FIXERUPPER of the week/day

26000 Elephants · 22-04-2021 5:16pm

2011 Skoda Octavia in need of a bit of fettling. Doesn't seem to be a PSV, so if it doesn't need an abs pump or controller rather than a sensor, is it a bargain?

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(I havent looked at it yet, but seems straight.)

MEGA BRO WOLF 5000 · 22-04-2021 6:31pm

That's a lot of bodily fluids on those seats.

26000 Elephants · 23-04-2021 3:29pm

MEGA BRO WOLF 5000 wrote: »

That's a lot of bodily fluids on those seats.

Usual VAG owner effluent.

0lddog · 23-04-2021 5:52pm

26000 Elephants wrote: »

2011 Skoda Octavia in need of a bit of fettling....

'Capital Trade Sales' selling it.......indeed

If it was any good why wouldnt they get off their backsides sort the trivia and get a new test ( would be 2 year ? )

I wouldnt...even if its great... its from a lazy dealer

User1998 · 23-04-2021 5:56pm

0lddog wrote: »

'Capital Trade Sales' selling it.......indeed

If it was any good why wouldnt they get off their backsides sort the trivia and get a new test ( would be 2 year ? )

I wouldnt...even if its great... its from a lazy dealer

Its Capital Motors selling the car as a trade sale. They are a decent garage. I’ve seen them sell cars worth €100k so they obviously don’t want/need the hassle of fixing a 10 year old car worth €2k

Nothing lazy there imo

CianRyan · 23-04-2021 6:00pm

Yeah, capitol deal in fancier stuff that an old Octavia. BMW I8, Nissan R34 Skyline etc. Have been on their lot in the last few months.
A sales man I worked with moved there at one point, not sure if he's still in there though.

26000 Elephants · 23-04-2021 6:46pm

0lddog wrote: »

'Capital Trade Sales' selling it.......indeed

If it was any good why wouldnt they get off their backsides sort the trivia and get a new test ( would be 2 year ? )

I wouldnt...even if its great... its from a lazy dealer

It's clearly not "great" - it's a fixerupper being punted on to the trade. Just wondering if theres money in it. I'm in Dublin tomorrow to pick up another car so I might swing by and have a closer look. In the end, I think the bodywork will let it down, but let's see. I've a line of fellas looking for that sort of sh*te

Duke O Smiley · 23-04-2021 8:29pm

The great thing about those “trade sale” ads is that if you know what you’re doing you can often get lucky with a very cheeky offer on whatever it is on offer. Dealers often just want stuff like this out of the way and the first wave of cash under their noses does the trick

CianRyan · 23-04-2021 10:03pm

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

The great thing about those “trade sale” ads is that if you know what you’re doing you can often get lucky with a very cheeky offer on whatever it is on offer. Dealers often just want stuff like this out of the way and the first wave of cash under their noses does the trick

Spot on, they didn't take it in to make profit on it, that profit was already built into the price of the sale.
At this level anyway.

johndaman66 · 23-04-2021 10:26pm

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/2010-octavia-1-6-elegance-model-mint-condition/27924228

For the extra €500 I think the one above seems to represent much better value for money even if it is a year older (mileage is on a par between the two). Looks a lot more tidy and good to go (assuming it wasn't tarted up to the nth degree). I think it's a better spec too (not too well up on VW/ Skoda spec's but think Elegance is fairly up there).

Anyway I know its not the purpose of the thread to be posting cars such as this - was just posting it to draw a comparison between the two, for anyone who may have being thinking they would be quids in from buying the silver one, putting a few quid into fixing and tidying it up and shifting it on.

Top Dog · 24-04-2021 9:43am

johndaman66 wrote: »

I think it's a better spec too (not too well up on VW/ Skoda spec's but think Elegance is fairly up there).

For that model the trim levels, in ascending order, were -
Classic
Ambiente
Elegance
Laurent & Klement
VRS

colm_mcm · 24-04-2021 10:47am

[PEDANT]VRS is a UK-only spec. They’re called RS everywhere else[/PEDANT]

26000 Elephants · 24-04-2021 12:07pm

johndaman66 wrote: »

For the extra €500 I think.

I'll take that €500 and whatever I can wrangle for the year, thanks!

Duke O Smiley · 02-06-2021 9:12pm

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/nissan-cube-1-4/28321127

Koob with NCT til February 2022 and tax til June, needs a radiator (apparently), €400

Definitely would

CianRyan · 02-06-2021 9:19pm

I can't believe they sold a model without a radio in 2003. That's wild.

colm_mcm · 01-07-2021 10:02pm

Cool old Clio

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/clio-1-2-rn/26790058

Duke O Smiley · 06-07-2021 12:22pm

Paging ba_barabus..

https://www.donedeal.ie/vintagecars-for-sale/1998-renault-megane-1-6-automatic-tax-3-22/28593304

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1.6 auto phase 1, 56k miles, 9 months tax, €695

bear1 · 19-09-2021 6:47pm

Thoughts?

https://touch.adverts.ie/car/saab/95/2007-saab-9-5/24793424

Murph85 · 29-09-2021 11:13am

Roughly what would it cost to get rear door and arch sorted? probably very little or no money, in trying to flip it?

Magown3 · 02-10-2021 7:58am

It's worth saving but looks to be a lot of work.

https://www.donedeal.ie/view/28889130

BX 1.9 petrol a rare find

zapata · 01-11-2021 9:27pm

If there anyone out there

Never mind. Sold today. This site used to be good until they changed format.

Magown3 · 23-01-2022 7:28am

Nice wagon with "cheap" tax if you're handy with the spanners and the seller is being truthful

https://www.donedeal.ie/view/30189779

Saab

Magown3 · 23-01-2022 7:32am

Thoughts on this one?

1.8T not starting!

https://www.donedeal.ie/view/30026693

2002 AUDI TT QUATTRO

mickdw · 23-01-2022 7:12pm

Looking for far too much.

If it was a 225 and the non starting is proven to be not an engine issue, it's worth something.

As it is, it will go for 500 I'd say.

23-01-2022 7:16pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118519994#Comment_118519994

you'll find it on facebook and learn a bit about the seller.

Mini850 · 12-12-2022 3:14pm

Hi all,

I have a fixerupper for sale possibly. Its a B6 Passat 1.9 TDI

saloon with 315k km on the clock.

My daily driver up until a couple of weeks ago.

I wouldn't mind some advice as to what its worth right now as is. NCT is out but booked in for Feb 5th. What I think it will need to pass the NCT is the back door drivers side looking at as for some reason, when I unlock the car it wont open from the outside, until I open it from the inside. Then it will open from the outside no problem 🤷‍♂️ Anyway I would hope to have that sorted for the test but it does have other things it needs sorting from a walk around by myself, listed below.

Needs a service

Timing belt is due very soon

Rear brake pads need replacing soon

Tyres are legal but fronts will need changing soon

Turbo is making a whistle/siren sound but has done since the day I took ownership 3 years ago, so dont know how much of an issue that is. Ive heard a few VW's make that noise

I see that these Passats are still getting decent money second hand. Assuming I would do the brake pads and and service myself, is it worth fixing and NCT'ing?? or the other questions, whats it worth as is??