BANGERNOMICS (sub2k) of the week/day

jharr100

Mad_Mike wrote: »

Pics are not the best, but for a 2001 E46 with a bit of tax and NCT until Feb 17, this looks good for under €700
Whether the miles and km's are mixed up, I'm not sure, but still not high mileage

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/bmw-3-series-b-m-w-316-i-se-executive-nct-and-tax/13424638

Only 473 tax too...

macjohn

emeldc wrote: »

Jesus, Mike could do with brushin' up on de spellins'!
How did he get the indicators to stay on for the photos.
Looks like a decent value car all the same.

On the e46 -

seller has been discussed on here before. (perhaps things have improved over the years)
Even more than normal with everything in this category eyes open!

joujoujou

emeldc wrote: »

[...]
How did he get the indicators to stay on for the photos.
[...]

My guess is he set a camera to continuous shooting and eventually got a photo of 'em. Or maybe it's a frame extracted from a movie.

Anyway, as we're speaking 'bout the beemer, that's likely one of the extremely rare moments those indicators were on.

selectamatic

https://www.donedeal.ie/view/13382522
BMW 318CI 2003 *NEW NCT 05/17* €1000!

Very nice looking facelift e46 coupe.
Decent test
Exceptionally clean looking body.
Supposedly a low owner car with full service history.
Asking €1000

Few things to note, claims timing belt was done but these are chain, number plates blanked out etc. and add just gives the feeling a lot of it was a copy and paste job.
Car could well be too good to be true however if in the market for one it'd be worth a look all the same.

Sam Russell

joujoujou wrote: »

My guess is he set a camera to continuous shooting and eventually got a photo of 'em. Or maybe it's a frame extracted from a movie.

Anyway, as we're speaking 'bout the beemer, that's likely one of the extremely rare moments those indicators were on.

It is quite common to see beemers with indicators on - they are only for when the car is parked on the pavement on double yellows - it tells everyone they will be back in a while.

Mervyn Skidmore

selectamatic wrote: »

https://www.donedeal.ie/view/13382522
BMW 318CI 2003 *NEW NCT 05/17* €1000!

Very nice looking facelift e46 coupe.
Decent test
Exceptionally clean looking body.
Supposedly a low owner car with full service history.
Asking €1000

Few things to note, claims timing belt was done but these are chain, number plates blanked out etc. and add just gives the feeling a lot of it was a copy and paste job.
Car could well be too good to be true however if in the market for one it'd be worth a look all the same.

The sellers name wouldn't fill you with confidence.

Mad_Mike

jharr100 wrote: »

Only 473 tax too...

That's what he typed into Donedeal but it's 673 according to motortax.ie

Duke O Smiley

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/2004-mazda-rx8-exclusive-1-8l/13427839



Anyone brave enough!? NCT'd to 4/17, €1750 and it looks quite reasonable inside and out

Duke O Smiley

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/2005-bmw-320-ci-coupe/13302572



And if you decide you aren't brave enough, from the same seller is this 2005 facelift 6 pot E46 coupe with NCT to 6/17 for €1950

Giacomo McGubbin

03 316i SE asking 800e

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/bmw-316i-se-nct-2-17/13180547


03 9-3 2.0 AUTO asking 1,100e

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/03-saab-9-3-automatic-new-nct-09-2017-full-service/13411394?campaign=3


03 Avensis 1.6 asking 950e

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/03-toyota-avensis-1-6-petrol-4dr-saloon-black/13330593


04 316 asking 875e

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/04-bmw-316-ncted-taxed-immaculate/13427519

unkel

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

Anyone brave enough!? NCT'd to 4/17, €1750 and it looks quite reasonable inside and out

Worth €1,000 with a fooked engine, €2,500 with a newly rebuilt engine

So the asking price of €1,750 is just about ballpark if you're a gambling man

johndaman66

Giacomo McGubbin wrote: »

03 Avensis 1.6 asking 950e

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/03-toyota-avensis-1-6-petrol-4dr-saloon-black/13330593

Looks clean but at best only 10 days test left on it though so wouldn't qualify as for the thread in my eyes.


Seller says it will goo through the test easy but I wouldn't be taking his word for that...rather the NCT testers...

job seeker

johndaman66 wrote: »

Seller says it will goo through the test easy but I wouldn't be taking his word for that...rather the NCT testers...

Exactly, if it goes through the test so easy, why not put it through them selves?

tony1980

Mad_Mike wrote: »

Pics are not the best, but for a 2001 E46 with a bit of tax and NCT until Feb 17, this looks good for under €700
Whether the miles and km's are mixed up, I'm not sure, but still not high mileage

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/bmw-3-series-b-m-w-316-i-se-executive-nct-and-tax/13424638

I am looking for something like this at the moment. Is this seller known on here, I dont want to go near if he has a bad rep!

Duke O Smiley

tony1980 wrote: »

I am looking for something like this at the moment. Is this seller known on here, I dont want to go near if he has a bad rep!

To be honest from what I understand of Mike he is more of a character than a chancer

To quote quadrifoglio verde on his visit to his yard :P

quadrifoglio verde wrote: »

Claimed to Ded Zebra, 166man and I that he was a qualified barrister but was a natural born wheeler and dealer

unkel

tony1980 wrote: »

Is this seller known on here

I doubt it. It seems to be a small time dealer of low end cars. Called "Prestige Autos" - at least he has ambition

It's very cheap for what it is and because the seller is a dealer, it implies the car comes with a warranty. If you're unsure about cars yourself, maybe bring a mechanic / mechanically minded friend when you go see the car?

Edit - ha! I wouldn't have thought anybody here knew him, but Ireland is a small country

Mad_Mike

tony1980 wrote: »

I am looking for something like this at the moment. Is this seller known on here, I dont want to go near if he has a bad rep!

One of the lads posted this also

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/bmw-316i-se-nct-2-17/13180547

Same money more or less but a couple of years newer

unkel

Needs a new wing though. That would put me right off. No need for the hassle when you can pick up another car like it for similar money that needs nothing...

Madman2

Wouldn't touch a 316i in an e46 with a stick, same size engine in so many other models with a good bit more power and no heavier on fuel

CharlieCroker

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/05-alfa-romeo/13418402



Nice looking facelift 147 with cream leather and NCT to 3/17 for €900 here.

I sold that car as an ex demo 10 years ago!!!!

1.6 Lusso, beautiful spec and colour combo when polished up.

Think it was about €24,000 at the time.

unkel

It's a mugs game buying brand new cars that will be worth almost nothing 10 years later. I'm very glad that a lot of people in Ireland like to play this game though

Mad_Mike

Ironically, I drove brand new cars for years and my last brand new car was an Alfa 156 in 1999. Had another 156 after that, a 147, a 166, GTV and 146 boxer, all for small money and had the best crack ever compared to all the boring new stuff I had driven before (mainly Jap cars, Toyotas, Mitsubishi, Mazda etc)

Mad_Mike

unkel wrote: »

Needs a new wing though. That would put me right off. No need for the hassle when you can pick up another car like it for similar money that needs nothing...

Half asleep tonight
Never looked through the ad pictures OR read the description!

unkel

Mad_Mike wrote: »

Ironically, I drove brand new cars for years and my last brand new car was an Alfa 156 in 1999. Had another 156 after that, a 147, a 166, GTV and 146 boxer, all for small money and had the best crack ever compared to all the boring new stuff I had driven before (mainly Jap cars, Toyotas, Mitsubishi, Mazda etc)

Bit like yourself Mike. I owned nearly new Japanese cars in the 90s as people around me told me that was the only way to go. Thankfully at some point somehow I must have seen the light and I traded in my Nissan Primera for a V8 petrol BMW 5-series. Massive upgrade that only set me back £4k. I was shivering because the car had done a huge 78k miles and all the family and pub experts told me German cars would be totally unreliable. Why should I not have stuck with Mazda, Nissan, Toyota, Honda? Turned out to be the best money I've ever spent and I'll never buy a Japanese sh1tbox again, I swear

Mad_Mike

Snap! Think it was the "era" we went through
Anybody NOT buying Japanese stuff was only asking for trouble! Hahaha
I had 3 E39's myself and in fact I think it was the V8 you had, way back when I collected an old pc from you many moons ago!

unkel

My V8 5-series was an E34

Only had one E39 myself, and a bog standard 2l manual at that. Nothing to be laughed at though. Only 150BHP and on paper the 9.9s 0-100km/h time doesn't look great. But that's on paper. The car will not win many traffic light races, but the chassis of the E39 was brilliant. Probably the most dynamic big saloon ever made. Drive it hard and keep the revs high and it's a brilliant car to drive.

Duke O Smiley

Its funny how these epiphanys come around, Unkel My mother has been driving since the early 90s; a Corolla, a Civic, Corolla and a Mazda 3 in that time, automatic a-to-b motors that she'd do about 5 to 10k miles p/a in going to the shops and mass etc weekly. My Dad then for work would have some corporate barge thingy every few years which was the family car.

But here they are this year; Dad retired, all of us grown up and moved (moving!) out and all of that fun stuff, so he goes and chops in the two cars for a '05 S Type 3.0 for the two of them With my Dad retired they were looking at one car for the two of them anyway, and in January they were looking at Renault Fluences and the likes. With the money saved they've gotten a trip to NY this Christmas, and a cruise next year.

Mad_Mike

Bangernomics FTW!!

grogi

unkel wrote: »

My V8 5-series was an E34

Only had one E39 myself, and a bog standard 2l manual at that. Nothing to be laughed at though. Only 150BHP and on paper the 9.9s 0-100km/h time doesn't look great. But that's on paper. The car will not win many traffic light races, but the chassis of the E39 was brilliant. Probably the most dynamic big saloon ever made. Drive it hard and keep the revs high and it's a brilliant car to drive.

Agreed. I like E39 much more than E6x....

unkel

Great story, I remember when you posted here he bought the S-type

Did your dad just decide that for himself or did you do a lot of pushing / hinting?

I always have a lot of respect for an elderly gentleman in an elderly higher end car :cool:

grogi wrote: »

Agreed. I like E39 much more than E6x....

I've an E60 6 pot petrol as the main family car now. Can't fault it, still modern looking car, excellent for travelling in long distance for the 5 of us. Refined, and you can do a high average speed without anyone noticing it or complaining about it

Not anywhere near the drivers car that the E39 was though. In fact my E38 735i Sport was more of a drivers car really...