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BANGERNOMICS (sub2k) of the week/day Part 6

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  • #7322
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 25,611 ✭✭✭✭[Deleted User]


    Will probably be in the market for something soon, just waiting for my yoke to completely pack it in. Anyway looking at Volvos around 2006 and the insides just look lovely. Not too worried about fuel economy or performance tbh, have a slight preference for diesel as I've gotten used to doing 80% of my typical daily driving with just my left foot. :pac: Anyway is there anything to look out for with the particular engines, diesel or petrol, they used?


  • #7323
    Andrew33
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,857 ✭✭✭Andrew33


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    Will probably be in the market for something soon, just waiting for my yoke to completely pack it in. Anyway looking at Volvos around 2006 and the insides just look lovely. Not too worried about fuel economy or performance tbh, have a slight preference for diesel as I've gotten used to doing 80% of my typical daily driving with just my left foot. :pac: Anyway is there anything to look out for with the particular engines, diesel or petrol, they used?
    Your LEFT foot???


  • #7324
    Rows Grower
    Registered Users Posts: 7,788 ✭✭✭Rows Grower


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Will probably be in the market for something soon, just waiting for my yoke to completely pack it in. Anyway looking at Volvos around 2006 and the insides just look lovely. Not too worried about fuel economy or performance tbh, have a slight preference for diesel as I've gotten used to doing 80% of my typical daily driving with just my left foot. :pac: Anyway is there anything to look out for with the particular engines, diesel or petrol, they used?

    You'll go a good bit newer than 2006 for a 2 grand Volvo and there are some beautie's come up for sale on a fairly regular basis.

    They're the type of car that tend to crop up and have had one careful owner, fsh and low mileage. Great cars in my humble opinion.

    "Very soon we are going to Mars. You wouldn't have been going to Mars if my opponent won, that I can tell you. You wouldn't even be thinking about it."

    Donald Trump, March 13th 2018.



  • #7325
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 25,611 ✭✭✭✭[Deleted User]


    Andrew33 wrote: »
    Your LEFT foot???

    Aye, set off in first, into 2nd, stay in that in traffic til I'm about 200m from home.


  • #7326
    Andrew33
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,857 ✭✭✭Andrew33


    Rows Grower wrote: »
    You'll go a good bit newer than 2006 for a 2 grand Volvo and there are some beautie's come up for sale on a fairly regular basis.

    They're the type of car that tend to crop up and have had one careful owner, fsh and low mileage. Great cars in my humble opinion.
    I love their style and “Swedishness” but Volvo got passed around like an abused child for an entire decade until the Chinese bought them and turned them into a fashion brand. There are people much more knowledgeable than me on here but I’d avoid any Volvo after Ford bought them.


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  • #7327
    Andrew33
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,857 ✭✭✭Andrew33


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    Aye, set off in first, into 2nd, stay in that in traffic til I'm about 200m from home.
    Ok, gotcha, as in you never have to touch accelerator. My bad.


  • #7328
    Rows Grower
    Registered Users Posts: 7,788 ✭✭✭Rows Grower


    Andrew33 wrote: »
    I love their style and “Swedishness” but Volvo got passed around like an abused child for an entire decade until the Chinese bought them and turned them into a fashion brand. There are people much more knowledgeable than me on here but I’d avoid any Volvo after Ford bought them.

    Ford bought Volvo so they could use Volvo technology and engineering in their premium models not so they could use Ford engineering in Volvo models.

    "Very soon we are going to Mars. You wouldn't have been going to Mars if my opponent won, that I can tell you. You wouldn't even be thinking about it."

    Donald Trump, March 13th 2018.



  • #7329
    CoBo55
    Registered Users Posts: 8,678 ✭✭✭CoBo55


    Rows Grower wrote: »
    Ford bought Volvo so they could use Volvo technology and engineering in their premium models not so they could use Ford engineering in Volvo models.

    Ha ha yea right:D Try telling that to an owner of a 1.6 diesel.


  • #7330
    Duke O Smiley
    Registered Users Posts: 12,074 ✭✭✭✭Duke O Smiley


    https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/opel-corsa-with-built-in-bike-rack/26314831

    NTY2Y2ZhMGVkOWFhM2M3ZGI4MDcwNTIwMjkzNWVkZDO40w2gI38ZpS3RuDiSgMqjaHR0cDovL3MzLWV1LXdlc3QtMS5hbWF6b25hd3MuY29tL2RvbmVkZWFsLmllLXBob3Rvcy9waG90b18xNjA0MzE3MjZ8fHw2MDB4NjAwfHx8fHx8fHw=.jpeg

    Don't think I've ever seen one of these in person before, but remember the ads when they were new

    Tax and test into next year anyway, €1999 (too much, but still)


  • #7331
    Rows Grower
    Registered Users Posts: 7,788 ✭✭✭Rows Grower


    CoBo55 wrote: »
    Ha ha yea right:D Try telling that to an owner of a 1.6 diesel.

    Try reading my post again, "Premium Models" does not include a 1.6 diesel.

    "Very soon we are going to Mars. You wouldn't have been going to Mars if my opponent won, that I can tell you. You wouldn't even be thinking about it."

    Donald Trump, March 13th 2018.



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  • #7332
    Andrew33
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,857 ✭✭✭Andrew33


    Rows Grower wrote: »
    Ford bought Volvo so they could use Volvo technology and engineering in their premium models not so they could use Ford engineering in Volvo models.
    Hard to know tbh, I think Ford thought it would give them a toehold in premium territory but instead they dragged Volvo down to Ford levels and then sold out. I’m probably wrong.


  • #7333
    Andrew33
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,857 ✭✭✭Andrew33


    Duke O Smiley wrote: »
    https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/opel-corsa-with-built-in-bike-rack/26314831

    NTY2Y2ZhMGVkOWFhM2M3ZGI4MDcwNTIwMjkzNWVkZDO40w2gI38ZpS3RuDiSgMqjaHR0cDovL3MzLWV1LXdlc3QtMS5hbWF6b25hd3MuY29tL2RvbmVkZWFsLmllLXBob3Rvcy9waG90b18xNjA0MzE3MjZ8fHw2MDB4NjAwfHx8fHx8fHw=.jpeg

    Don't think I've ever seen one of these in person before, but remember the ads when they were new

    Tax and test into next year anyway, €1999 (too much, but still)
    a cool feature but when no other manufacturer copied it, you know it’s a dead end.


  • #7334
    Rows Grower
    Registered Users Posts: 7,788 ✭✭✭Rows Grower


    Andrew33 wrote: »
    Hard to know tbh, I think Ford thought it would give them a toehold in premium territory but instead they dragged Volvo down to Ford levels and then sold out. I’m probably wrong.

    Volvo is a tried and trusted brand, their fleeting association with Ford did nothing to diminish the reputation, quite the opposite in my opinion.

    Google is your friend, everyone can be an expert.

    Drive a 10 or 12 year old well maintained Volvo and find out for yourself.

    "Very soon we are going to Mars. You wouldn't have been going to Mars if my opponent won, that I can tell you. You wouldn't even be thinking about it."

    Donald Trump, March 13th 2018.



  • #7335
    Andrew33
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,857 ✭✭✭Andrew33


    Rows Grower wrote: »
    Volvo is a tried and trusted brand, their fleeting association with Ford did nothing to diminish the reputation, quite the opposite in my opinion.

    Google is your friend, everyone can be an expert.

    Drive a 10 or 12 year old well maintained Volvo and find out for yourself.
    I’ve owned proper rear drive Volvo’s, I’ve driven pre Ford and post Ford Volvo’s. You can feel the difference


  • #7336
    Rows Grower
    Registered Users Posts: 7,788 ✭✭✭Rows Grower


    Andrew33 wrote: »
    I’ve owned proper rear drive Volvo’s, I’ve driven pre Ford and post Ford Volvo’s. You can feel the difference

    Thanks for sharing Andrew, that's what it's all about.

    "Very soon we are going to Mars. You wouldn't have been going to Mars if my opponent won, that I can tell you. You wouldn't even be thinking about it."

    Donald Trump, March 13th 2018.



  • #7337
    BonnieSituation
    Registered Users Posts: 18,921 ✭✭✭✭BonnieSituation


    Toyotafanboi wrote: »
    Corolla, even worse :pac:

    How very dare you


  • #7338
    BonnieSituation
    Registered Users Posts: 18,921 ✭✭✭✭BonnieSituation


    Duke O Smiley wrote: »
    https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/opel-corsa-with-built-in-bike-rack/26314831

    NTY2Y2ZhMGVkOWFhM2M3ZGI4MDcwNTIwMjkzNWVkZDO40w2gI38ZpS3RuDiSgMqjaHR0cDovL3MzLWV1LXdlc3QtMS5hbWF6b25hd3MuY29tL2RvbmVkZWFsLmllLXBob3Rvcy9waG90b18xNjA0MzE3MjZ8fHw2MDB4NjAwfHx8fHx8fHw=.jpeg

    Don't think I've ever seen one of these in person before, but remember the ads when they were new

    Tax and test into next year anyway, €1999 (too much, but still)

    Putting shopping into my mates missusususs one last week and I thought the inside panel in the boot looked off. Then I discover an air compressor behind it. Shows the ingenuity of Opel when they wanted to bother rather than give us the Insignia.


  • #7339
    CoBo55
    Registered Users Posts: 8,678 ✭✭✭CoBo55


    Rows Grower wrote: »
    Try reading my post again, "Premium Models" does not include a 1.6 diesel.

    What exactly is a Ford premium model? Please don't tell me a Chav Vignale Mondeo diesel is a premium model.


  • #7340
    CoBo55
    Registered Users Posts: 8,678 ✭✭✭CoBo55


    Andrew33 wrote: »
    Hard to know tbh, I think Ford thought it would give them a toehold in premium territory but instead they dragged Volvo down to Ford levels and then sold out. I’m probably wrong.

    No you're not, it's exactly what happened.


  • #7341
    kalkat2002
    Registered Users Posts: 717 ✭✭✭kalkat2002


    1999 nissan micra

    795 eur

    http://www.adverts.ie/21987966


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  • #7342
    punisher5112
    Registered Users Posts: 24,647 ✭✭✭✭punisher5112


    kalkat2002 wrote: »
    1999 nissan micra

    795 eur

    http://www.adverts.ie/21987966

    Way overpriced.


  • #7343
    selectamatic
    Registered Users Posts: 3,886 ✭✭✭selectamatic


    punisher5112 wrote: »
    Way overpriced.

    I dunno really, very very hard get a clean tested one for anything less than 500.

    Rust has killed off loads of them.


  • #7344
    Cheensbo
    Registered Users Posts: 2,700 ✭✭✭Cheensbo


    selectamatic wrote: »
    I dunno really, very very hard get a clean tested one for anything less than 500.

    Rust has killed off loads of them.

    ^^ this, I was looking for a nice clean 3 door for herself for a while - couldn't find one worth buying at all.

    then I made the enormous mistake of buying a 08 bluesmokegenerator mini for bangernomics money :(


  • #7345
    kalkat2002
    Registered Users Posts: 717 ✭✭✭kalkat2002


    punisher5112 wrote: »
    Way overpriced.

    Nop if it is a clean example ;)


  • #7346
    CoBo55
    Registered Users Posts: 8,678 ✭✭✭CoBo55


    Cheensbo wrote: »
    ^^ this, I was looking for a nice clean 3 door for herself for a while - couldn't find one worth buying at all.

    then I made the enormous mistake of buying a 08 bluesmokegenerator mini for bangernomics money :(

    Love the scratched out bit...:D


  • #7347
    trixiebust
    Registered Users Posts: 1,100 ✭✭✭trixiebust


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    Will probably be in the market for something soon, just waiting for my yoke to completely pack it in. Anyway looking at Volvos around 2006 and the insides just look lovely. Not too worried about fuel economy or performance tbh, have a slight preference for diesel as I've gotten used to doing 80% of my typical daily driving with just my left foot. :pac: Anyway is there anything to look out for with the particular engines, diesel or petrol, they used?

    Had an 05 V50 until a few months ago, petrol. Loved it & serviced regularly etc, electric gremlins set in one day & she never recovered, dash went dead & wouldn't turn over at all Ended up scrapping it.


  • #7348
    Duke O Smiley
    Registered Users Posts: 12,074 ✭✭✭✭Duke O Smiley


    https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/2008-jaguar-x-type/26376343

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    Cheap tax diesel X type with NCT til July 2021, €1950

    Still a good looking car and especially in facelift guise.


  • #7349
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users Posts: 73,379 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    And the owner had the good taste to not put a leaping cat on the bonnet.

    Those later X Types look quite smart. Outside at least.


  • #7350
    Duke O Smiley
    Registered Users Posts: 12,074 ✭✭✭✭Duke O Smiley


    The double din unit really smartens up the interior on them IMO

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  • #7351
    johndaman66
    Registered Users Posts: 4,095 ✭✭✭johndaman66


    The critics and purists will say its a Mondeo with a fancy body etc. but that X Type looks fantastic and your average Joe Soap won't see past the exterior. Would have one over your common as muck A4, 520d any day of the week.


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