Bangernomics car of the week/day part III

bear1 · 13-11-2013 03:48PM

Just can't understand why though?
Leaving the fraud aside and causing our premiums to go up, why didn't he/she just put the normal reg of the car on the disc?

furtzy · 13-11-2013 03:49PM

bear1 wrote: »

Just can't understand why though?
Leaving the fraud aside and causing our premiums to go up, why didn't he/she just put the normal reg of the car on the disc?

i would suspect its being used on multiple vehicles

bear1 · 13-11-2013 03:50PM

I'm nearly tempted to report that, I bloody hate that kind of carry on.

imtdub · 13-11-2013 03:58PM

furtzy wrote: »

Is it me or does the insurance disk look dodgy on that and has a different reg to the car advertised?

You guys have Eagle eyes....:D

jharr100 · 13-11-2013 04:00PM

bear1 wrote: »

I'm nearly tempted to report that, I bloody hate that kind of carry on.

Grass!

bear1 · 13-11-2013 04:03PM

jharr100 wrote: »

Grass!

If it was tax I probably wouldn't give a crap but a fake insurance cert?
Driving on our roads? Couldn't care if I was called a grass or not

jharr100 · 13-11-2013 04:05PM

bear1 wrote: »

If it was tax I probably wouldn't give a crap but a fake insurance cert?
Driving on our roads? Couldn't care if I was called a grass or not

I agree.. I was being facetious..

bear1 · 13-11-2013 04:09PM

jharr100 wrote: »

I agree.. I was being facetious..

I know.... I was being aggressive

W123-80's · 13-11-2013 04:26PM

Pick it up for closer to 750 notes.
Ya'll get most of it back in Jan '15 when the test runs out.
Asking €895

http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/toyota-corolla-xli-1-3-nct-01-2015/5979021

bear1 · 13-11-2013 04:28PM

Not too expensive?

W123-80's · 13-11-2013 04:35PM

bear1 wrote: »

Not too expensive?

I dunno. Possibly, But if it's reliable, simple motoring for the next 14 months your after then possibly not.
If its a decent car, its def worth 700 with 14 months test.

subway · 13-11-2013 04:43PM

furtzy wrote: »

i would suspect its being used on multiple vehicles

to give the benefit of the doubt, he may have transferred over his insurance and is waiting on the new disc?
no idea why he put it in the ad though

bear1 · 13-11-2013 04:46PM

It could be the case, but surely the details would line up at the very least?

subway · 13-11-2013 04:49PM

bear1 wrote: »

It could be the case, but surely the details would line up at the very least?

everything is moved up one line, so might just be the printer in the insrance company?
can anyone make out the insurance company?

bear1 · 13-11-2013 04:54PM

subway wrote: »

everything is moved up one line, so might just be the printer in the insrance company?
can anyone make out the insurance company?

Can't tell for sure but it seems like Hibernian?

mondymike · 13-11-2013 05:16PM

subway wrote: »

to give the benefit of the doubt, he may have transferred over his insurance and is waiting on the new disc?
no idea why he put it in the ad though

to that? So is he a dealer then or is the car being flipped in a short time? Its certainly got our attention!

unkel · 13-11-2013 05:22PM

JohnBoy26 wrote: »

In Rovers case it's sh*te design that leads to hg failure. You can maintain them all you want, change the coolant every week, get the uprated hg fitted etc yet they will still blow head gaskets.

Not that nonsense again.

Bought a 5 year old Rover 75 with the "dreaded" 1.8 K-series engine. Saved a good €3,000 straight away over similar condition / year cars just because it was a Rover with the K-series engine. Kept it for 5 years on an absolute shoe string. Car was very reliable, never had any head gasket or any other serious issue. Biggest repair bill was €80. At a main Rover dealer. Interior quality was poor though. And yeah, I know about the potential of the engine to blow its head gasket if you let it overheat. Just don't let it overheat, duh

Did I mention I saved myself thousands and thousands compared to owning a "reliable" car like a Toyota Avensis?

Cleveland Hot Pocket · 13-11-2013 05:49PM

unkel wrote: »

Not that nonsense again.

Bought a 5 year old Rover 75 with the "dreaded" 1.8 K-series engine. Saved a good €3,000 straight away over similar condition / year cars just because it was a Rover with the K-series engine. Kept it for 5 years on an absolute shoe string. Car was very reliable, never had any head gasket or any other serious issue. Biggest repair bill was €80. At a main Rover dealer. Interior quality was poor though.

Did I mention I saved myself thousands and thousands compared to owning a "reliable" car like a Toyota Avensis?

I hate the overtly biased attitude the K Series gets, both here and in most other locations both online and IRL.

I remember buying my rover 75 a few years back, hearing about the K series afterwards and then having a discussion here with yourself amongst others about how it is a generalization.

JohnBoy26 · 13-11-2013 06:34PM

unkel wrote: »

Not that nonsense again.

yeah, I know about the potential of the engine to blow its head gasket if you let it overheat. Just don't let it overheat, duh

Ever work on the k series yourself? Did you ever take apart one of these engines? If you did you would realise it's not nonsense.

Just because you had no hg issues from your car doesn't mean that the vast majority of people didn't.

Also you don't have to let these engines overheat for them to blow a hg. Overheating will occur in some cases due to coolant leakage which will lead to hg failure.

However it's got nothing to do with maintenance or coolant leakage in most cases. they blow headgaskets under normal engine temperatures most of the time. It's the design of the head and the long bolt setup that is the main reason why the hg fails in these.

Still think Im talking nonsense? Look it up and prove me wrong.

Also it's not only hg issues they suffer from.

Scortho · 13-11-2013 06:43PM

How com lotus k series engine gave no where near as many problems as rover?
Or did they get the good batch?

JohnBoy26 · 13-11-2013 06:54PM

Scortho wrote: »

How com lotus k series engine gave no where near as many problems as rover?
Or did they get the good batch?

The engine is essentially the same in the lotus and as such it suffered from exactly the same hg issues as the Rover.

How did you come to the conclusion that the lotus doesn't suffer as much from hg issues?

Scortho · 13-11-2013 07:35PM

JohnBoy26 wrote: »

The engine is essentially the same in the lotus and as such it suffered from exactly the same hg issues as the Rover.

How did you come to the conclusion that the lotus doesn't suffer as much from hg issues?

Numerous owners on pistonheads. Which may be due to the rose tinted glasses of the posters.
You rarely hear of one who own the elise having problems with the hg, whereas when its put in a rover, its a big no-no.

Seems to be the consensus though that don't rev it beyond 3k rpm until its warm.

nd · 13-11-2013 07:59PM

Nice looking little cars to my eyes.

97 mitsubishi colt nct 1/15 800 euro

Kaiser D · 13-11-2013 08:08PM

Those alloys look too big imo.

BorneTobyWilde · 13-11-2013 08:08PM

http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/bmw-318i-03/5791351

nd · 13-11-2013 08:14PM

Kaiser D wrote: »

Those alloys look too big imo.

Yeah I agree. You'd imagine he should have the originals.

kagni · 13-11-2013 08:58PM

Might be a wee bit overpriced but has NCT 'til Nov next year, ad says it has full service history, looks well minded.

http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/alfa-romeo-sportwagon/5980526

Scortho · 13-11-2013 09:15PM

kagni wrote: »

Might be a wee bit overpriced but has NCT 'til Nov next year, ad says it has full service history, looks well minded.

http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/alfa-romeo-sportwagon/5980526

shamrock badge:pac:

bear1 · 13-11-2013 09:20PM

Yeah I had a giggle at that too.
Wonder if he even knows the proper name for that badge? Which the 156 never got

ba_barabus · 13-11-2013 09:21PM

kagni wrote: »

Might be a wee bit overpriced but has NCT 'til Nov next year, ad says it has full service history, looks well minded.

http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/alfa-romeo-sportwagon/5980526

I'd consider that expensive.

Edit: Dam you, that's made me want one now

Bangernomics car of the week/day part III

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