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B00056718

bear1 wrote: »

Why is the spec poor?

Everything is relative i suppose. It's the poorest spec you can get for a GS. (Someone told me they've seen one with cloth seats before so I might be wrong)
Compared to a golf It would be packed.
Sport spec is the one to look for. Upgraded suspension, Mark Levinson sound, Sat nav and other bits as standard.

bear1

B00056718 wrote: »

Everything is relative i suppose. It's the poorest spec you can get for a GS. (Someone told me they've seen one with cloth seats before so I might be wrong)
Compared to a golf It would be packed.
Sport spec is the one to look for. Upgraded suspension, Mark Levinson sound, Sat nav and other bits as standard.

I don't know, maybe it's me but Xenons, heated and cooled leather seats, memory seats, sat nav, elec seats and a host of other features would suggest to me it's a well spec'd car.
Can't see the point of sports suspension on such a barge.

B00056718

bear1 wrote: »

I don't know, maybe it's me but Xenons, heated and cooled leather seats, memory seats, sat nav, elec seats and a host of other features would suggest to me it's a well spec'd car.
Can't see the point of sports suspension on such a barge.

Fair point. But if I know I'll be paying over 1600€ euro tax, I'd prefer to pick out the best from the bunch. Also, GS behaving very poor in corners even with sport suspension so the standard one is pretty bad for a 250bhp car.
I never said it's a bad car. But it is the most basic spec GS. Or I think it is anyway.

bear1

B00056718 wrote: »

Fair point. But if I know I'll be paying over 1600€ euro tax, I'd prefer to pick out the best from the bunch. Also, GS behaving very poor in corners even with sport suspension so the standard one is pretty bad for a 250bhp car.
I never said it's a bad car. But it is the most basic spec GS. Or I think it is anyway.

Ah yeah not having a go with you, suppose difference of opinion.
I think that's an SE (?) so it would be the mid level trim. Could be wrong though.

Duke O Smiley

I think colm said he sold one of those GS' with cloth seats and that they're quite nice.

CheezePleeze

03 A Class with high spec, long test and low mileage (and a bit too high on price...)

cruizer101

Hybridomics, 04 Prius, don't think there has been too many of these here.
NCT til Jan 18, be nice to see a pic or two of interior.

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/2004-toyota-prius-nct-01-2018/14089085

RayCon

cruizer101 wrote: »

Hybridomics, 04 Prius, don't think there has been too many of these here.
NCT til Jan 18, be nice to see a pic or two of interior.

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/2004-toyota-prius-nct-01-2018/14089085

Anybody else reminded of Breaking Bad when looking at that car / colour

unkel

dulpit

cruizer101 wrote: »

Hybridomics, 04 Prius, don't think there has been too many of these here.
NCT til Jan 18, be nice to see a pic or two of interior.

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/2004-toyota-prius-nct-01-2018/14089085

How do Prius's (Priuses? Prii? :pac:) hold up over time?

grogi

dulpit wrote: »

How do Prius's (Priuses? Prii? :pac:) hold up over time?

Prii. Very good.

But as with any other car, if a caveman drives one, they will fall apart. This one is exceptionally cheap, from a small-trader who conveniently forgets to admit it... Eyes wide open...

Trojan

A friend of mine did about 500,000km in his '01 Prius - and somehow sold it on for decent money recently. That was in Switzerland with a lot of serious hill climbs. He loved it, despite coming from a Lexus (GS300).

The thing that would concern me on the above version is the wheels. Possible warning flag.

jharr100

Trojan wrote: »

A friend of mine did about 500,000km in his '01 Prius - and somehow sold it on for decent money recently. That was in Switzerland with a lot of serious hill climbs. He loved it, despite coming from a Lexus (GS300).

The thing that would concern me on the above version is the wheels. Possible warning flag.

Those wheels

:eek:

marklazarcovic

What's up with the wheels? Look standard to me,albeit painted.. they wither bad,not unusual..

+10 on the Prius , fantastic car

Dia1988

That Prius has suspiciously low mileage for a 2004 car especially when the majority of them had a Taxi sign on the roof at some stage. The rear bumper looks as though it's seen a fair few suit cases over the years too.

Also the seller has another likely taxi for sale, a Skoda Octavia with 235000 miles

grogi

marklazarcovic wrote: »

What's up with the wheels? Look standard to me,albeit painted.. they wither bad,not unusual..

+10 on the Prius , fantastic car

Not painted. Prii have magnesium wheels, to keep the weight low. They are very dark.

Toyota did put wheelcups on top of them.

colm_mcm

Those are the standard Prius alloys with the plastic cover trims taken off.
Toyota said the covers help aerodynamics.



Oops. Did not see grogis post above!

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

I think colm said he sold one of those GS' with cloth seats and that they're quite nice.

Yeah, I didn't sell it personally, garage I worked in did.
Lovely seats, gave it a sporty feel IMO.

Atlantic Dawn

2000 Corolla €750, 2 months tax and 2 months NCT, 2 keys, 99k miles...





https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/2000-toyota-corolla-1-4/14916790

unkel

Very clean! Would need a brand new test to fetch that kinda money imho.

marklazarcovic

grogi wrote: »

Not painted. Prii have magnesium wheels, to keep the weight low. They are very dark.

Toyota did put wheelcups on top of them.

Had a Prius and wheels same as above,but silver, easily marked,painted my own

commited

Bargain Accord
https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/2002-honda-accord-se-1-8-saloon-manual/14947736

Duke O Smiley

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/audi-a4-s-line-1-8-turbo/14915626



2006 A4 S-Line, 1.8t, NCT to 5/18 €1999. Nice car for the money imo

Duke O Smiley

And if an A4 doesn't float your boat

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/jaguar-x-type-2-ltr-diesel/14957622



2007 X-Type diesel, NCT to 2019 and tax to 5/17 for €1950. Once again a grand car for the money if it checks out

Teddington Cuddlesworth

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/audi-a4-s-line-1-8-turbo/14915626



2006 A4 S-Line, 1.8t, NCT to 5/18 €1999. Nice car for the money imo

Do people still tipp-ex the timing belt on the engine cover?

unkel

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

2006 A4 S-Line, 1.8t, NCT to 5/18 €1999. Nice car for the money imo

Looks nice but needs a belt straight away. Bangernomics cars at the top of the budget are better with chains. At the lower end of the budget it makes no difference, drive a belted one and pretend it has a chain and needs no maintenance

Dia1988

Teddington Cuddlesworth wrote: »

Do people still tipp-ex the timing belt on the engine cover?

Exactly, Tipp ex would not reassure me that the timing belt was done!

I would want the invoice and I would ring the number of the garage to confirm and then I'd want to pull the timing belt off the engine to check the condition of the timing belt. One of the above statements isn't true!

wotzgoingon

Well if the timing belt was done at 99,000 Km then it is due another. 227,000 on it now.

Jack the Stripper

unkel wrote: »

Looks nice but needs a belt straight away. Bangernomics cars at the top of the budget are better with chains. At the lower end of the budget it makes no difference, drive a belted one and pretend it has a chain and needs no maintenance

Chains never break sure.

Rackstar

Jack the Stripper wrote: »

Chains never break sure.

Especially pretend ones

Atlantic Dawn

My one pet hat is tipp-ex on the engine indicating when a belt was "changed", if there's no documented evidence also backing it up I would treat it the with the same cash value I would a free air freshener thrown in to the deal.