Bangernomics car of the week/day - Part II

cadaliac · 15-08-2012 12:05PM

andyseadog wrote: »

there literally has to be a catch, that car is worth closer to twice that. i paid that sort of money for the glanza.

if thats genuine someone is going to be getting the bargain of the year.

Well, chances are that the car was "slightly" damaged. The paint seems to be lifting on the passenger side bumper and wing. Classic frontal damage and a botch paint job. The lacquer probably wasn't left dry for long enough or something along those lines. It happened me when I bought a passat from the UK. The bonnet had stone chips and the lacquer started to lift off the bonnet in big patches. I was told that the bonnet got a sh1t paint job - at some stage in its life.
That wing/bumper looks the same to me. That wouldn't put me off at all though.
Just because a wing and bumper were replaced/repaired/resprayed doesn't mean that the car took a heavy impact. A 10mph impact could do that. Either way i would be looking for paint stripped nuts under the bonnet and across the engine bay just in case.
I would be far more worried about the oil pump as previously mentioned.

andyseadog · 15-08-2012 12:12PM

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/3762204

9 months test, 2 months tax, bulletproof. but not too easy on the eyes.

CianRyan · 15-08-2012 02:34PM

Not sure if Bangernomics...
If you could grab it cheap then it'd be some buy.
Looks like a lovely clean car.

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Asking €2.5k looking for a quick sale in Dublin.

dgt · 15-08-2012 05:08PM

Diesel, NCT till March, 750

NCT till Jan, 600

This one ain't movin' cos it's petrol.... Someone give it a good home!

tuborg_man · 15-08-2012 10:31PM

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/3768633
cheap light and 150 euro,
citroen ax

fasttalkerchat · 15-08-2012 10:35PM

tuborg_man wrote: »

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/3768633
cheap light and 150 euro,
citroen ax

Where would you get the break cylinder to get it on the road?!

tuborg_man · 15-08-2012 10:38PM

ebay has them and I presume the local motor factors wouldn't have a problem getting one in.

martyc5674 · 15-08-2012 10:45PM

tuborg_man wrote: »

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/3768633
cheap light and 150 euro,
citroen ax

That's a grand car for someone on a budget, I'd drive it myself no hassle.

martyc5674 · 15-08-2012 10:54PM

Nice 03 stilo for 1000 if it's as good as it looks/says
http://www.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/3768765
Marty

andyseadog · 16-08-2012 01:03AM

cadaliac wrote: »

Well, chances are that the car was "slightly" damaged. The paint seems to be lifting on the passenger side bumper and wing. Classic frontal damage and a botch paint job. The lacquer probably wasn't left dry for long enough or something along those lines. It happened me when I bought a passat from the UK. The bonnet had stone chips and the lacquer started to lift off the bonnet in big patches. I was told that the bonnet got a sh1t paint job - at some stage in its life.
That wing/bumper looks the same to me. That wouldn't put me off at all though.
Just because a wing and bumper were replaced/repaired/resprayed doesn't mean that the car took a heavy impact. A 10mph impact could do that. Either way i would be looking for paint stripped nuts under the bonnet and across the engine bay just in case.
I would be far more worried about the oil pump as previously mentioned.

theres also a bit of crinkling over the drivers rear arch i think.

it wouldn't be the bodywork worrying me on that car though. LM says they are known for oil pump issues, i'm fairly sure they are known for having head trouble too. i'd fear the engine is ****ed in that aside from any tatty bosywork. in any case i'd say its cheap because its dogged and hiding something.

unkel · 16-08-2012 01:18AM

This thread has been disappointing for the last few weeks

cgal093 wrote: »

High end of the bangernomics budget but still;

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/3609292

:cool:

Cool? Alainstrainor nearly bought one of those but thankfully he changed his mind and got a proper car

I shall end my post here without going into any rant or insult people (hopefully

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andyseadog · 16-08-2012 01:25AM

i'l add fuel to the fire and say what makes the corolla un-"proper"?

it looks a bit low spec, but a nice car.

maidhc · 16-08-2012 08:04AM

andyseadog wrote: »

it wouldn't be the bodywork worrying me on that car though. LM says they are known for oil pump issues, i'm fairly sure they are known for having head trouble too. i'd fear the engine is ****ed in that aside from any tatty bosywork. in any case i'd say its cheap because its dogged and hiding something.

The 2ZZ/VVTLi engine is about as good an engine as going, and it doesn't suffer from the oil comsumption issues that many other VVTi's suffer from. Obviously anything can be broken, but there is nothing inherently wrong with the engine in that car.

It is a 10 year old car, with a 1.8 petrol engine. A 2002 Celica upon which it shares most of the drivetrain is worth similar money.

Sleepy · 16-08-2012 08:25AM

tuborg_man wrote: »

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/3768633
cheap light and 150 euro,
citroen ax

At that money, even I'd almost be tempted to pick up a Haynes manual for it and crack open the toolkit.

What's the worst case scenario? You throw another €100 at it and it fails the NCT leaving you having to scrap it. Could ya lose more than €150 on it?

bijapos · 16-08-2012 11:04AM

Sleepy wrote: »

At that money, even I'd almost be tempted to pick up a Haynes manual for it and crack open the toolkit.

What's the worst case scenario? You throw another €100 at it and it fails the NCT leaving you having to scrap it. Could ya lose more than €150 on it?

Worth a shot, a lot of the panels are plastic and it weighs well under a ton so not worth as much for scrap as you'd imagine. I had a C15 -the van version of an AX- when I was in France, excellent car, insanely good fuel economy, very simple mechanically, very reliable too, I know of one that was running perfect at 270,000km when it was written off.

If you do buy it and fix it and keep it for a couple of years it might well go up in value. Selling a car for more than what you paid for it is "Ultrabangernomics". :pac:

Top Dog · 16-08-2012 03:32PM

'02 Citroen C5 for €400? Ok its not the cleanest - but has test till January! Stick a toilet plunger on the passenger door to pop it out a little and away you go

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/3770588#

dgt · 16-08-2012 04:34PM

NCT 3 months, 1000

Has it been up before though...?

Would someone save this car...?

Saab Ed · 16-08-2012 06:31PM

Retro Bangernomics with a hint (hint) of chic. 500 notes and it'll never lose you a penny. A good one of these will only go up in value. New test to boot.

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/3771114

Saab Ed · 16-08-2012 06:34PM

Too expensive at the asking but the vendor is really chancing his arm. My bets are you'll take it home for 6-700 quid.

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/3699102

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colm_mcm · 16-08-2012 06:37PM

I wouldn't buy a spark plug off them.

Saab Ed · 16-08-2012 06:41PM

colm_mcm wrote: »

I wouldn't buy a spark plug off them.

I wouldnt buy a 10 grand,, 3 year old UK import of them with 40k on the clock and a warranty that might not be worth the paper its written on but .......this is just a part ex that they took in today. Anything thats hooky with it is up front. They just want to blow this out. Give it a grilling as you would with any older car then bid away

Alanstrainor · 16-08-2012 06:57PM

unkel wrote: »

This thread has been disappointing for the last few weeks

Cool? Alainstrainor nearly bought one of those but thankfully he changed his mind and got a proper car

I shall end my post here without going into any rant or insult people (hopefully )

Saw three of them, all wrecked!

colm_mcm · 16-08-2012 07:00PM

180 for 450

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/3772644

colm_mcm · 16-08-2012 07:01PM

05 407 petrol for €1950

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/3772633

colm_mcm · 16-08-2012 07:05PM

02 ZR105 for a grand

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/3772248

colm_mcm · 16-08-2012 07:07PM

04 monðeo zetec for €1550, has loads of test (2014)

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/3512895

Atlantic Dawn · 16-08-2012 07:46PM

colm_mcm wrote: »

04 monðeo zetec for €1550, has loads of test (2014)

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/3512895

Nice looking motor. Shame the guy went to the effort of carefully masking the number plates with plastic and leaves the 04D12911 number in the NCT disc visible

unkel · 16-08-2012 08:20PM

Decent enough '04 and '05 large saloons for well under 2k. That's a bit of a first!

95% depreciation in just 8 years time...

16-08-2012 08:35PM

Saab Ed wrote: »

Retro Bangernomics with a hint (hint) of chic. 500 notes and it'll never lose you a penny. A good one of these will only go up in value. New test to boot.

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/3771114

"NO TEXTS WILL BE REPLIED!" :pac:

Minister Boyce · 16-08-2012 10:09PM

I know I'm breaking all the bangernomics rules here but these are lovely lovely cars

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/3773604

500 squid for a complete gamble.

I thought a today fm sports presenter would drive a younger/fresher car..

Bangernomics car of the week/day - Part II

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