Bangernomics car of the week/day part III

Kaiser D · 20-10-2013 01:32PM

JohnBoy26 wrote: »

An unmodified ek4 vti Civic.

http://donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/5512073

Not a huge fan of Civics myself but that looks a nice car, and it'll only appreciate in value.

Good find.

Ded_Zebra · 20-10-2013 01:50PM

http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/renault-laguna-1-6-new-nct-till-05-14/5860171

dgt · 20-10-2013 01:54PM

Them Lagunas are extinct on the roads..... Heater rad bypassed would set alarm bells off for me though

Toyotafanboi · 20-10-2013 01:56PM

dgt wrote: »

Them Lagunas are extinct on the roads..... Heater rad bypassed would set alarm bells off for me though

probably wants to sell it before the winter sets in hard :pac:

Ded_Zebra · 20-10-2013 01:59PM

dgt wrote: »

Them Lagunas are extinct on the roads..... Heater rad bypassed would set alarm bells off for me though

Whoops missed that. Probably should be in the fixerupper thread.

You do see very few of them these days alright. I thing they are a nice enough car though if you can put up with the reliability

dgt · 20-10-2013 02:04PM

Ded_Zebra wrote: »

Whoops missed that. Probably should be in the fixerupper thread.

You do see very few of them these days alright. I thing they are a nice enough car though if you can put up with the reliability

Yep, that needs sorting for the winter asap :P

The only car in its class to rival the 406 comfort.... :eek:

If it were bypassed it'd suggest the matrix leaking, coolant on French wiring..... See where this is going :pac:

It does look very well for the year, pity about that though!

Ded_Zebra · 20-10-2013 02:06PM

http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/alfa-147-lusso-05-nct-2015/5727516

Toyotafanboi · 20-10-2013 02:20PM

close the thread. that alfa is stunning!

nice to see an extremely well maintained example. i would love to own that!

incidentally, what ever happened to 166man?

dgt · 20-10-2013 02:29PM

PM'd TFB

NCT ill June, 1950

Prob a wee bit overpriced....

dgt · 20-10-2013 02:32PM

NCT till Aug, 1650

That's better. Taxed too :pac:

pred racer · 20-10-2013 03:18PM

dgt wrote: »

Yep, that needs sorting for the winter asap :P

The only car in its class to rival the 406 comfort.... :eek:

!

[ahem] C5 [/ahem]

Ded_Zebra · 20-10-2013 03:21PM

Don't see many of these :cool:

http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/97-alfa-romeo-155-2-0-t-sparka-must-see/5792393

Scortho · 20-10-2013 03:47PM

Toyotafanboi wrote: »

close the thread. that alfa is stunning!

nice to see an extremely well maintained example. i would love to own that!

incidentally, what ever happened to 166man?

Permanently on holliers from the motors forum.

JohnBoy26 · 20-10-2013 03:51PM

Ded_Zebra wrote: »

Don't see many of these :cool:

http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/97-alfa-romeo-155-2-0-t-sparka-must-see/5792393

posted already afaik:)

jharr100 · 20-10-2013 04:33PM

Scortho wrote: »

Permanently on holliers from the motors forum.

Is RoverJames on hols too?

Ded_Zebra · 20-10-2013 04:35PM

JohnBoy26 wrote: »

posted already afaik:)

Don't know how I missed that

Thought I would have noticed one of them!

Cleveland Hot Pocket · 20-10-2013 06:45PM

jharr100 wrote: »

Is RoverJames on hols too?

Careful now - we can't discuss that

jharr100 · 20-10-2013 07:20PM

Cleveland Hot Pocket wrote: »

Careful now - we can't discuss that

Kaiser D · 20-10-2013 08:31PM

http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/citroen-c4/5857032

2004 Citroen C5 with NCT until December 2014 for €850. Seems a bargain to me.

ba_barabus · 20-10-2013 08:32PM

Kaiser D wrote: »

http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/citroen-c4/5857032

2004 Citroen C5 with NCT until December 2014 for €850. Seems a bargain to me.

2.0L Petrol?

Sounds sale proof to me.

A lot of car however for the money.

Kaiser D · 20-10-2013 08:35PM

Just to add one more,

http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/bmw-5-series-nct-tax-865-euro/5856151

1998 BMW 520i with NCT until April 2014 and tax until the end of the month for €865

Kaiser D · 20-10-2013 08:37PM

ba_barabus wrote: »

2.0L Petrol?

Sounds sale proof to me.

A lot of car however for the money.

The harsh reality of things now.

ArnieSilvia · 20-10-2013 08:46PM

Ded_Zebra wrote: »

http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/alfa-147-lusso-05-nct-2015/5727516

I had two of these 2L alfas and will never buy again. Not in Ireland anyway.

On both of them bottom end went shortly after buying it. They drink 1L of oil per 1k km's by their design and owners neglect oil level checks. Even after replacing engine with one from 166 (which has oil level sensor in the sump so should be ok) I couldn't trust the car and sold it on.

One of these cars must have had fresh engine bearings fitted just before I come to buy it and went 40 km's later on way home. Upon stripping the engine I found that one of smaller plugs dropped into the combustion chamber as well at some stage, piston had serious hammering. I found later that it's a common fault with bosch small plugs. Another one.

ba_barabus · 20-10-2013 08:47PM

Kaiser D wrote: »

The harsh reality of things now.

Sad but true. Although when a 2L petrol French car was last popular here was a very long time ago.

JohnBoy26 · 20-10-2013 08:53PM

ba_barabus wrote: »

Sad but true. Although when a 2L petrol French car was last popular here was a very long time ago.

The Swedish,German and currently the Italians were all flavour of the month for awhile. Im sure the French will have their day yet:D

davycc · 20-10-2013 09:16PM

Ded_Zebra wrote: »

Don't see many of these :cool:

http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/97-alfa-romeo-155-2-0-t-sparka-must-see/5792393

Nice car shame it isnt a Tipo 2.0 16v instead;)

I missed it the first time it was posted myself I would have recalled a 155:)

dgt · 20-10-2013 09:18PM

davycc wrote: »

Nice car shame it isnt a Tipo 2.0 16v instead;)

I missed it the first time it was posted myself I would have recalled a 155:)

Drop in a 16vt from an early Coupé instead

davycc · 20-10-2013 09:33PM

maybe but Id prefer to keep her NA & bung a 3l V6 busso 24v in there from an old 164....

(i seen a 93 164 ts black over grey on thurs in Na-fiannas ground in nth dub)

Id save the 16vt for all the Thema & intergrale restos man!

Ded_Zebra · 20-10-2013 09:52PM

ArnieSilvia wrote: »

I had two of these 2L alfas and will never buy again. Not in Ireland anyway.

On both of them bottom end went shortly after buying it. They drink 1L of oil per 1k km's by their design and owners neglect oil level checks. Even after replacing engine with one from 166 (which has oil level sensor in the sump so should be ok) I couldn't trust the car and sold it on.

One of these cars must have had fresh engine bearings fitted just before I come to buy it and went 40 km's later on way home. Upon stripping the engine I found that one of smaller plugs dropped into the combustion chamber as well at some stage, piston had serious hammering. I found later that it's a common fault with bosch small plugs. Another one.

It's a pity you had bad luck with yours, However, if they are well looked after I believe that they are fairly reliable.

unkel · 20-10-2013 09:56PM

ba_barabus wrote: »

2.0L Petrol?

Sounds sale proof to me.

Hardly matters on a €700 car, does it? Next owner probably the knackers yard

Bangernomics car of the week/day part III

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