Bangernomics car of the week/day

cadaliac

cadaliac wrote: »

€500 Overpriced imo.

Definitely so if the tax 'till 01/12 is PSV tax.

I Was VB

Yakult wrote: »

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/2306699

Greatest pile of gick ever to grace a taxi sign.

I Was VB

I Was VB wrote: »

Greatest pile of gick ever to grace a taxi sign.

Aside from the looney expensive CV joints what other issues do they have? (fuel use aside)

VolvoMan

I Was VB wrote: »

Greatest pile of gick ever to grace a taxi sign.

I thought it was only a few months ago you were raving about them and thinking of getting one?

I think I'm missing something here. I'm no fan of that generation Camry, but I was always under the impression that it was well built and had bulletproof reliabilty.

I Was VB

VolvoMan wrote: »

I thought it was only a few months ago you were raving about them and thinking of getting one?

I think I'm missing something here. I'm no fan of that generation Camry, but I was always under the impression that it was well built and had bulletproof reliabilty.

That was before i did my homework on them! CV joints €760 a side NOT FITTED cannot be gotten spurious. Gearboxes and HG's have a lifetime of about 50K miles regardless of maintence.

Oh and lucky to get 20MPG out of them, still they're a cracking looking motor and nice drivers.

unkel

I Was VB wrote: »

That was before i did my homework on them! CV joints €760 a side NOT FITTED cannot be gotten spurious. Gearboxes and HG's have a lifetime of about 50K miles regardless of maintence.

Oh and lucky to get 20MPG out of them, still they're a cracking looking motor and nice drivers.

Do thousands of taxi drivers that own them not know this before they bought one? :eek:

pappyodaniel

RoverJames wrote: »

If anyone is interested in that I can stick my nose in it tomorrow.
Got my tourer off the same dealer.

Well James, did you go for a look at that 520? Anything to report?

I Was VB

unkel wrote: »

Do thousands of taxi drivers that own them not know this before they bought one? :eek:

Wouldnt imagine so, but the above info i got 1st hand off taxi drivers who know from experence!! I wouldnt say there's 1000 of those Camry's working as a taxi.

pappyodaniel

pappyodaniel wrote: »

Well James, did you go for a look at that 520? Anything to report?

Was only going to go if someone was interested Don't think anyone was.

argosy2006

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/2330184
nct just up.
seems to good for a field!

argosy2006

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/2330746
seems cheap

Alanstrainor

argosy2006 wrote: »

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/2330746
seems cheap

Looks in good knick too. Wonder what's wrong with it

fonecrusher1

argosy2006 wrote: »

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/2330746
seems cheap

Anyone know what the 1.6 engine is like in these older A3's? Pretty gutless i assume. Very cheap car....im suspicious tbh.

_Conrad_

but43r wrote: »

Do you mean Low Pressure Turbo?

They do run low boost but it is commonly referred to as light pressure turbo.

The swedes call it "lätt tryck turbo"

Fishtits

Alanstrainor wrote: »

Looks in good knick too. Wonder what's wrong with it

Ancient A3 with 1.6 petrol engine... its a give away or scrap.

fonecrusher1

Fishtits wrote: »

its a give away or scrap.

Nah its cheap alright. Also i don't think a 1999 car is ancient. If the engine isn't fcuked & theres no major problems its a hell of a bargain.

Top Dog

fonecrusher1 wrote: »

Anyone know what the 1.6 engine is like in these older A3's? Pretty gutless i assume. Very cheap car....im suspicious tbh.

Gutless & thirsty. They're a heavy enough car and the 1.6 struggles to get them moving. 1.8 is a much better choice.

JJJJNR

I think its the 8 valve, gutless but will go forever, grand for a run about.

Mr Benevolent

_Conrad_ wrote: »

The swedes call it "lätt tryck turbo"

Which, not surprisingly, means 'light pressure turbo'.

L-M

JJJJNR wrote: »

I think its the 8 valve, gutless but will go forever, grand for a run about.

+1

Old an reliable.

_Conrad_

Confab wrote: »

Which, not surprisingly, means 'light pressure turbo'.

Därför har jag sa det.


I said that because it's why you call it light pressure turbo

h3000

argosy2006 wrote: »

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/2330746
seems cheap

What about this one. Must be something wrong.

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/2274007


€350

johnos1984

Bundle of joy or bundle of ****e?

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/2319896

-Corkie-

h3000 wrote: »

What about this one. Must be something wrong.

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/2274007


€350

Jesus I thought the last one was cheap but thats worringly cheap..:)

Its still worth 350 quid though even if it blew up after a week.

h3000

-Corkie- wrote: »

Jesus I thought the last one was cheap but thats worringly cheap..:)

Its still worth 350 quid though even if it blew up after a week.

Even if it has problems I'd say it will be sold before the day is out.

johnos1984

johnos1984 wrote: »

Bundle of joy or bundle of ****e?

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/2319896

I like them, if it's straight and clean I'd be tempted, T bar :cool:

flash1080

http://cars.donedeal.co.uk/for-sale/cars/2188561

Rowley Birkin QC

h3000 wrote: »

What about this one. Must be something wrong.

You'd never know. Some people just look at the number plate as being 10+ years and think that it is worthless. Looks reasonably tidy though.

colm_mcm

I Was VB wrote: »

That was before i did my homework on them! CV joints €760 a side NOT FITTED cannot be gotten spurious. Gearboxes and HG's have a lifetime of about 50K miles regardless of maintence.

Oh and lucky to get 20MPG out of them, still they're a cracking looking motor and nice drivers.

Sold a few camrys and previas with this engine and never came across head gasket issues :?

Gumbo

colm_mcm wrote: »

Sold a few camrys and previas with this engine and never came across head gasket issues :?

my dad had one and my cousin has one and both developed head problems and engine management light issues.

seemly the VVTi sensor is on the top of the head and it clogs up from time to time, they got around the issue by throwing in a can of that engine cleaner the day before an oil change and done this at every oil change.