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Bangernomics car of the week/day part III
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pretty awful but where else would you get a 8 year old car with full service history and 2 years NCT for about €1,500?
Edit - Alan beat me to it
My ads on adverts.ie:
Victron stuff for sale, Multiplus-II, Quattro, other inverters and batteries and usually some watches!
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I know I've asked previously about Chevrolet's but anyone have any thoughts on this one??
http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/4981432
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Yeah I wondered about re-badging. I noticed the rear of this has a Chevy badge and the front has a Daewoo badge.
IN 05 when the daewoo / chevrolet rebadge happened, the dealers were sent badges in order to reband the inhouse stock, the rear badge was a piece of piss to change , i think the front needed a new grill , whoever sold this must not have bothered doing the front, also the steering wheel will be daewoo badged, these cars also need a belt every 36k, so factor into purchase price.0 -
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Long test ( and I checked that it actually said 2014 this time
:p). Good deal if you get it for €1000ish 
http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/5001782
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I'd say she has some whack of miles on her alright. Could be a 60k miler one lady owner though....:pac:0 -
Nice spec, looks clean, low miles and long test. Asking €1,300
http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/5004232
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If the seller calls it "a bargain for €1,300" I don't think you'd get a lot off. Old skool (uneconomical) diesel (50MPG me hole), manual and 2.5l tax and 17 years old. I'd say it's sale proof
(I'd drive it though) My ads on adverts.ie:
Victron stuff for sale, Multiplus-II, Quattro, other inverters and batteries and usually some watches!
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'05 Saab 9-5 Diesel, leather, auto - €1,950 asking price
Taxed and NCTd until the end of the month, but if the owner tests it now and it passes it will be valid until end May '15
My ads on adverts.ie:
Victron stuff for sale, Multiplus-II, Quattro, other inverters and batteries and usually some watches!
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That's a big assumption, it would imo be safer to assume at face value that the seller has no intention of putting a fresh NCT on it in which case it's not bangernomics. If everyone made assumptions like that in this thread there would be some sh1t heaps in here imo.'05 Saab 9-5 Diesel, leather, auto - €1,950 asking price
Taxed and NCTd until the end of the month, but if the owner tests it now and it passes it will be valid until end May '150 -
'03 Volvo S60 leather, NCT July, asking €900. Has got to be worth a punt for someone who is confident it will pass the NCT without expensive work
5 cylinder turbo petrol goodness and still only 2l taxMy ads on adverts.ie:
Victron stuff for sale, Multiplus-II, Quattro, other inverters and batteries and usually some watches!
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That's a big assumption
Indeed it is. I'd either get the owner to NCT it and I'll agree a tested price with him beforehand (close enough to asking price to keep him keen), or I would have the car very thoroughly checked by my trusted mechanic. If it passes the NCT it would be a great bargain! My ads on adverts.ie:
Victron stuff for sale, Multiplus-II, Quattro, other inverters and batteries and usually some watches!
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Indeed it is. I'd either get the owner to NCT it and I'll agree a tested price with him beforehand (close enough to asking price to keep him keen), or I would have the car very thoroughly checked by my trusted mechanic. If it passes the NCT it would be a great bargain!
If every sale went like that there would be some bargains to be had It all sounds great in theory but in practice I can't see the owner getting the NCT done for you and as good as your mechanic may be, he can't tell you for sure if it will pass or fail as he hasn't the same equipment as the NCT to test the car on. He will only be able to hazzard a guess based on his assesment of the car so you will still be taking a risk.
Now maybe it's a genuine car and as you say if it had an NCT it would be a bargain, but at the moment it really has no NCT and isn't really a bangernomics car until it has imo.0 -
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isn't really a bangernomics car until it has imo.
Agreed again
I wouldn't even consider buying it until I had it either tested or the green light from my mechanic (he really is rather good and the NCT would be envious of his equipment
) My ads on adverts.ie:
Victron stuff for sale, Multiplus-II, Quattro, other inverters and batteries and usually some watches!
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The interior could do with a clean and the background on the pics look like a breakers yard, still good value motoring though IMO. http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/4796915
airbag light on and trade plate on the passenger seat doing it no favours either. as you say though, get it for 750 and drive it into the ground, would do the finest 0 -
NCT doesn't guarantee it's a decent car..... Condition all the way.....
Alas, those are my rules and not the rules of the thread!
Agree with you 100% on that, obviously condition is paramount but for a bangernomics car a fresh NCT makes sense as it will give the buyer piece of mind that they are buying a car which is in some way road worthy. It also makes the purchase price a bit more value for money as the buyer won't have to worry about pumping money into the car to make it pass a test.0 -
Agree with you 100% on that, obviously condition is paramount but for a bangernomics car a fresh NCT makes sense as it will give the seller piece of mind that they are buying a car which is in some way road worthy. It also makes the purchase price a bit more value for money as the buyer won't have to worry about pumping money into the car to make it pass a test.
At the end of the day service history, NCT, receipts mean nothing to me. Call me strange, but that's how I work and I rarely end up with a total grapefruit. Don't get me wrong it's nice to have and all that but it doesn't tell me how the car has been driven, what condition those parts are in, has it been minded correctly etc.
Most times they will have. They check out. But you can get caught out
I prefer cars with little or no NCT as I'll get them for peanuts and I know for sure it'll need work. I use it as a bargaining chip, I try to stick with the same make for my main hack if I can
My own hack was still driving about as a daily with 2 months NCT when I bought it, with no turbo and in dire need of suspension components. Owner was a gent, got the impression he looked after the car well, serviced it to perfection. I realised after I'd sorted those issues that it was then burning oil at an alarming rate and thus I swapped the engine (I'm guessing worn valve seats but until I tear it down it's speculation). No major issues since
Fail to prepare, prepare to fail
Think not of it as an OT post but an insight into how one boardsie works0 -
If every sale went like that there would be some bargains to be had It all sounds great in theory but in practice I can't see the owner getting the NCT done for you and as good as your mechanic may be, he can't tell you for sure if it will pass or fail as he hasn't the same equipment as the NCT to test the car on. He will only be able to hazzard a guess based on his assesment of the car so you will still be taking a risk.
Now maybe it's a genuine car and as you say if it had an NCT it would be a bargain, but at the moment it really has no NCT and isn't really a bangernomics car until it has imo.
Kind of contradicting yourself here John. I brought up the exact point you're bringing up now about a car needing an NCT (and not knowing what faults it could have) about a Toyota Corolla you posted in this thread not long ago.
You said however because it was a Toyota and generally reliable that it shouldn't need much to pass. Not quite sure why you don't use the same theory here with the Saab?
As you say without an NCT it's not bangernomics is it?0 -
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