Bangernomics car of the week/day part III

quadrifoglio verde

davycc wrote: »

one from my personal watchlist if it checks out should provide years of fun reliable motoring- the guy is a dealer and this is his cheapest car at $550 i still cant fecking afford it:D

http://www.adverts.ie/car/saab/9000/1997-saab-900-for-sale/5181817

New nct 2015,Taxed 05-14,Complete service history,Full leather interior,Heated seats ,Four electric windows ,Two keys ,Alloy wheels

Thats a steal, provided everything is sound on it.

I love the following:
"Lets get something very clear from the start
I do not want to swap

I will not swap your add

I am not interested in silly offers or part exchanges

This car is for sale which means if you want it you will have to hand over "cash" "

davycc

quadrifoglio verde wrote: »

Thats a steal, provided everything is sound on it.

I love the following:
"Lets get something very clear from the start
I do not want to swap

I will not swap your add

I am not interested in silly offers or part exchanges

This car is for sale which means if you want it you will have to hand over "cash" "

Great ad right there shame it didnt stop the idiots making some lowball offers on it already. Im assuming they dont bother to read the ads detail and just see the price and wade in from there? i love 9000s and id be sickened to see it go to one those lads

quadrifoglio verde

davycc wrote: »

Great ad right there shame it didnt stop the idiots making some lowball offers on it already. Im assuming they dont bother to read the ads detail and just see the price and wade in from there? i love 9000s and id be sickened to see it go to one those lads

Id probably do the same. Ive significantly under offered before and its came back in my favour.
However if they're serious, they'd do a proper haggle instead of offering once or twice.

Adverts is a weird place to sell a car. Making an offer to buy without seeing aint for me really, unless its a right bargain.

Ded_Zebra

Hmmm Very tempted to jump ship on the Primera and get that 9000 instead… What do you all think?

RichyX

JohnBoy26 wrote: »

No but litteraly no Japanese cars had it in that location.

Gen 7 Celica had it too.

Old diesel

Ded_Zebra wrote: »

Hmmm Very tempted to jump ship on the Primera and get that 9000 instead… What do you all think?

I may have missed it - but how did the NCT go????

Ded_Zebra

Old diesel wrote: »

I may have missed it - but how did the NCT go????

It went fairly well

Failed on near side inner CV boot

ABS light on

Off side of front bumper insecure

Near side from fog light insecure

I think I could get close to my investment back if I sold it with the fail sheet now… Although it might be a hard sale with that milage on it

Project thread here if you're interested

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057188206&page=2

W123-80's

'95 Passat 1.9 TDI
1 owner from new with service history
135k miles
Test '04/15
4 months tax - 08/14
T/B done
Nice looking car and a little different.!
Asking €1,100

http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/1995-vw-passat-1-9-tdi-vgc-1100/6790815

Old diesel

That Passat is a nice spot in all fairness

Hope it finds a good home

davycc

Ded_Zebra wrote: »

Hmmm Very tempted to jump ship on the Primera and get that 9000 instead… What do you all think?

do it! id approve if it went to a good home like yourself.. 2l lpt manual with intercooler and CSE spec which is the height of swedish luxury. full leather-wood-trip computers ac 4el cl original irish car

Ded_Zebra

davycc wrote: »

do it! id approve if it went to a good home like yourself.. 2l lpt manual with intercooler and CSE spec which is the height of swedish luxury. full leather-wood-trip computers ac 4el cl original irish car

Hmmmm. I'm very confused about this decision. It isn't even that my head is saying one thing and my heat another, both are sending mixed signals!!

The downsides of the Saab are:

- I'm trying to save money at the moment
- It costs more than what payed for the Primera
- It's less fuel efficient and petrol is dearer than Diesel
- I would have to sell the Primera and that is made a bit tricky because of high milage and no NCT
- The Primera has grown on me a bit and I actually quite like it

The upsides of the Saab are:
- It has tax and the primera doesn't have tax
- It has an NCT
- It's a nicer car
- It's faster

quadrifoglio verde

Ded_Zebra wrote: »

Hmmmm. I'm very confused about this decision. It isn't even that my head is saying one thing and my heat another, both are sending mixed signals!!

The downsides of the Saab are:

- I'm trying to save money at the moment
- It costs more than what payed for the Primera
- It's less fuel efficient and petrol is dearer than Diesel
- I would have to sell the Primera and that is made a bit tricky because of high milage and no NCT
- The Primera has grown on me a bit and I actually quite like it

The upsides of the Saab are:
- It has tax and the primera doesn't have tax
- It has an NCT
- It's a nicer car
- It's faster

Do it. Someone will buy the primera, theres a market for cheap cars and looking in the projects thread, you've made it a hell of a lot more cleaner anyway. Also while your man says no swaps, he seems to be in the dodgy business that is flipping cars. Your primera that needs a cv boot and has an abs light on plus two or three hundred might appeal to him.

Not only is it nicer, its cool too.
Theres one that runs around town as a daily driver, epic car to see on the road these days.
Also the Primera needs work and while not much work, at the end of the day its still a primera. More reliable perhaps, but like 99% of cars that we have in this country, its boring.

davycc

quadrifoglio verde wrote: »

Do it. Someone will buy the primera, theres a market for cheap cars and looking in the projects thread, you've made it a hell of a lot more cleaner anyway. Also while your man says no swaps, he seems to be in the dodgy business that is flipping cars. Your primera that needs a cv boot and has an abs light on plus two or three hundred might appeal to him.

Not only is it nicer, its cool too.
Theres one that runs around town as a daily driver, epic car to see on the road these days.
Also the Primera needs work and while not much work, at the end of the day its still a primera. More reliable perhaps, but like 99% of cars that we have in this country, its boring.

I think mr quadrifoglio verde has answered it better than I could have possibly tried:cool:

SCOOP 64

Ded_Zebra wrote: »

Hmmmm. I'm very confused about this decision. It isn't even that my head is saying one thing and my heat another, both are sending mixed signals!!

The downsides of the Saab are:

- I'm trying to save money at the moment
- It costs more than what payed for the Primera
- It's less fuel efficient and petrol is dearer than Diesel
- I would have to sell the Primera and that is made a bit tricky because of high milage and no NCT
- The Primera has grown on me a bit and I actually quite like it

The upsides of the Saab are:
- It has tax and the primera doesn't have tax
- It has an NCT
- It's a nicer car
- It's faster

So the Saab it is then!

Ded_Zebra

quadrifoglio verde wrote: »

Do it. Someone will buy the primera, theres a market for cheap cars and looking in the projects thread, you've made it a hell of a lot more cleaner anyway. Also while your man says no swaps, he seems to be in the dodgy business that is flipping cars. Your primera that needs a cv boot and has an abs light on plus two or three hundred might appeal to him.

Not only is it nicer, its cool too.
Theres one that runs around town as a daily driver, epic car to see on the road these days.
Also the Primera needs work and while not much work, at the end of the day its still a primera. More reliable perhaps, but like 99% of cars that we have in this country, its boring.

Damn your logic! even though it's proper illogical "I want a new car and I'm trying to justify" it logic!

I'll have to have a proper think about it over night, no sense in rushing into these things...

quadrifoglio verde

Ded_Zebra wrote: »

Damn your logic! even though it's proper illogical "I want a new car and I'm trying to justify" it logic!

I'll have to have a proper think about it over night, no sense in rushing into these things...

at the end of the day you only live once.
Wouldn't it be cool to say to the kids out here that you had one of these.
They'll look at your car history and see integrale, levin and then think what the **** was that weirdo thinking buying a primera :pac:

Ded_Zebra

quadrifoglio verde wrote: »

at the end of the day you only live once.
Wouldn't it be cool to say to the kids out here that you had one of these.
They'll look at your car history and see integrale, levin and then think what the **** was that weirdo thinking buying a primera :pac:

Well you've been doing a lot of research!

What they'll think is "that tit wasted all his money and that stupid Levin and now can only afford to drive a Primera" :pac:

I'll make the decision in the morning provided that it's still for sale. Sure I would like to own a 9000 at some stage but I don't feel like it has to be that one, if I miss it I miss it.

Kaiser D

http://cars.donedeal.ie/vintagecars-for-sale/golf-mk1-1982-1-6-turbo-diesel/6807422

Tax n' test until next year.

job seeker

Kaiser D wrote: »

http://cars.donedeal.ie/vintagecars-for-sale/golf-mk1-1982-1-6-turbo-diesel/6807422

Tax n' test until next year.

Is it not N.C.T exempt been a classic, no?

But then I suppose piece of mind and all that jazz..

Brasso

job seeker wrote: »

Is it not N.C.T exempt been a classic, no?

But then I suppose piece of mind and all that jazz..

Only pre 1980 cars are NCT exempt.

Cleveland Hot Pocket

Kaiser D wrote: »

http://cars.donedeal.ie/vintagecars-for-sale/golf-mk1-1982-1-6-turbo-diesel/6807422

Tax n' test until next year.

Made of want, love them old daysul vee dubs.

Ripe for some slamming and tinting.

Interslice

Cleveland Hot Pocket wrote: »

Made of want, love them old daysul vee dubs.

Ripe for some slamming and tinting.

http://cars.donedeal.ie/vintagecars-for-sale/volkswagen-jetta-1983/6809055
Comes with same car included for parts.

http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/06-mondeo-new-nct/6809384



fierce cheap and NCT'd 3 days ago

unkel

Jaysus that Mondeo is a bargain. Open to reasonable offers, so €1750 probably takes it!

Idle seems very high, surely your man didn't have his foot on the throttle while taking the pic?

Kaiser D

Very good value that, aptly priced too, they don't tend to go for a whole lot more. I see a few nicks around the body and on the alloys, but nothing to be complaining about really with so much NCT and a 06 plate.

I think the newest car we have had in here was 07?

Old diesel

Kaiser D wrote: »

Very good value that, aptly priced too, they don't tend to go for a whole lot more. I see a few nicks around the body and on the alloys, but nothing to be complaining about really with so much NCT and a 06 plate.

I think the newest car we have had in here was 07?

That other car could have been a Mondeo too if I remember right

Kaiser D

Old diesel wrote: »

That other car could have been a Mondeo too if I remember right

I did post a 07 Vectra 2.8 estate also.

Give it a bit longer and we'll be seeing 08 Puntos, Pandas etc I reckon.

Ded_Zebra

Not sure if it's a repost but I like it

http://cars.donedeal.ie/vintagecars-for-sale/bmw-3-series-e30-nct04-15/6715152

CianRyan

I was perving the E30 a while back wishing It had a better engine.

Interslice

unkel wrote: »

Jaysus that Mondeo is a bargain. Open to reasonable offers, so €1750 probably takes it!

Idle seems very high, surely your man didn't have his foot on the throttle while taking the pic?

Didn't notice that. I would consider 900rpm high.

Kaiser D

Ded_Zebra wrote: »

Not sure if it's a repost but I like it

http://cars.donedeal.ie/vintagecars-for-sale/bmw-3-series-e30-nct04-15/6715152

I've actually seen that in the flesh since posting it, only briefly but it looks good. Well worth the money.

Leo Demidov

http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/02-toyota-corolla/6809393

Seems to be in good condition, could be got within banger budget, not sure what these should be going for.

Ded_Zebra

NCT 1/15 no tax but low milage.

€1,500.

http://cars.donedeal.ie/vintagecars-for-sale/jaguar-xj8-1998/6592748

quadrifoglio verde

looks tasty. No mention of nikasil being sorted, but if its lasted this long without getting it done, it'd be safe would it?

unkel

Interslice wrote: »

Didn't notice that. I would consider 900rpm high.

It's about 1350rpm - far too high for idle

I'd ring and ask about that before going to see the car

Kaiser D wrote: »

I did post a 07 Vectra 2.8 estate also

Yeah I remember that. Spectacular value for money. Would suit someone who doesn't make a habit of taxing their cars

Kaiser D wrote: »

Give it a bit longer and we'll be seeing 08 Puntos, Pandas etc I reckon.

A good bit longer. Not this year. Not next year either. Particularly not if they are on lower cc tax than on the old system

It's bigger petrol cars with biggish engines that are bangernomics kings imho

Moneymaker

Yeah i'd say it'll be a while before we see any 08 cars go into bangernomics range.

Be a year or two before E90s get there even.

Ded_Zebra

unkel wrote: »

It's about 1350rpm - far too high for idle

I'd ring and ask about that before going to see the car

I reckon the photo was taken before it went onto closed loop. Just idling fast after startup.

Kaiser D

unkel wrote: »

It's about 1350rpm - far too high for idle

I'd ring and ask about that before going to see the car



Yeah I remember that. Spectacular value for money. Would suit someone who doesn't make a habit of taxing their cars



A good bit longer. Not this year. Not next year either. Particularly not if they are on lower cc tax than on the old system

It's bigger petrol cars with biggish engines that are bangernomics kings imho

Just give this a few months then,

http://www.donedeal.ie/campers-for-sale/the-campers-companion/6563024

:P

Moneymaker

What in the world is that?

Claiming it has 4 seats is very optimistic :pac:

That said 4 people fit in my Panda easy peasy so anything is possible I suppose.

quadrifoglio verde

Kaiser D wrote: »

Just give this a few months then,

http://www.donedeal.ie/campers-for-sale/the-campers-companion/6563024
:P

Boards rules mean I can't post url etc as I'm a newbie.....so see this as a vomit gif please.

Id rather walk than drive that yoke

unkel

That's not a car

Seriously though - it is damn cheap. For someone just needing something to go to church, local shop etc. Why the hell did they decide it was a good idea to put a diesel engine in it though?

jimgoose

quadrifoglio verde wrote: »

looks tasty. No mention of nikasil being sorted, but if its lasted this long without getting it done, it'd be safe would it?

The engine is still running - the Nikasil is sorted long ago.

jimgoose

unkel wrote: »

That's not a car

Seriously though - it is damn cheap. For someone just needing something to go to church, local shop etc. Why the hell did they decide it was a good idea to put a diesel engine in it though?

Cheap != Value.

Moneymaker

http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/1996-bmw-325-turbo-diesel-975/6785438



No leather and atrocious alloys but looks clean and straight.

Cantona's Collars

http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/jaguar-x-type-awd-sport-for-sale-ncttax/6802433?sv=1

Kaiser D

unkel wrote: »

That's not a car

Seriously though - it is damn cheap. For someone just needing something to go to church, local shop etc. Why the hell did they decide it was a good idea to put a diesel engine in it though?

They are common in France, a few sold in the UK too along with some other models but they were mental money. They were supposed to be towed behind a camper van, so when you park at whatever camp site you can go to nearby villages etc in it rather than your camper.

They're classed as a motorbike/moped and can be driven by 16 year olds in the UK, and I assume here too.

No idea why they put a 500cc diesel engine in.

unkel

Aye. Heard about them before but never paid attention. Had a look earlier and the one you posted is very good value compared to others for sale in the UK. Why the 11BHP :rolleyes: diesel when you can get a 20BHP petrol engine though

Gosub

Kaiser D wrote: »

They are common in France, a few sold in the UK too along with some other models but they were mental money. They were supposed to be towed behind a camper van, so when you park at whatever camp site you can go to nearby villages etc in it rather than your camper.

They're classed as a motorbike/moped and can be driven by 16 year olds in the UK, and I assume here too.

No idea why they put a 500cc diesel engine in.

Loads of those in Spain where they can be driven without a licence! Used by the very young and those who have lost their licence due to being a p¡ss-head.

v240gltse

hi

I have seen the saab as i always regretted getting rid of my previous 9000 2.3 turbo and was thinking about getting this one as a daily drive. There is some amount of work required before using it in comfort:

1. top engine dog bone mount needs replacing ( both Pieces) .

2 . front bumper re-attached as its loose on the drivers side

3. breather hose from rocker cover missing ( engine venting into air not good )

4. clutch biting very high

5. gearbox mount needs replacing

6. few other odds and sods from memory.

7. engine oil gloopy

but if your willing to put in a couple of hundred euros it could be worth it.


regards

Ded_Zebra wrote: »

Hmmmm. I'm very confused about this decision. It isn't even that my head is saying one thing and my heat another, both are sending mixed signals!!

The downsides of the Saab are:

- I'm trying to save money at the moment
- It costs more than what payed for the Primera
- It's less fuel efficient and petrol is dearer than Diesel
- I would have to sell the Primera and that is made a bit tricky because of high milage and no NCT
- The Primera has grown on me a bit and I actually quite like it

The upsides of the Saab are:
- It has tax and the primera doesn't have tax
- It has an NCT
- It's a nicer car
- It's faster

almostover

wotzgoingon wrote: »

If they were so reliable, why did you need two?
That's not a dig at you, I'm just genuinely curious.

Crashed the 1st into a hilux and the hilux won She had 200000 miles up on her at that stage and was going 100%. Used it as a donor car then for the 2nd one.

Moneymaker

This seems cheap, something wrong with it? Not been insured in 6 months...

http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/2002-new-model-polo-taxed-new-nct/6810442