Bangernomics car of the week/day part III

Red Kev · 12-09-2013 02:21PM

W123-80's wrote: »

Test 07/14
Tax 05/14
Asking €750

http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/toyota-starlet-1999-1-2-5-doors/5661807

Great find, tax free motoring for 9 months and you'd still get €500 for it next year. It would make a great students/beginners car, already dented so a new whack wouldn't hurt too much and apart from insurance probably no bills until the end of term next year.

mondymike · 12-09-2013 02:26PM

Red Kev wrote: »

Great find, tax free motoring for 9 months and you'd still get €500 for it next year. It would make a great students/beginners car, already dented so a new whack wouldn't hurt too much and apart from insurance probably no bills until the end of term next year.

I think that's a write off, the drivers side rear quarter panel is pushed out, suggests chassis damage to me

Ronnie Beck · 12-09-2013 02:32PM

mondymike wrote: »

I think that's a write off, the drivers side rear quarter panel is pushed out, suggests chassis damage to me

Chassis damage? Doesn't look like it was hit that hard. Looks more like bad parking too me. Door boot and bumper all look like they line up fine.

edit- there is a weird gap between the taillight on the side and the boot though - It might be worse than it looks in the pictures. Seen much cleaner examples for the same money. I'd proceed with caution on that one.

Sofiztikated · 12-09-2013 05:15PM

A 3 door starlet? It'll sell all day long.

Ded_Zebra · 12-09-2013 09:51PM

http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/rover-75-for-sale/5505316

JohnBoy26 · 13-09-2013 04:55AM

mondymike wrote: »

I think that's a write off, the drivers side rear quarter panel is pushed out, suggests chassis damage to me

That car is not a write off. The(very light) ripple on the quarter panel looks to be unrelated to the dent in the boot and cosmetic at that. Chassis damage my eye :rolleyes:

mondymike · 13-09-2013 07:53AM

JohnBoy26 wrote: »

That car is not a write off. The(very light) ripple on the quarter panel looks to be unrelated to the dent in the boot and cosmetic at that. Chassis damage my eye :rolleyes:

my eye my eye. Opinions not allowed here? In my opinion it could be written off but considering the photos you could also be right. I've seen family n friends hatchbacks that had damage like above, i.e. shunt, that were wrote off, ripple seems to come out to suggest so

unkel · 13-09-2013 09:17AM

€650 for the 75, he'll probably take €500

Long NCT even a few weeks tax left. That's a lot of comfort for very little money...

Perfect example of bangernomics comfy motoring as opposed to the brutal spartan bangers posted here sometimes (no offence to the posters!). If it fails the NCT on something costing more than €200, just scrap it. If it passes, happy days for another year...

OREGATO · 13-09-2013 10:48AM

Any opinion on these? http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/mercedes-c180/5447668

power pants · 13-09-2013 10:51AM

unkel wrote: »

€650 for the 75, he'll probably take €500

Long NCT even a few weeks tax left. That's a lot of comfort for very little money...

Perfect example of bangernomics comfy motoring as opposed to the brutal spartan bangers posted here sometimes (no offence to the posters!). If it fails the NCT on something costing more than €200, just scrap it. If it passes, happy days for another year...

sold as of 8 mins ago

Saab Ed · 13-09-2013 11:14AM

power pants wrote: »

sold as of 8 mins ago

Alright, fess up. Who was it?

W123-80's · 13-09-2013 11:16AM

OREGATO wrote: »

Any opinion on these? http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/mercedes-c180/5447668

Not sure about the claims a wheel capped C180 looks like a cosworth 'coz it has a spoiler, also can't see many prizes for this bus at any shows.

But if ya knock a few dollars off the asking, with 10 months test, ya prob won't go far wrong.

unkel · 13-09-2013 12:51PM

Saab Ed wrote: »

Alright, fess up. Who was it?

LOL yeah, I'm owed €50 commission

Ded_Zebra · 13-09-2013 08:37PM

http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/opel-omega-2-0-l-petrol/5376664

Apart from the crap photos it looks pretty good

unkel · 13-09-2013 08:52PM

Dunno. For sale for 2 months now despite being in Dublin. The cynic in my tells me there's something wrong with it

Or maybe just mega miles?

Cantona's Collars · 13-09-2013 10:17PM

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05 MG ZS, NCT August 2015,

€1300.

http://www.adverts.ie/car/mg/zs/2005-mg-zs-for-sale/3768253

colm_mcm · 13-09-2013 10:21PM

Thinking mans Hyundai Sonata

http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/05-kia-magentis/5593054

colm_mcm · 13-09-2013 10:29PM

06 suzuki Alto with nct till 06/14 for €1900, tiny mileage
http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/06-suzuki-alto/5125756

colm_mcm · 13-09-2013 10:37PM

Its back again!
05 bravo jtd 100 van
http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/fiat-bravo-diesel-car-van/5300908

Only 2 owners but its been up for sale so many times!

unkel · 13-09-2013 10:38PM

colm_mcm wrote: »

Thinking mans Hyundai Sonata

Not that again :pac:

It is awfully cheap though. Probably pick it up easily enough for €900. What other low mileage '05 car with 2 years NCT can be got for that kinda money? None.

And this one is big and comfy too, and the engine is <2l so not extremely big by any Irish standards. Why has it not sold in the 2 weeks it has been for sale?

colm_mcm · 13-09-2013 10:39PM

Wouldn't normally post a Laguna II but as everyone knows the facelift ones are 70% less flakey

http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/renault-laguna-dinamique/5512637

unkel · 13-09-2013 10:42PM

The Alto is a one owner car.

Drive it until NCT time next June, NCT it for another 2 years, sell it and get every cent back you paid for it now, maybe more

Not my cup of tea, but nonetheless one of the best finds here this year, Colm.

colm_mcm · 13-09-2013 10:44PM

Alto is one owner in Ireland, reg is import by the looks of it.
I wouldn't drie it but would be lovely for her, paid more than that for the yaris.

rizzodun · 13-09-2013 11:29PM

2000 civic 4dr saloon, looks tidy, NCT until Oct 2014 - €1250

http://www.adverts.ie/car/honda/civic/2000-honda-civic-for-sale/3763676

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unkel · 13-09-2013 11:38PM

Expensive for what it is, but there are a lot of people in this country blindly going for so called reliable cars. If I were the seller, I'd hold out for most of my asking price

JohnBoy26 · 14-09-2013 01:06AM

unkel wrote: »

Expensive for what it is, but there are a lot of people in this country blindly going for so called reliable cars. If I were the seller, I'd hold out for most of my asking price

Well they definitely are one of the most reliable cars out there and if that car could be got for 1k it wouldn't be bad value imo. There are however cleaner examples out there for similar money if one looks hard enough;)

JohnBoy26 · 14-09-2013 01:19AM

mondymike wrote: »

my eye my eye. Opinions not allowed here? In my opinion it could be written off but considering the photos you could also be right. I've seen family n friends hatchbacks that had damage like above, i.e. shunt, that were wrote off, ripple seems to come out to suggest so

Oh of course they are, sorry if my post came across the wrong way

That ripple doesn't suggest chassis damage to me though. In my experience the panel in question is usually kinked outwards in that event. I could of course be wrong however and you could be right or vice versa.

fonecrusher1 · 14-09-2013 01:30AM

JohnBoy26 wrote: »

Well they definitely are one of the most reliable cars out there and if that car could be got for 1k it wouldn't be bad value imo. There are however cleaner examples out there for similar money if one looks hard enough;)

Bought one of these older (97) 1.4 civics a few years off a guy that admitted he hadn't changed the oil in years. Gave it a full service and she was grand.

Don't listen to the occasional Jap car hating gob****e that questions everything & anything pertaining to hondas being reliable. Hondas of that era are bulletproof.

OREGATO · 14-09-2013 10:42AM

Any opinions on this?

http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/bmw-for-sale/5597627

pajor · 14-09-2013 10:59AM

I'm not quite sure why, but I've always wanted one of these.

http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/peugeot-607-2-2-litre-petrol/5548465

Bangernomics car of the week/day part III

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