Bangernomics car of the week/day

Mr Benevolent

I Was VB wrote: »

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/1681444

W124 for under €500!!

It's a manual though. That's heresy.

hoodie6029

Confab wrote: »

It's a manual though. That's heresy.

That's what I thought at first but for €500 I may set aside my principles.

L-M

Bang for buck right there!

samih

I said it before and I say it again: IMO A manual on a 16 valve 4 cyl mercs is good and preferable to extract more power if you don't do too much stop-start driving in the city. That M111 is not exactly the torquest engine in the world. I reckon that's the main reason why they have all been supercharged for ages.

The old style auto feels much like a rubber band connection between your engine and final drive. Great on an E280-> but not so on E200/220. For an example I changed from E220 T to a 1.2 Brava and the latter felt so much nippier at speeds under 60 mph that it's not even funny.

Seweryn

samih wrote: »

The old style auto feels much like a rubber band connection between your engine and final drive. Great on an E280-> but not so on E200/220. For an example I changed from E220 T to a 1.2 Brava and the latter felt so much nippier at speeds under 60 mph that it's not even funny.

I am also not the biggest fan of the automatic transmission in the 124-series. I drive a manual S124 and also have an auto S124. I used to drive an E220T as well and the automatic works absolutely fine in everyday conditions (lovely in city traffic), but the increased fuel consumption (by approximately 25%) together with lowered performance would make my choice slightly towards the manual these days, unless I spend most of my time in the traffic (which I personally don't).

thewintermute

I love the automatic transmission on my E200 S124 I wouldn't have bought a manual tbh, the point of me buying a barge was for comfort and relaxed driving, not haring around. I've found my average speed is about 5-10 mph lower now, just because I'm happy to sit at a comfy speed and enjoy the ride. It's the smiles per gallon I suppose, one foot for pedals, elbow out and one hand covers everything else.Total bangernomics convert. Will drive it for a bit, then try something else. After talking to Seweryn, It's got me looking out for Diesel autos now.

Voodoomelon

I've a feeling the seats in that W124 are in absolute sh1te! Still a good buy assuming it drives well.

Seweryn

thewintermute wrote: »

I love the automatic transmission on my E200 S124 I wouldn't have bought a manual tbh, the point of me buying a barge was for comfort and relaxed driving, not haring around. I've found my average speed is about 5-10 mph lower now, just because I'm happy to sit at a comfy speed and enjoy the ride. It's the smiles per gallon I suppose, one foot for pedals, elbow out and one hand covers everything else.Total bangernomics convert. Will drive it for a bit, then try something else. After talking to Seweryn, It's got me looking out for Diesel autos now.

Sure Keith, the automatic is very relaxing to drive. Nothing wrong with it and it is all down to the personal preferences. The auto boxes are very reliable in the 124-series anyway.
You are more than welcome to pop in some day and have a spin in my E300 Diesel Estate Auto-lazy-matic .

VolvoMan

A bump for the bangernomics thread: http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/1697289

patrickc

VolvoMan wrote: »

A bump for the bangernomics thread: http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/1697289

sold already

davoxx

VolvoMan wrote: »

A bump for the bangernomics thread: http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/1697289

did you buy this, then post about it

VolvoMan

davoxx wrote: »

did you buy this, then post about it

I wish.:rolleyes:

If it's sold then that was one quick sale.

v240gltse

saw this on donedeal, (Note to self Stay away from Donedeal far too tempting !!!!! ), bit rough around the bumper area but for the price !!!!

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/1699418

brendan

Max_Damage

v240gltse wrote: »

saw this on donedeal, (Note to self Stay away from Donedeal far too tempting !!!!! ), bit rouh around teh bumper area but for the price !!!!

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/1699418

brendan

Oil pressure is a tad high.

samih

Max_Damage wrote: »

Oil pressure is a tad high.

Looks normal to me. Would be more worried if it was under "max" with semi warm engine.

Seweryn

Max_Damage wrote: »

Oil pressure is a tad high.

Exactly as it should be, as the engine is cold, so is the oil. Cold oil = high viscosity = high oil pressure.

JimmyCrackCorn

I Was VB wrote: »

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/1681444

W124 for under €500!!

Bugger I wanted one of them last year.

Good service mappable ecu and a little more boost = fast and stealthy



EDIT:
Opps wrong link i meant the Volvo 850 t5

Marlow

Merc W114 (280CE) for sale 1200 quid. No NCT needed and tax is vintage.

Now .. the issue is, how much work is needed. That's a good question.



http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/vintagecars/1663283

/M

cantdecide

I would love to get a hold of that merc

E39MSport

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/1706556

850R - only one in Ireland? Pretty sure I saw a green one ages ago.

Pricey though. No mileage mentioned either.

homer90

E39MSport wrote: »

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/1706556

850R - only one in Ireland? Pretty sure I saw a green one ages ago.

Pricey though. No mileage mentioned either.

Now that is tasty.

Atlantic Dawn

E39MSport wrote: »

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/1706556

850R - only one in Ireland? Pretty sure I saw a green one ages ago.

Pricey though. No mileage mentioned either.

Sweet, a real sleeper.

RobAMerc

my mate had a black 850r estate, handled like a dog so it may well be the only one that hasn't ended up in a hedge.

v240gltse

v240gltse wrote: »

saw this on donedeal, (Note to self Stay away from Donedeal far too tempting !!!!! ), bit rough around the bumper area but for the price !!!!

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/1699418

brendan

- Rockgrove motors out in Little Island direction me thinks
- oil pressure spot on for a cold engine
- back bumper is a big turn off
- so too the awful manual box
- price is right though

murphyebass

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/vintagecars/1673631

As much as i like these this has to be at least €500 overpriced.

murphyebass

murphyebass wrote: »

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/vintagecars/1673631

As much as i like these this has to be at least €500 overpriced.

overpriced by at least a grand I reckon

VolvoMan

E39MSport wrote: »

850R - only one in Ireland? Pretty sure I saw a green one ages ago.

There are at least four or five in the country, from what I know.

Pricey though.

Quite cheap actually. It would cost you more to buy one in the UK.

That particular car was posted about three weeks ago in another advert and it looked in a sorry state. The seller seems to have given it a clean up and taken some new pictures though. I certainly would buy it if I could.

RobAMerc wrote: »

my mate had a black 850r estate, handled like a dog so it may well be the only one that hasn't ended up in a hedge.

They're not that bad really. Torque steer is a bit of a problem but the handling is fine for the amount of power that goes through the front wheels.

RobAMerc

RobAMerc wrote: »

my mate had a black 850r estate, handled like a dog so it may well be the only one that hasn't ended up in a hedge.

lol, hard to get an 850 T5 or T5R in a hedge unless the driver can't drive a nail or else is going at a looney speed for the road (easy to do in one of course)

E39MSport

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/1707984

98 Lexus GS300 Eur 1700. Not bad.

E39MSport

^^ I edited my last post to add this so it wasn't bumped. So, bump.