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Bangernomics car of the week/day part III
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Jap import?
Done a bit of research and the only maxima model with the 2 litre V6 engine is the A33 model, either that or its an Aus inport - Highly unlikely though
Eh? Afaik about 95% of Maximas driving here are the 2l V6. There's also a few 3l V6 but I'd say many of them have gone the last few years. Exported / parted / scrapped / parked up, etc. The tax system is very unkind to cheap old big engined cars
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Victron stuff for sale, Multiplus-II, Quattro, other inverters and batteries and usually some watches!
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Btw, has anyone else noticed the changes on DD? Now when I log on to do a search I need to have the sort by filter either on price or year.
Bloody annoying when I want just a random selection of cars at random prices/years.
If I pop in max 3000e and min year 2002 I just get either a list of cars starting at 3k and working their way down or vice-versa. Dont know why they tampered with it
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Eh? Afaik about 95% of Maximas driving here are the 2l V6. There's also a few 3l V6 but I'd say many of them have gone the last few years. Exported / parted / scrapped / parked up, etc. The tax system is very unkind to cheap old big engined cars
In fairness its the main reason why these cars are so cheap. Have a fairer tax system and your going to have to shell out more cash for a bigger engined car.
We can't win unfortunately.
Seems very cheap
NCT until march
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Generally true. But not for a car like a Maxima 3l V6. These kind of cars are not just cheap, they are worthless now. Even if you sold them at scrap value, nobody is going to tax them.
You'll always find mad eejits out there though (lots of whom post in this forum, myself included) that will pay the vaseline inducing top rates of cc tax to drive legally the cars we like
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Cleveland Hot Pocket wrote: »You'll always find mad eejits out there though (lots of whom post in this forum, myself included) that will pay the vaseline inducing top rates of cc tax to drive legally the cars we like
Done it many years myself, will do it again in a heartbeat should finances improve a bit. Big engined older performance cars are cheaper to buy here than anywhere else in the world
Nobody, bar maybe the odd pensioner will pay €1,494 tax on a worthless 3l 170BHP Maxima 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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My bomb proof ultra reliable bangernomics Saab 9-5 costs €3,337 per year to run. A brand new Megane costs €688 per year to run. Eh yeah, sure, Renault :rolleyes:
Lol - 99 Corolla diesel outside is costing 4,200 to run - while the new Renault is supposed to be only costing 1500 to run - lol.
Love the way they completely ignore the fact that on the old Corolla depreciation is very little (trade in value was quoted by a Ford salesman as 1,000 euros 4 years ago)
Oh and yes - whats a new Megane 1.5 diesel going to cost first day - oh what say 19 grand (I note they don't give you the price of the thing when giving the much lower price to run :rolleyes:).
So all going well - if the Renault figures are correct (they aren't - the beast outside isn't costing anything like 570 for mechanical repairs - and it doesn't need new tyres every 12 months) theres a 2,700 difference between the two cars.
Depreciation however on the new Renault will be more then that I would say - and then id say it would take 7 years in the new Renault to make up the difference back if the new Renault costs 19,000.
All of this excludes the fact that the very most the Renault warranty will be is 5 years (they mightn't even do that anymore - I don't know) - so you could still have repair bills in years 6 and 7.
In short - storm in a teacup - keep the bangers rolling is what I say:D:D 0 -
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And for the craic, here is the total cost of ownership of my Saab over 2 years. Yes, Renault, that includes everything. I did a low mileage, a bit under 10k km per year.
Depreciation 100
Insurance 850
Tax 1420
Petrol 2700
Repairs / parts / maintenance 190
Tyres 340
NCT 138
Opportunity costs* 60
That's €2,899 per year
The second you drive that new Megane out of the forecourt, you've spent more than that, Renault. Please don't insult our intelligence.
* I paid €1350 for the car. If I had put the money on deposit earning interest, I would have made about €60 after tax
Yours is a 9 5 yes (or am I thinking of someone else on another forum maybe) - if so that's impressive for such a big car - imo at least.
Even if she was only a 9 3 - it would still be pretty good I think.
Think the Saab with leather and toys would be a nicer place to be sat in then a boring Megane with that jet black interior they all come with (the meganes) - and I think at some point the mk 1 9 5 earned a 4 star N cap rating - don't think the earlier 9 5s were 4 star though - they upgraded them at some point iirc.
So the safety argument in favour of the new car can also be dismissed my lord.
Think the defence may have rested its case your honour 0 -
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