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Bangernomics car of the week/day - Part II

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  • #8552
    unkel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 60,117 ✭✭✭✭unkel


    I can see Matt Simis buying that and having it converted alright :)

    "Make no mistake. The days of the internal combustion engine are definitely numbered" - Quentin Willson, 1997



  • #8553
    langdang
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,851 ✭✭✭langdang


    Esel wrote: »
    "This car needs nothing" - apart from a new NCT. It's within the 3-month early period, and was done early the last time. Maybe, as langdang said, any car on sale with less than 3 months NCT left has probably already been put through and failed.

    Great price though, and if a good mechanic gave it the all-clear as is....
    Last tested 01 March 2011 as far as I can tell using Limerickman's suggestion back along.


  • #8554
    JohnBoy26
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,525 ✭✭✭JohnBoy26


    langdang wrote: »
    Last tested 01 March 2011 as far as I can tell using Limerickman's suggestion back along.
    As it was under ten years old when last tested it would of got the full two years, so being tested in march 2011 sounds about right.


  • #8555
    Seweryn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,491 ✭✭✭Seweryn


    bmwguy wrote: »
    A lad I know has a similar one for sale for a long time with absolutely no interest he is breaking it now, shame really its a lovely car. His real world mpg is only 8 though, which works out at 90c per mile in petrol alone, you can see why no interest
    As a matter of interest, how much was a brand new CL500 at the time? Surely in the region of €100k mark, no?


  • #8556
    langdang
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,851 ✭✭✭langdang


    JohnBoy26 wrote: »
    so being tested in march 2011 sounds about right.
    Well you can get that from the cert:p, but what the cert won't tell ya is if it was tested recently and failed, and is being flogged on Donedeal while it still has a valid NCT. In this case it does not appear to have been tested recently.


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  • #8557
    Melion
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 10,259 ✭✭✭✭Melion


    Seweryn wrote: »
    As a matter of interest, how much was a brand new CL500 at the time? Surely in the region of €100k mark, no?

    €187k according to the ad.


  • #8558
    fl4pj4ck
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,000 ✭✭✭fl4pj4ck


    Seweryn wrote: »
    As a matter of interest, how much was a brand new CL500 at the time? Surely in the region of €100k mark, no?

    ~120k


  • #8559
    unkel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 60,117 ✭✭✭✭unkel


    fl4pj4ck wrote: »
    ~120k

    A lot more than that. I don't have historic figures for prices in Ireland, but I do for the Netherlands with a very similar VAT and VRT regime as here, resulting in very similar prices for high end cars of that era (in fact a little bit lower than here)

    The base price of a '02 CL500 (with zero options) in the Netherlands was €144k...

    I wonder how the ad came up with €187, but I would not be surprised if they have that from the original invoice

    "Make no mistake. The days of the internal combustion engine are definitely numbered" - Quentin Willson, 1997



  • #8560
    JohnxF
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 72 ✭✭JohnxF


    unkel wrote: »
    A lot more than that. I don't have historic figures for prices in Ireland, but I do for the Netherlands with a very similar VAT and VRT regime as here, resulting in very similar prices for high end cars of that era (in fact a little bit lower than here)

    The base price of a '02 CL500 (with zero options) in the Netherlands was €144k...

    I wonder how the ad came up with €187, but I would not be surprised if they have that from the original invoice

    According to the Mercedes Ireland website in June 2002 http://web.archive.org/web/20020602080951/http://www.mercedes-benz.ie/mercedes-benz.html - click 'configurator' on the left, then click the appropriate car in the middle screen (CL class in this case) you can see the base price was €149,302. So option it up from there. This one looks fairly standard though (no fancy command or wheels) so I doubt there's 40k of options on it.


  • #8561
    GalwayGaillimh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 724 ✭✭✭GalwayGaillimh


    Flux Capacitor was an extra 37k!

    That said though I would love this car for a few months fun this summer its gorgeous.

    Si Deus Nobiscum Qui Contra Nos



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  • #8562
    v240gltse
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 658 ✭✭✭v240gltse


    now if i had a bit of cash to spare and some space i would be talking to him ( though looking at that sl500 has me seriously seriously thinking :D:D:D , but if i mention it i could wake up in hospital :D:D:D )

    http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/4636944

    regards


  • #8563
    GalwayGaillimh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 724 ✭✭✭GalwayGaillimh


    v240gltse wrote: »
    now if i had a bit of cash to spare and some space i would be talking to him ( though looking at that sl500 has me seriously seriously thinking :D:D:D , but if i mention it i could wake up in hospital :D:D:D )

    http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/4636944

    regards

    I've a weak spot for the S280 Mercs but not the newer version, this model was built to last, I think this is the same version Princess Diana crashed in when she was in Paris years ago.

    Si Deus Nobiscum Qui Contra Nos



  • #8564
    Mr Benevolent
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,433 ✭✭✭✭Mr Benevolent


    Hmmm...

    Odd car. Paint looks oddly new for a '96, the seller says it just needs new tyres for the NCT yet it's been on Adverts for a year now. And the first comment mentions that it's selling for 'for more than double it just sold for'. I can't find a reference to the original ad, but something is dodgy. Pity, it looks like a nice car and I love the old Merc coupes.


  • #8565
    Barry Barry
    Closed Accounts Posts: 494 ✭✭Barry Barry


    Confab wrote: »
    Hmmm...

    Odd car. Paint looks oddly new for a '96, the seller says it just needs new tyres for the NCT yet it's been on Adverts for a year now. And the first comment mentions that it's selling for 'for more than double it just sold for'. I can't find a reference to the original ad, but something is dodgy. Pity, it looks like a nice car and I love the old Merc coupes.

    Ah. My brother was going to buy that a while ago. He never bought it in the end because he couldn't get out to Mayo. Guy who bought it tried flogging it on for circa €5k after buying a few weeks beforehand.

    Original ad, http://www.adverts.ie/car/mercedes-benz/e-class/1996-mercedes-benz-e-class-for-sale/1096166

    Car stands out like a sore tumb with that paint


  • #8566
    HiKite
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 378 ✭✭HiKite


    That's gas. I had it for 3 years after it bought it from you, great car. The rust scabs started to get worse though and when we moved to the coast, the salty air had a field day..
    Cmar-Ireland wrote: »
    My old car. I originally imported it from the UK. Still looks good in the pics, I put that km/h clock in it.


  • #8567
    Scortho
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,871 ✭✭✭Scortho


    JohnxF wrote: »

    According to the Mercedes Ireland website in June 2002 http://web.archive.org/web/20020602080951/http://www.mercedes-benz.ie/mercedes-benz.html - click 'configurator' on the left, then click the appropriate car in the middle screen (CL class in this case) you can see the base price was €149,302. So option it up from there. This one looks fairly standard though (no fancy command or wheels) so I doubt there's 40k of options on it.

    Was Bose sound system standard?
    Either way its depreciated by what 98%? It's mad the depreciation in these lux cars over a decade!

    You could buy a new polo or Kia rio or run this for a couple of years. I'd chose the latter


  • #8568
    Saab Ed
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,372 ✭✭✭Saab Ed


    Love the text in the ad :D

    http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/4644839

    View2-17907514.jpeg


  • #8569
    Saab Ed
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,372 ✭✭✭Saab Ed


    Who'd a thunk it! That a bright red Italian Stallion with one of the most treasured motorsport badges adorning its graceful lines and once piloted by the Formula 1 legend and all time record breaker, Michael Schumacher, would every turn up at bangernomics money ..........

















































    http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/4647437

    View2-17920198.jpeg


    OOOOOHHHH YEEEESSSSSS :D


  • #8570
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,327 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    Jaysus I want that seicento. Must resist.


  • #8571
    Saab Ed
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,372 ✭✭✭Saab Ed


    Mint cars always become classics no matter who made them ....

    http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/vintagecars/4645553

    View2-17910628.jpeg


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  • #8572
    Melion
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 10,259 ✭✭✭✭Melion


    I love that seicento!!


  • #8573
    howardmarks
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 634 ✭✭✭howardmarks


    Saab Ed wrote: »
    Mint cars always become classics no matter who made them ....

    http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/vintagecars/4645553

    View2-17910628.jpeg

    Looks spotless


  • #8574
    Soarer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 8,144 ✭✭✭Soarer


    Saab Ed wrote: »
    Who'd a thunk it! That a bright red Italian Stallion with one of the most treasured motorsport badges adorning its graceful lines and once piloted by the Formula 1 legend and all time record breaker, Michael Schumacher

    That's a Schumaher though. That's Michael's Irish cousin!


  • #8575
    JohnBoy26
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,525 ✭✭✭JohnBoy26


    http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/4647858Full-17922326.jpeg


  • #8576
    JohnBoy26
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,525 ✭✭✭JohnBoy26


    http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/4647145Full-17918808.jpeg


  • #8577
    Bawnmore
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,866 ✭✭✭Bawnmore


    An unusual one, but lot of car for the money. I think they're a cracking looking estate.

    01 MG ZTT Estate 2.5 petrol, NCT 8/13, 67,000 miles, full service history, half leather, €850.

    http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/4648663

    Full-17926856.jpeg


  • #8578
    Top Dog
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,180 ✭✭✭Top Dog


    Saab Ed wrote: »
    Love the text in the ad :D

    http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/4644839

    View2-17907514.jpeg

    Would love to buy that for my wife - but she'd crucify me :o


  • #8579
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 23,497 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Bawnmore wrote: »
    An unusual one, but lot of car for the money. I think they're a cracking looking estate.

    01 MG ZTT Estate 2.5 petrol, NCT 8/13, 67,000 miles, full service history, half leather, €850.


    link to add.........

    http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/4648663

    :)


  • #8580
    Bawnmore
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,866 ✭✭✭Bawnmore


    RoverJames wrote: »
    link to add.........

    http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/4648663

    :)

    Oops :o Cheers RoverJames! Edited to add to original post!


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  • #8581
    TestTransmission
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,100 ✭✭✭✭TestTransmission


    colm_mcm wrote: »
    Jaysus I want that seicento. Must resist.

    They're awesome little things.I'd love it.


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