept21. A v fine car in its day, like the Galant. Not as sexy as the Galant was, but v respectable motor.

I've a soft spot for those Sonatas. Nice cars but very thirsty