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Opinions Please..

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  • 23-05-2008 2:54pm
    #1
    bbam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,410 ✭✭✭


    Folks..

    I've given up on spending more than €5K on the second car in the house but I do >25K a year..

    I'd consider a 2.2D Merc like this...
    107K miles and service history up to 70K,

    http://www.carzone.ie/897642

    897642_20080309060349_26.jpg

    Any experience of these..

    Thanks
    bbam


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    fletch
    Registered Users Posts: 7,404 ✭✭✭fletch


    No opinion but what a strange asking price! €3,638 :confused:


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    bwardrop
    Registered Users Posts: 340 ✭✭bwardrop


    fletch wrote: »
    No opinion but what a strange asking price! €3,638 :confused:

    Agreed!!


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    Ferris
    Registered Users Posts: 2,287 ✭✭✭Ferris


    bbam wrote: »
    Folks..

    I've given up on spending more than €5K on the second car in the house but I do >25K a year..

    I'd consider a 2.2D Merc like this...
    107K miles and service history up to 70K,

    http://www.carzone.ie/897642

    897642_20080309060349_26.jpg

    Any experience of these..

    Thanks
    bbam

    A friend has one with 150k on it. First of all they're slow as this model has no turbo, its a NA diesel. Also you'll get 40-45mpg tops.

    As far as drawbacks that's about it, its a very comfortable, solid car on the road and the only problem he ever had on it was wheel studs snapping in the wheelhub after a garage had overtightned them. When the hub came off he took out the front wheelbearing to have a look. Its a conical bearing on a grubscrew, takes seconds to change! Very good car for motorway driving too, tracks straight for miles.

    I think it performed poorly in the NCAP retrospective tests tho.


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    bbam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,410 ✭✭✭bbam


    Slow is fine.... I'm already on 4 points. :mad:


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    bbam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,410 ✭✭✭bbam


    HI..
    Seller came down to €3300 over phone..
    He claims usual stuff... not crashed, abused, stolen etc
    I've left it with him that if he'll come down to €3000 I'd go and see car..

    Probably a bit on the cheeky side but its an older car, its been up there for 2 months already and I think the market is weak....


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    ShayK1
    Registered Users Posts: 5,602 ✭✭✭ShayK1


    nice touch!!


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    Soarer
    Registered Users Posts: 8,889 ✭✭✭Soarer


    bbam wrote: »
    HI..
    Seller came down to €3300 over phone..
    He claims usual stuff... not crashed, abused, stolen etc
    I've left it with him that if he'll come down to €3000 I'd go and see car..

    Probably a bit on the cheeky side but its an older car, its been up there for 2 months already and I think the market is weak....

    You should go see the car with 60 x €50 notes in your pocket, and if there car's a good un, wave it under his nose. I reckon he'd take the hand off ya.

    Don't forget to get 50 quid back off him for luck though! ;)


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    Beta Ray Bill
    Registered Users Posts: 3,663 ✭✭✭Beta Ray Bill


    fletch wrote: »
    No opinion but what a strange asking price! €3,638 :confused:

    Strange indeed.

    Finance on the car possibly?

    I'd ask if I were you, if he says no id still check online!


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