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Bangernomics

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  • 11-10-2008 7:07pm
    #1
    Volvoboy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,479 ✭✭✭


    http://bangernomics.tripod.com/

    Have my daily driver for the last year €1200 spent on purchase, never let me down! Just usual service stuff spent.

    Got her at 112k last October 129k now:)


    Anyother members of the bangernomic church here?:D


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    eringobragh
    Registered Users Posts: 3,668 ✭✭✭eringobragh


    Volvoboy wrote: »

    Anyother members of the bangernomic church here?:D

    Yes. Only issues - Alternator Died - €90 for a recon and fitted myself, Backbox pipe fell off €30 for a used one and still on 8 months later.


    1995 Nissan Primera 170,000miles, acquired Over 12 months ago now has 190,000miles, a soldier of a car!


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    mike65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 88,978 ✭✭✭✭mike65


    I pray at the alter of semi-bangernomics I used to be a total bangnomic - 120 quid Fiestas, 500 quid Corsas etc, the Audi A6 cost 1900 and is still somehow going. I suspect a revial in the art is upon us :)

    Mike


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    Volvoboy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,479 ✭✭✭Volvoboy


    One of my favs was a 91 Carina i got at 174K for €400 NCT'd And Taxed sold for €800 miss that 'auld bus:( kept her for 3 months got a itch and upgraded to a 97 model for €700.


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    eringobragh
    Registered Users Posts: 3,668 ✭✭✭eringobragh


    Volvoboy wrote: »
    One of my favs was a 91 Carina i got at 174K for €400 NCT'd And Taxed sold for €800 miss that 'auld bus:( kept her for 3 months got a itch and upgraded to a 97 model for €700.

    whats your current 'banger' ????? :D


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    ARGINITE
    Registered Users Posts: 2,717 ✭✭✭ARGINITE


    Rover 200, bought of my brother for e500.
    Going strong for nearly two years now :D


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    L-M
    Registered Users Posts: 23,694 ✭✭✭✭L-M


    eringobragh wrote: »
    whats your current 'banger' ????? :D

    Smells like a carina lol!


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    eringobragh
    Registered Users Posts: 3,668 ✭✭✭eringobragh


    Limerick-man wrote: »
    Smells like a carina lol!

    His username is misleading.:pac: I was expecting he'd have a Volvo box mobile!


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    L-M
    Registered Users Posts: 23,694 ✭✭✭✭L-M


    eringobragh wrote: »
    His username is misleading.:pac: I was expecting he'd have a Volvo box mobile!

    So did i lol, but i think i saw it some where as to the reason behind it. Memory of a goldfish.


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    Wishbone Ash
    Registered Users Posts: 24,995 ✭✭✭✭Wishbone Ash


    A work colleague of mind always buys bangers usually for €100 or less and gets a few months out of them. He has to park in some rough spots around Dublin so he usually throws a brick through the passenger window and leaves the glass and brick on the passenger seat. The scum think that it has already been broken into and move on. :)

    (I don't know what he does if asked for a lift!)

    My MB is nearly 11 years old with 170k miles but not really a banger yet!


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    mike65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 88,978 ✭✭✭✭mike65


    NCT out of the question then? ;)

    Mike


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    Rowley Birkin QC
    Registered Users Posts: 6,238 ✭✭✭Rowley Birkin QC


    98 Vectra here, kept going with guesswork, Haynes manual and exhaust sealant putty.

    Seems to run away fine with no NCT aswell, strange that.


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    eringobragh
    Registered Users Posts: 3,668 ✭✭✭eringobragh


    bigkev49 wrote: »

    Seems to run away fine with no NCT aswell, strange that.

    tut tut

    Won't somebody please think of the children!! :pac::rolleyes:


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    kindalen
    Registered Users Posts: 1,158 ✭✭✭kindalen


    k10 micra....keeps on going.it cannot be killed!


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    mcirl2
    Closed Accounts Posts: 99 ✭✭mcirl2


    The timing belt went in my escort last week + a mechanic said it would cost between 500 and 800 to fix. PRobably about twice the value of the car!!

    Think I will probably offer it 4 parts. Otherwise its solid but the body is kinda knackered. Lots of scratches + dents. Got 40k out of her in 3 years - not bad for €700!!

    With a broken T/B is it better to just get the thing scrapped??

    Mike


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    Max_Damage
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,461 ✭✭✭Max_Damage


    My first car was a '90 Micra K10 that I bought in 2004 for €200. It lasted me 3 years until the engine died in it. I still have it, hopefully I'll get it back on the road again in the near future.

    My current car, a '95 Ford Escort 1.3L, I bought it during the summer for €750, and so far, not a problem with it at all. Cheap to run & cheap to fix (the good ol' Ford Kent pushrod engine!). Hopefully it will last me a good few years with a bit of luck.

    The secret I think is servicing it regularly. I change the oil and filter in my car every 6 months or 6,000 miles, whichever comes first. I change the sparkplugs and air filter every 12 months.


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


    Good thread!

    I have a '96 Xantia 1.9d, Bought for 500quid with 6 months tax + NCT on it. The clock has frozen at 193k so the mileage is unknown. Passenger window is broke, the clutch is slipping, the alt warning light is a bulb stuck to the top of the dash, and one of the engine mounts is gone.

    Still works tho and the engine is as sweet as a nut.

    Faltmate had to replace a funflat tyre on his bmw for 495euro, I got a whole car for a fiver more.


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    L-M
    Registered Users Posts: 23,694 ✭✭✭✭L-M


    Ferris wrote: »
    Faltmate had to replace a funflat tyre on his bmw for 495euro, I got a whole car for a fiver more.

    Nothing fun about runflats obviously:P


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    jvc
    Registered Users Posts: 191 ✭✭jvc


    94 Toyota Corolla here. bought it at 146K heading for 169K now. Never let me down.


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    Blitzkrieger
    Registered Users Posts: 6,660 ✭✭✭Blitzkrieger


    I kinda miss having a banger. Parking it wherever I liked and not really caring. Fixing it for pennies. Those shiny vs scrap moments are always fun too. I remember one thime when I was driving down the street where I live I had a funny confrontation with a brand new mercedes. There was cars parked on both sides of the street but there was still loads of room for us to pass each other at the narrowest point....which at our respective speeds was just where we were going to pass. The problem was she was well over on my side of the road and seemed to expect me to stop and wait for her. No chance! :) I put one wheel just left of the white line and kept a constant speed - if she wanted to hit me on my side of the road that was fine with me. I'd have just scrapped the car. She swerved at the last second and the dirty look she gave me was hilarious.

    I keep thinking about going out and buying something mad. A big 3l v6 banger...


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


    Limerick-man wrote: »
    Nothing fun about runflats obviously:P

    ROFL:D


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    Vegeta
    Registered Users Posts: 11,393 ✭✭✭✭Vegeta


    Yup 97 corolla 1.3 xli, 187k on the clock, got it 3 years ago at 135K and still going fine.

    It needs a new radiator though so I am going to try and get one from a breakers yard or a refurb. There's a knock coming from the drivers side suspension set up so that needs a look too. This weekends work I'd say

    Love the car though (slow and not exciting at all, but comfortable and very easy to operate/drive). If the engine dies I think I will just buy the same model for about 500 quid


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    S.I.R
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,837 ✭✭✭S.I.R


    Volvoboy wrote: »
    http://bangernomics.tripod.com/

    Have my daily driver for the last year €1200 spent on purchase, never let me down! Just usual service stuff spent.

    Got her at 112k last October 129k now:)


    Anyother members of the bangernomic church here?:D


    Everyone is, bought 2 puntos for 50 quid and mate a car for my mother... after mixing the two, a quick service, spent no more then 200 quid and it has 2 years test... spare clutch from the other one and many other parts...
    [

    should be good for another year before i sell it for her and try do the same with a newwer model...

    God istill hate puntos though...


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    barryfitz
    Registered Users Posts: 554 ✭✭✭barryfitz


    Bought a 94 polo about three months ago for €100. NCT'd till november 2009 and 4 new tyres. Gave me a bit of a fright a couple of days after buying it as it wouldnt start. stuck a new (second hand) dist cap and plugleads on her and she hasnt looked back since. she aint pretty though, theres a big rusty hole in the passenger side door sill and the front of her just underneath the bumper is entirely brown. no interest in future repairs.

    The family car is a 95 corolla that I semi inherited about 3 years ago for €900. I wouldnt class this as a banger though as it runs perfect and bodywork is undamaged. it also passes the NCT without being looked at. so definetly not a banger!! :D:D


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    #25
    HashSlinging
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    How much do you need to spend to qualify ?


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    #26
    Volvoboy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,479 ✭✭✭Volvoboy


    I'd say anything under €1500, tho there really is a thrill of buying a car workable & legal sub 500.


    TBH it doesnt have to be in ribbons to be classed as a banger.


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    Karma
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    91 Lancia Dedra 1995ie
    got it at 80/82k 3/4 years ago for 700€( to pay for head gasket and stereo:)
    spent the same again on fixing the Italianness of it- strange leaks and rust and exhaust and some engine parts.
    I have known all the owners of the car except for when it was owned as a BOI Fleet car(1st owner)
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lancia_Dedra.
    only 2 options for a replacement. ;)
    and have not been made for some time... a few more years and Classics....

    oh and my previous cars were a 1996 Fiat Tempra1.6ie and 1990 Fiat Tipo1.4DGT.
    i have turned down some nice more modern cars to keep mine. hard to be with out it.


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    kazul
    Closed Accounts Posts: 645 ✭✭✭kazul


    I just joined the club. Bought a '98 Nissan Excimo V6 2.0 automatic ex-taxi today for €900. And it needs an NCT.


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    eringobragh
    Registered Users Posts: 3,668 ✭✭✭eringobragh


    kazul wrote: »
    I just joined the club. Bought a '98 Nissan Excimo V6 2.0 automatic ex-taxi today for €900. And it needs an NCT.

    Nice Welcome to the club :D, What Mileage does she have??


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    kazul
    Closed Accounts Posts: 645 ✭✭✭kazul


    I just joined the club. Bought a '98 Nissan Excimo V6 2.0 automatic ex-taxi today for €900. And it needs an NCT.


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    dudara
    Registered Users Posts: 33,518 ✭✭✭✭dudara


    Got a 99 Fiat Punto two years ago - definitely in the banger class now due to two dented doors, courtesy of bad parkers in public spaces.

    I'm saving hard for a newer car (Thinking of €12-15k Mini Cooper S hopefully) so until I have the cash in the bank, the Punto will be on the road.


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