Bangernomics car of the week/day

barura

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/2714457



2002 mondeo tax til february and new nct 1500

corcaigh07

barura wrote: »

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/2714457



2002 mondeo tax til february and new nct 1500

60 to 70 mpg me hole! covering up the reg always makes me very wary...

corcaigh07

colm_mcm wrote: »

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/2805170

Mondeo zetec tdci €1450

Says it's 130bhp, but don't the 130s have climate control?

tdci didnt come in until 2002, its prob a tddi with 115bhp

E39MSport

Bumper looks a different colour

padma

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/2805528

commited

That's a proper bargain, well spotted!

Marlow

colm_mcm wrote: »

TSW stealth is the daddy obviously.

Aren't all TSW anyhow just re-branded Wolfrace wheels ?

colm_mcm wrote: »

Funny enough, the 1.6 engine is €720 vrt. They have official 1.8 petrol emissions figures (192 g/km) but none for the 1.6 so it defaults to the top rate of vrt.

1.8 td is €480 (166 g/km)


2.0i is €640 (195 g/km)

All have omsp of €2000

No mention of cosworths but you can take it they'll be more :-)

RoverJames wrote: »

I think €2000 is the minimum for any car now

The minimum OMSP has always been 2000 EUR. It's in the VRT rules. So the only way to bring it way down is proof of co2 figures.

/M

commited

commited wrote: »

That's a proper bargain, well spotted!

I dunno is it, 2 months test left, it will be 15 years old, 3.0 tax. Doesn't have much going for it really considering a few hundred more could have you in a freshly NCTd one that would be half the cost to tax.

padma

Why would a freshly n.c.t'd one be half the cost to tax?

padma

padma wrote: »

Why would a freshly n.c.t'd one be half the cost to tax?

I was on about a freshly NCTd 2.0 Maxima

Marlow

Marlow wrote: »

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The minimum OMSP has always been 2000 EUR. It's in the VRT rules. So the only way to bring it way down is proof of co2 figures.

/M

Iirc about 5 years ago the minimum was less

L-M

padma wrote: »

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/2805528

My neighbour has one, lovely it, but said they really like their go go juice!

padma

The way I see it is if you can afford to run it and tax it, why not go for it, it's a great car and would certainly beat driving around in a 1.2 polo. Bangernomics at it's best not cheaptorunamnomics

E39MSport

If you're in the 3.0+ tax bracket you may as well go for an LS400 or full fat 7er

L-M

E39MSport wrote: »

If you're in the 3.0+ tax bracket you may as well go for an LS400 or full fat 7er

Can't agree with that, there's no hope I'll be buying a 4.4 V8 over a 2.8.

The "whole" it pulls the body better agrument doesn't wash with me in that case, a 4.4v8 is going to be alot hard on petrol than a 2.8i.

166man

Limerick man wrote: »

Can't agree with that, there's no hope I'll be buying a 4.4 V8 over a 2.8.

The "whole" it pulls the body better agrument doesn't wash with me in that case, a 4.4v8 is going to be alot hard on petrol than a 2.8i.

I doubt a 728i would be a whole heap more economical than a 740i in reality though..

L-M

166man wrote: »

I doubt a 728i would be a whole heap more economical than a 740i in reality though..

I reckon there'd be a big difference in a V8 and a straight 6 and minus 1.4 of a litre!

166man

Limerick man wrote: »

I reckon there'd be a big difference in a V8 and a straight 6 and minus 1.4 of a litre!

On paper yes there probably is a difference between the two, but in real world driving I doubt the difference would be that great really.

Big Nasty

Limerick man wrote: »

I reckon there'd be a big difference in a V8 and a straight 6 and minus 1.4 of a litre!

Before I got the 735 I test drove a 728. It was the only 728 I have driven but it was seriously underpowered IMO. May have just been a bag of sh1te. In my 7er I get about 30 miles for a tenner driving around Dublin, can't see a 728 being much better TBH. However I can get from Dublin to Galway and back on half a tank, i.e. €60 which is pretty repectable IMO for what it is. Either way there's not a whole lot of difference between the two where fuel is concerend and there's a whole lot more grunt.

L-M

Not so sure, I'll be buying a 2.8 if and when I do anyway!

Big Nasty

Limerick man wrote: »

Not so sure, I'll be buying a 2.8 if and when I do anyway!

You're fierce stubborn on this aren't ya?

E39's are the same, i.e. the 520 is underpowered, 523 is adequate and the 528 just about right. Same with 728; 735; 740.

Take a drive in them all before you do anything.

Eoin

MCMLXXV wrote: »

You're fierce stubborn on this aren't ya?

E39's are the same, i.e. the 520 is underpowered, 523 is adequate and the 528 just about right. Same with 728; 735; 740.

Take a drive in them all before you do anything.

Don't forget the 525 and 530!

The 525 is only marginally slower than the 528 and felt & sounded (to me) a bit nicer.

Top Dog

Anyone know whats wrong with this?

Looks straight, with NCT to 2013, but its been for sale for an age - even at less than €1k



http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/2469250

Top Dog

taxed until November 2012, with NCT until September 2012 and only asking €1200! Perfect winter transport!

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/2797783

Bigus

Top Dog wrote: »

Anyone know whats wrong with this?

Looks straight, with NCT to 2013, but its been for sale for an age - even at less than €1k



http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/2469250

Its still for sale because its in offaly in winter,

ad and seller look genuine, i saw a nice 99 one in blue go for 1250 recently its going to france,, they are good value now for a four seat convertable, just too many about so low prices

Andrew33

Top Dog wrote: »

Anyone know whats wrong with this?

Looks straight, with NCT to 2013, but its been for sale for an age - even at less than €1k



http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/2469250

Looks quite nice alright, you'd probably make a tiny bit of profit on it too if you held onto it until May/June?

Top Dog

Top Dog wrote: »

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taxed until November 2012, with NCT until September 2012 and only asking €1200! Perfect winter transport!
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Weren't the Outbacks 2.5, that's a grands worth of tax :eek:
€600 if a 2.0.

tuborg_man

MCMLXXV wrote: »

You're fierce stubborn on this aren't ya?

E39's are the same, i.e. the 520 is underpowered, 523 is adequate and the 528 just about right. Same with 728; 735; 740.

Take a drive in them all before you do anything.

i'd agree with this, was set on a 728 till i drove one and while it is perfectly good car the 740 is so much better for the 2-3 mpg more it was.
(ended up with neither )

Top Dog

Bigus wrote: »

Its still for sale because its in offaly in winter,

ad and seller look genuine, i saw a nice 99 one in blue go for 1250 recently its going to france,, they are good value now for a four seat convertable, just too many about so low prices

A '99 for €1250? :eek: Kinda makes a '94 for a grand look overpriced

Bigus

Top Dog wrote: »

A '99 for €1250? :eek: Kinda makes a '94 for a grand look overpriced

maybe here's another up one day asking 1650 http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/2805905