BANGERNOMICS (sub2k) of the week/day

pcardin

zerks wrote: »

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/landrover-freelander-td4-es-premium/12924573

it so funny when people are trying desperatly hide reg of their precious motor, yet do the job half-arsed that way loosing the whole point.

26000 Elephants

Cheap 323f with test till next Jan. 400 euro should do it.

26000 Elephants

I like that freelander. Might go have a look at it. Pretty rare to get them with that spec over here.

yobr

jharr100 wrote: »

The galaxy is next door to me..all it needs is a steering rack. It's tested till end of the year, has 2 brand new tyres and the 1.9tdi engine and gearbox are in good shape. The timing belt was done this year too.. but the seller can't even get 300 for it as it stands.

Have you a link to the Galaxy?

Cantona's Collars

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/mercedes-clk-new-nct/12715081

€1400 with new NCT.

bear1

Generally don't like freelanders but id make an exception for that one

jharr100

yobr wrote: »

Have you a link to the Galaxy?

I don't have a link.. I think he's was selling on facebook, If you pm me your number I can ask him to ring you.

Iseedeadpixels

I have to stop looking at this thread too many beautiful bangers!

jca

Iseedeadpixels wrote: »

I have to stop looking at this thread too many beautiful bangers!

Exactly. It makes me realise how much I've wasted on over priced mundane cars over the years... That freelander is fantastic.

pippip

Isn't the Freelander suppose to be unbelievably unreliable?

Kamili

jca wrote: »

Exactly. It makes me realise how much I've wasted on over priced mundane cars over the years... That freelander is fantastic.

me three

that SLK is calling me...

Cheensbo

pippip wrote: »

Isn't the Freelander suppose to be unbelievably unreliable?

Nah, the petrol ones weren't the mae West and the early diesels, but the facelift - particularly with the bmw designed engine are pretty good I believe. Damn cheap because of the perception of them too

Kamili

26000 Elephants wrote: »

I like that freelander. Might go have a look at it. Pretty rare to get them with that spec over here.

it is a beaut.

Do keep us in the loop if you do go look

Red Kev

Three nice summer wagons that most people will reckon you paid 2-3 times for.

MX-5 €1900, 01/17

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/mazda-mx5/12896660


For the fearless, RX-8 with a long NCT 09/17, €1950

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/2005-mazda-rx8-high-spec/12856199


Cheap TT Cabrio €2250 with 10 months NCt 05/17

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/audi-tt-2002-priced-to-sell-2250/12598509

ucd.1985

Freelander gone!

Kamili

Red Kev wrote: »

Cheap TT Cabrio €2250 with 10 months NCt 05/17

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/audi-tt-2002-priced-to-sell-2250/12598509

that TT looks like the 225 version too. I was trying to get my hands on one of them a few years back before I bought my current jammer

landmarkjohn

Red Kev wrote: »

Three nice summer wagons that most people will reckon you paid 2-3 times for.

MX-5 €1900, 01/17

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/mazda-mx5/12896660


For the fearless, RX-8 with a long NCT 09/17, €1950

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/2005-mazda-rx8-high-spec/12856199


Cheap TT Cabrio €2250 with 10 months NCt 05/17

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/audi-tt-2002-priced-to-sell-2250/12598509

The MX5 would be the pick for me, reliability!

180 K miles on the TT, they would need to have been fastidious with oil service.

RX8...... for the fearless is right but very rewarding.

selectamatic

https://www.donedeal.ie/view/12910307
Mazda 3 Sport

Always had a soft spot for these.
2.0 tested till March17
Low miles supposedly with a service history.
Clean body too.
Asking €1850
I'd be aiming for the €1500 mark

crazyjim

Kamili wrote: »

me three

that SLK is calling me...

It's annoying that they mention bad paint work on drivers side but there's no clear picture given. If this is being mentioned up front in the hope it won't be brought up at inspection...it just won't work.

Also driver's seat a bit worn for 100k miles

unkel

Iseedeadpixels wrote: »

I have to stop looking at this thread too many beautiful bangers!

Don't stop looking, start buying!

Pick the best bargain here you like, drive & enjoy the car for a while and then sell on hoping you'd get at least as much as you paid for it :cool:

unkel

Kamili wrote: »

that TT looks like the 225 version too.

Two exhausts means nothing, plenty of them have that as an aftermarket mod. You'd need the vin or a pic of the engine bay! Not that it matters much performance wise except the 225BHP BAM engine is the strongest of them all

@landmarkjohn - the TT is very well put together and the 1.8 Turbo engines are strong. The 185k or so miles (just shy of 300k km) wouldn't bother me if the engine seems to be running fine...

W123-80's

This certainly isn't beautiful.
2000 Focus diesel with fierce low miles.
Hard put a price on it...
Test Nov '16
Asking €1,700
Tread carefully I think and don't get dazzled by the mileage.
Doctors car sitting for 16 years only doing 21,000 miles.
Multiple drivers I assume. I would be hard pressed to buy it. More posting it for opinions to be honest.!
https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/ford-focus-diesel-only-21-000-genuine-miles/12940339

CiDeRmAn

unkel wrote: »

Don't stop looking, start buying!

Pick the best bargain here you like, drive & enjoy the car for a while and then sell on hoping you'd get at least as much as you paid for it :cool:

I'm loving my '05 9.3, bought from a post here, 1.8 petrol model, and only €950 as well.
And in 18/24 months will probably get at least that when I sell it on, before buying another one, it's superb.
I could have went for a new Dacia or a Renault, but who wants to drive such a mediocre vehicle when you can drive something with far more class for roughly a third of the deposit on one of those new cars.
Bangernomics all the way!

Bandito909

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

I'm loving my '05 9.3, bought from a post here, 1.8 petrol model, and only €950 as well.
And in 18/24 months will probably get at least that when I sell it on, before buying another one, it's superb.
I could have went for a new Dacia or a Renault, but who wants to drive such a mediocre vehicle when you can drive something with far more class for roughly a third of the deposit on one of those new cars.
Bangernomics all the way!

Are they heavy on juice ciderman?

wonski

W123-80's wrote: »

This certainly isn't beautiful.
2000 Focus diesel with fierce low miles.
Hard put a price on it...
Test Nov '16
Asking €1,700
Tread carefully I think and don't get dazzled by the mileage.
Doctors car sitting for 16 years only doing 21,000 miles.
Multiple drivers I assume. I would be hard pressed to buy it. More posting it for opinions to be honest.!
https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/ford-focus-diesel-only-21-000-genuine-miles/12940339

Where are the hubcaps now

TeaBagMania

Probably somewhere in Dublin

Muahahaha

unkel wrote: »

I have a 16 year old BMW 318i saloon on classic insurance. Not collectable by any standard. Not specialist and certainly not high performance. And I do NOT have a separately insured daily driver...

I am over 25 though

Can I ask which insurance co? I had this problem before, I wanted to buy a classic but my daily driver is a motorbike and any insurance co I rang wouldnt accept a motorbike as a daily driver even though thats what I do with the thing!

Also if a classic is under 30 years old does that mean normal motor tax or are there any reductions? Would love a 4.0 classic Jag or similar but not really prepared to fork €2k on tax for something thats a Sunday driver

Esel

^ Car must be at least 30 years since date of first registration to qualify for cheap tax.

zurbfoundation

Golf estate TDI with decent length test - no mention of miles but for 500 blah, if you are in the area, it should be worth checking out

keane2097

unkel wrote: »

@landmarkjohn - the TT is very well put together and the 1.8 Turbo engines are strong. The 185k or so miles (just shy of 300k km) wouldn't bother me if the engine seems to be running fine...

Off topic, but I have a '05 MK1 TT (1.8T petrol) with ~138k miles on it. It's in good nick and service history is fine. Any idea of a ballpark amount I might get for it?

Got it cheap off my mom (:o) so I'm none the wiser, and there isn't a great selection online to compare against.