BANGERNOMICS (sub2k) of the week/day

Ardennes1944

Blatter wrote: »

How much would tax and insurance set you back for a vehicle like that in Switzerland though?

Less than Ireland. Well, insurance about the same, but tax is much less. Altohugh it depends on the Kanton, a guy here pays 530chf a year for a 3.2 Audi A3.

Toyotafanboi

Toyotafanboi wrote: »

Really ****ed off with the insurance situation at the moment. The MR2 seems almost uninsurable on either a classic or conventional policy.

Anyway, bangernomics MR2 up for sale.

97, Jap, N/A, white, tax until 01/17, NCT 06/17, fair condition, needs a wheel bearing but that's about it.

Would like a couple of hundred

Just going to quote/ bump this, i've exhausted every avenue and it's a no go. €500 or nearest offer Wicklow/ Dublin area.

unkel

I'm surprised you couldn't find a broker who'd manage to get your NCB split?

davycc

Pm on the way tfb

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unkel wrote: »

I'm surprised you couldn't find a broker who'd manage to get your NCB split?

It's a sure sign of fronting apparently.

Sue Pa Key Pa wrote: »

It's to minimise the national sport of 'fronting. Very few of us need/use 2 vehicles. A 2nd car is usually for the main use by a named driver who is probably the beneficial owner of the car. Why give additional discount to facilitate fraud

CiniO wrote: »

So why do they still deny NCB on second policy even if there are no named drivers on it?

Sue Pa Key Pa wrote: »

Because odds are that a call will come in shortly to add that 'occasional' driver, to either this vehicle or the original one

couerdelion

Toyotafanboi wrote: »

Just going to quote/ bump this, i've exhausted every avenue and it's a no go. €500 or nearest offer Wicklow/ Dublin area.

Could you park it up then get it on a classic policy when it's 20yrs old in January?

unkel

Good idea but I'm afraid it probably won't make any difference. Autoline still want the owner to be 30 and first Ireland won't touch anything Japanese. But maybe other companies / brokers out there?

Tfb, you sound a bit defeatist. You absolutely sure you've tried all options?

darg

Not to everybody's taste but looks a nice clean car
https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/nissan-primera-2002/13578612

Jayop

darg wrote: »

Not to everybody's taste but looks a nice clean car
https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/nissan-primera-2002/13578612

He's giving that away cheap. I had an old model one a few years ago that I picked up for about €400 and drove for two years. Mighty yoke altogether. Not too sure if those are up to the level of the older ones, they seem a lot bigger so the 1.6 might be brutal in them.

visual

Jayop wrote: »

darg wrote: »

Not to everybody's taste but looks a nice clean car
https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/nissan-primera-2002/13578612

He's giving that away cheap. I had an old model one a few years ago that I picked up for about 400 and drove for two years. Mighty yoke altogether. Not too sure if those are up to the level of the older ones, they seem a lot bigger so the 1.6 might be brutal in them.

Had the bigger petrol version on hire for a few weeks there is no go in them at all. 1.6 would be miserable. It's not 1/2 the car of the older model. Although they do look much nicer.

Gear boxes are the weak point but at that price if it drove fine and changed gear smoothy then I wouldn't worry. No sure what mpg would be like in 1.6 as it's a big enough car to push down the road

ray o

visual wrote: »

Had the bigger petrol version on hire for a few weeks there is no go in them at all. 1.6 would be miserable. It's not 1/2 the car of the older model. Although they do look much nicer.

Gear boxes are the weak point but at that price if it drove fine and changed gear smoothy then I wouldn't worry. No sure what mpg would be like in 1.6 as it's a big enough car to push down the road

Your bang on. I had one years ago. The 1.6 was very sluggish and the gear box went. Turning circle of a small bus too.

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ray o wrote: »

Your bang on. I had one years ago. The 1.6 was very sluggish and the gear box went. Turning circle of a small bus BOAT too.

FYP

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nI9dxmulWo

ray o

Yes that is a better description alright. Come to think of it, the old City IMP bus went around small roundabouts cleaner.

Duke O Smiley

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/2006-lexus-is-220d-loads-of-extras/13203931



Seems too cheap. IS220d with leather, sat nav etc and NCT to 12/17 for €1950

unkel

Dunno. Not a great engine & big miles & a grand to tax it. Good spec though and looks well kept. Price is about right, he should get a quick enough sale...

ligertigon

IS220d HG issues?

selectamatic

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/nissan/13596313



K10 micra tested till jan17
Needs a bitta tlc but if it's relatively rust free it's not badly priced
3dr and 5 speed so has the makings of being somewhat desirable
€450

davycc

Buy my jeep folks!

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/daihatsu-terios-4-wheel-drive-with-nct/13656479

unkel

My own BMW 318Ci



Linky

Very clean car, driving great. Taxed. Excellent condition.

BMW Factory Sport Suspension

Sports leather steering wheel

Automatic Air Conditioning (professionally refilled last month)

Park Distance Control

Beige leather

3 keys

Toyotafanboi

unkel wrote: »

Good idea but I'm afraid it probably won't make any difference. Autoline still want the owner to be 30 and first Ireland won't touch anything Japanese. But maybe other companies / brokers out there?

Tfb, you sound a bit defeatist. You absolutely sure you've tried all options?

A bit defeatist, you could say that, yeah. I've rang every company under the sun and simply nobody will take me on. Either the car is too young for a classic policy, or i'm too young for a classic policy or the car is too old for a daily policy or the car is "too" imported for any policy.

I bought a taxed and tested, driving ok MR2 for less than a weeks wages and I couldn't use it, it's a sin.

Not to use a pathetic phrase but i'm finally old enough to be able to afford to run a second "fun" car and still young enough to do it with no big commitments like baby fanbois yet etc. and the only thing in my way is the insurance industry and it's draconian rules.

I cannot believe that someone with 10 years driving exp, full license and max NCB cannot insure a ****ing MR2 in this country!!

Anyway, sold to a boardsie, so hopefully he does well out of it.

Nice 3'er

nd

my 03 a3 1.6


http://www.adverts.ie/car/audi/a3/audi-a3-1-6-new-nct-jan-18/11556456

nct to jan 18, new clutch, very good condition, 132k miles.
1600

any thoughts on the price?

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A disgrace TFB, the future of motoring in Ireland looks very grim indeed. At best we are looking a generation of stuff lost. Some of it I would consider the peak of reliability and engineers running the show, before marketing and accountants ousted them.

At worst, if things don't come around again then anything beyond 8 years will be scrapped in future. Would that be any great loss with most of the stuff from this century... personally I don't think so. It's the stuff from say 92 to 02 that I really like to see on the road but it's that group is most at risk.

unkel

nd wrote: »

any thoughts on the price?

Nice car, I like the old skool 1.6 petrol (many people here don't )

NCT '18 is encouraging (got my own car a 01/18 NCT yesterday too!)

Price a touch too high if you ask me. But then again, you have to start somewhere and allow for bargaining...

bear1

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/2006-lexus-is-220d-loads-of-extras/13203931



Seems too cheap. IS220d with leather, sat nav etc and NCT to 12/17 for €1950

That looks like it's the sel lad and we all know how great the sel is.
The notorious 220 engine is its biggest enemy here
Head gasket problems galore and even when fixed they are known to fail again.
Then you've got that terrible 6th gear problem and it isnt an economical car.
Space in the boot and rear isn't good either
We've the same 2.2 in the auris and it's ****in terrible on fuel but great craic to drive tbh.

unkel

Aye the engine is crap, the (me wants to be a BMW 3-series too) car isn't great either, but it still is a lot of car for the money. Unique colour, kind of like light olive green metallic. I like it!

OldMrBrennan83

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bear1

I'd go for the 250 which was supposed to be a very good engine and if you really wanted to be economical you'd nearly match the 220. But why bother.

nice_guy80

Is there anything to be said for buying all these soon to be classic cars and just putting them in a giant shed somewhere?

kupus

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/lexus-ls430-se-2001-nct-03-17/13641848

2001 LS 430...comes with NCT mar 17 TAX november

Documented Lexus Service History

€ 1 1 9 5

bear1

Essentially it's a sub 1k luxobarge.