The RETURN of the "I'm buying something unreliable* thread"

pred racer

Well? Did you buy something yet?

rocky

More like "the return of I'm buying som... zzzzzzzZZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzz..."



Edit: wow, 2000 posts in 10 years

Cleveland Hot Pocket

rocky wrote: »

More like "the return of I'm buying som... zzzzzzzZZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzz..."

In fairness, when a prius is being discussed as "fast enough when you put the boot down" I would prefer to collect some z's than to partake

Interslice

Cleveland Hot Pocket wrote: »

In fairness, when a prius is being discussed as "fast enough when you put the boot down" I would prefer to collect some z's than to partake

That comment makes no sense max

Cleveland Hot Pocket

Interslice wrote: »

That comment makes no sense max

Who are you so?

Joindate Oct 2013

@mods can we muppetcheck this guy?

rocky

"Location: Formerly Ronnie beck "

Interslice

Cleveland Hot Pocket wrote: »

Who are you so?

Joindate Oct 2013

@mods can we muppetcheck this guy?

The pot versus the kettle , all in the location .I was only gone a week and half the folk seem to have changed there name.

Cleveland Hot Pocket

rocky wrote: »

"Location: Formerly Ronnie beck "

Le skim reading fail on my behalf...

ba_barabus

pred racer wrote: »

Well? Did you buy something yet?

Absolutely nothing.

I was chasing down a 2007 Golf GT TDI DSG with lots of extras but it's been taken off the market.

I've currently got the use of an Avensis. I've had a 2002 Megane offered to me for peanuts as a stop gap car but other than that I've little or no idea what to get or how much to spend.

The thoughts of a loan turns my stomach but I might just have to bite the bullet.

dh0011

If you get to like the avensis you could look at something like this
http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/toyota-avensis/5500575

It is in Portlaoise so you could ask George Dalton to check it out (He has a fairly good reputation on boards).

ba_barabus

dh0011 wrote: »

If you get to like the avensis

............I have. I think I've grown into my father. I've even gone as far as putting a flatcap on the dashboard

AS I have time on my side I'm going to try and take my time. Something I've never done before.

dh0011

That avensis looks good if it checks out. It can probably be got for a few hundred less than the asking, leather interior, nice looking radio and it is a diesel avensis (all those taxi drivers cant be wrong).

ba_barabus

dh0011 wrote: »

That avensis looks good if it checks out. It can probably be got for a few hundred less than the asking, leather interior, nice looking radio and it is a diesel avensis (all those taxi drivers cant be wrong).

TBH it looks like one of those drove it. I could be wrong. It's also a hatch which were as rare as hens teeth when originally sold here so I'd even be suspicious of the "It's an Irish car claim"

pred racer

ba_barabus wrote: »

TBH it looks like one of those drove it. I could be wrong. It's also a hatch which were as rare as hens teeth when originally sold here so I'd even be suspicious of the "It's an Irish car claim"

The only problem is.......if you can kill an avensis there is nowhere left to go:pac:

rocky wrote: »

Edit: wow, 2000 posts in 10 years

You're even slower than me :eek:

ba_barabus

pred racer wrote: »

The only problem is.......if you can kill an avensis there is nowhere left to go:pac:

I've killed one before

JohnBoy26

ba_barabus wrote: »

TBH it looks like one of those drove it. I could be wrong. It's also a hatch which were as rare as hens teeth when originally sold here so I'd even be suspicious of the "It's an Irish car claim"

The hatchback versions were sold new here afaik. That one is the pre-facelift though with the older engine.

ba_barabus

JohnBoy26 wrote: »

That one is the pre-facelift though

The front and rear don't match if it is..........

ba_barabus

The more I look at that Avensis the more I see wrong. Wind up rear windows with leather. Sat Nav with basic aircon? Black sat nav with silver trim around the gear knob. Gear surround falling aprt (the 200k mile one I have outside is perfect), no leather steering wheel.

JohnBoy26

ba_barabus wrote: »

The front and rear don't match if it is..........

why is that?

ba_barabus

JohnBoy26 wrote: »

why is that?

The rear has facelift lights

JohnBoy26

ba_barabus wrote: »

The rear has facelift lights

looks like pre facelift lights to me. Im viewing this from a phone though.

George Dalton

JohnBoy26 wrote: »

looks like pre facelift lights to me. Im viewing this from a phone though.

Either way the car looks like a dreadful heap of shyte IMO :pac:

JohnBoy26

George Dalton wrote: »

Either way the car looks like a dreadful heap of shyte IMO :pac:

Be careful what you say, you could be selling it next week :pac:

colm_mcm

Its prefacelift with the right lights btw.
Alloys are off a uk model, leather looks like taxi leather tbh but could be genuine too.
Bluetooth is toyota, can't see the satnav but it doesn't look genuine

Car is probably a ball anyway.

ba_barabus

colm_mcm wrote: »

Car is probably a ball anyway.

+1

I've had a bangernomics Renault sent my way.

I'm going to look on Friday. It's an option albeit one I'm reluctant to take again. It'll certainly test of my motoring balls and sense of humour are still in place!

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime

Have you bought anything yet ?

ba_barabus

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime wrote: »

Have you bought anything yet ?

Not a thing. I haven't time to look this week and being honest my enthusiasm is lacking.

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime

ba_barabus wrote: »

Not a thing. I haven't time to look this week and being honest my enthusiasm is lacking.

That's cos your driving a boring Toyota !

There's not a lot of interesting stuff out there lately ...

ba_barabus

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime wrote: »

That's cos your driving a boring Toyota !

There's not a lot of interesting stuff out there lately ...

It has literally killed my motoring libido

TBi

ba_barabus wrote: »

It has literally killed my motoring libido

I'll give you a go in my Cooper S. If that doesn't give ya a stir i don't know what will!

Or get a big V8. I had a e38 735i and by god did it feel good to drive (except the frequent fuel stops).

Cleveland Hot Pocket

TBi wrote: »

I'll give you a go in my Cooper S. If that doesn't give ya a stir i don't know what will!

Or get a big V8. I had a e38 735i and by god did it feel good to drive (except the frequent fuel stops).

It's like what a chap in work said to me after I gave him a spin in the 535."

"Jaysus you'll pass everything in that, except a Topaz "

ba_barabus

TBi wrote: »

I'll give you a go in my Cooper S. If that doesn't give ya a stir i don't know what will!

PHWOOOOOAAARRRRRRR

That sounds nice. Where is it?

I have an option on an E46 330Ci but I fear it would cripple me.

Cleveland Hot Pocket

ba_barabus wrote: »

I have an option on an E46 330Ci but I fear it would cripple me.

There's a few available on DD with 2.0 on the logbook

Go for it, the e46 in 3.0 guise is quite a machine

TBi

ba_barabus wrote: »

That sounds nice. Where is it?

Mini is in Cork, 735 got sent off to Lithuania. It was a fantastic car, still in great condition for a 1996 model, but road tax as always meant it wasn't something i could sell in Ireland.

thecomedian

ba_barabus wrote: »

PHWOOOOOAAARRRRRRR

That sounds nice. Where is it?

I have an option on an E46 330Ci but I fear it would cripple me.

The 330ci would be a safe enough, not much goes wrong with them.

ba_barabus

thecomedian wrote: »

The 330ci would be a safe enough, not much goes wrong with them.

I GAURANTEE if there is a part that RARELY goes wrong it will fail CATASTROPHIC failure under my ownership

Old diesel

ba_barabus wrote: »

It has literally killed my motoring libido

Theres a thread up on E39 5 series at the moment "E39 530ds" - and some of the contributors to it that own or have owned E39 seem to be off the view that these just aren't selling any more due to tax and fuel etc.

Seem to be making small money in the likes of the bangernomics tread for what it is (a very very nice car).

Could be worth taking the hit on tax etc - if you get a very nice car as a result.

Just a suggestion

ba_barabus

2007 BMW 320D.

What do I need to know about these? That's all the details I have for now. I've dispatched a trained monkey to investigate more.

colm_mcm

Do you really want something reliable?

ba_barabus

colm_mcm wrote: »

Do you really want something reliable?

I've chosen well* so far.

I've no other details. Is that the one with the dodgy turbo or chain?

colm_mcm

I dunno tbh but just wondering if the criteria has changed now.

ba_barabus

colm_mcm wrote: »

I dunno tbh but just wondering if the criteria has changed now.

I've driven a few cars and all were snooze boxes. I'm waiting to hear from the credit union on Satirday. I forgot to submit pay slips with my application which has delayed the search a bit.

Bpmull

ba_barabus wrote: »

2007 BMW 320D.

What do I need to know about these? That's all the details I have for now. I've dispatched a trained monkey to investigate more.

My aunty has a 318d 08 and its a nice car. The 320d is nicer again I'd imagine. But I'm fairly sure there the ones that give chain trouble the older 163bhp ones didn't the 177bhp did. I suppose if your buying it of a BMW garage with a 2 year warranty it's not too bad that's how she bought hers.

TBi

ba_barabus wrote: »

I've no other details. Is that the one with the dodgy turbo or chain?

Last time I checked it had both. Unless that's the older m47 engined model.

ba_barabus

colm_mcm wrote: »

Do you really want something reliable?

Yes. I had a good think over the weekend. After many test drives I've decided a Mazda6 is the way forward. I had driven a Lexus IS220d on Saturday but even with a new Lexus warranty engine and many garauntees it'll be fine I'm not willing to take a chance. That and the gear ratios are terrible. I test drove an 2007 M-Spurt 320D on Saturday that had so many unanswered questions about it I ran like fcek away. In fact, it made my mind up.

I've placed a wanted ad on donedeal to maybe increase my chances of finding a good car. I'm also half interested to see if these things work although I'm expecting replies offering me everything I don't want.

Out of interest I'll report back if I get hits from it.

Mazda6 wanted ad

Feedback on the wanted ad would be appreciated. I'm interested to see if these things work or not.

Cleveland Hot Pocket

ba_barabus wrote: »

Yes. I had a good think over the weekend. After many test drives I've decided a Mazda6 is the way forward. I had driven a Lexus IS220d on Saturday but even with a new Lexus warranty engine and many garauntees it'll be fine I'm not willing to take a chance. That and the gear ratios are terrible. I test drove an 2007 M-Spurt 320D on Saturday that had so many unanswered questions about it I ran like fcek away. In fact, it made my mind up.

I've placed a wanted ad on donedeal to maybe increase my chances of finding a good car. I'm also half interested to see if these things work although I'm expecting replies offering me everything I don't want.

Out of interest I'll report back if I get hits from it.

Mazda6 wanted ad

Feedback on the wanted ad would be appreciated. I'm interested to see if these things work or not.

You say no autos, but the photos are of an auto :P !

ba_barabus

Cleveland Hot Pocket wrote: »

You say no autos, but the photos are of an auto :P !

I know I only realised that after

I've just rectified it.

power pants

http://www.joeduffy.ie/used-cars/901/mazda-mazda6/

colm_mcm

You know there's a wanted section on donedeal?

ba_barabus

colm_mcm wrote: »

You know there's a wanted section on donedeal?

I'm assuming it will get more hits where it is. Even the wanted section on adverts gets little traffic