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Bangernomics car of the week/day - Part II

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  • #8642
    Saab Ed
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,372 ✭✭✭Saab Ed


    Be quick, you've been told ;)

    http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/4665111

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  • #8643
    Saab Ed
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,372 ✭✭✭Saab Ed


    Jaybus. Buy it, drive it to the NCT centre, keep it for 10 years.

    http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/4628680

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  • #8644
    Ded_Zebra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,773 ✭✭✭Ded_Zebra


    Just pass the NCT until 10/13, Tax to 4/13 Nice spec €950.

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    http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/4660391

    I don't think e34s will ever be as cheap again as they are now.


  • #8645
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 23,497 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Great, great, great, great cars :)
    Looks a nice one.


  • #8646
    Ded_Zebra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,773 ✭✭✭Ded_Zebra


    RoverJames wrote: »
    Great, great, great, great cars :)
    Looks a nice one.

    The only problem is that I just tried to get an insurance quote and got the dreaded "Please call us to get a quote" :rolleyes:

    Maybe in a few years.


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  • #8647
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 23,497 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Quite likely the age of the car, phone around :)


  • #8648
    Ded_Zebra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,773 ✭✭✭Ded_Zebra


    RoverJames wrote: »
    Quite likely the age of the car, phone around :)

    It might be alright I forgot that they sometimes don't give quotes for older cars. I am unfortunately 20 with no no claims bonus though... I would still expect to get a high quote.


  • #8649
    166man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,569 ✭✭✭166man


    Classic insurance next year DZ?


  • #8650
    Alanstrainor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,146 ✭✭✭✭Alanstrainor


    166man wrote: »
    Classic insurance next year DZ?

    Some classic policies will count a 15 year old as a classic. Most will have mileage limitations though...


  • #8651
    jamesdiver
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 372 ✭✭jamesdiver


    http://cars.donedeal.co.uk/for-sale/vintagecars/4516027
    blastman wrote: »
    Another one owned by a member of the Irish forum, so it will have been looked after and it will be a classic long before the Hyundai Coupe ever will be! :D


    Thats my crx. how random that i came across it mentioned here. Blastman, are you on cr-x.org? I also noticed you put up photos here on boards 7 years ago at the phoenix park meet. I was'nt at that one myself that year but I think i was on cr-x number 2 at that stage :)


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  • #8652
    unkel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 59,889 ✭✭✭✭unkel


    Alanstrainor wrote: »
    Some classic policies will count a 15 year old as a classic.

    Rarely on mainstream cars though. That E34 is gonna be 20 years old next year though - classic insurance for sure :)

    Mine was a '94 too. V8 petrol automatic bought originally by the Finnish ambassador to Ireland. Great car so it was!

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  • #8653
    Ded_Zebra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,773 ✭✭✭Ded_Zebra


    Could I get a classic policy at 20-21? I thought you had to be over 25. Also would I have to have a different policy for a daily to be able to get classic insurance on it?


  • #8654
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 4,520 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Ded_Zebra wrote: »
    The only problem is that I just tried to get an insurance quote and got the dreaded "Please call us to get a quote" :rolleyes:

    Maybe in a few years.

    Make a few calls dude. I'm barely 24 with 5 years NCB and 5 years full licence and get this "Please call us to get a quote" message any time I look for a quote for a proper bangernomics wagon (Alfa 156 2.0 to be exact, I really have to own one at some point :D ). I had a 1.9 daysul passat a while back when I was 21/22 and I was quoted €800 online. A quick phone call nearly halved that. €460 for the year. Don't rely on the on-line quotes.


  • #8655
    flazio
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,791 ✭✭✭✭flazio


    Are you thinking of searching for the source of the Nile?
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    Or perhaps http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/4547526

    This too shall pass.



  • #8656
    Dord
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,815 ✭✭✭✭Dord


    Ded_Zebra wrote: »
    Could I get a classic policy at 20-21? I thought you had to be over 25. Also would I have to have a different policy for a daily to be able to get classic insurance on it?

    Axa told me before they'd do a standard policy on a classic. It's not something they advertise and I think it'd depend on the car. The one I was discussing was an early 70s 1600cc beetle.


  • #8657
    Chuck Stone
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,029 ✭✭✭✭Chuck Stone


    Volvo S80
    1999
    Petrol 2.0
    140,000 Miles
    all history in service book
    NEW NCT(just pass 2 month ago)
    TAX till to march
    €980

    http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/4654730

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  • #8658
    bladespin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,448 ✭✭✭bladespin


    Chuck Stone wrote: »
    Volvo S80

    Linky? :confused:
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  • #8659
    Chuck Stone
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,029 ✭✭✭✭Chuck Stone


    bladespin wrote: »
    Linky? :confused:

    Added it there at 19:48 just above the first pic.


  • #8660
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 23,497 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    5 months test Celica 1.8, 1996 asking €900, doubt it has cruise control but might be wrong, would be ok if the seller was happy with €600 imo...

    http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/4669157

    View2-18031068.jpeg


  • #8661
    JohnBoy26
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,525 ✭✭✭JohnBoy26


    If the electric power steering isnt dead and the gearbox isn't noisy this could be a good buy. http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/4669996 Full?id=18034486


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  • #8662
    Toyotafanboi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,903 ✭✭✭✭Toyotafanboi


    hope its not a repost :P

    http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/4658202


  • #8663
    Shiner11
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 148 ✭✭Shiner11


    http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/4669991


  • #8664
    g7sxb
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16 ✭g7sxb


    Gentlemen,

    In my search for my ultimate bangernomics commuter I'm now looking at the Citroen C5 diesel to carry me on my 160 mile a day round trip. Has anyone got any advice on possible problem areas to look for when viewing and test driving this type of motor?


  • #8665
    RidleyRider
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,783 ✭✭✭RidleyRider


    g7sxb wrote: »
    Gentlemen,

    In my search for my ultimate bangernomics commuter I'm now looking at the Citroen C5 diesel to carry me on my 160 mile a day round trip. Has anyone got any advice on possible problem areas to look for when viewing and test driving this type of motor?

    Are you dead set on a C5? I think people here might be able to suggest better. My mothers owns a C3 myself and have had quite a few issues regarding brakes, and many many many bushes, a 'bump stop' and a track rod in the past year.

    I actually span the car in the rain last August because of the brake failure. If the C5 is anyway the same, steer clear.

    Why not a 406 Diesel (see what I did there 166man?), Passat TDI/Octavia TDI or something like that?


  • #8666
    166man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,569 ✭✭✭166man


    RidleyRider wrote: »
    Are you dead set on a C5? I think people here might be able to suggest better. My mothers owns a C3 myself and have had quite a few issues regarding brakes, and many many many bushes, a 'bump stop' and a track rod in the past year.

    I actually span the car in the rain last August because of the brake failure. If the C5 is anyway the same, steer clear.

    Why not a 406 TDI, Passat TDI/Octavia TDI or something like that?

    dgt just died a little inside at the thought of Peugeot 406 and ''TDI'' being put together as one..


  • #8667
    RidleyRider
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,783 ✭✭✭RidleyRider


    166man wrote: »
    dgt just died a little inside at the thought of Peugeot 406 and ''TDI'' being put together as one..

    Ooops better fix that:pac:


  • #8668
    166man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,569 ✭✭✭166man


    RidleyRider wrote: »
    Ooops better fix that:pac:

    Oh so very nearly a ninja edit...:D


  • #8669
    Zcott
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,204 ✭✭✭Zcott


    g7sxb wrote: »
    Gentlemen,

    In my search for my ultimate bangernomics commuter I'm now looking at the Citroen C5 diesel to carry me on my 160 mile a day round trip. Has anyone got any advice on possible problem areas to look for when viewing and test driving this type of motor?

    First thing that would concern me is that it's a Citroen...

    Second thing is the rear suspension on those is prone to failing. It's some sort of bizarre setup only Citroen use where you can raise and lower the height of the car. It may or may not get stuck in either the lowered or elevated positions, which isn't good.


  • #8670
    fl4pj4ck
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,000 ✭✭✭fl4pj4ck


    you mean http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydropneumatic_suspension ?


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  • #8671
    unkel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 59,889 ✭✭✭✭unkel


    Zcott wrote: »
    Second thing is the rear suspension on those is prone to failing. It's some sort of bizarre setup only Citroen use

    It's more comfortable than any suspension Rolls-Royce could come up with themselves, that's why they paid Citroen to use their system ;)

    So bizarre, that when a wheel falls off, the car remains driveable ;)

    Seriously, the C5 with the hydractive suspension is more comfortable on a bad road than any other car. If my commute was long and bad, I'd consider one myself...

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