Bangernomics car of the week/day part III

GvidoR · 07-03-2014 06:22PM

Mycroft H wrote: »

Looks like someone turned off patio furniture into a car

It's not THAT bad.

wonski · 07-03-2014 06:35PM

Mycroft H wrote: »

Looks like someone turned off patio furniture into a car

I think it is cute:D

Interslice · 07-03-2014 07:23PM

http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/00-honda-civic-nct-tax-v-tec-sport/6545164

1.5 178k miles
NCT - Jan 15

Magnum · 07-03-2014 07:44PM

Bought this about 2 weeks ago now, a years NCT, a months tax, the pic makes it look a lot cleaner than what it is ( I just gave it a polish)..Just needs a thermostat...

Not bad for €950 ;-)

Interslice · 07-03-2014 07:46PM

http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/peugeot-406-diesel-n-c-t-02-15-leather/6353827

Pity about the damage beside the headlight.
1,775
2.2 diesel
long nct

C0N0R · 07-03-2014 09:23PM

JJJJNR wrote: »

Cupra 1,500

A lot of car for the money.

If it's genuine and still for sale in two months I'm keen!! It's depressing seen all these cars I want I hope there are some decent cars for sale when I get home.

Quazzie · 07-03-2014 10:55PM

wonski wrote: »

I thought all 1.8T Leons were Cupra.

The ad itself is very poor, some people don't know how to take the pictures and sell the car.

Nope. Seat produced a 1.8T, a Cupra, and a Cupra R. All different engines and the specs getting better as they go up.

BTW that aint a Cupra, as the Cupra came with a factory fitted bodykit.

Kaiser D · 07-03-2014 11:19PM

Magnum wrote: »

Bought this about 2 weeks ago now, a years NCT, a months tax, the pic makes it look a lot cleaner than what it is ( I just gave it a polish)..Just needs a thermostat...

Not bad for €950 ;-)

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y101/magnum454/DC58B6B9-849A-4487-9D2D-0762B80A8967_zps0gk29pya.jpg

Very nice. I have a real soft spot for the MK3 estate. I had a 2002 2.0 TD estate with 260k on the clock. Decent performance and economy and even being a base model it was a nice place to be.

Did you find that car on here?

wonski · 07-03-2014 11:24PM

Quazzie wrote: »

Nope. Seat produced a 1.8T, a Cupra, and a Cupra R. All different engines and the specs getting better as they go up.

BTW that aint a Cupra, as the Cupra came with a factory fitted bodykit.

I stand corrected then. Apart from body kit were there any differences - eg suspension?
What do you mean by different engines?

Quazzie · 07-03-2014 11:48PM

wonski wrote: »

I stand corrected then. Apart from body kit were there any differences - eg suspension?
What do you mean by different engines?

No difference in the suspension, except if I'm not mistaken the Cupra R got a larger ARB to help improve stability. There is also differences in the brake setup with the Cupra R getting larger discs than the others.

In terms of engines they all have a 1.8T but the basic 1.8T put out 180bhp, whereas the Cupra put out 210bhp. The BAM (engine code) 1.8T that was in the Cupra R put out even more again at 225bhp. Whilst the blocks were very similar (not even sure if there is any difference) the biggest difference and the cause of the variance was in the Turbos. There are number different turbo configurations right across the VAG range.

The Cupra came with this kit, whereas the Cupra R came with this. The one in the ad above has neither so is just a Sport spec I'd imagine. Still a nice car, with the leather but most definitely not a Cupra.

Look here for more info

Magnum · 08-03-2014 05:24AM

Kaiser D wrote: »

Very nice. I have a real soft spot for the MK3 estate. I had a 2002 2.0 TD estate with 260k on the clock. Decent performance and economy and even being a base model it was a nice place to be.

Did you find that car on here?

Thats the funny thing Kaiser, It was on DD for maybe two or three weeks and I never seen it on here(even though I was in and out of here4/5 times a day).

She might be petrol, but I'm happy with it for the moment..

Old diesel · 08-03-2014 11:26AM

Kaiser D wrote: »

Very nice. I have a real soft spot for the MK3 estate. I had a 2002 2.0 TD estate with 260k on the clock. Decent performance and economy and even being a base model it was a nice place to be.

Did you find that car on here?

A 2.0 petrol with leather (Ghia etc) and toys would be a fine bus as an Estate.

Mondeos always looked well in Estate form - it seems to be a Mondeo tradition going right back to the Mk 1 back in 93 - and continuing right up to the due to be replaced any week now Mk 4 current model

colm_mcm · 08-03-2014 12:52PM

Bangeromics
http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/mercedes-benz-c-200-automatic/6570780

GvidoR · 08-03-2014 12:58PM

colm_mcm wrote: »

Bangeromics
http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/mercedes-benz-c-200-automatic/6570780

Automatic again, no fun. :pac:

colm_mcm · 08-03-2014 01:00PM

GvidoR wrote: »

Automatic again, no fun. :pac:

A manual C class isn't much fun either to be fair.

GvidoR · 08-03-2014 01:47PM

colm_mcm wrote: »

A manual C class isn't much fun either to be fair.

Okay so it's just a banger thread, I get it now. :P

JJJJNR · 08-03-2014 02:15PM

Quazzie wrote: »

No difference in the suspension, except if I'm not mistaken the Cupra R got a larger ARB to help improve stability. There is also differences in the brake setup with the Cupra R getting larger discs than the others.

In terms of engines they all have a 1.8T but the basic 1.8T put out 180bhp, whereas the Cupra put out 210bhp. The BAM (engine code) 1.8T that was in the Cupra R put out even more again at 225bhp. Whilst the blocks were very similar (not even sure if there is any difference) the biggest difference and the cause of the variance was in the Turbos. There are number different turbo configurations right across the VAG range.

The Cupra came with this kit, whereas the Cupra R came with this. The one in the ad above has neither so is just a Sport spec I'd imagine. Still a nice car, with the leather but most definitely not a Cupra.

Look here for more info

Completely wrong that yellow car is the revised cupra, which came out in 2003 the 00 - 03 1.8t was always referenced as the original cupra.

Quazzie · 08-03-2014 02:27PM

JJJJNR wrote: »

Completely wrong that yellow car is the revised cupra, which came out in 2003 the 00 - 03 1.8t was always referenced as the original cupra.

They are both yellow, so can you clear up what you are talking about please.

Can you point out where I was wrong in what I said?

JJJJNR · 08-03-2014 02:34PM

Quazzie wrote: »

They are both yellow, so can you clear up what you are talking about please.

Can you point out where I was wrong in what I said?

Your last paragraph, the car that i posted is 100% a Seat leon cupra, the 2003 model came out with the sports kit, but the 00 - 03 model was the original cupra. Your previous post mentioned it was a 1.8T sport.

Quazzie · 08-03-2014 02:58PM

JJJJNR wrote: »

Your last paragraph, the car that i posted is 100% a Seat leon cupra, the 2003 model came out with the sports kit, but the 00 - 03 model was the original cupra. Your previous post mentioned it was a 1.8T sport.

Because it is. Even states as such on Motorcheck.

Seat did produce non Cupra 1.8T. They came without any of the normal Cupra paraphernalia. Sharing the same engine doesn't make it a Cupra.

JJJJNR · 08-03-2014 05:47PM

Motor check is wrong, sure it has my car down as a petrol

Cupra

MadYaker · 08-03-2014 05:55PM

Lads, bangers!

Nice looking e39 with NCT

http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/bmw-new-nct-till-2015-must-be-seen/6463999

GvidoR · 08-03-2014 05:56PM

No mention of tax, and that'll be expensive on a 2.2

MadYaker · 08-03-2014 06:01PM

Yeah but it doesn't need tax to be bangernomics, and anyway at €1350 its cheap.

GvidoR · 08-03-2014 06:02PM

I thought the idea of bangernomics was to post cheap & cheap-to-run cars.

Interslice · 08-03-2014 06:09PM

GvidoR wrote: »

I thought the idea of bangernomics was to post cheap & cheap-to-run cars.

That's the 'today I saw a yaris for sale' thread your thinking of

You could buy that bmw and tax it for 20 years for less than a new 1.6tditdcicdi paddy spec grey box.

GvidoR · 08-03-2014 06:11PM

Interslice wrote: »

That's the 'today I saw a yaris for sale' thread your thinking of

Doesn't necessarily have to be the smallest possible cars, but a lot of us can't afford to run cars over 2.0 :P

Interslice · 08-03-2014 06:16PM

GvidoR wrote: »

Doesn't necessarily have to be the smallest possible cars, but a lot of us can't afford to run cars over 2.0 :P

True. Not all cars posted are 2.0+ but, there is some great value to be had because of the tax system. Alot of car for the money and all that.

Kaiser D · 08-03-2014 06:23PM

GvidoR wrote: »

I thought the idea of bangernomics was to post cheap & cheap-to-run cars.

The thread is about cars that are good value for money.

joujoujou · 08-03-2014 06:25PM

GvidoR wrote: »

I thought the idea of bangernomics was to post cheap & cheap-to-run cars.

Kaiser D wrote: »

The thread is about cars that are good value for money.

colm_mcm wrote: »

[...]

Bangeromics rules:
Under €2000
Valid NCT
Something you'd actually drive yourself
VRT paid

^^ What he said. ^^

Bangernomics car of the week/day part III

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