Post a picture of your vehicle here Part 5 (don't quote pictures, 24h ban!)

James Bond Junior

Avatar MIA wrote: »

Saw a black 08 CN audi in Limerick today with an Autobots badge rather than the four rings. My inner 16 year old thought it was class.

Sorry, no pic - imagination required.

If it's the car I'm thinking of it is driven as if it's going to turn into a transformer at anytime.

166man

The Ladies.

Avatar MIA

166man wrote: »

The Ladies.

More like The Harem

166man

Avatar MIA wrote: »

More like The Harem

That red 156 is 16 years in the family this year.

Oral Surgeon

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Do you tax them and park them up in turn??

If so, do you need to do anything to the car while its parked up for months to keep it sound???

OS

James Bond Junior

Aren't you a lucky boy to have that kind of storage? I would fit a lift if i had that kind of storage.

MEGA BRO WOLF 5000

James Bond Junior wrote: »

Aren't you a lucky boy to have that kind of storage? I would fit a lift if i had that kind of storage.

I've got a garage capable of holding up to 16 cars. It's got no cars and a pile of firewood...so ya know, it's worse to have that problem.

James Bond Junior

Hunky Monster wrote: »

I've got a garage capable of holding up to 16 cars. It's got no cars and a pile of firewood...so ya know, it's worse to have that problem.

I've got a garage capable of holding one car thankfully as I would have bought far more over the years.

tossy

166man wrote: »

The Ladies.

Cool pic.

bear1

My wife wishes I had no garage at all, especially if a certain black 159 goes well

Toyotafanboi

Great pic but how undignified was it getting out of the 166? :pac:

166man

Oral Surgeon wrote: »

Do you tax them and park them up in turn??

If so, do you need to do anything to the car while its parked up for months to keep it sound???

OS

Yeah take one at a time really and try and keep one taxed. The rest I keep the batteries disconnected, but start them and move them regularly enough.

James Bond Junior wrote: »

Aren't you a lucky boy to have that kind of storage? I would fit a lift if i had that kind of storage.

It's necessary unfortunately living in dublin. This is about 35 minutes outside Dublin.

tossy wrote: »

Cool pic.

Thanks man, wouldn't you think I'd buy some decent bloody cars to keep in the shed at this stage?

Toyotafanboi wrote: »

Great pic but how undignified was it getting out of the 166? :pac:

Any man exiting a 166 always does so in a dignified manner! That was tight tho I'll admit

ShadowHearth

166man wrote: »

Yeah take one at a time really and try and keep one taxed. The rest I keep the batteries disconnected, but start them and move them regularly enough.



It's necessary unfortunately living in dublin. This is about 35 minutes outside Dublin.



Thanks man, wouldn't you think I'd buy some decent bloody cars to keep in the shed at this stage?




Any man exiting a 166 always does so in a dignified manner! That was tight tho I'll admit

Fair play to you keeping all those alfas. At least some of them will survive. Just please add one gt in that line.

ShadowHearth

First ass shot.

m-i-m-m-

Picked up another rare gem today. Suburb cond one owner gs300, full Lexus service history, fresh NCT, 90,000 miles, drives a dream.
All my favourite bits like full untouched tool kit and spare wheel. Bought, and serviced since, in the same Lexus dealer 17 years ago. 900 bob!

Second pic is a photoshop of some wheels I have ready to put on it. Happy out with it.

bear1

Ah heyor where the **** are you finding these??

Hal1

Are those flared wheel arches too? Looks like he had a go with a rolling pin .

m-i-m-m-

bear1 wrote: »

Ah heyor where the **** are you finding these??

No one wants these older Jap cars... the world is your oyster. This guy didn't get one phone call till I picked it up up. Especially a 3.0 petrol. If it's not tdi and vag it seems (most) people aren't too interested. Plus I have a nack for spotting a good one :pac:

m-i-m-m-

Hal1 wrote: »

Are those flared wheel arches too? Looks like he had a go with a rolling pin .

Haha, no that's a quick photoshop pic of how I'm planning to set it up. It's on standard wheels and ride height now. Arches will be rolled properly, or not at all hopefully... offset is just about to run them with a slight touch of camber + no rubbing.

m-i-m-m-

m-i-m-m- wrote: »

No one wants these older Jap cars... the world is your oyster. This guy didn't get one phone call till I picked it up up. Especially a 3.0 petrol. If it's not tdi and vag it seems (most) people aren't too interested. Plus I have a nack for spotting a good one :pac:

Lovely car but dunno how you can justify the tax and fuel costs on something so slow and old? Fair enough if it was some rocketship with a grin factor

How much is the tax on that? 3x what the car is worth..

Not saying I don't agree with spending the money, I pay a fortune to keep my bike and car on the road but couldn't justify that

Just genuinely curious how much the whole outlay is

wotzgoingon

Corey Wailing Rust wrote: »

Lovely car but dunno how you can justify the tax and fuel costs on something so slow and old? Fair enough if it was some rocketship with a grin factor

How much is the tax on that? 3x what the car is worth..

Not saying I don't agree with spending the money, I pay a fortune to keep my bike and car on the road but couldn't justify that

Just genuinely curious how much the whole outlay is

It's not that slow 220PS, 0-60 8 seconds. It is very heavy though but reasonable speed times.

wotzgoingon

wotzgoingon wrote: »

It's not that slow 220PS, 0-60 8 seconds. It is very heavy though but reasonable speed times.

Suppose what you consider fast to be, that's not remotely quick but then I'm comparing to bikes I could probably run faster than my car tbf haha

Agreed, good speed times for how heavy it is though and it is a nice car I'm just struggling to comprehend someone buying a car for 900 and paying what, 2k in tax? Maybe I'm miles off with that but mentally for me that would be a huge block

Sexual Chocolate

Corey Wailing Rust wrote: »

Agreed, good speed times for how heavy it is though and it is a nice car I'm just struggling to comprehend someone buying a car for 900 and paying what, 2k in tax? Maybe I'm miles off with that but mentally for me that would be a huge block

1500 per annum for a 3.0l

Speaking for myself, the way I see it is that I want to be able to say I've owned and experienced big engined 6 or 8 cylinder cars before everything becomes electric and what not in years to come.

The tax is a killer, especially when you compare to the UK but you just end up taking it on the chin.

Sexual Chocolate

Sexual Chocolate wrote: »

1500 per annum for a 3.0l

Speaking for myself, the way I see it is that I want to be able to say I've owned and experienced big engined 6 or 8 cylinder cars before everything becomes electric and what not in years to come.

The tax is a killer, especially when you compare to the UK but you just end up taking it on the chin.

Fair play, that's not as bad as I thought but still a whopper outlay. Once you put it like that it probably it is worth it, last chance saloon for alot of these big engines nowadays alternative drive a ****ty diesel

jacksie66

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MEGA BRO WOLF 5000

jacksie66 wrote: »

I had a 3.0 mitsubishi in NZ and a 3.5 ford falcon. Great craic, especially the rear wheel drive falcon with the TC turned off..

And still $70 to tax for the year because it's a country that doesn't fücking hate it's motorists.

Top Dog

Corey Wailing Rust wrote: »

Agreed, good speed times for how heavy it is though and it is a nice car I'm just struggling to comprehend someone buying a car for 900 and paying what, 2k in tax? Maybe I'm miles off with that but mentally for me that would be a huge block

Taking the same logic - why would someone spend 25k on a brand new diesel with cheap tax, to have it depreciate at 4k a year.

Comparing the 2, (and not taking mileage into account - just purchase price, tax, insurance, depreciation) the cost of owning the Lexus and selling it after a year is probably considerably less than the cost of owning a brand new Ford Focus or anything else for the same time. Yup, the tax is a killer, but its still probably less than half the depreciation on an average new car. Thats what bangernomics is all about - cheap and sometimes fun/interesting motoring.

Ps - not calling your car a banger SC, it just falls within the criteria that most people would define bangernomics by

Toyotafanboi

To an extent.

I think you need to remove the cost of the car/ depreciation of the car from your motor tax opinion. Yeah, to a reasonable degree high tax generates cheap cars but not entirely so.

If you buy a new car in any country it will depreciate by a similar amount, cheap tax or not and if you buy a 15 year old cheap car in any country it will be cheap, expensive tax or not. So saying a new "cheap tax" car will devalue itself by more than the value of an old cc tax car, while true, is a bit of a false economy too.

While your new car is devaluing, at least you're getting something for the money it has cost you in terms of a snazzy new looking car, new automotive technology, your own choice of colour/ spec, warranty, no unexpected bills, cheaper tax etc. What so you get for the expensive tax on a cheap car? SFA. Straight 6 noise or something. Yeah to an enthusiast it may be worth it, I understand, but let's not try to justify it.

€1500, more than a months wages on the minimum wage for perspective, 8% of someone's yearly income on motor tax alone, just to put a sheet of paper in the window so the man says you can drive is a sin IMO. Not that I don't like the Lexus, I do, but I know I couldn't justify it personally.

Anyway. This may need splitting to a new thread.

maccored

Its a bit laughable compared to some of the cars on this thread mind you

bear1

Nothing laughable about that at all, fecking beast out on the field I bet and would put many new "4x4s" to shame.

maccored

bear1 wrote: »

Nothing laughable about that at all, fecking beast out on the field I bet and would put many new "4x4s" to shame.

i had it out on a course a few times for the more extreme off roading and to be fair, it can travel over some mad terrain. dont get to do that as much as I'd like mind you. You just have to get used to thinking 60mph is incredibly fast. someone nicked the grills off the front of it mind you - just ripped them off

Avatar MIA

maccored wrote: »

Its a bit laughable compared to some of the cars on this thread mind you

Wait till Kim and Trump kick off and it's all Mad Max all of a sudden and see who's looking clever then! :pac:

bear1

maccored wrote: »

i had it out on a course a few times for the more extreme off roading and to be fair, it can travel over some mad terrain. dont get to do that as much as I'd like mind you. You just have to get used to thinking 60mph is incredibly fast. someone nicked the grills off the front of it mind you - just ripped them off

You have some utter cnuts out there.
There is a good reason those jeeps were made for decades. Even setting them up for proper off roading is supposed to be quite ok.

davycc

Best of luck with the new defender Mac

Absolute legends off road.. you should be able to laugh at ditches and fields where old tiny Japanese 4x4 would come comically stuck.

Sorry to hear some scummer has been stealing from it,. Hope he gets cock rot!

vintagevrs

Serviced recently so gave it a wash too

shietpilot

Gorgeous car

maccored

bear1 wrote: »

You have some utter cnuts out there.
There is a good reason those jeeps were made for decades. Even setting them up for proper off roading is supposed to be quite ok.

mine is standard. I have a set of off road wheels and thats all I need to put on it. the wheels on it would be grand though for most off roading. once you get used to being high up, traveling slow and having to stick yer arm out the window, its grand

Hal1

That's a credit to you VintageVRS, looks showroom fresh .

m-i-m-m-

On the tax debate. To Me it's worth it, sure €1500 is alot of money, and it pains me to pay it, but at the price I paid for the car I'll be able to sell it on in a years time for a decent profit, which will help offset this. (As good as I am at spotting bargains, I'm equally good at selling a car well!).

These cars are a dying breed, now is the time to be enjoying them for me. Sure it's not a rocketship with 220 brake... but it provides a level of luxury that I could not afford in a newer car. And reliability that no new car will match over time. I can afford the tax (grudgingly), the car brings me alot of joy. So in a nutshell, there's the logic for me.

Truckermal

I still love the look of those! Have you a CD changer as I have a cable that converts the CD to AUX IN.. The plug on mine is different..

MEGA BRO WOLF 5000

Tax is only an issue if you pay it. I like the old switcheroo method myself. Three months in my name, three months in the missus name. Tax cut in half.

Of course I don't advocate this. I'm a good little boy.

26000 Elephants

m-i-m-m- wrote: »

On the tax debate. To Me it's worth it, sure €1500 is alot of money,

Yeah, it is, but think if this way - its just 3 months lease payments on some crappy, but newer hatchback that you will be bored with within months.

Hal1

vintagevrs wrote: »

Serviced recently so gave it a wash too

I actually seen your cars twin today in Naas. A young lady was driving a red one, but looked really nice in the flesh.

Big Nasty

Hal1 wrote: »

A young lady was driving a red one, but looked really nice in the flesh.

The car or the lady? :pac:

m-i-m-m-

Wheels sorted, how needs lowering. And Half a dose of tax

wotzgoingon

Stretched tyres, I heard they are the pits?

Duke O Smiley

How come the GS badge is backwards?

m-i-m-m-

wotzgoingon wrote: »

Stretched tyres, I heard they are the pits?

Stretched tyres are class laddddd Came on the wheels. Will be running a slight stretch on new tyres, all to be decided when coilovers arrive.

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

How come the GS badge is backwards?

Oh ya, never noticed that! strange...

m-i-m-m-

Truckermal wrote: »

I still love the look of those! Have you a CD changer as I have a cable that converts the CD to AUX IN.. The plug on mine is different..

I do have a CD changer, was thinking of now to get an aux in going.

Wibbs

26000 Elephants wrote: »

Yeah, it is, but think if this way - its just 3 months lease payments on some crappy, but newer hatchback that you will be bored with within months.

Nail. Meet head. Don't get me wrong if someone wants a new car on PCP or whatever then the best of Irish luck to them, but for me with much of the newer stuff, particularly the newer stuff that would be affordable, the options out there going older and for the same money, hell usually for a helluva lot less money the choices and yes excitement factor are more in play. Again For me.