Bangernomics car of the week/day

homer90

Vote to merge the threads again. Too many handbags flying around the place in the last day or so............

The original thread had a nice bit of banter to it also,

Wanna see bargains in the one thread, be it, luxo or ****e box.

If it aint broke ..................

Simples :cool:

Mr Benevolent

One for VB so:

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/2255318

Come on lads, start posting cars and stop bickering.

Confab

Confab wrote: »

One for VB so:

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/2255318

Come on lads, start posting cars and stop bickering.

not easy to check on the phone but is that tony boland selling that ?

kermitpwee

Limerick man wrote: »

It's what we've called Bangernomics for a long time now, I don't a "dictionary" definition is coming into it.

Plus, of course looks and personal taste comes into it.

When the other thread started many moons ago I posted on it outlining what bangernomics was, you may have been calling bangernomics something else for a long time but that still doesn't make it bangernomics. I have been following James Ruperts bangernomics for years and I don't see why people cant get that it's not buying a cheap barge. Its about running a car for the least amount of money. Looks and personal taste do not come into as that is not what bangernomics is about. If you want to buy an old 728 with all the extras for 1500 euro then thats your business. If it runs okay you will have got an absolute bargain and will have gained pleasure from it. I don't have a problem with that you may even tell people you have beat the sytem but if you tell people that it is bangernomics then you are incorrect. It's as simple as that, you can say what you want but the fact is that it is not bangernomics.

EPM

Confab wrote: »

One for VB so:

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/2255318

Come on lads, start posting cars and stop bickering.

No mention of tax or test but if that checks out it would be a nice find.

I Was VB

kermitpwee wrote: »

When the other thread started many moons ago I posted on it outlining what bangernomics was, you may have been calling bangernomics something else for a long time but that still doesn't make it bangernomics. I have been following James Ruperts bangernomics for years and I don't see why people cant get that it's not buying a cheap barge. Its about running a car for the least amount of money. Looks and personal taste do not come into as that is not what bangernomics is about. If you want to buy an old 728 with all the extras for 1500 euro then thats your business. If it runs okay you will have got an absolute bargain and will have gained pleasure from it. I don't have a problem with that you may even tell people you have beat the sytem but if you tell people that it is bangernomics then you are incorrect. It's as simple as that, you can say what you want but the fact is that it is not bangernomics.

Nail & Head.

Dr_Teeth

Lads, what do you think of this:

http://www.carzone.ie/search/Audi/A8/4.2-QUAT/201017197788889/advert?channel=CARS

Setting aside for a second the high tax, insurance and petrol bills (and cork reg! ) - would I get years of happy motoring out of this machine or would some super-expensive part fail and leave me stuck?

Eric Cartman

id give that another 8k of a fall before id touch it, but give it 3 years and depreciation wont be an issue anymore

lovely motor though

I Was VB

Eric Cartman wrote: »

id give that another 8k of a fall before id touch it, but give it 3 years and depreciation wont be an issue anymore

lovely motor though

Is that the going rate for a A8? 13K for a 03? Surely the simmilar S Class would be in the 8-10 K range?

Eoin

I can't really be arsed continuing a silly, pedantic argument over a makey-uppy phrase. Rightly or wrongly, it means different things to different people - and now that distinction has been made with the two threads, so it's all good.

zilog_jones

kermitpwee wrote: »

I have been following James Ruperts bangernomics for years and I don't see why people cant get that it's not buying a cheap barge. Its about running a car for the least amount of money. Looks and personal taste do not come into as that is not what bangernomics is about. If you want to buy an old 728 with all the extras for 1500 euro then thats your business. If it runs okay you will have got an absolute bargain and will have gained pleasure from it. I don't have a problem with that you may even tell people you have beat the sytem but if you tell people that it is bangernomics then you are incorrect. It's as simple as that, you can say what you want but the fact is that it is not bangernomics.

From James Ruppert's (not 'Rupert' ) own website:
http://bangernomics.tripod.com/barge.htm

One of his own bangernomics cars that he had a while back was an E34 525i, and in his more recent updates (on his current website) he had a '95 Jag XJ and a Rover 800 Sterling. So I'd feel pretty safe in saying that a cheap old 7 Series is definitely bangernomics, it's just barges are not for everyone and the other thread was becoming almost exclusively barges.

@unkel: How much does it cost to service a 7er? What about other consumables like brake pads, etc.?

Eric Cartman

I Was VB wrote: »

Is that the going rate for a A8? 13K for a 03? Surely the simmilar S Class would be in the 8-10 K range?

it would be , hence why im saying it needs a drop , the going rate would be 8-10k i think thats a little high in price but an audi a8 isnt in the same leauge as an s class or higher end 7er in my book , itll be a good buy when it hits the sub 4k mark in a few years but for now i think your money would be better off spent on a 7er or s class

Esel

That price is definitely not suited to this Banger Luxo-bargonomics thread, unless we remove the nomics bit.

Another vote for a thread merge. We were getting along fine with one thread, imo.

Esel

zilog_jones wrote: »

From James Ruppert's (not 'Rupert' ) own website:
http://bangernomics.tripod.com/barge.htm

One of his own bangernomics cars that he had a while back was an E34 525i, and in his more recent updates (on his current website) he had a '95 Jag XJ and a Rover 800 Sterling. So I'd feel pretty safe in saying that a cheap old 7 Series is definitely bangernomics, it's just barges are not for everyone and the other thread was becoming almost exclusively barges.

Barges are eligible in the UK because of the much cheaper tax, though....

I'm in favour of a single thread, tbh.

Dr_Teeth

Esel wrote: »

That price is definitely not suited to this Banger Luxo-bargonomics thread, unless we remove the nomics bit.

Another vote for a thread merge. We were getting along fine with one thread, imo.

Sorry I'm new to the Motors forum, I saw the "Luxobarge" bit and thought this was the right thread.

Top Dog

zilog_jones wrote: »

So I'd feel pretty safe in saying that a cheap old 7 Series is definitely bangernomics, it's just barges are not for everyone and the other thread was becoming almost exclusively barges.

To be fair - he's in the UK. Where they don't bend you over a barrel in motor tax for anything with more than 2.0 capacity Expensive motor tax to them is £500! You'd barely tax a 1.9 for that over here.

Thatnastyboy

can it not go back to one thread? I enjoyed coming on a few times a day and scoping for bargains that i might have missed on dd.

I dont come here to look at an I.C.A meeting in full swing on two threads.

Eric Cartman

Dr_Teeth wrote: »

Sorry I'm new to the Motors forum, I saw the "Luxobarge" bit and thought this was the right thread.

ahh pretty much the idea of here is to find luxobarges in good nick with tax and nct if possible for less than 5 grand so their worth buying to run into the ground

zilog_jones

Wait... it's £215 a year for anything (pre March 2001) over 1549cc!?
I never knew there was such a shocking disparity between here and there! :eek:

Pov06

Just noticed this: http://www.carzone.ie/search/Citroen/Xsara/2.0-HDI-/201114201872224/advert?channel=CARS

Nice price! Diesel and everything :eek:

EPM

Threads merged. There is no point in having two and they are a nightmare to Mod.

Play nice ladies:D

Top Dog

zilog_jones wrote: »

Wait... it's £215 a year for anything (pre March 2001) over 1549cc!?
I never knew there was such a shocking disparity between here and there! :eek:

Yup - lads I've chatted with are crying about £493 road tax on a 3.5GDi Shogun - it'd be €1566 over here, so they soon stop their whinging.

Eric Cartman

Top Dog wrote: »

Yup - lads I've chatted with are crying about £493 road tax on a 3.5GDi Shogun - it'd be €1566 over here, so they soon stop their whinging.

:O im off to the uk so

Top Dog

Eric Cartman wrote: »

:O im off to the uk so

Tempting isn't it? Passenger 4x4's are considered to be the same category as an estate car over there, hence the reasonable rates.

Dues Bellator

Eric Cartman wrote: »

:O im off to the uk so

nah no ya wont :pac:

Eric Cartman

Top Dog wrote: »

Tempting isn't it? Passenger 4x4's are considered to be the same category as an estate car over there, hence the reasonable rates.

jaysus , and no vrt either, landcruiser amazon here I come

Eric Cartman

almanu wrote: »

nah no ya wont :pac:

considering a house in newry so customs can do nothing

si_guru

Eric Cartman wrote: »

considering a house in newry so customs can do nothing

Council tax + water rates... = £3000 or so.

PRSI is 11%..etc,etc,etc..

Eric Cartman

si_guru wrote: »

Council tax + water rates... = £3000 or so.

PRSI is 11%..etc,etc,etc..

if only there was some way to live 2 places at once

Big Nasty

EPM wrote: »

Threads merged. There is no point in having two and they are a nightmare to Mod.

Play nice ladies:D

You're an awful bollix Berty! :mad::D;)