And the winner of dreamer of the year is...

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime

bear1 wrote: »

No nct, no tax, looks rough and 4k.. yep he will sell that in no time.

NCT was passed out only about 3-4 months ago if even was it not ? NCT website shows May 2018 , clearly a typo

Anyway he sold it

lassykk

pablo128 wrote: »

Errr, no. They were far from reliable, particularly electrics. I saw a few being scrapped through leccy faults that couldn't be found. I've seen lads with entire looms out of them trying to fix issues.

Be some machine alright if it was running ok, but for hundreds and not thousands.

JohnBoy26 wrote: »

I never understood why they were sort of put on a pedestal in the motors forum. They are flimsy enough and as you say electrics weren't their strong point. Even some of the facelift hdi's are known to self combust. It happened my neighbor's 02 406 a few years back.

I'm not sure where you are getting your reliability issues from. I've driven 200k plus miles on 3 different versions of these cars and they are exceptionally reliable. Nothing other than serviceable things. Not even a clutch or flywheel on the one I had 200k+ miles on (bought it at 120k and hadn't been done prior to me getting it)

For a car designed 20+ years ago these have aged extremely well. They are unbelievably comfortable inside too.

I'm not talking about French cars in general as I know there are plenty of gremlins in plenty of models but this particular model is one of the best French cars I've ever driven.

Oh, and that one in the ad, was seriously overpriced. It's just the general downer on the car I was responding about

JohnBoy26

lassykk wrote: »

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You might of had good luck with them but that doesn't mean they are reliable or good. In general they are poor despite being comfortable and not too bad to drive.

lassykk

JohnBoy26 wrote: »

You might of had good luck with them but that doesn't mean they are reliable or good. In general they are poor despite being comfortable and not too bad to drive.

We'll have to agree to disagree. Having been an active member on the owners club and personally knowing multiple owners of them I would say most owners experiences were positive.

pablo128

JohnBoy26 wrote: »

You might of had good luck with them but that doesn't mean they are reliable or good. In general they are poor despite being comfortable and not too bad to drive.

That's a pretty accurate assessment. I worked on enough of them when they were current. Like I said, I've seen some some with faults that simply couldn't be fixed. Now in my book that's pretty bad.

fancy pigeon

JohnBoy26 wrote: »

I never understood why they were sort of put on a pedestal in the motors forum. They are flimsy enough and as you say electrics weren't their strong point. Even some of the facelift hdi's are known to self combust. It happened my neighbor's 02 406 a few years back.

Where is this muck being got from about the pre facelifts?

That's just sheer uninformed begrudgery barstool talk.

But, it's not my job to try change this

twin_beacon

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/toyota/17933106
€1400 for a 1994 corolla hatchback van. Doesn't even give the mileage.

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/corolla-van/17806596
€1400

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/toyota-corollas/17607796
2 of the cars have no NCT. Ten years ago I paid €950 for a corolla very similar to the 1997 one he has for sale. The car is 21 years old, and has no NCT. No insurance company would probably touch it either.

Toyotafanboi

Those two vans will make that. Both are taxed and tested for a good amount of time.

Nobody will be buying them for business purposes but young lads down the country love them which is keeping prices over €1k. They are fairly indestructible and the 3dr is the best looking.

They cannot really be compared to the value of other early 90's car derived vans like a 306 or Escort van or whatever. The Corollas have a bit of a following.

Gravelly

Toyotafanboi wrote: »

Those two vans will make that. Both are taxed and tested for a good amount of time.

Nobody will be buying them for business purposes but young lads down the country love them which is keeping prices over €1k. They are fairly indestructible and the 3dr is the best looking.

They cannot really be compared to the value of other early 90's car derived vans like a 306 or Escort van or whatever. The Corollas have a bit of a following.

As long as they can get insurance on them. They'd be sold in a shot down my part of the world, but would probably be back on donedeal a week later because no young lad could insure them - I see it all the time with stuff like Glanzas, or old vans.

JohnBoy26

Toyotafanboi wrote: »

Those two vans will make that. Both are taxed and tested for a good amount of time.

Nobody will be buying them for business purposes but young lads down the country love them which is keeping prices over €1k. They are fairly indestructible and the 3dr is the best looking.

They cannot really be compared to the value of other early 90's car derived vans like a 306 or Escort van or whatever. The Corollas have a bit of a following.

Yeah but the 1997 one is hardly worth €950 with a rotten sill.

wotzgoingon

Some dreamer here.
Does the house come with it.










Yes I do know it's a mistake that they corrected hence no link.

Duke O Smiley

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

https://www.donedeal.ie/vintagecars-for-sale/ford-escort-mk3-xr3/15935150?campaign=3



16k!!

https://www.donedeal.ie/vintagecars-for-sale/1982-ford-escort-1-6-gle/17955789



Big price drop from €16k, €2k

wotzgoingon

I do not know what that guy was thinking expecting to get 16K for that.

Toyotafanboi

Still a bit saucey even at that is it? I could be wrong, I know Escorts have a huge following but that one looks like a bit of a pantomime horse.

everlast75

Toyotafanboi wrote: »

Still a bit saucey even at that is it? I could be wrong, I know Escorts have a huge following but that one looks like a bit of a pantomime horse.

Oh no it doesn't :pac:

davycc

wotzgoingon wrote: »

I do not know what that guy was thinking expecting to get 16K for that.

It's a girl selling it hilarious mental case.
I messaged her about it and she claims it owes her over 16k as apparently she imported it from Australia.. I laughed at her told her she might get 16 € k for an rs turbo but no chance for a proxy 5dr ghia

Duke O Smiley

Toyotafanboi wrote: »

Still a bit saucey even at that is it? I could be wrong, I know Escorts have a huge following but that one looks like a bit of a pantomime horse.

Yeah I would say its still pretty pricey

For not a whole lot more you could have this; same engine, tiny miles and in seemingly much better condition.

https://www.donedeal.ie/vintagecars-for-sale/1981-ford-escort-1-6-gl-5-door-only-23k-miles/17948232

colm_mcm

They’re a hateful car though, still remember them from childhood.

punisher5112

Always reminds me of the likes of road wars which is on repeat from the early 00s and you would see all these types of cars being chased.

Philb76

Just new to forum couple of days old fella had mk3 escort was around 3 year old and rusted all over it remember him having to get it welded and it never ran right as well awful motor but like all fords from that time prices going up so silly money being asked for run of the mill cars

JohnBoy26

The japanese were so far ahead of them back then even.if they rusted to bits

Philb76

They were grandfather always bought datsuns Nissan and were very reliable compared to all european rubbish but yeah rusted badly as well

johndaman66

colm_mcm wrote: »

They’re a hateful car though, still remember them from childhood.

Possibly a bit of a moot point in terms of what the car is worth now though... Nostalgia and all that.


I get what your saying though even by the standards back then the car was probably poor enough. Cousin had one back in the day. Granted he was a bit of a rough customer but it was fair unreliable. He often remarks that it was an "alcoholic on juice" and not much go to show for it either.

TrailerBob

https://www.donedeal.ie/commercials-for-sale/96-toyota-landcruiser-prado-3-0td/17999697

Very clean, but looking for twice the top money for a 90 series.. silly..

Gravelly

TrailerBob wrote: »

https://www.donedeal.ie/commercials-for-sale/96-toyota-landcruiser-prado-3-0td/17999697

Very clean, but looking for twice the top money for a 90 series.. silly..

Ah, here - €12,750? Get up the yard.

Boradriver

Gravelly wrote: »

Ah, here - €12,750? Get up the yard.

Yeah that's madness right there. Wonder what a non-genuine action is as well?

Gravelly

Boradriver wrote: »

Wonder what a non-genuine action is as well?

By the sounds of the ad, anything other than flinging large bags of money at him before you even get in the gate.

Duke O Smiley

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

https://www.donedeal.ie/vintagecars-for-sale/renault-megane-convertible-karmann/17864713



€3k!

https://www.donedeal.ie/vintagecars-for-sale/renault-megane-convertible-karmann/17864713



Price drop! Now €1300

Gravelly

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

https://www.donedeal.ie/vintagecars-for-sale/renault-megane-convertible-karmann/17864713



€3k!

https://www.donedeal.ie/vintagecars-for-sale/renault-megane-convertible-karmann/17864713



Price drop! Now €1300

If he knocks another €1200 off it he might even sell it.

FUBO

TrailerBob wrote: »

https://www.donedeal.ie/commercials-for-sale/96-toyota-landcruiser-prado-3-0td/17999697

Very clean, but looking for twice the top money for a 90 series.. silly..

What a COMPLETE TOOL id say something if it was a 90 / 110 Defender