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€9000 to spend on something a little bit different

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    #32
    Wertz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,909 ✭✭✭✭Wertz


    In fairness there's nothing wrong with the hyundai, but they're two-apenny on the roads...wouldn't really be my definition of "something a little bit different".

    If you're seriously considering the 406, have a look on www.406coupeclub.com forums, which is an excellent resource for owners and potential buyers alike...helped me enormously when I was looking for one...


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    #33
    Lauder
    Registered Users Posts: 523 ✭✭✭Lauder


    Love the 406 coupe, but insurance is nuts. Think its like group 19 or 20. I was considering getting one but an insurance quote for e4500 (20 male full licence) put an end to that.

    Z3 are nice go for the 2.0 straight 6 engine tho, insurance is ok too i was quoted e1800.


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    #34
    Wertz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,909 ✭✭✭✭Wertz


    I dunno, I was surprised by the insurance costs...only had my full license for a month (so no real NCB to speak of) when I applied for a quote for mine (34, M) and whilst most insurance places wouldn't quote (1.4lt max? lol), quinn and some other company came back at in and around a grand for TPFT, fully comp was only another 400 on top of that....this was for the 2.0lt....I tried a quote for the V6 for the laugh and it was about 2K I think.
    Don't know why the 2.0lt would be so high compared to the Z3 2.0lt....it's certainly not the fastest car on the road by a long shot and with it's comparative rarity and good looks, owners tend to be careful....I know I do...


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    #35
    cavanmaniac
    Registered Users Posts: 345 ✭✭cavanmaniac


    Lauder wrote: »
    Love the 406 coupe, but insurance is nuts. Think its like group 19 or 20. I was considering getting one but an insurance quote for e4500 (20 male full licence) put an end to that.

    Z3 are nice go for the 2.0 straight 6 engine tho, insurance is ok too i was quoted e1800.

    Yeah nobody has mentioned the Z3 so far, any opinions?


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    #36
    hannah-banana
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22 ✭hannah-banana


    the cars you picked are nice. depends on the years of them tho.
    i have a peugeot and have had nothing but trouble with it. i want a bmw 3 series but you need to find a mechanic that will be able to fix it, because you'll pay a bomb to order in parts from a normal garage.

    ford capri would be lovely but again a mechanic is needed.. new cars are all computers now.. :(
    how about a twin cam of some sort? 2 litre or more but very nice...
    hard to decided with cars isn't it?....
    oh well im sure you'll find something..


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    #37
    Eoin
    Registered Users Posts: 21,257 ✭✭✭✭Eoin


    Lauder wrote: »
    Love the 406 coupe, but insurance is nuts. Think its like group 19 or 20. I was considering getting one but an insurance quote for e4500 (20 male full licence) put an end to that.

    Z3 are nice go for the 2.0 straight 6 engine tho, insurance is ok too i was quoted e1800.

    You were quoted less for a 2 litre convertible than a 2 litre coupe?

    I love the 406 coupe - I think it has aged very well.


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    #38
    unkel
    Registered Users Posts: 65,429 ✭✭✭✭unkel
    Chauffe, Marcel, chauffe!


    My best mate has a 3.0 V6 GTV and it is fantastic! As others said, it needs to be maintained by a specialist and maintance will be quite expensive compared to other cars. That said, the average annual maintenance costs for his '98 are nothing compared to the depreciation an '08 whitegoods car suffers.

    If you're equally brave you could get a (former) supercar, such as a Porsche as suggested by Galwaytt, or the likes of an E36 BMW M3. And there are shiploads of old fast RWD Japanese cars coming into Dublin Port, if that takes you to the fair
    eoin_s wrote: »
    I love the 406 coupe - I think it has aged very well.

    Bet you didn't spot the one that sold on adverts.ie a few days ago for, wait for it, €1.8k :eek:

    My ads on adverts.ie

    https://www.adverts.ie/member/5856/ads



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    #39
    Eoin
    Registered Users Posts: 21,257 ✭✭✭✭Eoin


    unkel wrote: »
    Bet you didn't spot the one that sold on adverts.ie a few days ago for, wait for it, €1.8k :eek:

    Man, that was a bargain - such a lovely car.

    OP - seeing as Unkel is playing by the rules and not pimping his car, I'll do it for him. Check the link in his sig for a seriously nice car. I test drove a 7 series a few months ago, and it handled a lot better than you'd expect for a car that size.


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    #40
    cavanmaniac
    Registered Users Posts: 345 ✭✭cavanmaniac


    Jesus Unkel that's a feckin' beast! :D

    I'm not really in the market for anything above the 2.2L mark I reckon, that's why I'm swaying towards either the Alfa or, increasingly, the Pug. And I'm developing a serious leather fetish, sorry Mum.


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    #41
    Cyrus
    Registered Users Posts: 20,105 ✭✭✭✭Cyrus


    why are you limiting yourself to 2.2 litre do you mind me asking? just tax or other reasons


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    #42
    racso1975
    Registered Users Posts: 5,273 ✭✭✭racso1975


    http://www.carzone.ie/used-cars/BMW/840/car/1050794/

    http://www.carzone.ie/used-cars/Lotus/Elise/car/924340/

    http://www.carzone.ie/usedcars/index.cfm?fuseaction=Car&carID=982687&message=You%20searched%20for%3A%20TVR%20S3%2E%20Your%20search%20returned%20one%20vehicle%2C%20which%20is%20shown%20below%2E&CFID=4387232&CFTOKEN=35104200

    http://www.carzone.ie/usedcars/index.cfm?fuseaction=Car&carID=1073059&message=You%20searched%20for%3A%20Pontiac%20Trans%20Am%2E%20Your%20search%20returned%20one%20vehicle%2C%20which%20is%20shown%20below%2E&CFID=4387232&CFTOKEN=35104200

    http://www.carzone.ie/used-cars/Jensen/Interceptor/Mk-III/1034689/ Leather and a 7.2 litre engine with vrt at 50 and insurance 300ish


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    #43
    il gatto
    Registered Users Posts: 3,021 ✭✭✭il gatto


    cavanmaniac wrote: »
    Yeah nobody has mentioned the Z3 so far, any opinions?

    Buy two and use them as roller skates. Too small for an everyday car. No space in the boot, only two seats. Nice for a spin on a sunny evening, but not practical. And my ex-manager used to have one and tbh he looked like a tw@t driving around in it. Too girly for my taste. The hard top looks far better on it.
    I love Alfa myself. My 156 broke the timing belt in Jan. It was at about 35.5k miles, 500 under the new "revised" shorter intervals. It's cost me almost €1,500 to fix which seems like a waste on a '98 car with 125,000miles on the clock, but to me it's worth it. I've had it for over four years and I intend to get another two out of it. If it gets througt the NCT next month it's cheap motoring. Until this the Alfa needed a recon alternator and the last NCT was a hatchet job which cost me €1,500 in suspension work. Didn't need most of it. Apart from that, it's been fine. Buy the GTV. I would.


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    #44
    galwaytt
    Registered Users Posts: 12,776 ✭✭✭✭galwaytt


    oh schweppes......... why didn't I think of that: http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/390747.htm

    btdt. Should have stdt. (Stayed There, Doing That :rolleyes: )

    Ode To The Motorist

    “And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, generates funds to the exchequer. You don't want to acknowledge that as truth because, deep down in places you don't talk about at the Green Party, you want me on that road, you need me on that road. We use words like freedom, enjoyment, sport and community. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent instilling those values in our families and loved ones. You use them as a punch line. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the tax revenue and the very freedom to spend it that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said "thank you" and went on your way. Otherwise I suggest you pick up a bus pass and get the ********* ********* off the road” 



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    #45
    Wertz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,909 ✭✭✭✭Wertz


    unkel wrote: »

    Bet you didn't spot the one that sold on adverts.ie a few days ago for, wait for it, €1.8k :eek:

    Jaysus, that's nearly a quarter of what I paid for mine (01, 56K mls), and I was originally after one with red leather too. Somebody got a gift. that was a trade price? The used car market is fooked...


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    #46
    cavanmaniac
    Registered Users Posts: 345 ✭✭cavanmaniac


    Cyrus wrote: »
    why are you limiting yourself to 2.2 litre do you mind me asking? just tax or other reasons

    Aye, tax mainly, plus 2.2 is generally plenty of horses for little old me.:)


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    #47
    positron
    Registered Users Posts: 6,367 ✭✭✭positron


    How about this one?

    0 to 60mph under 4 seconds

    http://www.carzone.ie/used-cars/Ducati/999/bip/921160/

    Never mind, lately its too bright outside for my brain to cope..! :D


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