***Motors Chat Thread*** Round 1

dar83

I get an average of about 23mpg.

I tend not to look at the guesstimate after a spirited drive though, no point.

andyseadog

dar83 wrote: »

I get an average of about 23mpg.

I tend not to look at the guesstimate after a spirited drive though, no point.

must be good to have money

cgal093

I've been offered a Merc Vito for €180....

andyseadog

cgal093 wrote: »

I've been offered a Merc Vito for €180....

your a legend i'd say its a top quality vito.

should spend all that petty cash on one half good car.

dar83

cgal093 wrote: »

I've been offered a Merc Vito for €180....

Are the goods they lifted in it still in the back?!

Mar4ix

cgal093 wrote: »

I've been offered a Merc Vito for €180....

actually, locally where i living, Moldavians buying vitos , and exporting them to Moldova, very popular there, depend on year and engine.... but daisel only though.

cgal093

dar83 wrote: »

Are the goods they lifted in it still in the back?!

Ah no, long gone :pac:

conzy

This was the post of the day yesterday, not sure if many people saw it but I laughed for about quarter of an hour

Link

ShadowHearth

Just back home from Cobh. i have to say its a nice drive up there. parking is shocking there though...

driving is fun!

cgal093

Have two people coming to view different cars at the same time

Big Nasty

Mar4ix wrote: »

daisel only though.

Did you intend to spell it like that?

Is SH rubbing off on you?

cgal093

Bought the Clio for €250 and spent €20 on diesel, done absolutely nothing to it except give it a quick wash, stands €270

Bought the Focus for €280, spent €20 on diesel and bought breakfast which was €15, spent €30 on spray and filler, stands €345

All in, €615.

I already know what I'm going to take for both, I'll drop €60 off the Clio and €50 off the Focus, so if I sell these I'll be making €880

€265 profit for doing little to nothing

CianRyan

I thought you were keeping the Clio? Haha
You'll never hold onto anything at this rate.

ShadowHearth

ShadowHearth wrote: »

Just back home from Cobh. i have to say its a nice drive up there. parking is shocking there though..........

Very nice drive indeed from Carrigtwohill ish to Cobh

cgal093

CianRyan wrote: »

I thought you were keeping the Clio? Haha
You'll never hold onto anything at this rate.

Lol, nah! If I can get rid of it for nearly double what I paid without doing a thing then why the hell not?

Also, sold the Focus, €450. Someone left a deposit off the Clio of €80 and I'll be getting another €300 tomorrow morning. Also, they're giving my mate €30 to bring it out to Dundrum.

Another successful day in the trade :cool:

dgt

cgal093 wrote: »

Lol, nah! If I can get rid of it for nearly double what I paid without doing a thing then why the hell not?

Also, sold the Focus, €450. Someone left a deposit off the Clio of €80 and I'll be getting another €300 tomorrow morning. Also, they're giving my mate €30 to bring it out to Dundrum.

Another successful day in the trade :cool:

Working your way up the motor ladder

Sounds like you have a lot of motors.... :cool:

Jimbob 83

Haha went into local Garda station today to get afew days tax written off to save me afew bob paying a full months tax for 3-4 days of driving and Garda said "Jaysus that yoke must be some weapon to go"

Class

colm_mcm

cgal093 wrote: »

Bought the Clio for €250 and spent €20 on diesel, done absolutely nothing to it except give it a quick wash, stands €270

Bought the Focus for €280, spent €20 on diesel and bought breakfast which was €15, spent €30 on spray and filler, stands €345

All in, €615.

I already know what I'm going to take for both, I'll drop €60 off the Clio and €50 off the Focus, so if I sell these I'll be making €880

€265 profit for doing little to nothing

Just wondering how yre advertising your stuff? You seem to be getting a lot of interest.

CianRyan

I think he said he puts signs on top of them outside his house.
Handy one it seems. Loads of cheap buyers in Cabra.

Drummerboy08

Jaysus lads, I'm still trying to recover from ATWR. My voice and all is gone at this stage, trying to make sales calls earlier and I had everyone laughing down the phone at me!

The Monday night in Limerick was especially tough, cheers to Colm for the encouragement to booze.

:pac:

Jimbob 83

Drummerboy08 wrote: »

Jaysus lads, I'm still trying to recover from ATWR. My voice and all is gone at this stage, trying to make sales calls earlier and I had everyone laughing down the phone at me!

The Monday night in Limerick was especially tough, cheers to Colm for the encouragement to booze.

:pac:

Is that you 16 seconds in ?

MetzgerMeister

More like this I'd say...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-7QsBWWpA0

166man

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/3743467



I feel physically ill...

Call alan on 085*******................:eek:



:pac:

MetzgerMeister

So he got rid of the 325 did he?? Pity

colm_mcm

With figaros, unless they're an original colour they're worthless, my guess is it was a right wreck if it was bought cheap enough to justify respraying.

Who would do that!

166man wrote: »

I feel physically ill...

Call alan on 085*******................:eek:



:pac:

Edit; just saw the price. Guy is deluded.

h3000

166man wrote: »

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/3743467



I feel physically ill...

Call alan on 085*******................:eek



:pac:

You'd want to be fairly mad to buy one of those but you'd be off your rocker to pay €6200 for one :eek::eek:

cgal093

colm_mcm wrote: »

Just wondering how yre advertising your stuff? You seem to be getting a lot of interest.

Donedeal, Gumtree and getting people to spread the word

CianRyan wrote: »

I think he said he puts signs on top of them outside his house.
Handy one it seems. Loads of cheap buyers in Cabra.

Nah, that was a bad joke I live in Coolock btw

cgal093

dgt wrote: »

Working your way up the motor ladder

Sounds like you have a lot of motors.... :cool:

Unfortunately due to space I can only have 2 or 3 I'd have 20 if I could...

CianRyan

I don't know, lads, I kind of like it.

Now I wouldn't by any means drive it and it's seriously over priced but the colour suits the car and to be fair, not a lot of cars can pull off pink (Golf GTIs included).
Mad money but not a mad car.

*runs*

colm_mcm

I think figaro prices are dropping back a bit, for a while there, Triple Crown beside fairyhouse had tonnes of them and were effectively controlling the Irish price of them.

They don't seem to be doing them anymore though.

I still reckon a figaro is gonna appreciate in value again as they will inevitably get even rarer in years to come.

cgal093

That Figaro looks like the colour has faded, it mightlook nice in a darker pink maybe?

gollywog

CianRyan wrote: »

I don't know, lads, I kind of like it.

Now I wouldn't by any means drive it and it's seriously over priced but the colour suits the car and to be fair, not a lot of cars can pull off pink (Golf GTIs included).
Mad money but not a mad car.

*runs*

Dislike!!

CianRyan

I like the powder pink, a White dash would have been nicer but other than that I'd say it's a nice call on the colours.
I HATE the general barbie pink you get on Beatles. I hate Beatles too... Ugly cars.

Well, the old ones are alright.

cgal093

CianRyan wrote: »

I like the powder pink, a White dash would have been nicer but other than that I'd say it's a nice call on the colours.
I HATE the general barbie pink you get on Beatles. I hate Beatles too... Ugly cars.

Well, the old ones are alright.

My brothers girlfriend choose a Bora over a Beetle..

CianRyan

cgal093 wrote: »

CianRyan wrote: »

I like the powder pink, a White dash would have been nicer but other than that I'd say it's a nice call on the colours.
I HATE the general barbie pink you get on Beatles. I hate Beatles too... Ugly cars.

Well, the old ones are alright.

My brothers girlfriend choose a Bora over a Beetle..

Well unless you got that backwards I support her choice!

Or am I missing the point, are the Bora and Beetle are the same chassis and the rest?

Fiona

CianRyan wrote: »

I don't know, lads, I kind of like it.

Now I wouldn't by any means drive it and it's seriously over priced but the colour suits the car and to be fair, not a lot of cars can pull off pink (Golf GTIs included).
Mad money but not a mad car.

*runs*

I wouldn't be seen dead in one! Or any pink car for that matter.

dar83

Those Figaro's are terrible terrible looking yolks.

It actually looks like something Noddy would drive, and I don't say that in a complimentary way at all.

Washed out green or pink, either one only deserves scrapping IMO.

MugMugs

Safety van driving out the N3 quite slowly today. A trail of traffic crawling behind him..... Gave me a laugh.

Big Nasty

Fiona wrote: »

I wouldn't be seen dead in one! Or any pink car for that matter.

Pink shades are ok though - yeah?

L-M

Was trying to save time by shaving in the coffee and shaking in the sugar.

A huggeee lump of sugar fell in, I managed to break in rather than take it out. Drank the coffee anyway.

Pretty sure I could run to Dublin now :L

CianRyan

Fiona wrote: »

I wouldn't be seen dead in one! Or any pink car for that matter.

Oh I wouldn't expect you too but my Niece on the other hand.

MetzgerMeister

Shaving in the coffee eh? Must have been a hairy cuppa!

CianRyan

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

Shaving in the coffee eh? Must have been a hairy cuppa!

I thought this was some new way of preparing coffee... Then I realised it was a typo.

Matt Simis

CianRyan wrote: »

I like the powder pink, a White dash would have been nicer but other than that I'd say it's a nice call on the colours.
I HATE the general barbie pink you get on Beatles. I hate Beatles too... Ugly cars.

So you hate The Beatles? :pac:

Beatle


[New] Beetle


Ah, simpler times!


Also what Pink "you get on Beetles"...? There is no Pink aside from aftermarket resprays etc.
http://www.volkswagen.ie/en/models/beetle/colors_and_wheels.html

MetzgerMeister

Simpler times? When? The 60's or 2002??

CianRyan

Neh, neh, neh...
I'm dyslexic so it gives me a free pass for typos!

For the record, I don't like The Beatles or new Beetles.
They both annoy the **** out of me.

Matt Simis

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

Simpler times? When? The 60's or 2002??

2002, I mean personally, its one of my old cars.

MetzgerMeister

Ah right, context makes things so much better

Big Nasty

CianRyan wrote: »

Neh, neh, neh...
I'm dyslexic so it gives me a free pass for typos!

For the record, I don't like The Beatles or new Beetles.
They both annoy the **** out of me.

The Stones is where it's at dude!

Fiona

MCMLXXV wrote: »

Pink shades are ok though - yeah?

Oi leave my pink shades out of it!