This weeks Classic Irish bargains that I'm not buying

w124man

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

I’d like to know what kind of business Deane Motors are doing, i.e are most of their customers Irish or do they come from further afield? They seem to have come out of nowhere within the last year or so, and are obviously trying to appeal to a certain class of buyer.

They always have amazing stock

Most of his interesting stuff goes back to the UK and he claims the VRT back. That E500 that he had at the RDS went back to the UK for a lot less than he was trying flog it for here

Bus Boy

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

https://www.donedeal.ie/vintagecars-for-sale/1988-mercedes-300ce-only-50k-miles/19950622



Stunning 300CE...€16k!

A fool and his money are soon parted...

unkel

Bus Boy wrote: »

A fool and his money are soon parted...

What makes you say that? Do you know something we don't? Is the car sold?

I wouldn't have expected anyone to pay anything like what he is asking for.

ELM327

Has anyone been to see this?
Seems like it's been on my DD watch list for months.

https://www.donedeal.ie/vintagecars-for-sale/92-citroen-xm-estate-diesel/14142549

kaizersoze

ELM327 wrote: »

Has anyone been to see this?
Seems like it's been on my DD watch list for months.

https://www.donedeal.ie/vintagecars-for-sale/92-citroen-xm-estate-diesel/14142549

Been on mine too and I wondered the same.

unkel

Hasn't had an NCT for many years. And it's not like he's giving it away. No room for negotiation either.

ELM327

Well to be fair no one would turn away €950 for that tbh. "No negotiation" doesnt mean none at all.

If I had anywhere to put that I'd have bought it already. The thrills of living in an apartment with a managed car park.

unkel

You'd have bought it without an NCT or at least a fail sheet? You can thank that managed car park for probably having saved you a fortune

supervento

https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C1043404

kaizersoze

supervento wrote: »

https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C1043404

4.5k + VRT?:eek:

supervento

its vintage tho... €200 vrt and €56 road tax

Dades

Love the velour interior!

But those fugly bumpers look like they were designed for the US market.

elperello

Dades wrote: »

Love the velour interior!

But those fugly bumpers look like they were designed for the US market.

The whole thing was designed for the US market but I wouldn't hold that against it.:)

If that car is as good as it looks then it's a keeper if I ever saw one.

Harry Palmr

Harry Palmr wrote: »

Piss still being taken by someone in Waterford about their still unsold Merc 300 T, It's a nice car by the looks of it but he's dropped the price once from 5500 to 5250 in the three months I've been aware of it.

https://www.donedeal.ie/vintagecars-for-sale/mercedes-benz-te300/18849507

The penny has dropped (twice) and it's now verging on tempting if you can swing the insurance as a daily driver. it would be ideal for me but I just can't afford the running costs esp as it's a petrol model

kadman

Lovely car, is an LPG conversion here a sensible option??

unkel

Harry Palmr wrote: »

The penny has dropped (twice) and it's now verging on tempting if you can swing the insurance as a daily driver. it would be ideal for me but I just can't afford the running costs esp as it's a petrol model

€3,800 is a bargain for that car!

What's your annual mileage? If it is that high that petrol costs would bother you, then you probably won't be able to get it on a classic policy either

Harry Palmr

Ah I'm only musing really - I'm back on the road a year and a bit under my own insurance having been without a car for 6/7 years so I'm paying through the nose as it is on a Nissan Note 1.4, which in truth does the job with the seats down. It would need to be a daily driver, sure can't afford two policies!

unkel

Yeah with only a very short NCB, you probably wouldn't qualify for classic insurance. I briefly looked into LPGing my daily driver 6-cylinder petrol early 00s BMW about 5 years ago and the conversion would have been 1100 at the very least. Probably a bit more now. It would have taken me quite a long time to break even (I did fairly low miles) and don't forget getting LPG is a hassle as very few places do it. You also need to maintain an extra fuelling system

If you do a high mileage, it might be worth doing. It might pay for itself within the year.

supervento

Good value if it’s genuine and fairly rust free....

https://www.donedeal.ie/vintagecars-for-sale/ford-sierra/20026348

elperello

This looks like the real deal.
You won't see many like it.

https://www.donedeal.ie/vintagecars-for-sale/beetle/20088592

unkel

X1/9 £1750

In the North

Sounds like an honest ad. Lots of work done.



Linky

supervento

unkel wrote: »

Harry Palmr wrote: »

The penny has dropped (twice) and it's now verging on tempting if you can swing the insurance as a daily driver. it would be ideal for me but I just can't afford the running costs esp as it's a petrol model

€3,800 is a bargain for that car!

What's your annual mileage? If it is that high that petrol costs would bother you, then you probably won't be able to get it on a classic policy either

Harry Palmr wrote: »

Harry Palmr wrote: »

Piss still being taken by someone in Waterford about their still unsold Merc 300 T, It's a nice car by the looks of it but he's dropped the price once from 5500 to 5250 in the three months I've been aware of it.

https://www.donedeal.ie/vintagecars-for-sale/mercedes-benz-te300/18849507

The penny has dropped (twice) and it's now verging on tempting if you can swing the insurance as a daily driver. it would be ideal for me but I just can't afford the running costs esp as it's a petrol model

Ad now gone... assume it’s finally sold

unkel

The market is very slow and it doesn't help if you're away from Dublin. €5.5k was clearly too much, but I feel €3.8k was a bargain for that W124!

Duke O Smiley

https://www.donedeal.ie/vintagecars-for-sale/1983-ford-granada-estate-2-8-ghia/20130403



No NCT for the last two years, but this looks very nice for the money. €3k isn't a bad price if it isn't totally fcuked

2.8i Ghia estate

unkel

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

No NCT for the last two years

No NCT for well over 10 years.

Duke O Smiley

83 D 120011, April 8 2016 according to my screen

From ncts.ie

unkel

Blimey, it came up with Friday, April 8th, 2008 for me earlier! Just ran it now and it shows the same as your screenshot.

Car is not taxed either though (only €56 for the year) and the other cars he has for sale are bangers.

I know I could be completely wrong here, but I don't get a good vibe off this ad...

Edit - just checked with your nifty way and it was last taxed 4 years ago. Not good when it is only €56 to tax for the year. By all means, someone go and look and report back here. Me, I wouldn't bother.

Duke O Smiley

I hate to be pedantic but its actually only out of tax 10 months (December 2017) :P

I 100% recognise the car from being on DoneDeal before but it could be from 6 months or 6 years ago.

The tints and extra chrome do it no favours, but I still say it looks vey nice for the money. Almost too nice, the only other similar vintage Grandads on DD at the minute with prices shown are over double what the above is asking

unkel

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

I hate to be pedantic but its actually only out of tax 10 months (December 2017) :P

You are not being pedantic at all! It's imperative to know the tax / NCT details about a car before even going out to see it, particularly when the owner is shy about it, or worse, plain lying

What gets me is that very, very few Irish people seem to know where to check if a car is taxed and / or tested

And almost none of the vintage cars for sale on DoneDeal that need an NCT, have an NCT

oceanman

https://www.donedeal.ie/vintagecars-for-sale/citroen-gs/19544675
could be worth a look..