And the winner of dreamer of the year is...

Kamili · 17-09-2014 10:53AM

mossym wrote: »

wheeler dealers did a tt on monday night. 1500 GBP for a running tt, issues were no 1st or 2nd gear, (fixed by ed), and some clouded headlamps.

they were at least running

Anyone know what they are like as a daily driver? Kinda considering one. Would prefer the 225... But I might be the dreamer at the money I have to spend..

MidlandsM · 17-09-2014 06:31PM

Kamili wrote: »

Anyone know what they are like as a daily driver? Kinda considering one. Would prefer the 225... But I might be the dreamer at the money I have to spend..

Just a petrol golf underneath, so ok-ish if you get one that had some sort of maintenance. Cheap ones with no service history are waste of time imho. Up the budget, and buy a nice one with lotsof history.

Kamili · 17-09-2014 06:35PM

MidlandsM wrote: »

Just a petrol golf underneath, so ok-ish if you get one that had some sort of maintenance. Cheap ones with no service history are waste of time imho. Up the budget, and buy a nice one with lotsof history.

Might just by a bangernomics and save a bit so

Cheers!

Timooo_23 · 17-09-2014 07:35PM

A dreamer? http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/mazda-rx8-shinka-automatic/7479137

Moneymaker · 17-09-2014 08:07PM

Given it's nearly 4000 more then the next most expensive example, I think it definitely goes well into dreamer range.

colm_mcm · 17-09-2014 08:43PM

But it's automatic

George Dalton · 17-09-2014 11:12PM

MidlandsM wrote: »

Just a petrol golf underneath, so ok-ish if you get one that had some sort of maintenance. Cheap ones with no service history are waste of time imho. Up the budget, and buy a nice one with lotsof history.

They actually share very few parts with a Golf. They are a car that needs same lot of maintenance. A bad one will put you in the poor house. Even a good one will cost a few quid to keep on the road.

Hachiko · 18-09-2014 12:41AM

how can an audi tt be like a golf, people in Ireland brainwashed by tdi golfs

Hachiko · 18-09-2014 12:42AM

George Dalton wrote: »

They actually share very few parts with a Golf. They are a car that needs same lot of maintenance. A bad one will put you in the poor house. Even a good one will cost a few quid to keep on the road.

yeah, thats why many cheap ones are about, they can be a false economy with the price.

toastedpickles · 18-09-2014 12:45AM

Hachiko wrote: »

how can an audi tt be like a golf, people in Ireland brainwashed by tdi golfs

But sure don't you know, the engines were used in the space shuttles? They're deadly like! :pac:

dantastic · 18-09-2014 09:26AM

Timooo_23 wrote: »

A dreamer? http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/mazda-rx8-shinka-automatic/7479137

It's a Shinka special edition. Most RX8's in Ireland are the bog standard 192s, not even many 231s about. Almost all the ones on DD are knackered 192s. A Shinka is worth well above what a knackered 192 is worth.

djimi · 18-09-2014 09:58AM

Whats different about a Shinka edition?

dantastic · 18-09-2014 10:36AM

The Shinka was built as more of a Grant Tourer. It has a different suspension and there are a few custom suspension bits on it if I remember correctly. Other than that it has all the added luxury items available at the time. Auto & cruise control, fully electric and very adjustable seats, the xeons and naturally the integrated GPS unit. Other than that there are a load of details, like trim pieces in leather rather than PVC etc, some of the chrome bits are colour coded.

It's a really nice motor. In the local climate I'd say he's a bit or a dreamer as most people will compare it to the bog standard 192 with a shot engine.

Moneymaker · 18-09-2014 10:40AM

It's still way overpriced imo.

djimi · 18-09-2014 10:43AM

dantastic wrote: »

The Shinka was built as more of a Grant Tourer. It has a different suspension and there are a few custom suspension bits on it if I remember correctly. Other than that it has all the added luxury items available at the time. Auto & cruise control, fully electric and very adjustable seats, the xeons and naturally the integrated GPS unit. Other than that there are a load of details, like trim pieces in leather rather than PVC etc, some of the chrome bits are colour coded.

It's a really nice motor. In the local climate I'd say he's a bit or a dreamer as most people will compare it to the bog standard 192 with a shot engine.

Just reading up on them there; only a couple of thousand of them made and most of them went to North America by the looks of it, so Id say its pretty rare to find one in RHD?

dantastic · 18-09-2014 10:46AM

Most of what didn't go to the US ended up in the UK and Japan so there are RHDs around. But like you say, they are rare.
If you were going to save one for the future, this would be a candidate.

djimi · 23-09-2014 09:26AM

http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/k20-ek9-civicdeposit-taken/7544134

Im posting this more so to ask the question if its a dreamer? 1999 EK9 Civic with a K20 engine for €10k. Do they really fetch that much?

CianRyan · 23-09-2014 09:56AM

djimi wrote: »

http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/k20-ek9-civicdeposit-taken/7544134

Im posting this more so to ask the question if its a dreamer? 1999 EK9 Civic with a K20 engine for €10k. Do they really fetch that much?

Well, deposit taken so yes!

djimi · 23-09-2014 10:02AM

I took that to mean that they would take a deposit :pac:

Odyssey 2005 · 23-09-2014 10:14AM

djimi wrote: »

http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/k20-ek9-civicdeposit-taken/7544134

Im posting this more so to ask the question if its a dreamer? 1999 EK9 Civic with a K20 engine for €10k. Do they really fetch that much?

Cartell says it's a 1.6

Iseedeadpixels · 23-09-2014 10:23AM

Odyssey 2005 wrote: »

Cartell says it's a 1.6

Never updated the log book id say.

djimi · 23-09-2014 10:24AM

Odyssey 2005 wrote: »

Cartell says it's a 1.6

Its a K20 transplant. Given the level of modification I doubt the owner informed anyone of the changes made :pac:

Toyotafanboi · 23-09-2014 03:33PM

you'd see clean standard ek's making €6k ish. i reckon it's worth it. one of those rare instances where an engine transplant actually increases the value. i mean bare k20 engines go for over €1k don't they?

djimi · 23-09-2014 03:37PM

Really? I didn't realise EKs went for so much.

I did some looking and Icetronix charge something like €4k for a K20 transplant so I guess that car is on the money price wise.

I'd love to drive one; a civic with a k20 (at least i presume that's what it was) left my dc2 for absolute dead away from traffic lights a while back!

vandriver · 23-09-2014 03:50PM

A 23 year old 1.2 corsa tastefully finished in house paint for 650 Euro
corsa

Toyotafanboi · 23-09-2014 03:55PM

djimi wrote: »

Really? I didn't realise EKs went for so much.

I did some looking and Icetronix charge something like €4k for a K20 transplant so I guess that car is on the money price wise.

I'd love to drive one; a civic with a k20 (at least i presume that's what it was) left my dc2 for absolute dead away from traffic lights a while back!

an ek9 i should have stated. i suppose its like most things, a lot have been wrecked at this stage so clean examples are rising in price.

h3000 · 01-10-2014 08:47PM

€12k for a 22 year old Toyota F355

Alanstrainor · 01-10-2014 08:59PM

The horror! The wheel arches look horrendous!

wotzgoingon · 01-10-2014 09:00PM

h3000 wrote: »

€12k for a 22 year old Toyota F355

Doesn't even mention what engine is in it or anything important like NCT or tax etc.. I know it's 2.0 litre but is it a turbo. You don't want to be driving around in your pretend ferrari and get left behind by a TDi.

Taylor365 · 01-10-2014 09:09PM

over 19k sterling spent on it to get it to where it is

....he probably has a glass of wine every night rocking back and forth.

And the winner of dreamer of the year is...

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