Bangernomics car of the week/day

Seweryn

RoverJames wrote: »

They may not be bad, but a 90bhp normally aspirated 2.5 diesel in a big yoke like a W124 certainly makes for woeful performance.

Sure it is not the fastest thing on Earth... I drive one actually (250TD), and can't complain much about the performance. You can cruise effortlessly at any speed and overtake when you need to. The best thing about it is that if you buy one with Moon and back sort of mileage you can still put another Moon and back number on it and it will be more reliable than anything else you drove before . For me it is the ultimate Bangermobile.

Phill Ewinn

homer90 wrote: »

http://www.driving.ie/usedcars/index.cfm?fuseaction=car&carID=201007196944388

€990

May have been posted already. No mention of Tax/Test

Love one.

L-M

Phill Ewinn wrote: »

Love one.

Buy it for 900, drive it for 2 weeks and if there's nothing wrong with it I'll give you a grand Bahaha :P

Seweryn

Seweryn wrote: »

Sure it is not the fastest thing on Earth... I drive one actually (250TD), and can't complain much about the performance. You can cruise effortlessly at any speed and overtake when you need to. The best thing about it is that if you buy one with Moon and back sort of mileage you can still put another Moon and back number on it and it will be more reliable than anything else you drove before . For me it is the ultimate Bangermobile.

I specifically mentioned normally aspirated 2.5s
Which I had for a few months and did about 4000 miles in, 4000 very slow miles where overtaking was not an option in most cases

Phill Ewinn

Limerick man wrote: »

Buy it for 900, drive it for 2 weeks and if there's nothing wrong with it I'll give you a grand Bahaha :P

Meh, sub me....

Seweryn

RoverJames wrote: »

I specifically mentioned normally aspirated 2.5s

Me too .
They were only normally aspirated on UK and Irish market.

L-M

Seweryn wrote: »

Me too ...

250TD?

Seweryn

Limerick man wrote: »

250TD?

250TD = 2.5 litre Transporter Diesel (Kombi / Estate / Wagon) .

L-M

Seweryn wrote: »

250TD = 2.5 litre Transporter Diesel (Kombi / Estate / Wagon) .

Learn something new every day

Seweryn

Limerick man wrote: »

Learn something new every day

Yeah, almost every person believes that my Benz has got a T-charger of some sort by looking at the badge on the tailgate...

L-M

Seweryn wrote: »

Yeah, almost every person believes that my Benz has got a T-charger of some sort by looking at the badge on the tailgate...

Yeah, and then you see it pottering past at 14.7 mph and Joe behind the wheel, you know then :P

Seweryn

Limerick man wrote: »

Yeah, and then you see it pottering past at 14.7 mph and Joe behind the wheel, you know then :P

In fairness, when I am on a hurry, there are almost no cars passing this baby on a motorway. Once she gets the wind, of course :P.

txpjl

homer90 wrote: »

http://www.driving.ie/usedcars/index.cfm?fuseaction=car&carID=201027198696708

€1,490

4 Posts, without a merc in sight

Is there anything wrong with this car?

L-M

txpjl wrote: »

Is there anything wrong with this car?

No Nct I assume!

Edit: It's more than likely an English Import, I'm not too sure how Volvos are for rust but no harm in checking!

thewintermute

I think this is what I want:

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/1528287

I'm guessing the mileage isn't an issue, looks pretty well maintained.

Now where did i leave the young fellas college money?

L-M

thewintermute wrote: »

I think this is what I want:

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/1528287

I'm guessing the mileage isn't an issue, looks pretty well maintained.

Now where did i leave the young fellas college money?

"Much nicer to drive than a people carrier such as a Zafira, Picasso, Touran, Verso, or Scenic, and it won't depreciate either!!"

We should get him onto boards! I've an awful soft spot for these 124's

homer90

Man .... I did my best to get this thread back on topic, with that there Wolwo...

Apologies for all the mercedes talk, I feel somewhat to blame :D

Seweryn

Limerick man wrote: »

We should get him onto boards! I've an awful soft spot for these 124's

He is on boards somewhere .

L-M

HEEElllloooooo...

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/1413405

homer90

And LM undo's it all ^^^^

LOL

Mr Benevolent

homer90 wrote: »

And LM undo's it all ^^^^

LOL

Nah the Coupes are nice cars. The saloons irritate me for some reason. And that's not a Bangernomics car!

/pedant

L-M

Confab wrote: »

Nah the Coupes are nice cars. The saloons irritate me for some reason. And that's not a Bangernomics car!

/pedant

It's not bangernomics, but it's a cake in the diet :P The coupes are serious, if that was 2k I'd buy it. 3k is wayy too much.

peasant

Limerick man wrote: »

HEEElllloooooo...

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/1413405

Ahh noo ...that's been bling'd and gangsta'd ..you couldn't drive that without being hung with gold chains, wearing a baseball cap at a ridiculous angle and permanently getting your wrists and fingers in a knot.

L-M

peasant wrote: »

Ahh noo ...that's been bling'd and gangsta'd ..you couldn't drive that without being hung with gold chains, wearing a baseball cap at a ridiculous angle and permanently getting your wrists and fingers in a knot.

Yer... Er... Of course... I wouldn't have any of those...

Yeah...



Ah if it had a lighter tint on the windows, and normal numberplates it wouldn't look scummy at all!

peasant

Limerick man wrote: »

Ah if it had a lighter tint on the windows, and normal numberplates it wouldn't look scummy at all!

It's also been slammed, had a later grille and indicators fitted, the wheels are too big and then there is the tailpipe and those gruesome rear middle reflectors ..yepp, nice and original. Bet it drives like cack as well low as it is on those big wheels.

fonecrusher1

Limerick man wrote: »

Nice car. Not sure about the drug dealer theme.:D

L-M

peasant wrote: »

It's also been slammed, had a later grille and indicators fitted, the wheels are too big and then there is the tailpipe and those gruesome rear middle reflectors ..yepp, nice and original. Bet it drives like cack as well low as it is on those big wheels.

Big wheels? 17's? Ahhh now... You can't use the phrase "slammed" and say 17's are too big in the same paragraph :P

argosy2006

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/1531516
LPG

unkel

Limerick man wrote: »

Big wheels? 17's? Ahhh now... You can't use the phrase "slammed" and say 17's are too big in the same paragraph :P

I know some people now put 17" wheels on Micras or 18" wheels on Golfs these days but that doesn't make it right

Those wheels on the W124 coupe look good but I'd say ride quality would be seriously compromised. The standard wheels are 15". Hard to imagine now but back in the early 90s, small cars (micras, astras, golfs, etc.) had 13" wheels. Family saloons had 14" wheels...

When I bought my 7 year old (lowered and stiffened) E38 with savage looking low profile 18" wheels more than 6 years ago, the owner said he wished he had changed the wheels for the standard fat profile 16" ones. I forced myself not to chuckle, but he was damn right.

Voodoomelon

Indeed, the 16s on E38s have noticeably higher levels of comfort than the bigger rims.