Bangernomics car of the week/day

JJJJNR

I'm totally calm.

MyStubbleItches

JJJJNR wrote: »

I'm totally calm.

I always presumed any 'S' Audis had fairly big engines, not the 2.2 this one has. The one in Ronin definitely had a bigger one!! Of course the pug was able to keep up with it so maybe it hadn't after all...

colm_mcm

Still manages a sub 7 sec 0-60

JJJJNR

Still only 2k also, not bad for 230bhp, torsen 4x4, none of your cheap haldex stuff.

Saab Ed

JJJJNR wrote: »

I'm totally calm.

Ah lads will ye feck off. She'll kill me if I buy another car this close to Christmas

mickdw

1 owner..... ya right

Saab Ed

mickdw wrote: »

1 owner..... ya right

In Ireland that is. But how mny had it in the UK before it was imported in the mid 00s

analfabets

JJJJNR wrote: »

Still only 2k also, not bad for 230bhp, torsen 4x4, none of your cheap haldex stuff.

Would that be same ABY engine as in S2?

unkel

JJJJNR wrote: »

torsen 4x4, none of your cheap haldex stuff.

Indeed Haldex is Mickey Mouse stuff. Let's all have a good laugh at this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvqQuC_8VrM

For Forks Sake

Bawnmore wrote: »

what's up with the turf bag/towel in the driver side footwell - http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/2789105

That looks like one of the paper sheets with two footprints printed on that valeters put in after they're done cleaning the car?

maidhc

unkel wrote: »

Indeed Haldex is Mickey Mouse stuff. Let's all have a good laugh at this

Give me a G-Wagen with full locking diffs anyday!

JJJJNR

JJJJNR wrote: »

I'm totally calm.

NCT up 6 months, add suggests the price is the price, wouldn't be tempted by that tbh.

L-M

unkel wrote: »

Indeed Haldex is Mickey Mouse stuff. Let's all have a good laugh at this

Is that serious? That's such a disgrace O.o

166man

http://www.carzone.ie/search/Saab/9-5/SE-Linea/201130203573966/advert?channel=CARS

Fairly sure this is Unkel's new car? Unless he is selling it? Came across the ad today. Wonder why it's still on Carzone?

Eoin

166man wrote: »

http://www.carzone.ie/search/Saab/9-5/SE-Linea/201130203573966/advert?channel=CARS

Fairly sure this is Unkel's new car? Unless he is selling it? Came across the ad today. Wonder why it's still on Carzone?

"This advert was last updated 133 days ago"

unkel

166man wrote: »

Fairly sure this is Unkel's new car?

I was just posting that you have a very good memory as my car is the exact same colour and has the exact same wheels. But then I saw the reg.

Blimey that is my car!!!

And you've just done me a great service linking to that ad. I'll keep ya all posted. Thank you, 166man!

JJJJNR

RoverJames wrote: »

NCT up 6 months, add suggests the price is the price, wouldn't be tempted by that tbh.

I have a soft spot for that gen A6/100, but each to their own.

Cionád

langdang wrote: »

Different car, same idea, cheaper price. No mention of NCT unfortunately
http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/2785025

edit - no leather, dunno if these were 200hp at all...

Yep, 200bhp in the T4. 0-60 is 7.1

JJJJNR

JJJJNR wrote: »

I have a soft spot for that gen A6/100, but each to their own.

I can see the appeal

unkel

Real small sleeper the T4. And it only has a 1.8l (a bit over) 4-pot engine! See a few pages back where we discussed it...

166man

unkel wrote: »

I was just posting that you have a very good memory as my car is the exact same colour and has the exact same wheels. But then I saw the reg.

Blimey that is my car!!!

And you've just done me a great service linking to that ad. I'll keep ya all posted. Thank you, 166man!

I was looking at those 9-5s as college was boring, and I looked at that saying it looked familiar..then I remembering it having quite a high reg number. Decided to check it and boom same car! Do keep us posted though.

turbodiesel

unkel wrote: »

I was just posting that you have a very good memory as my car is the exact same colour and has the exact same wheels. But then I saw the reg.

Blimey that is my car!!!

And you've just done me a great service linking to that ad. I'll keep ya all posted. Thank you, 166man!

Is the mileage correct? 47k!

pcardin

MyStubbleItches wrote: »

I always presumed any 'S' Audis had fairly big engines, not the 2.2 this one has. The one in Ronin definitely had a bigger one!! Of course the pug was able to keep up with it so maybe it hadn't after all...

The one in Ronin was S8 iirc. Different car.

E39MSport

1.4
Tax 7/12
NCT 7/12
78k with Timing belt done at 61K miles
Not too shabby at 650

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/2790583

L-M

Scary thing about those Rovers is you'd buy a newer 25 for not much more, sans le tax though.

turbodiesel

turbodiesel wrote: »

Lads it's my own yoke, hope I'm not breaking any rules by posting it up here..... http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/2787649

I'll ad some pics from home later,had 2 enquiries already within 20 mins....

Vast service history to verify the mileage as correct right back to the collecton papers in 1997. 2 previous owmers. I have owned since 2007 and got it with approx 90k miles. Part time taxi usage. Interior is Birds eye maple wood with black and dark red cloth. Original Sony CD radio cassette head unit and sony 10 disc changer in the boot. Car is running well but as of last November 2010 has a broken (snapped) glow plug in the head. Starts on 4 of 6 cyclinders so is diesel smokey for about 15 seconds and then clears and runs perfectly smooth and runs on 6 cyclinders. Avg 26mpg as taxi usage and mid to late 30's on distance work. It passed the NCT with 163k miles in this condition. Some rust on bottom of drivers door and drivers side front wing. NCT's and taxed (as a taxi) until April 2012. Cheap and comfortable winter motoring. Near offers accepted.

Just sold it to a Moldovan going home for xmas for 500 quid. He reckons he will sell it over there for the same and maybe a little more and then return on a cheap flight once he is finished with it..

Saab Ed

This machine keeps getting cheaper. Been for sale for a while now which alerts my sences. That and the fact that its just had a turbo fitted. There might be a legacy of the sludge problem lurking inside. Mind you if you got it for a grand and dropped the sump straight it might be chancy. Gotta make sure there's no knocking or banging coming from inside the lump though .....

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/2757151

Top Dog

Far from the most desirable car out there, but '03 plate, NCT to mid-2013, low-ish miles (70k), leather and an asking price of €1200.



http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/2616842

colm_mcm

Nice celica gt4 with test

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/2721069

unkel

Saab Ed wrote: »

This machine keeps getting cheaper.

Yeah I came across that one on my searches. Asking was about 1800 / 1900 a few weeks ago iirc. NCT out since July iirc from the previous ad too. No harm giving the owner a call, but the signs ain't great and there's plenty of better fish in the sea

My conclusion from your own advice to me:

turbo just replaced -> pass
engine just replaced -> go