Bangernomics car of the week/day part III

Kaiser D · 03-03-2014 10:35PM

Any ideas for a replacement?

Congrats btw.

Ded_Zebra · 03-03-2014 10:38PM

Kaiser D wrote: »

Any ideas for a replacement?

Congrats btw.

I have a plan

but It's not going to be ready for another while so I think I'm going to get a fixer upper in the meantime.

Marlow · 03-03-2014 10:39PM

Bangernomics

Bought Saturday for 480 eur. Drive it for a month or two, then take the engine out of it and stick it in my new camper project. Drives perfect, bar the shot suspension, timing belt done at 165k miles, 200k miles on the clock now, so 25k miles left.

2.5 TDI, the same as the T4 Transporter engines. Get a set of comfy black leather seats with it. Sell a few parts and weigh the remainder in for scrap.

Should come out at near to zero in the end.

/M

Kaiser D · 03-03-2014 10:42PM

Ded_Zebra wrote: »

I have a plan but It's not going to be ready for another while so I think I'm going to get a fixer upper in the meantime.

http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/subaru-vivio-gli-660cc/6459037

Perfect :P

Kaiser D · 03-03-2014 10:45PM

Honda Accord 1.8, NCT 3/15, €850
Looks like a very clean car. I'm sure a bit could haggled off the asking too.

toyotaavensis · 03-03-2014 10:47PM

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Dont be so sure about getting money off - the car is in Kerry.

Ded_Zebra · 03-03-2014 10:49PM

Kaiser D wrote: »

http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/subaru-vivio-gli-660cc/6459037

Perfect :P

Budget of only €300 I'm afraid! Thinking of this kind of thing.

http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/99-suzuki-wagon-r-quick-sale-375-ono/6535494

dgt · 03-03-2014 10:55PM

Ded_Zebra wrote: »

Budget of only €300 I'm afraid! Thinking of this kind of thing.

See if you can stretch that budget a bit....!

500

Kaiser D · 03-03-2014 10:59PM

Honda Civic 1.4, NCT 3/15, tax 5/14, €1150

Seems very cheap. I presume you could get this for €1000.

Honda Civic 1.6, NCT 2/15, tax 4/14, €1650

I'm not too sure about this one, it seems a bit expensive, but it looks immaculate, and in years to come these will only go down the path of the EF Civic, where people will ask crazy money for them, especially clean examples. So lets say you get it for €1500. Would it be a good or bad deal?

Moneymaker · 03-03-2014 11:01PM

daz16 wrote: »

2001 e39 525
nice colour
looks tidy
118k
nct 3/15
same owner 8 yrs
€1400
http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/bmw-5-series-tax-new-nct-3-2015/6546812

Going to see this tomorrow, the Peugeot was a bit too weedy for me but this should suffice. Seller sounds very genuine and 1400 is good money for the condition of the car imo.

Insurance might be fun but hey, only live once!

unkel · 03-03-2014 11:07PM

Best of luck Moneymaker. I bet you will the next happy owner tomorrow. E39 with the trusted straight 6 FTW

Marlow · 03-03-2014 11:07PM

Ded_Zebra wrote: »

Budget of only €300 I'm afraid! Thinking of this kind of thing.

http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/99-suzuki-wagon-r-quick-sale-375-ono/6535494

Convert that into a campervan and the tax will be even cheaper

At 102 quid/year.

/M

colm_mcm · 03-03-2014 11:34PM

Marlow wrote: »

Convert that into a campervan and the tax will be even cheaper At 102 quid/year.

/M

I don't think it could get much camper than it is tbh.

kupus · 04-03-2014 12:22AM

colm_mcm wrote: »

I don't think it could get much camper than it is tbh.

I like them a lot. Nearly got one. It was the 4x4 version. vroom vroom.

colm_mcm · 04-03-2014 12:32AM

A purple Wagon R was in the running for a car for herself too last year.

unkel · 04-03-2014 12:46AM

Here's the Wagon R's sister:

'07 Agila, NCT '15, asking €2,250

Kaiser D · 04-03-2014 12:49AM

I wonder how much people were paid to take those things away in 2007!

carzony · 04-03-2014 03:31AM

unkel wrote: »

Here's the Wagon R's sister:

'07 Agila, NCT '15, asking €2,250

Looks ancient

onlyfinewine · 04-03-2014 04:10AM

Ded_Zebra wrote: »

http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/mercedes/6285430

Never heard of an E class with a 1.8 engine? Usually fitted with a three litre petrol at least.

Cleveland Hot Pocket · 04-03-2014 09:18AM

onlyfinewine wrote: »

Never heard of an E class with a 1.8 engine? Usually fitted with a three litre petrol at least.

What about the e200 that is usually a 2.0?

Red Kev · 04-03-2014 10:18AM

onlyfinewine wrote: »

Never heard of an E class with a 1.8 engine? Usually fitted with a three litre petrol at least.

Firstly, that's a C-Class, not an E-Class.

E Class starts at 2.0l in the W124 and and W220 versions, goes up to 5.0 litre or 6.2 but these are very rare. The vast vast majority sold were 2.0-3.0 and even then overwhelmingly as 2.0-2.5 litre engines.

You seem to be thinking of the S-Class that starts as a 2.8/3.0 (or even 2.6) in most versions.

Marlow · 04-03-2014 10:55AM

colm_mcm wrote: »

I don't think it could get much camper than it is tbh.

Camper regulation is a bed (can be converted from seats), a cooker (rigidly fixed), a storage compartment and a table. No more, no less. With a fully VRT'd car/bus, there's no additional VRT to be paid for the change and no pictures to be send to Rosslare either. Just a coachbuilder to sign off on the work. Some DOE centers will do that for 100-200 quid.

A minimalistic camper is build of that with a cooker and some ply. Basically build a unit in the boot, that's storage compartment and cooker.

The bed can consist of folding all seats down and folding out some ply on piano-hinches from the boot and roll a thin madress out of the boot.

The table can be on a swivel base behind the driver or passenger seat.

I'm not saying, it'll be a very useful camper and you won't get camper insurance on it, but it's doable. And the tax will be half the original then.

Here's a professional version of what I'm on about.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6HQiaXrAIo

Simplify that, make it smaller, you can actually convert a Wagon R+ to a camper. Even if it's just for tax reasons.

/M

Red Kev · 04-03-2014 11:04AM

^ When I imported a camper from Germany a couple of years ago they insisted on a standing height in the back of (IIRC) 1.8m, so that car won't pass.

NyOmnishambles · 04-03-2014 11:35AM

unkel wrote: »

Here's the Wagon R's sister:

'07 Agila, NCT '15, asking €2,250

I had one of those on oan when I had a car in a garage getting repaired, it was great craic to drive, felt nippy enough but being about as aerodynamic as a brick from the side had the tendency to feel like it would be tipped over by a gust of wind or some vigorous cornering

Not a bad yoke if you needed something like that

Marlow · 04-03-2014 11:37AM

Red Kev wrote: »

^ When I imported a camper from Germany a couple of years ago they insisted on a standing height in the back of (IIRC) 1.8m, so that car won't pass.

The 1.8m rule was abolished in 2011 with the implementation of EU campervan regulation into irish law. I have 2 campervans sitting here, that neither have 1.8m standing height and were converted in the last 2 years.

/M

wonski · 04-03-2014 12:42PM

Are you guys serious about converting R+ to avail of cheaper tax?

Even if it can be done it is, well...stupid idea.

daz16 · 04-03-2014 01:37PM

Moneymaker wrote: »

Going to see this tomorrow, the Peugeot was a bit too weedy for me but this should suffice. Seller sounds very genuine and 1400 is good money for the condition of the car imo.

Insurance might be fun but hey, only live once!

Best of luck fella. Let us all know how you go. If its as straight as it looks it could be a great bangernomics mobile!!

daz16 · 04-03-2014 01:47PM

2000 corsa
nct 9/14
tax 3/14
75k
I dispise these (the 3 cylinder ones anyway, although the uncle did have a 1.5d one that was a great car. isuzu engine)
Still at 600 sheets cheap motoring.
€600
http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/opel-corsa-1-0-petrol-nct-09-14-tax-3-14/6550246

Marlow · 04-03-2014 02:14PM

wonski wrote: »

Even if it can be done it is, well...stupid idea.

Explain to me, why it's a stupid idea ?

/M

wonski · 04-03-2014 02:17PM

Marlow wrote: »

Explain to me, why it's a stupid idea ?

/M

Because the original tax is in region of 200/year.

Bangernomics car of the week/day part III

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