Bangernomics car of the week/day part III

Moneymaker

1200 is mental money for that 323 no? I do like them though.

http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/toyota-starlet-nct-and-tax/6774921

Kaiser D

Moneymaker wrote: »

1200 is mental money for that 323 no? I do like them though.

http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/toyota-starlet-nct-and-tax/6774921

Brand new NCT, knock €200 off - its decent for a car that will most likely see you through until the NCT date with little or no trouble.

Kaiser D

http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/alfa-145-new-nct/6732240

CianRyan

You had to ruin the Mazda streak with an Alfa.

davycc

Kaiser D wrote: »

http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/alfa-145-new-nct/6732240

8V Boxer engine:cool: always a bonus:D

Kaiser D

CianRyan wrote: »

You had to ruin the Mazda streak with an Alfa.

This isn't much better then?

http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/saab-95-car-2004/6776214

GvidoR

unkel wrote: »

Another 9-5 on adverts. Looks like the seller will accept €900!

Linky

That Jetta is beautiful.

Ded_Zebra

Now THIS is how you bangernomics :cool::cool::cool::cool:

http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/1988-mk1-toyota-mr2-1-650/6462127

GvidoR

That is brilliant. Doesn't get much better than that.

TheHappyChappy

GvidoR wrote: »

That is brilliant. Doesn't get much better than that.

100%

Quazzie

Its a 26 year old clapped out rusty Toyota with a very tired interior and he's asking €1650 for it. Am I missing something? How is that pile of junk Bangernomics?

GvidoR

Quazzie wrote: »

Its a 26 year old clapped out rusty Toyota with a very tired interior and he's asking €1650 for it. Am I missing something? How is that pile of junk Bangernomics?

Would you rather buy a boring 14 year old Micra with 1.0 engine for the same price? :rolleyes:

Kaiser D

GvidoR wrote: »

Would you rather buy a boring 14 year old Micra with 1.0 engine for the same price? :rolleyes:

I probably would, that MR2 doesn't look the best.

Quazzie

GvidoR wrote: »

Would you rather buy a boring 14 year old Micra with 1.0 engine for the same price? :rolleyes:

A ten second search on Donedeal has this for the same money. I know where I'd rather put my money.

Ded_Zebra

Quazzie wrote: »

Its a 26 year old clapped out rusty Toyota with a very tired interior and he's asking €1650 for it. Am I missing something? How is that pile of junk Bangernomics?

It's a mid engined sports car… I think most car enthusiasts would like one.


You get yourself a Mk4 golf TDI if you prefer :rolleyes:

Quazzie

Ded_Zebra wrote: »

It's a mid engined sports car… I think most car enthusiasts would like one.

Yes they would.

That abomination though was a pile of rot. It'd need to be bought by someone very handy with a spanner and at a third of the price.

TheHappyChappy

Quazzie wrote: »

A ten second search on Donedeal has this for the same money. I know where I'd rather put my money.

No Thanks

Grandad next-door has one for the 'dawgs'

i'd rather start cycling!

TheHappyChappy

Actually.....with that big tow-bar it could be his

mickdw

Ded_Zebra wrote: »

It's a mid engined sports car… I think most car enthusiasts would like one.

They look like sh1t though.

Ded_Zebra

Quazzie wrote: »

Yes they would.

That abomination though was a pile of rot. It'd need to be bought by someone very handy with a spanner and at a third of the price.

Where's the rust though

The first place they always go is the front wings where the bumper attaches… Looks fine there to me.

The next place they go is the rear wheel arches, again they look fine. The front bumper isn't perfectly aligned so it might have had a bit of a prang.

The interior isn't the best but it's mostly the steering wheel letting it down and I have a new one of those sitting in the garage.

Ded_Zebra

mickdw wrote: »

They look like sh1t though.

Well that's your opinion, I quite like them. The main reason for buying one is about the way they drive not the way they look;)

GvidoR

It looks pretty damn good. Much better than an Insignia, for example.

CianRyan

"I like cars so I'll buy a slow estate instead of a mid engines sports car."

This forum sometimes...

rizzee

http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/06-punto-grande/6406618

2006 Grande Punto
Tested March 2016
143k km
€1995

Kaiser D

CianRyan wrote: »

"I like cars so I'll buy a slow estate instead of a mid engines sports car."

This forum sometimes...

A Saab 95 Turbo is hardly slow

unkel

Some people just get a horn for Jap Scrap. Leave them be

Toyotafanboi

Quazzie wrote: »

Its a 26 year old clapped out rusty Toyota with a very tired interior and he's asking €1650 for it. Am I missing something? How is that pile of junk Bangernomics?

Quazzie wrote: »

A ten second search on Donedeal has this for the same money. I know where I'd rather put my money.

you have to laugh at this forum sometimes... it may not be the prettiest mk1 mr2 out there but ffs if it had a European badge on the bonnet, everybody on here would get a case of the spurts!!

it's borderline ignorance to compare it to a Saab estate. chalk and cheese, apples and oranges. compare it to another mr2, compare it to another 80's rear engined sports car, but to compare it to a 15 years newer European estate because it can be purchased for the same price is thick.

the main reason i post so little here any more is not so much for the forums disliking to Toyota, but it's disliking to anything other than a BM trouble you or a ****ing Saab 95... you think people who like toyotas are foolish for liking such dull cars, that Saab is hardly any banter with it's spurious hub caps, cloth seats, absolute poverty spec, my idea of hell on wheels.

Ded_Zebra wrote: »

It's a mid engined sports car… I think most car enthusiasts would like one.

i think when they are spruced up, they can look nice. an appreciating classic, mid engined, rear wheel drive, the iconic 1600 4age engine... won't be up to much by modern standards but a fun little car to own i'd have to say. i'd love to give something like that a little tlc.

Top Dog

CianRyan wrote: »

"I like cars so I'll buy a slow estate instead of a mid engines sports car."

This forum sometimes...

To be fair - I'd expect the estate he linked to to pi$$ all over the MR2

I know which one I'd prefer to take on a track though

Toyotafanboi

unkel wrote: »

Some people just get a horn for Jap Scrap. Leave them be

you say that in a very condescending fashion, as if there is something foolish about it.

it's totally a cliché statement that your mammy would tell you, but, wouldn't it be a boring place if we all liked the same things.

i know the image is a bit poncey but some boardsies could learn a lot from the words around it. it's ok to broaden your mind and not even understand why, but just appreciate that different people like different things and just because you don't like it doesn't make it wrong.

JohnBoy26

Quazzie wrote: »

Its a 26 year old clapped out rusty Toyota with a very tired interior and he's asking €1650 for it. Am I missing something? How is that pile of junk Bangernomics?

It doesn't look rusty to me. Could you please point out where the rust is? Also what has its age got to do with its asking price? Just because its 26 years old doesn't mean it's not worth its asking price.

Its age also doesn't mean it's a "pile of junk" or have you viewed it and found it was in bad condition?

The Saab you posted above is a good car in its own right but it's a bad example to prove your point. The mr2 was posted because it is a well built, reliable, rwd mid engined, fun little sports car. The saab will make a great comfy cruiser but being vectra based it will never match the mr2 in the bends, nor is it as well built or as good mechanically as an mr2 which are pretty much indestructible to be fair.

Moneymaker

Id have that mr2 in a heartbeat.

Some people have some seriously weird opinions on cars.

JohnBoy26

unkel wrote: »

Some people just get a horn for Jap Scrap. Leave them be

Does your eyes ever get strained from looking down on "some people"?

CianRyan

The 2.0 turbo 95 is by no means fast, the 2.3 I faster and that only got 170bhp. That's enough for the size.

The MR2 was never built to e a rocket ship, it's ment to be light and nimble and Toyota got it spot on.

I can not take seriously anyone that uses the term 'Jap Scrap".
Stinks of unjustified snobbery, it's putrid.

Kaiser D

Don't get me wrong, I like Jap stuff, sure everything I own is Jap and 3.0 or above bar one. If I didn't I would have European cars...

I just don't particularly like that MR2. It fits all the bangernomics criteria plus its different, so it does belong here!

Interslice

http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/04-mitsubishi-carisma-1-3-nct-05-15/6775496



NCT - may 15
1.3 125k miles
1950 euro

Interslice

http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/fiat-punto-nct-d-and-taxed/6775143



long nct
1350 "Willl do good cash deal for quick sale as i have a new car bought and need space"

JohnBoy26

Is the money not a bit strong on that charisma? They don't seem to fetch good money at all.

Also the seller says it's the same 1.3 engine that's in the lancer. While this engine is very reliable, its gutless in the lancer so it must be woeful in the charisma. Also in the lancer it's mated to a lovely smooth Mitsubishi gearbox, you would think Mitsubishi would use the same box in the charisma but oh no in their wisdom they only had to go and use a renualt gearbox in the charisma, a gearbox which can only be described as awful.

Ded_Zebra

Top Dog wrote: »

To be fair - I'd expect the estate he linked to to pi$$ all over the MR2

I know which one I'd prefer to take on a track though

Potentially in a straight line but anywhere with any kind of bends the Saab wouldn't even see it, even the fastest 9-5 wouldn't

Old diesel

To be honest chaps - everyone has their own taste in cars - and that is a great thing really.

Guy:Incognito

Toyotafanboi wrote: »

you have to laugh at this forum sometimes... it may not be the prettiest mk1 mr2 out there but ffs if it had a European badge on the bonnet, everybody on here would get a case of the spurts!!

it's borderline ignorance to compare it to a Saab estate. chalk and cheese, apples and oranges. compare it to another mr2, compare it to another 80's rear engined sports car, but to compare it to a 15 years newer European estate because it can be purchased for the same price is thick.

the main reason i post so little here any more is not so much for the forums disliking to Toyota, but it's disliking to anything other than a BM trouble you or a ****ing Saab 95... you think people who like toyotas are foolish for liking such dull cars, that Saab is hardly any banter with it's spurious hub caps, cloth seats, absolute poverty spec, my idea of hell on wheels.


i think when they are spruced up, they can look nice. an appreciating classic, mid engined, rear wheel drive, the iconic 1600 4age engine... won't be up to much by modern standards but a fun little car to own i'd have to say. i'd love to give something like that a little tlc.

This isn't a thread about "sports cars " and how everyone thatvliles and wants a car shoild be trying to get one though. It's about value under 2k.its not a I'm looking for an Mr2 thread and someone recommends an octavia, anything under 2k is a valid alternative here.

Ded_Zebra

Old diesel wrote: »

To be honest chaps - everyone has their own taste in cars - and that is a great thing really.

It's great that everyone has their own tastes, my problem stems from the lies they told to try to make the MR2 look bad.

Guy:Incognito wrote: »

This isn't a thread about "sports cars " and how everyone thatvliles and wants a car shoild be trying to get one though. It's about value under 2k.its not a I'm looking for an Mr2 thread and someone recommends an octavia, anything under 2k is a valid alternative here.

That MR2 is very very good value at that price and with NCT until 11/14 and as a bonus, tax until 5/14 it most definitely fits bangernomics criteria.

Toyotafanboi

Guy:Incognito wrote: »

This isn't a thread about "sports cars " and how everyone thatvliles and wants a car shoild be trying to get one though. It's about value under 2k.its not a I'm looking for an Mr2 thread and someone recommends an octavia, anything under 2k is a valid alternative here.

i understand how the thread works...

Bangeromics rules:
Under €2000
Valid NCT
Something you'd actually drive yourself
VRT paid

looks like the mr2 fits all those criteria. to offer the Saab may be a price comparison, but it is certainly not an alternative, a dog in the street could tell you that.

i can see the thread in here now, "went to a dealership to buy a used mr2, salesman kept pushing a 9-5 estate on me :rolleyes:".

bear1

3 pages of bickering over a mr2....

http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/nissan-tino-1-8-litre-petrol/6776833

http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/alfa-156-taxed-and-nctd/6716137

http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/02-toyota-avensis-2-0-d4d-1650/6776685

http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/saab-9-5-2-0-liter-linear/6398023

that should get us back on track

rizzee

bear1 wrote: »

http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/alfa-156-taxed-and-nctd/6716137

Brilliant!!

bear1

Pity there are no interior shots but the fact the belt and water pump was done 20k ago is a big bonus.
Get it for close to 1k and you are absolutely laughing. They are extremely rev happy and have some nice poke too.

rizzee

Yeah that's what I was thinking, TB done , saves a good few bob in the long run, nct til next year, bring some cash around the 1k mark and it's a great buy.

cson

rizzee wrote: »

Brilliant!!

Getting happy that 156s are entering bangernomics territory as they're on the shortlist for my first car.

bear1

I believe 156's were in that territory for a while now
It's finding one that has actually been looked after thats the issue.

bear1

Keeping the Alfa theme:

http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/03-alfa-romeo-147-nct-02-15-leather/6687657 - well looked after from the sounds of it, longer NCT and TB done not long ago. Annnnndddd it's not a Selespeed 2.0 which is rare in itself.

http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/alfa-romeo-156-1-6-nct-and-taxed/6770302 NCT and tax - TB done.

http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/2005-alfa-romeo-156-tspark/6749959 05 with a very long NCT

http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/alfa-romeo-156-sportivo/6704418

http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/04-alfa-romeo-156-new-nct-08-2015/6652495 bargain of the week :eek:

GvidoR

bear1 wrote: »

http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/04-alfa-romeo-156-new-nct-08-2015/6652495 bargain of the week :eek:

Wow. I'm not a fan of Alfas really, but that price! :eek: