BANGERNOMICS (sub2k) of the week/day

alias no.9

ba_barabus wrote: »

Reverse solenoid?

Solenoids plural, no friends of bangernomics

ba_barabus

alias no.9 wrote: »

Solenoids plural, no friends of bangernomics

Its literally all that goes on them and was solved with the 2004 upgrade. Still, not much comfort if it's gone wrong on you. It has led to many of them being scrapped.

unkel

Haven't heard of trouble before, but admittedly I have never researched it. I kind of presumed it was reliable because it was Japanese

alias no.9 wrote: »

Solenoids plural, no friends of bangernomics

Expensive or easy fixes?

/takes diesel auto 75/ZT off shortlist of future bangenomics purchases or how could someone make sure you got the upgrade car, ba_barabus?

johnny osbourne

colm_mcm wrote: »

Taxi as well.

how did u tell it's a taxi? the passat?

ba_barabus

unkel wrote: »

how could someone make sure you got the upgrade car, ba_barabus?

I think it was sorted on 75s built from 03 onwards but it was definitely fixed on the face lift model. I'll check later when I'm home

Toyotafanboi

Aygonimics
http://cars.donedeal.ie/view/10482408

Mileage looks scary in kilometers, but long NCT and it could polish up nice.

These do feel very flimsy in every possible way, but for zipping around town etc, it'd be cheap to buy and cheaper to run.

Did Toyota do the engine in these seeing as it's chain driven or was the whole car a colaboration effort?

166man

Toyotafanboi wrote: »

Aygonimics
http://cars.donedeal.ie/view/10482408

Mileage looks scary in kilometers, but long NCT and it could polish up nice.

These do feel very flimsy in every possible way, but for zipping around town etc, it'd be cheap to buy and cheaper to run.

Did Toyota do the engine in these seeing as it's chain driven or was the whole car a colaboration effort?

Now there's a Toyota I'd genuinely buy and drive. They do feel flimsy but most in this segment do so that's a moot point. Drove one before briefly and thought the 3 cylinder engine was good craic. No idea about who makes the engine though.

I like the Aygo/107/C1 model. It doesn't pretend to be something that it's not, simple basic cheap motoring. Not sure Id want to do 200k km in one though!

unkel

unkel wrote: »

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Expensive or easy fixes?

/takes diesel auto 75/ZT off shortlist of future bangenomics purchases or how could someone make sure you got the upgrade car, ba_barabus?

Solenoids are a cheap and easy fix but many mechanics will diagnose it as needing reconed box. A cracked reverse piston is a bigger problem and would make a bangernomics purchase a write off really unless you planned getting 2/3 years use out of the fixed car.

there isn't a huge amount of auto gearbox specialists in Ireland.

CiDeRmAn

Long Time Lurker wrote: »

1200 euros of usable reliable daily fun.

http://cars.donedeal.ie/view/10588375

You can pick up a hardtop to replace the soft top, makes it a quieter car and less like you are on your lunch break from Peter Marks.

JohnBoy26

Toyotafanboi wrote: »

Aygonimics
http://cars.donedeal.ie/view/10482408

Mileage looks scary in kilometers, but long NCT and it could polish up nice.

These do feel very flimsy in every possible way, but for zipping around town etc, it'd be cheap to buy and cheaper to run.

Did Toyota do the engine in these seeing as it's chain driven or was the whole car a colaboration effort?

it's got the same daihatsu unit as the mk2 yaris

Toyotafanboi

driven a couple of them and they seem pretty unrefined. i know 3 cylinders are never exactly smooth but i was kind of surprised at how off beat it was, maybe i've just been in bad examples. you'd wonder why Toyota didn't keep going with the 4cyl 1.0

JohnBoy26

Toyotafanboi wrote: »

driven a couple of them and they seem pretty unrefined. i know 3 cylinders are never exactly smooth but i was kind of surprised at how off beat it was, maybe i've just been in bad examples. you'd wonder why Toyota didn't keep going with the 4cyl 1.0

The 4 Cylinder is better in almost every way but I didn't think the 3 cylinder was that unrefined as 3 cylinder engines go. Maybe it is though, or it could be lack of sound proofing in the aygo.

Toyotafanboi

http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/car-or-swap/10746633

Nice Audi A4 TDL :pac: very detailed advert and it's gas how you can tell it was owned by an eastern european by the model of car combined with limo tinted windows before i even seen his name. still, could be worth a look with the guts of a years test.

http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/mercedes-c180/10746623

smart looking C-Class coupe. 9 months test, 4 months tax and a service history, apparently.

Long Time Lurker

300 quid. THREE HUNDRED QUID!!! That is all

http://cars.donedeal.ie/view/10747245

colm_mcm

johnny osbourne wrote: »

how did u tell it's a taxi? the passat?

Google the reg

unkel

Long Time Lurker wrote: »

300 quid. THREE HUNDRED QUID!!! That is all

http://cars.donedeal.ie/view/10747245

NCT very short but to it's credit, it is taxed until the end of next month. That could be a good sign. Worth a punt if you're confident it will pass the test without any work...

No rev counter. It's a while since I've seen that

CiDeRmAn

unkel wrote: »

NCT very short but to it's credit, it is taxed until the end of next month. That could be a good sign. Worth a punt if you're confident it will pass the test without any work...

No rev counter. It's a while since I've seen that

I had the estate version.
Another thing you won't have seen for a while, no power steering!

unkel

Aye that never bothered me though. I'm old skool, learned to drive in a car without P/S and back then, most cars didn't have it.

PrettyBoy

PrettyBoy wrote: »

I need to buy something small asap, €500 or less preferably with some NCT and in Dublin. There's not much out there from what I can see.

Posted this a couple of days ago and came across what appeared to be a serious bargain on DoneDeal this evening - 96 Seat Ibiza with 90k miles, in decent shape driving perfectly with 6 months NCT, 7 months tax and a full tank of petrol - all for €300! I didn't even haggle with him, truth be told I'd have probably paid €500 for it. I'll post a few pictures tomorrow, very happy with my bangernomics purchase

wonski

unkel wrote: »

Aye that never bothered me though. I'm old skool, learned to drive in a car without P/S and back then, most cars didn't have it.

Last time I sat in a car without power steering I thought the lock is on and tried to move the key in the ignition:D

Unless you park your car in tight spots 10 times a day it isn't that important to have it, though.

alias no.9

unkel wrote: »

NCT very short but to it's credit, it is taxed until the end of next month. That could be a good sign. Worth a punt if you're confident it will pass the test without any work...

No rev counter. It's a while since I've seen that

Old school audio feedback on the old engine speed

unkel

PrettyBoy wrote: »

Posted this a couple of days ago and came across what appeared to be a serious bargain on DoneDeal this evening - 96 Seat Ibiza with 90k miles, in decent shape driving perfectly with 6 months NCT, 7 months tax and a full tank of petrol - all for €300! I didn't even haggle with him, truth be told I'd have probably paid €500 for it. I'll post a few pictures tomorrow, very happy with my bangernomics purchase

€300 minus €50 worth of petrol and €100 worth of tax. Basically a free car :cool:

Well wear!

alias no.9

wonski wrote: »

Last time I sat in a car without power steering I thought the lock is on and tried to move the key in the ignition:D

Unless you park your car in tight spots 10 times a day it isn't that important to have it, though.

Tyres have got a lot chunkier since the pre power steering days. I still think everyone should learn to drive without power steering, they get a much better feel for the car.

colm_mcm

Stolen from the dreamers thread, I think this is great bangernomics
http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/honda-civic-eg/10225052?offset=5

Iseedeadpixels

PrettyBoy wrote: »

Posted this a couple of days ago and came across what appeared to be a serious bargain on DoneDeal this evening - 96 Seat Ibiza with 90k miles, in decent shape driving perfectly with 6 months NCT, 7 months tax and a full tank of petrol - all for €300! I didn't even haggle with him, truth be told I'd have probably paid €500 for it. I'll post a few pictures tomorrow, very happy with my bangernomics purchase

Love reading stories like that

flazio

colm_mcm wrote: »

Stolen from the dreamers thread, I think this is great bangernomics
http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/honda-civic-eg/10225052?offset=5

I don't. I paid exactly that for a 03 model with 79k on the clock a few months back.

Toyotafanboi

flazio wrote: »

I don't. I paid exactly that for a 03 model with 79k on the clock a few months back.

The price could be associated to the cult following, rarity and fun factor of the retro model. At present it's infinitely more fun than a 02 model although it may not have some of the creature comforts.

Japplate on an Irish car would have me worried though.

zurbfoundation

alias no.9 wrote: »

Tyres have got a lot chunkier since the pre power steering days. I still think everyone should learn to drive without power steering, they get a much better feel for the car.

Had a few cars back in the day with no PS, but I used to drive a Transit with no PS - some dose to turn it in a yard, but once ur moving it doesn't cost you a thought.

zurbfoundation

Clean looking Micra for anyone over in the Wesht for little money



http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/nissan-micra-1-0-litre-ncted/10711519?offset=9

Thargor

Damn tempted to grab it^.