BANGERNOMICS (sub2k) of the week/day

Gravelly

colm_mcm wrote: »

As in 180000 miles.

Ah! Get ya. We see plenty of 200k+ mile petrol and diesel Skodas. The only reason most Skodas are put off the road is either because the insurance and tax are too dear to make it worth keeping, or people just want to trade up. Rarely see one actually die.

MEGA BRO WOLF 5000

And it's sold.

selectamatic

Bxe tdi's can do big mileage for sure.

Unfortunately they can also go bang without warning, they're quite the luckybag of a yoke

Gravelly

selectamatic wrote: »

Bxe tdi's can do big mileage for sure.

Unfortunately they can also go bang without warning, they're quite the luckybag of a yoke

I think the reputation of the BXE is nowhere near as bad as lads would have you believe (if it was, the scrapyards would be full of them with great big holes in the block), and any of them that make 100k seem to go on forever. That said, the Skoda seems to be a more reliable unit than the VW - especially when it comes to diesel pumps.

..Brian..

2.5 turbo petrol for almost bangernomics money! €2300. Test until December.

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/ford-s-max-2007-2-5-st-titanum/17958884

Gravelly

..Brian.. wrote: »

2.5 turbo petrol for almost bangernomics money! €2300. Test until December.

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/ford-s-max-2007-2-5-st-titanum/17958884

Yet another car that could be a handy family runabout for someone if it wasn't for the idiotic Irish tax system.

selectamatic

Gravelly wrote: »

I think the reputation of the BXE is nowhere near as bad as lads would have you believe (if it was, the scrapyards would be full of them with great big holes in the block), and any of them that make 100k seem to go on forever. That said, the Skoda seems to be a more reliable unit than the VW - especially when it comes to diesel pumps.

It's well deserved in my opinion.

I know of two locally that went wallop with well over 140k miles on the clock.

No scrap yard will have f#cked blocks stacked up, why would they?

They do however have good bkc blocks stacked up and ready for sale, as it's a popular way of getting your once bxe powered car back on the road.

Gravelly

selectamatic wrote: »

It's well deserved in my opinion.

I know of two locally that went wallop with well over 140k miles on the clock.

No scrap yard will have f#cked blocks stacked blocks stacked up, why would they?

They do however have good bkc blocks stacked up and ready for sale, as it's a popular way of getting your once bxe powered car back on the road.

I didn't say they'd have the blocks stacked up, more that there would be lots of otherwise serviceable cars with blown engines - not the case afaik.

I've heard all the stories about them, I'm just basing it on the number we see with blown engines in the garage, which would be a very small percentage of those engines.

selectamatic

It's gotten to the stage now though that if they go you just cut your losses and get another car.

They're middlen bangernomics considering the mpg, simplicity and cheap tax but I'd certainly take an A series tdi in a cheap tax mk1 octavia over a bxe mk2 in a heartbeat.

colm_mcm

Gravelly wrote: »

Yet another car that could be a handy family runabout for someone if it wasn't for the idiotic Irish tax system.

If the tax was cheap the car wouldn’t be.

Gravelly

colm_mcm wrote: »

If the tax was cheap the car wouldn’t be.

Even with cheap tax, I can't see an 11 year old Ford people carrier being worth much.

ba_barabus

Hunky Monster wrote: »

Half a million kilometres in a Renault is a grim grim place.

How about covering it in 4 and a bit years in a Flatulence (Not bangernomics and too expensive)

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/fluence-taxi-nct-10-18-tax-10-18/18065682

Gravelly

ba_barabus wrote: »

How about covering it in 4 and a bit years in a Flatulence (Not bangernomics and too expensive)

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/fluence-taxi-nct-10-18-tax-10-18/18065682

Jaysus that's some going. and it's the 90bhp model!

MEGA BRO WOLF 5000

ba_barabus wrote: »

How about covering it in 4 and a bit years in a Flatulence (Not bangernomics and too expensive)

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/fluence-taxi-nct-10-18-tax-10-18/18065682

You'd be wanting a knee replacement in a manual. No thanks.

Odyssey 2005

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/2009-skoda-octavia-1-9-diesel-nct-9-18/18152536



High miles but cheap tax, NCT'd till September €1750

Gone

everlast75

http://www.adverts.ie/14449742

Pic it up surely for 2k? Nice - especially with the weather we are having

Gravelly

everlast75 wrote: »

http://www.adverts.ie/14449742

Pic it up surely for 2k? Nice - especially with the weather we are having

Nice to see one that isn't blue! Looks very clean.

tyney

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/fiat-sedici-2008/18027486

Perfect for the slippy slidey

Top Dog

tyney wrote: »

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/fiat-sedici-2008/18027486

Perfect for the slippy slidey

Is that not front wheel drive like all the other soft-roaders?

tyney

It's 4wd with a lock button that works up to 30 kph.

Toyotafanboi

Nasty enough yoke the other 51 weeks a year though?

tyney

Toyotafanboi wrote: »

Nasty enough yoke the other 51 weeks a year though?

There's one on my driveway.
It's the domestic appliance. Ferrying filthy kids from football matches, carrying coal and logs, and excellent today with winter tyres on it.
And if you slide into a ditch, set it on fire to keep you warm until help arrives.

Toyotafanboi

The 1.6 petrol engine is a Suzuki engine is it? Drove a Suzuki one and though it was decent in a Japanese kind of way to be fair to it.

tyney

Toyotafanboi wrote: »

The 1.6 petrol engine is a Suzuki engine is it? Drove a Suzuki one and though it was decent in a Japanese kind of way to be fair to it.

Yep. No timing belt roulette. 3 years with 3 oil and filter changes. Front discs and pads. One set of tyres and fuel.
Great bangernomics.
Handles OK as well. Passengers generally reach the limit before the tyres.
Only fiat thing on it is the badge. Ironically... That fell off.

colm_mcm

It’s the sake thing as a Suzuki SX4,

It’s got a brilliant name, Sedici is the Italian word for 16 (4X4)

BorneTobyWilde

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/skoda-octavia-scout-4-x-4/18155029

Leo Demidov

BorneTobyWilde wrote: »

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/skoda-octavia-scout-4-x-4/18155029

Turbo gone.

bazz26

Blown turbo on that Octavia Scout. Seller claims to have spent 4.5k on it last year too and now the turbo is gone so it sounds like they are cutting their losses on it.

Squatman

bazz26 wrote: »

Blown turbo on that Octavia Scout. Seller claims to have spent 4.5k on it last year too and now the turbo is gone so it sounds like they are cutting their losses on it.

cutting their losses at 211k miles. but a fairly cool car all the same, other than a compression test, how could you know if you just need to replace turbo, and not engine repairs?

Esel

tyney wrote: »

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/fiat-sedici-2008/18027486

Perfect for the slippy slidey

!NO TEXAS!