Bangernomics car of the week/day

MidlandsM

Limerick man wrote: »

Arah I'd say test or no test that about the bones worth of a 95 white Carina

not in todays feverish market.....;)

hairyman

MidlandsM wrote: »

€500 bobs, nct & tax, Hard to BATE! ....drive her on........
http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/1734681

No mileage stated,,

Chances are that Captain Kirk's name will be on the log book, starship mileage and plenty of away missions.

Not a huge deal if it has good history though!

MidlandsM

hairyman wrote: »

Not a huge deal if it has good history though!

2 chances of that.....lol;)

hairyman

MidlandsM wrote: »

2 chances of that.....lol;)

Lol,
Bet you there is a Captains log though,,;)

thewintermute

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/1721242

I know I have something of a fetish for these, but if that's been looked after reasonably well, there are an awful lot of miles left in it.
The tax isn't cheap, but the savings on mileage would make up for it if you were doing distance.

And it's a '98 - Late Reg for one of these. New model was already out.

Would have happily gone for this one if I hadn't bought the estate.

L-M

thewintermute wrote: »

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/1721242

I know I have something of a fetish for these, but if that's been looked after reasonably well, there are an awful lot of miles left in it.
The tax isn't cheap, but the savings on mileage would make up for it if you were doing distance.

And it's a '98 - Late Reg for one of these. New model was already out.

Would have happily gone for this one if I hadn't bought the estate.

Much nicer seats in that then there was in mine! Looks like it could do with a good clean, nice wings on it.

hairyman

thewintermute wrote: »

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/1721242

I know I have something of a fetish for these, but if that's been looked after reasonably well, there are an awful lot of miles left in it.
The tax isn't cheap, but the savings on mileage would make up for it if you were doing distance.

And it's a '98 - Late Reg for one of these. New model was already out.

Would have happily gone for this one if I hadn't bought the estate.

Bombproof!!

These things can do mega mileage and average 35-40 MPG.

In my opinion it makes much more sense than an Audi A8 V6 as most mere mortals can have a go at splitting their knuckles under the bonnet of one of these.

thewintermute

Limerick man wrote: »

Much nicer seats in that then there was in mine! Looks like it could do with a good clean, nice wings on it.

Aye mine has the cloth seats too, but after a good going over with the RugDoctor they've really come up beautifully. Highly recommend it. Cream seats, so I reckon an annual rugdoctoring will be required.

mickdw

Im surprised it has not sold tbh

hairyman

mickdw wrote: »

Im surprised it has not sold tbh

Me too!
A Taxi drivers wet dream.

L-M

thewintermute wrote: »

Aye mine has the cloth seats too, but after a good going over with the RugDoctor they've really come up beautifully. Highly recommend it. Cream seats, so I reckon an annual rugdoctoring will be required.

Mine were just the standard seats recovered in leather! No cleaning required! Thank god I didn't have cream as one of the lads spilled a cup of coffee on them lol, just wiped away.

@hairyman, I'd say it's taximan selling up, 9 year rule and all that.

homer90

One for the slush !

Full Leather Interior, 2 Years NCT

€1,900

homer90

€2,000

alias no.9

thewintermute wrote: »

And it's a '98 - Late Reg for one of these. New model was already out.

The w210 was out in 1995. This either sat for years in a yard before being registered or is an exotic import, maybe South African, the reg number would tally with an import.

kazul

That volvo is over-priced by around a grand

zilog_jones

alias no.9 wrote: »

The w210 was out in 1995. This either sat for years in a yard before being registered or is an exotic import, maybe South African, the reg number would tally with an import.

I've investigated this before but didn't find any real answer as to where these late W124s came from. It's certainly not from South Africa though, they started W210 production in 1995 (in fact early many E-Classes sold in the UK are RSA-built examples, possibly here too). They were selling W124s in India between 1995 and 1997 (including the 250D, and RHD), not sure where they were being built though. Would be interesting to see the VIN on one of these...

Esel

RoverJames wrote: »

I fail at bangernomics so, don't think I ever bought a car that didn't need tax immediately or at most a month later.

I'm only referring to taxing a luxobarge, though....

maidhc

hairyman wrote: »

Me too!
A Taxi drivers wet dream.

too old for a taxi under the new regs and too "expensive" to tax for everyone else?

L-M

hairyman wrote: »

Me too!
A Taxi drivers wet dream.

maidhc wrote: »

too old for a taxi under the new regs and too "expensive" to tax for everyone else?

Tax that for two years (1800) and that's about all it will cost ya! Drive a new Merc for two years... I'd say you could add a few 0's :P

L-M

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/1736014

There's an E200 in there somewhere! I'd love something bangernomics again...

thewintermute

thewintermute wrote: »

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/1721242

I know I have something of a fetish for these, but if that's been looked after reasonably well, there are an awful lot of miles left in it.
The tax isn't cheap, but the savings on mileage would make up for it if you were doing distance.

And it's a '98 - Late Reg for one of these. New model was already out.

Would have happily gone for this one if I hadn't bought the estate.

Savage
I had a 1992 one I think (might have been 93 not sure), sold it for €700 ish this time last year and she was rough as a bear's arse. That one for €1300 looks a bargain if she is sound, looks like tyres are needed soon though. that one's not a taxi either I suspect as it's NCT'd untill 04/2012, taxi's only get 12 months test. Weird the way the mileage is in kms though, 160K kms ????

L-M

RoverJames wrote: »

Savage
I had a 1992 one I think (might have been 93 not sure), sold it for €700 ish this time last year and she was rough as a bear's arse. That one for €1300 looks a bargain if she is sound, looks like tyres are needed soon though. that one's not a taxi either I suspect as it's NCT'd untill 04/2012, taxi's only get 12 months test. Weird the way the mileage is in kms though, 160K kms ????

Arabian (sp) import? They were kms, and sold for a lot longer. They had crazy high suspension though...

Sleepy

Think I may have recently picked up one that qualifies for this thread:

99 Toyota Corolla XLI 1.3
170k on the clock
5 months NCT
No Tax

Clean throughout bar a small ding on the boot lid.

€500 and I know it's been serviced properly for at least the last 5 years as it was a former work colleague who's into motors that I bought it from

unkel

Sleepy wrote: »

Think I may have recently picked up one that qualifies for this thread:

1998 Toyota Corolla XLI 1.3

Yep that car and that engine are pretty much bullet proof. Keep it in the same condition and you'll sell it again for the same money in a year or two...

Well done

E39MSport

I picked up a very nice saloon 98 1.3 Corolla recently for my own use. 800 notes for 2 owners, Mr T history and 85k on the clock! Cannot go wrong. Love them.

Bigus

homer90 wrote: »

One for the slush !





€1,900

Got one of these for the snow and put Winter Tyres on it ...much better crack than a Jeep. might get caught on ground clearance though if this snow doesn't stop . Winter tyre are the business amazing stopping grip on even sheet ice,:D

Bigus

Limerick man wrote: »

Arabian (sp) import? They were kms, and sold for a lot longer. They had crazy high suspension though...

She's riding high that 250 D alright small miles if backe up by history.

galwaytt

well, I think I'm going down the Bangernomic's route, and when i see cars on DoneDeal that would cost as much to go and look at, as own, I get lazy. It'd nearly want to be outside the window :rolleyes:.....so, taking my cue from an article in Motorcycle News last week, where the reporter, tired of scanning 100's of classified's, just picked up the phone and rang the local garage..........I did the same today.

And I took pics of two, but came across about....5 candidates.

1. 1994 Audi 100, 2.0. Need fuel pump. €200.


2. 1993 E200, runs, doesn't need anything - apparently - €500.



In any other circumstance, i'd go for either. But I'm not looking at anything over 1.1 for road tax reasons. I'm taking my 968 off the road as I simply cannot stomach handing out the bones of 1300 to that pack of thieving bastards, for, well, nothing.


Other things I came across in that garage:
00 Golf 2.0
01 (iirc) Laguna 1.6 (elec window issues..)
?? Fiat Stilo 1.6 16v. Now this - this I like - and if it was a 1.2 16V, this post would be moot - it'd be home by now. Has 2 issues: I the panoromic segmented all-glass roof was stuck.......open ! ....cure: close manually, disconnect switch. Other than that I think it may have had EFI light on the dash. Either way - wouldn't have put me off. And it'd be a nice modern car. 5

mickdw

Where is that audi 100?

I would buy that just for the sake of it! Father used to have a 92 one of those when almost new and it was a lovely car at that time. HArd enough to find now

johnos1984

I have the same attitude Galwaytt,

I got offered a Passat for free last week, petrol. I'm still waiting to see its condition