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

Ed Winchester · 05-03-2015 02:14AM

Caliden wrote: »

I don't think I've ever seen a Scirocco R, they're all 1.4 TSI or 2.0 TDI. I think our tax rates have something to do with it...

I had a Scirocco R for a few months. They're 2.0 Turbo and Super charged. Serious car. Very quick. 252 BHP.

mayota · 05-03-2015 11:40AM

LIGHTNING wrote: »

He has the classic parked just beside a lake photo. What is with the trend of taking felt cars just beside a lake?

Testing the water.

Renegade Mechanic · 05-03-2015 11:50AM

mayota wrote: »

Testing the water.

Hah

Odyssey 2005 · 05-03-2015 06:05PM

mayota wrote: »

Testing the water.

More like threatening to pollute it:eek:

Toyotafanboi · 11-03-2015 05:45PM

http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/honda-civic-eg9-sir/8845132?sv=1

€5250 :eek: shhhhtap! half that, maybe. yeah, eg9 saloon, getting rare etc etc.

the reality of it is, it's pretty rough bodywork wise and i'd wager a fortnight ago it was slammed on coilovers with a set of chinese rep wheels.

at a distant glance it is an immaculate example but they didn't remove the skanger mods well enough to fool most i'd say.

MuppetCheck · 11-03-2015 05:51PM

Was that drivers seat originally a passenger seat in a 3 door?

Bpmull · 11-03-2015 10:33PM

Drivers seat looks stupid the way it doesn't match. The rear driver side wheel arch is bad enough too. Sounds like absolutely mad money although I'm not that up on what they make.

Toyotafanboi · 11-03-2015 10:58PM

the jap plates aren't fooling anyone, it's a UK car.

Damage to both rear wheel arches, both sides of the front bumper, look how out of line the boot is in the 3rd pic. imagine trying to find a matching original drivers seat (which i'm sure an enthusiast would want) etc etc.

i had no idea hub caps and a tape deck offered a 400% increase in price.

colm_mcm · 11-03-2015 11:02PM

It has the Ferio badges in the rear doors, a rear wiper, and is showing on motorcheck as not being a uk import though.

Toyotafanboi · 11-03-2015 11:13PM

colm_mcm wrote: »

It has the Ferio badges in the rear doors, a rear wiper, and is showing on motorcheck as not being a uk import though.

indeed the ferio and the brown glass had me thinking it was jap, but isn't eg9 a VTi model which is the UK version of an SiR? also has screw holes in the bumper from an oblong euro plate and UK wings with side repeaters. but it does have a flare in the footwell which is japanese, but then it looks like the lighting is on the left hand steering wheel stalk which is UK...

actually my head hurts and i'm not sure anymore. either way, madness. if i had 5k and i was a 90's honda enthusiast http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/honda-integra-type-r-uk-spec-%22/8443004

colm_mcm · 11-03-2015 11:20PM

That's the (rear) wiper stalk you're seeing there.

Its obviously been smacked at some stage. Wings don't match the doors

Do the ukdm models have thermostatically controlled aircon like that?

Toyotafanboi · 11-03-2015 11:40PM

genuinely i don't know,! i'd love to know it's background though

if cars could talk.

JohnBoy26 · 14-03-2015 06:21PM

Toyotafanboi wrote: »

indeed the ferio and the brown glass had me thinking it was jap, but isn't eg9 a VTi model which is the UK version of an SiR? also has screw holes in the bumper from an oblong euro plate and UK wings with side repeaters. but it does have a flare in the footwell which is japanese, but then it looks like the lighting is on the left hand steering wheel stalk which is UK...

actually my head hurts and i'm not sure anymore. either way, madness. if i had 5k and i was a 90's honda enthusiast http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/honda-integra-type-r-uk-spec-%22/8443004

That is a jap import. The UK vti model had the Vin tag on the bulkhead behind the battery and came with different fabric on the seats. They didn't have a back wiper either. The screw holes from a previous plate is meaningless. Probably acquired those when it came into this country.

Duke O Smiley · 21-03-2015 09:05PM

http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/ef-civic-rare/8966957?offset=20

To give you an idea of what your €850 gets you...

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Duke O Smiley · 21-03-2015 09:05PM

http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/ef-civic-rare/8966957?offset=20

To give you an idea of what your €850 gets you...

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Foxhole Norman · 21-03-2015 09:12PM

50 shades of shoite right there!

Gavman84 · 21-03-2015 09:18PM

Should be put out of its misery and made into a tin can!

166man · 21-03-2015 09:26PM

But Hondas don't rust I thought....?

:pac:

Duke O Smiley · 21-03-2015 09:35PM

166man wrote: »

But Hondas don't rust I thought....?

:pac:

Jesus no, not like dem bleedin Fiats anyway

I remember putting my foot through the sill on my 96 Civic last year

job seeker · 25-03-2015 02:19AM

Add not available. Shocker!

colm_mcm · 02-04-2015 10:52PM

http://cars.donedeal.ie/modifiedcars-for-sale/2003-25th-anniversary-golf-gti/8547843?offset=6

Quazzie · 02-04-2015 11:10PM

colm_mcm wrote: »

http://cars.donedeal.ie/modifiedcars-for-sale/2003-25th-anniversary-golf-gti/8547843?offset=6

If it's as clean and unmolested as the pictures suggest he'll get close to it.

George Dalton · 02-04-2015 11:13PM

Quazzie wrote: »

If it's as clean and unmolested as the pictures suggest he'll get close to it.

I agree. If it's a good one it's priced very fairly. Not saying I'd pay it but that's what they make.

wotswattage · 02-04-2015 11:24PM

^Those ones seem to appear in this thread regularly!

A quick search for 'Golf Anniversary' on donedeal shows that one to be priced in the middle of the few genuine looking ones for sale atm. Like the other posters I wouldn't pay it but they are much nicer than a standard mk4 gti.

Duke O Smiley · 03-04-2015 03:28AM

http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/civic-shuttle/9065909?offset=17

Skangered Civic shuttle with no test that's rotten and he wants 3200 for it, haha

Alanstrainor · 03-04-2015 10:53AM

The steering wheel is cool...

dr.fuzzenstein · 03-04-2015 11:36AM

I kinda like that Honda, even if the price is daft.

bladebrew · 03-04-2015 12:48PM

My Dad had one of those Civic shuttles, he bought it without seeing it for €500, he kept it for a few years, gave no trouble at all! and with the seats down it was like a van! we even got a moped into it one day,
He was saying for years after he sold it why did he get rid of it!

ShaunieVW · 03-04-2015 12:51PM

That golf is bang on the money IMO.

cadaliac · 04-04-2015 01:21AM

ShaunieVW wrote: »

That golf is bang on the money IMO.

I have a garage 02 golf TDI wagon (as a loaner while the wife's car is being repaired) and I can't fault it. It's got 174,000 miles on the clock. OK, not the same as a GTI, but the thing is solid and you can see why the VW fanbois get into such a strop when you badmouth the golfs.
Good poke (130 bhp) and torquey - if thats a word. But my point being, 13 yeas old, big miles and absolutely fine to drive. There is reliability issues with the newer diesels (and there are lots of them) but the old skool diesels are great to drive.
I was nearly out of diesel today and the car started chugging, it was empty, put 10 bucks worth of diesel in, presto - no chugging.
Its a PD 130 unit that was religiously serviced apparently.
Personally, I've had bad experiences with VW and I'll never go back, but you can see why some fanboys will pay big bucks.

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