BANGERNOMICS (sub3k) of the week/day Part 7

Diesel I'd imagine I think the smallest petrol was 1.8, I could be wrong. They're a very comfortable car.

Very specific on the engine capacity too.... down to about 30 digits after the decimal point, just in case you were in any doubt. 🙂

Them 607's are super comfortable!!!!

Gone already. What year was it?

I wish cars still depreciated like that. I bought a 6 year old Saab 9-5 in 2012 for 6 grand. The way things have gone since I'll never own anything under 13 years again 😭

Happened to a neighbour of my father's too, a 607 as well, he drove it until old age put him off the road. I don't know where it ended up but he minded it like a baby.

I had one briefly and wasn't overly fond of it to drive (it was fine, just a bit boring and detached), but that is a lovely looking car.

True, but the running costs, maintenance and reliability will be much better on the Toyota. A gearbox or engine fault could easily make the Mercedes an economical write off. High tax and high repair bills are usually why cars like this are so cheap.

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/mercedes-c180k-auto-nct-02-24/37142956

E class gone !

C class with 636 road tax

That's like saying a bike is a good option until it's not. The leaf does what it does. Why would you expect it to do anything else? I wouldn't expect my cat to empty the dishwasher.

The point is that unless it's purely a local runabout the severely limited range EV works but then, why would someone buy such restricted vehicle when a cheap petrol car can do much, 700-800 kms vs 80 kms or less and fill up in 3 mins vs 7 ish hrs, maybe 4 if the Leaf has the 6.6 Kw charger or 30-50 mins at a fast charger if it's not in use then if it is could be 1-2 hrs wait before you get to charge.

I'm sure someone will buy it that wants to try electric cars for the first time and has access to a 2nd car.

God, this ‘well a cheap EV can’t do everything an ICE car can’ argument needs to get in the bin. It’s tiresome at this stage.

@LIGHTNING @L1011 can we make it a forum rule that anyone making this boring argument gets a 24 hour ban? This shhh has derailed this thread a few times now.

Yeah, as I said the low range EV is good as a 2nd car but I don't see the issue replacing a clutch if the car is in otherwise good condition ?

Must be a big engine old CC car to worry about 3 months motor tax ?

yeah sounds like an option, Rent, inconvenient for me, I just want a car that is not inconvenient, I did the EV thing for nearly 10 years but wouldn't if I hadn't had access to an ICE car, this is what I'm talking about, the missus has Outlander Diesel, I drove the EV, we took the Diesel on the longer trips because I got sick of the hassle and so did she. In fact, it was a waste having a long range EV because the extra range wasn't really of much use because even though the 77 Kwh ID3 has 350 odd kms "real" range it's not good enough and charges sh*t slow and wasn't worth a cent come trade in, I couldn't trade it in in the end so went back to the finance company under the half rule who sent it to auction.

My advice to anyone considering EV is to think carefully before paying much more for longer range EV if you have access to ICE at home because I found it wasn't worth any more at trade in.

I wouldn't have EV and ICE car and then swap between the 2 that's mad, I'd just keep the car that can do everything I need, saving money on fuel is nothing if you are only doing mostly short trips it's not a huge deal.

The outlander needed slave cylinder and threw a clutch in while the gearbox was out, + full service and Dif oil change and it cost 1600 Euro, the car is a 2015, 110 Miles, U.K import, and it will go for another 110 Miles easily, she did have to replace the ECU costing 2K a couple of years back, this can happen any car I suppose but still a lot cheaper than buying a new or couple of year old car.

What looks like a nice clean well looked after car

Last owner has it over 9 years. I wouldn't be a fan of the tinted windows or LED bulb conversion but still a good clean looking car for decent money. Listed at 2495, but surely it could be bought for close to 2k. Only issue is the radio/entertainment system seems to have packed in

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/audi-a6-c6-2-0-tfsi/37293811