W123-80's wrote: »
Interslice wrote: » one for the ugly thread
nd wrote: » 04 mazda 6, nct to april, full history, 700 onohttp://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/mazda-6/6035507
nd wrote: » very economical though I imagine
Nemeses2050 wrote: » Probably seller will let it go for 500-600, jeez that's fe**in cheap... very good find
W123-80's wrote: » Test July '14 Asking €475 Anyone??!http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/96-fiat-cinquecento/6138654
1.6 PETROL, NCT 9/14, TAX END JANUARY, T-BELT DONE
nd wrote: » havn't posted a renault before but 05 renault megane tourer estate, nct to feb 15, 1450 says waterpump and t-belt donehttp://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/05-renault-megane-tourer-estate/6111475
Moneymaker wrote: » What's wrong with it I wonder?Any weak points on those 6s? My dads old 1993 Mazda 323 was the most reliable car you could ever imagine, same is true with one of these no?
Old diesel wrote: » Its an interesting car - and maybe some will say its too old. But if you don't mind that - then I can't see why not. To put it all into perspective - the early models of the 92 t0o 97 Corolla - are only a year newer then this. Hard to imagine how a 93/94 Corolla would be significantly better as a daily driver then a good one of these - if one doesn't mind paying more on fuel or driving a bigger car. Think we had this up before - although not with 13 months test if I recall. Nice car imo
Mr.Fred wrote: » Is the engine in this the one with the dephaser pulley issues. I know it was in one of the 1.6 petrol engines.
JohnBoy26 wrote: » A Corolla won't be as comfortable or as refined as one of those as it's a class or two below it. However where a daily driver is concerned a Corolla will be cheaper to run and to tax and probably will be cheaper to maintain as well. However if someone had a place to store that volvo it might make a good daily in six or seven years when it's eligible for vintage tax Imo. You'd think one of the enthusiast owners of this volvo would of changed the fe*king number plates though :pac: they look well past their sell by date.
johndaman66 wrote: » Its all relative, whats the benchmark. In America or Australia where big engines is order of the day it would be a small engined and economical car. Here not generally so, although in some circles it would still be, then some would consider it cheaper altogether to walk or pus bike. What is economical though? I mean you buy that for €700 or buy a diesel passat from the same year for up to 5 times that money. Drive the Mazda right and in real life the passat will still only return 10, at best 15 mpg more on the devils juice which is nearly the same price as unleaded now anyway. That and the risk of something more costly going wrong along the way too probably. Anyway I'd know which option I'd be taking if I was after a run around. Mazda FTW unless I was covering astronomical mileage altogether and by astronomical I don't mean 25k miles p.a.
JohnBoy26 wrote: » I think a diesel passat would do better than 10 to 15 more mpg compared to the mazda tbh. On the engine front, a diesel passat from 04 will most probably have the ultra reliable 1.9 tdi engine so not much more to go wrong compared to the mazda Imo, their pretty maintenance friendly too as far as diesels are concerned. bear in mind too that while those mazdas are very reliable , genuine main dealer parts are very expensive for them, so in the unlikely event that you will require parts be prepared to pay through the nose for them. The price of that 6 though is pretty decent and no way would you get a good diesel passat for that money so on that front it's a winner. It must have high mileage though as the seller never put the miles in the ad.
johndaman66 wrote: » Circa 32-35 mpg combined from the Mazda if you are cute about your driving? Do you really think you'd be getting much above 50mpg from the Passat in mixed driving in the real world? Maybe but I'd be somewhat skeptical. You'd still need to cover some considerable mileage before you'd draw in the potential difference in the initial outlay and begin to save money.
johndaman66 wrote: » Not sure what the E270 has to do with it all though?
Interslice wrote: » http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/audi-a4-00-1-6-nct-9-14-tax/6034828 104,700 Miles 1150 euro
Kaiser D wrote: » To be fair, the steering and seat look like they've done 104k to me, and not 200k. Also the inside door handle on the driver side looks to have little wear too.
jharr100 wrote: » I'm 99% sure that this car was traded in to a main VW dealer by a friend of mine with 200K on the clock last year ..
