BANGERNOMICS (sub2k) of the week/day

Long Time Lurker

And another Epica. Fast becoming a regular in here.

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/chevrolet-epica/12025956

unkel

You mean all 3 Epicas in the country were in this thread at some point?

€2k for a minty '08 auto last year seemed great value, €1600 for a mediocre '07 manual this year a lot less.

Still straight 6 petrol motoring and well under 10 years old with a full years NCT. I don't think any other saloon out there can match that...

flazio

Long Time Lurker wrote: »

Just over budget but surely bought with change from 2 grand. There'll be no queue to his door.

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/hyundai-sonata/12033043

I wouldn't be so sure. 9 year old diesel car with 110k miles on her and by no means an ugly looking yoke. If it's not sold by the weekend, it'll be gone by by this time next week.

Esel

flazio wrote: »

I wouldn't be so sure. 9 year old diesel car with 110k miles on her and by no means an ugly looking yoke. If it's not sold by the weekend, it'll be gone by by this time next week.

Have to say:

I fuppin' hate that 'her' thing.

OK for a boat / ship - otherwise you are a MCP, or some such.

Call it 'it' FFS, or else say "Is she daysul?" so we all know where you're coming from.

bear1

Esel wrote: »

Have to say:

I fuppin' hate that 'her' thing.

OK for a boat / ship - otherwise you are a MCP, or some such.

Call it 'it' FFS, or else say "Is she daysul?" so we all know where you're coming from.

Jesus chill out there will ya.

curiousb

Special Circumstances wrote: »

A petrol manual Outback is a fairly rare beast I'd say, most here seem to be auto. Was it an irish car?

Apologies, I should have said mine is an auto, not manual.

Special Circumstances

curiousb wrote: »

Apologies, I should have said mine is an auto, not manual.

Thought that torque converter probably beats dual range manual for the jobs where you need one or the other.

masculinist

Esel wrote: »

Have to say:

I fuppin' hate that 'her' thing.

eh why ?

bear1

masculinist wrote: »

eh why ?

What I don't understand is the OP hates the use of "her" for a car but calls them "daysul" when by the OPs logic should be "diesel".

CiDeRmAn

Plenty of vehicles are called by a gender, doesn't mean anything to anyone except when it does, and then it's a personal opinion and as such is really just that individuals issue, nothing for anyone else to worry about.
So some call their car "she", my sister calls her car "he", so what?
We have to stop struggling to take offence at things that aren't harmful or derogatory in any way.

CiDeRmAn

bear1 wrote: »

What I don't understand is the OP hates the use of "her" for a car but calls them "daysul" when by the OPs logic should be "diesel".

I'd say there are far more mechanics and engineers who would take offence at people using "daysul" than there are people who take offence at the use of "her" in referring to their car.

Straight Edge Punk

So bargains eh???

bear1

Straight Edge Punk wrote: »

So bargains eh???

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/fiat-punto-1-2-new-nct/11786677?sv=true

There you go

CiDeRmAn

bear1 wrote: »

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/fiat-punto-1-2-new-nct/11786677?sv=true

There you go

I wonder if that one has electric front windows...

unkel

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

I wonder if she has electric front windows...

FYP :pac:

CiDeRmAn

unkel wrote: »

FYP :pac:

Lol, snort....

Duke O Smiley

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/toyota-corolla/12073448



Tax, test and three spokes! €600

bear1

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

I wonder if that one has electric front windows...

The mark two punto onwards had elec windows as standard.
Fairly reliable 1.2 engine in those.

colm_mcm

MK2 only had electric Windows on ELX models and higher.

Edit, you probably mean the facelift mk2 or mk2.5 as they're sometimes called

Duke O Smiley

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/jaguar-s-type-v6-se/12047647



6 months test and manual no less, that'll appeal to a few - not bad really for less than a grand (just)

Long Time Lurker

Dinky

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/2006-citroen-c1-nct-10-17-tax-02-17/12074319

colm_mcm

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/jaguar-s-type-v6-se/12047647



6 months test and manual no less, that'll appeal to a few - not bad really for less than a grand (just)

The manual is a little unusual to have in these but makes them so much more fast. I still miss mine




Now for something completely different
https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/2004-seat-altea-1-9-tdi-tax-and-nct/11992609

bear1

colm_mcm wrote: »

MK2 only had electric Windows on ELX models and higher.

Edit, you probably mean the facelift mk2 or mk2.5 as they're sometimes called

I did indeed.
We've a 00 JTD one here which my parents use when they go to Italy each summer.
00 ELX model and tbh pretty well spec'd, 5 disc cd changer, AC, 4 airbags, alloys and only 235k on it and past the NCT again this morning with no advisories.
They are brilliant cars to go I think.

Long Time Lurker

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/saab-95-estate-2-0-t/11956506

26000 Elephants

2005 Primera petrol 1.6 with NCT till 10/16 €1,250

Looks better as a 5 door. Should be trouble free, as 1.6 seems less prone to issues that plagued 1.8 and 2.2dci. Mileage is relatively low for one of these.

bear1

26000 Elephants wrote: »

2005 Primera petrol 1.6 with NCT till 10/16 €1,250

Looks better as a 5 door. Should be trouble free, as 1.6 seems less prone to issues that plagued 1.8 and 2.2dci. Mileage is relatively low for one of these.

Surely that must be very underpowered with a 1.6 engine?

rizzodun

bear1 wrote: »

Surely that must be very underpowered with a 1.6 engine?

107 bhp

0-100kmh takes 13 seconds and top speed (supposedly) of 185kmh.

Rubbish for an autobahn, but while it won't set your pulse racing, it'll tip along nicely at 100kmh, which covers most of Ireland.

AndyBoBandy

Another Primera SVE,

€1,450

This time a 2005 1.8 Auto with test til October, but taxed til December!!
Looks fairly refined too with on board Sat Nav & reverse camera.

26000 Elephants

bear1 wrote: »

Surely that must be very underpowered with a 1.6 engine?

The 1.8 was underpowered. So you can imagine what a 1.6 is like. But this is bangernomics, so it works in terms of lower tax and less likely to have issues.

Anyway, I think if performance is your bag, then you wouldn't be looking anywhere near a primera! You'd pick up a nice 2.0 ts 156 for that money.

unkel

AndyBoBandy wrote: »

Another Primera SVE,

€1,450

This time a 2005 1.8 Auto with test til October, but taxed til December!!

And normal tax too, not PSV. Valid until the end of the year, so the tax is worth €450. One owner from new checks out too.

And that makes the car a bargain. Even though it is still a turd on wheels