BANGERNOMICS (sub2k) of the week/day Part 6

I’d buy that if I was spending €700 on a car.

colm_mcm wrote: »

I’d buy that if I was spending €700 on a car.

I was in Dublin this morning and would have brought it home if it was available.

Reminds me of the old 4x4 Renault Scenic which I was a fan of.

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/2008-honda-civic-type-s/24255344



Cheap tax Type S Civic diesel with test til July, €2k

Driven by Clarkson! Apparently

Rows Grower wrote: »

Good haggling excuse.

Probably still smell the cigarette smoke.

Esel wrote: »

He should raffle it. See his other ad. Are these raffles legal?

https://www.donedeal.ie/phones-for-sale/ultimate-raffles/24111743

Any raffle above a certain value needs to be approved and licensed.

The vast majority of car raffles are over that value.

FrankC21 wrote: »

I know diesel car is suitable for that distance, but maintenance issues of diesel cars.

Maintenance issues of diesel cars?
Sure, some are more reliable and cheaper to run than others, but issues are vehicle and not fuel specific.


I've spent more on my petrol bangernomic in the past 6 months, than I did on my previous 2 diesel bangernomics cars in the 2 years prior to it - and I had a full clutch & flywheel combo fitted to one of the diesels in my ownership.

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/only-26k-miles-rover/24268487



26k miles, NCT til September, €700

Love these! This looks tidy too

I used to have one,it was a pocket rocket with a twin cam engine.
IIrc Rover used a Honda engine in them.

But diesel cars are bad for environment, no?

I was helping my son source a car over the last month, bough aporox 10 car checks to help.
We were looking for a 11 to 131 csr with approx 100,000 km or less. Only found 2 cars that didn't have odometer discrepancy, most of the cars were red flagged for this., one even had wrong engine id. Most of them also vastly understated the no. of previous owners. Buyer beware never truer !

I think the NCT and tax discs might be fake too. Something doesn’t add up if it was taxed for the year last August, but there’s 9 owners. That doesn’t happen.

NCT site talking about rearranging a booking when you put the reg in.
Carsireland doesn’t give an expiry on the tax (not 100% reliable but still)

NCT says it's due 2019 for the Audi.

Someone will be had with that.

Here is a screenshot.....

Reported it

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/2008-lexus-is250-v6-auto-nctd-spotless/24275888

Clean lexus for little money, NGK coil packs can be got for €90.

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/subaru-legacy-automatic-4x4-2-0-petrol-nct-tax/24272332

Nice scooby estate

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/saab-9-3-2005-nct-10-20-low-miles/24219625

Cheap Saab with long NCT, looks presentable enough. Not sure why it's down as a 2 litre in the ad....

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/mazda-mazda-5-1-8i-executive-new-nct-01-21/24244074

Clean family bus with long NCT. There has been a large posterior on that drivers seat! Serious wear. Appears to be a church goer too if that's you're thing!

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/saab-9-3-2006/24208718

Eyes wide open on this trade sale but a low mileage car with 3 months NCT for €500. Woeful spec but would be a grand yoke for a year.

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/2007-2-0t-se-180bhp-full-service-history-new-nct/24227132

Lovely Volvo. If you could get a couple of hundred off the asking price it's a fine car.

I’d say if that Lexus only needed a coil pack it would be sorted. That’s an age old line

almostover wrote: »

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/saab-9-3-2005-nct-10-20-low-miles/24219625

Cheap Saab with long NCT, looks presentable enough. Not sure why it's down as a 2 litre in the ad....

That's because the 1.8t Saab 9-3 is actually a 2 litre engine with a turbo
The 1.8 is normal 1.8 petrol engine
No idea how they came up with the naming logic, but hey ho


{EDIT}
On that note, most of you here know we went through a Saab phase in the Mad_mike household last year
I bought a 1.8 myself as a summer run around, but it's only had about 2,000kms use since I bought it and I have NCT'd it again to August, but it's sitting unused, so I have popped it up for sale or swaps

Usual Bangernomics rates apply if anyone is interested in a cheap car with high mileage!




{/EDIT}

Still flying. Love the Audi.
Had threatened to move it on and try a newer one, but can't bring myself to get rid of it even though it's 2004.

Every time I look at other Avants on Donedeal, there is just nothing like it, so I'll keep driving it for now.
Passenger door window regulator went recently and have a new one to pop into it, but weather is just horrendous, so I'll attack it once it dries up a bit

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

They ate fantastic cars, especially in the right spec and with the right engine, like yours. If it comes up for sale I’d be interested in it most definitely

No worries. Will keep you in mind most definitely

Cover is missing from rear towing eye also. In my experience, that's never a good thing!

secman wrote: »

I was helping my son source a car over the last month, bough aporox 10 car checks to help.
We were looking for a 11 to 131 csr with approx 100,000 km or less. Only found 2 cars that didn't have odometer discrepancy, most of the cars were red flagged for this., one even had wrong engine id. Most of them also vastly understated the no. of previous owners. Buyer beware never truer !

colm_mcm wrote: »

I’d guess you’re looking at the very bottom of the price range.

secman wrote: »

€6.5k max was the budget so not really.

There’s some reason why you’re showing up so many problem cars.
What models were you after?

Mad_Mike wrote: »

That's because the 1.8t Saab 9-3 is actually a 2 litre engine with a turbo
The 1.8 is normal 1.8 petrol engine
No idea how they came up with the naming logic, but hey ho


{EDIT}
On that note, most of you here know we went through a Saab phase in the Mad_mike household last year
I bought a 1.8 myself as a summer run around, but it's only had about 2,000kms use since I bought it and I have NCT'd it again to August, but it's sitting unused, so I have popped it up for sale or swaps

Usual Bangernomics rates apply if anyone is interested in a cheap car with high mileage!




{/EDIT}

I had a 1.8t and absolutely loved it. What’s the 1.8 linear like to drive? Does it feel underpowered?

Akrasia wrote: »

I had a 1.8t and absolutely loved it. What’s the 1.8 linear like to drive? Does it feel underpowered?

We have had a few now
Started off with the 1.8t for herself and then I bought the 1.8 to try it and she moved to a diesel 150bhp.

It's ok to be fair, not fantastic power, but I knew that buying it anyway. Just wanted to try a Saab myself and picked it up for reasonable money. It will do around 38mpg all day long with motorway driving which I was very impressed with, especially coming from diesel cars for the last 7 or 8 years.

It's 120bhp, compared to around 145bhp for the 1.8t, but I always found the 1.8t underpowered for a turbo car anyway. The fact you can easily get the turbo remapped to up around 200bhp, shows how much Saab de-tuned them initially.

It will never set the world alight with performance, but for a change to a petrol yoke for the summer months and to have something a bit different but with leather, aircon, bluetooth kit etc, it just kinda ticked all the boxes for me

Back when I was driving one, most petrol cars were 5 speed.