Bangernomics car of the week/day part III

unkel wrote: »

It was the first ever diesel engine made by Honda. Not bad at all for a first effort, but very far from best of class at the time. Less power than the competition and using a bigger size engine. Terrible combination here with the Irish motor tax

Still overall a pretty reliable and good looking car and I'm sure it's a decent bangernomics proposition

If it was me, I'd get the petrol though

I'd have no problem driving a 2.2 Honda, not a 04 though - 05-06 would be better.
As Unkel has said, Honda's first attempt at a diesel (is that correct though? I remember older Accords having the tdi engine) if you compare it to Lexus' attempt at the diesel market with the IS220d then you wouldn't complain much about the Honda.
They are a nicer car in saloon mode, nice heated leather seats and some good equipment as standard.
Only thing that I don't like is that they don't have a low oil warning light.

Re: Honda Accord. I like the 04 onwards shape - lovely looking car except in estate form. Looks like they ran out of idea's when they got to the back and just thought "fcuk it - lets go with the hearse look"

http://www.adverts.ie/car/bmw/3-series/2000-bmw-318-for-sale/5217228

colm_mcm wrote: »

Isuzu 3.1td engine in the Honda Horizon

You mean Honda badges glued on to an Isuzu trooper :pac:

JohnBoy26 wrote: »

You mean Honda badges glued on to an Isuzu trooper :pac:

Opel Monterey or death

colm_mcm wrote: »

As opposed to the concerto diesel, which even had the rover lights and suspension?
:pac:

The concerto had different lights to its rover counterpart. The suspension was the same in European markets but the Japanese concerto had a different setup using double wishbone instead of struts.

Both cars were co developed rather than just simple badge engineering like the horizon.

Test until April '15 on this old A4
1.8 petrol
Asking €750

http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/audi-a4-nct-4-15-1-8-1996/6749486

The epitomie of bangernomics here - http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/saab-9000-cse-nct-tax/6720371

6 weeks tax and 9 months test for €550.

Interslice wrote: »

http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/audi-a4-cabriolet-220bhp-multi/6751455



Short NCT, bit of tax apparently, 2300 euro, and 3 litre V6 5v petrol :cool:

for some balance: long NCT, four wheels, engine - 540 euro:http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/toyota-n-c-t-15-12-2014/6720571

That Audi is a beautiful car.:cool: :cool:

unkel wrote: »

Edit that fecking "for some balance" out of your post right now! :pac:

done . I was trying to keep the economics in check!