Bangernomics car of the week/day - Part II

A just NCTd Celica GT with 219k kms asking €1100..........

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/3335871

Strangely enough the UK 3SGE engined ones were badged GTs, this yoke is badged a GT, and has a UK tailgate on it, but clocks in kms like a JDM yoke, also has air con like a japper and no headlight washers, like a japper. Presumably someone wanted their JDM to look like a UK/Irish car, I'd be having a peak at the boot floor just in case though. Also it might have superstruts too, possibly a torsion diff too.

unkel

That c-class doesn't look like a one owner car, does it?

It's cheap, but a risk with the NCT expiring soon. Suppose worst case you'd scrap it for €200 in 3 months time

Esel

barura wrote: »

One owner, 580, Tax for the month and NCT for 3. Good angernomics all the same if it checks out.



http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/3340054

Idea for a new thread?

barura

Probably. I've been calling it that for a while now.

Atlantic Dawn

2 Mick Jaggers...

2002 Jaguar X-type, 2.5 petrol, 110k miles, no mention of tax or nct but looks good € 1,400

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/3063090



Jaguar XJ8, 3.2 petrol, 108k miles, NCT 10/12, new tyres, service history €1,395
http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/3283953

E39MSport

There may be a few (xj8) about but that one might have been up a few months ago.

edit: just checked - wrong I think

166man

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/3302256

Pity the NCT is up...

unkel

You could always make him a very good offer close to (or at) his asking price if he puts it through the NCT and it passes

He might be tempted! If he's not tempted, he's either lazy (something few people can afford to be about money these days) or there are issues

Worth a try!

166man

unkel wrote: »

You could always make him a very good offer close to (or at) his asking price if he puts it through the NCT and it passes

He might be tempted! If he's not tempted, he's either lazy (something few people can afford to be about money these days) or there are issues

Worth a try!

Yep exactly.

There's something classy about those C70's. Hard to believe it's a 14 year old car..

EDIT: Just seen this

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/3345119



Tax until next year must be worth about €1k. Knock a few hundred off and away you go in comfort.

unkel

unkel wrote: »

........... If he's not tempted, he's either lazy (something few people can afford to be about money these days) or there are issues

Or he reckons it'll shift close for what he wants for it as is (be that the asking or not)

unkel

RoverJames wrote: »

Or he reckons it'll shift close for what he wants for it as is (be that the asking or not)

Ah yeah there's a few other possibilities that I left out for simplicity

Ardennes1944

That c70 is very nice! Dya see the cracking in the leather? Can that be fixed at all with treatment?

L-M

Ardennes1944 wrote: »

That c70 is very nice! Dya see the cracking in the leather? Can that be fixed at all with treatment?

You could clean out most of the dirt and treat it a bit, but you won't get the cracking out.

Ardennes1944

and is that a result of it not being treated over its life? is it basically so dry that it cracks? looks horrible

delthedriver

Has anyone actually bought a car via done deal? What was the experience like.? Did the car live up to expectations? Are the cars simply junk sub €2k? Thoughts , comments would be appreciated. Thanks

L-M

delthedriver wrote: »

Has anyone actually bought a car via done deal? What was the experience like.? Did the car live up to expectations? Are the cars simply junk sub €2k? Thoughts , comments would be appreciated. Thanks

i have. There's alot of scum to filter through to get to the genuine ones, but they are out there.

johndaman66

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/3362292

Seems good for the money. I wonder does the 1.6 litre really make 120 bhp.

alias no.9

johndaman66 wrote: »

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/3362292

Seems good for the money. I wonder does the 1.6 litre really make 120 bhp.

They did when new and with a functioning variator, fully serviced, they should again.

Eoin

johndaman66 wrote: »

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/3362292

Seems good for the money. I wonder does the 1.6 litre really make 120 bhp.

I had one - needed a good rev but competent enough. But with running costs pretty much the same as the 1.8 and 2.0 versions I'd be inclined to go for one with a bigger engine.

dgt

Save this piece of art!

Goodness knows I've ran out of space for another one!!!

delthedriver

delthedriver wrote: »

Has anyone actually bought a car via done deal? What was the experience like.? Did the car live up to expectations? Are the cars simply junk sub €2k? Thoughts , comments would be appreciated. Thanks

I bought an ole Merc and a Rover Coupe on it and lately a Mitsi Carisma for the sister, sold 3 or 4 through it. You can't really differentiate cars by what site they are advertised on, most cheap cars sold by internet fluent ish folk will go on donedeal, the good ones and the bad ones.

Plenty of very very very decent cars on it sub €2000, loads of them, loads of sh1t too. It's the car and seller you need to be wary of not the site.

dgt

delthedriver wrote: »

Has anyone actually bought a car via done deal? What was the experience like.? Did the car live up to expectations? Are the cars simply junk sub €2k? Thoughts , comments would be appreciated. Thanks

Yes.

My daily hack looked much better in the online pictures but it did state specifically a spares car, when it was a car...

My latest purchase was as described: needed a wishbone, engine mounts and a cracked windscreen. General tlc also needed (put in a new interior though). Vandal test drivers did get to the car sadly :mad: but the chap had the car fixed the next day and I bought it the day after. Quite pleased

It just depends on who you get selling the car

Kintarō Hattori

I bought our car via DoneDeal (though it was a 12 year old Nissan Micra). It was honestly better than I had hoped it would be. It looked as good in reality as it appeared online. There was no major dings or scratches, the suspension was perfect and the interior was in excellent shape considering the age.

All in all I'm quite pleased with it and will certainly look at DoneDeal again when the time comes to change her car for something better and when I decide to buy a car for myself.

Blue Punto

I buy and sell most of my stuff on Done Deal ,Although it is harder to sell these days than ever before as I have found out while trying to sell my fiesta with test @ 700 euro and still cant shift it.

Adverts.ie is nowdays full of people offering anything from chocolate bars to used socks for anything you put up for sale.

Saying that if you dont put you phone off at night you may still get calls at 1am "Im ringing about the car you have on donedeal"

The cars on Donedeal for sale are just the same as any other forum some will be better than others


Just shop around as its a buyers market out there

Col200sx

Blue Punto wrote: »

Adverts.ie is nowdays full of people offering anything from chocolate bars to used socks for anything you put up for sale.

And now that Adverts.ie are charging €3 for a basic car add, the same as Donedeal, it's a no-brainer which to go with. Much more traffic with Donedeal.

I put my E46 320d up for sale Friday, had loads of calls/offers of all sorts of part-exchanges/swaps, from Civics, Golfs to 5-series BMW's, but the first person to view it, bought the car, cash up front

cadaliac

You can also tell a lot by the advertisement itself.
Poor pics, bad English and badly laid out. It says a lot about the seller, to me anyway.
Bad English can be a foreign person, which is grand but I meant more of the slang used, or text English. Really annoying.

mitchaul

Carzone seem to have better quality stock.
Lots of competition on dd so not as good as it once was plus every chancer and his granny is cruising it these days.
I've been noticing buyandsell a bit more in my searches and their site seems to have come on, some decent stuff, less competition.
Adverts, somebody mentioned bartering your car for chocolate and socks, nuff said.
Also rans.....cbg, last car I rang, it was sold 4 mths previous!! also seen another one carsireland, don't know much about it.

As somebody said, its a buyers market, take your time and you'll do okay.

Max Power1

Col200sx wrote: »

And now that Adverts.ie are charging €3 for a basic car add, the same as Donedeal, it's a no-brainer which to go with. Much more traffic with Donedeal.

I put my E46 320d up for sale Friday, had loads of calls/offers of all sorts of part-exchanges/swaps, from Civics, Golfs to 5-series BMW's, but the first person to view it, bought the car, cash up front

Well then theres no reason to list on adverts any more

Commercialism will be the ruin of that site, more tumbleweeds than serious buyers :P

When I actually need to sell my car as opposed to testing the waters and deal with muppets, it will be donedeal all the way

MidlandsM

Ahhhhhhhh, lads, can we have less chitchat, and more cheap jammers PLEASE!

Come on!
http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/2434462

like this.......lots of test, lots of work done........cheap........

Top Dog

Col200sx wrote: »

And now that Adverts.ie are charging €3 for a basic car add, the same as Donedeal, it's a no-brainer which to go with. Much more traffic with Donedeal.

Seriously? Since when? :eek: