BANGERNOMICS (sub2k) of the week/day

jelutong

marko93 wrote: »

What are those Mazda 6s like reliability wise? Have always had a liking for them

Rear brake calipers give trouble also. Expensive fix.

Trojan

gooner99 wrote: »

I thought the photos I've taken of my Avensis were ok. Just as well I didn't plafe the ad yet.lol.

Can you jazz them up after taking them, or did he apply these filters on his camera?

One technique in the Golf photos is that he uses a very shallow depth of field. You get this by using a large aperture (i.e. a smaller f/number like f/0.2). It isolates the subject of the photo from the background. You can do this with any SLR, but with something like an iPhone which is f/1.8 it's impossible. There are ways to add blurs in post-process but it's not worth the hassle.

However, and heading somewhat back toward the topic here, the downside of using this technique for car ads is that some of that blurred background is useful detail for a buyer. What's hidden in the blur on that Golf?

grogi

Trojan wrote: »

One technique in the Golf photos is that he uses a very shallow depth of field. You get this by using a large aperture (i.e. a smaller f/number like f/0.2). It isolates the subject of the photo from the background. You can do this with any SLR, but with something like an iPhone which is f/1.8 it's impossible. There are ways to add blurs in post-process but it's not worth the hassle.

Offtopic alert: an f/1.8 would be a very wide aperture on a FF sensor and would generate virtually unworkable shallow DOF. But while iPhone has a sensor of a size of fly's fingernail, the DOF is much more deep.

However, and heading somewhat back toward the topic here, the downside of using this technique for car ads is that some of that blurred background is useful detail for a buyer. What's hidden in the blur on that Golf?

I don't think it's about that. Good photos attract - that's it.

Markcheese

Anybody got any thoughts on diesel civics... There's a good few 04 /05 on done deal well within bangernomics territory.. Are they old school Civic reliability?

(I've given up trying to post links via the boards app... 😀)

colm_mcm

They're a GM engine. They're a good diesel I think.

Markcheese

colm_mcm wrote:

They're a GM engine. They're a good diesel I think.

Thought they might be Isuzu/GM when I saw the 1.7 bit... Thanks

alan partridge aha

Can I put my mother's car up here, It does fit the criteria.

alan partridge aha

Can I put my mother's car up here, I does fit the criteria.

26000 Elephants

alan partridge aha wrote: »

Can I put my mother's car up here, I does fit the criteria.

As long as your mum knows you're selling it, then sure!

alan partridge aha

26000 Elephants wrote: »

alan partridge aha wrote: »

Can I put my mother's car up here, I does fit the criteria.

As long as your mum knows you're selling it, then sure!  ;)

Cheers, Ya she has stopped driving, Father bought it new in 2005, when he passed away she continued driving till last month.  https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/ford-fiesta-tdci/15413487

26000 Elephants

alan partridge aha wrote: »

Cheers, Ya she has stopped driving, Father bought it new in 2005, when he passed away she continued driving till last month.  https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/ford-fiesta-tdci/15413487

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/ford-fiesta-tdci/15413487

bazz26

Strong money for a car with such a short NCT. It would want a fresh NCT for that sort of money imo.

alan partridge aha

26000 Elephants wrote: »

alan partridge aha wrote: »

Cheers, Ya she has stopped driving, Father bought it new in 2005, when he passed away she continued driving till last month.  https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/ford-fiesta-tdci/15413487

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/ford-fiesta-tdci/15413487

Tnks for that, wouldn't work for me. Had the car up a number of days now and no real interest, dropped the price by a few hundred and hopefully get a bit of interest.

alan partridge aha

bazz26 wrote: »

Strong money for a car with such a short NCT.  It would want a fresh NCT for that sort of money imo.

You could be right.

Murt102

2008 Renault Megane
NCT 03/18
Tax 06/17
'Monaco' model so has extras such as alloys, leather seats & air con
Asking price €1,850

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/renault-megane-monaco-08-long-nct-amp-tax/15095886

chicorytip

The saloon version is a nice looking car but not in black!

jimmycrackcorm

Murt102 wrote:

2008 Renault Megane NCT 03/18 Tax 06/17 'Monaco' model so has extras such as alloys, leather seats & air con Asking price €1,850

Those are a disaster when it comes to window regulators. Mrs, sister, SIL and BIL had those period Meganes, all tortured with regulators continually breaking due to a design flaw.

None of us will ever buy a Renault again as a result.

Teddington Cuddlesworth

jimmycrackcorm wrote: »

Those are a disaster when it comes to window regulators. Mrs, sister, SIL and BIL had those period Meganes, all tortured with regulators continually breaking due to a design flaw.

None of us will ever buy a Renault again as a result.

Scenic too, neither are well made cars.

CiDeRmAn

The heating resistor is a pig, you have to pull the whole dash out.
Otherwise, no heat or fan.
And, on the Scenic, the digital display packs it in.
In my case I had to use an app on my phone to tell how fast I was going until, for €150, Renault installed a new one for me.
Also, all the regulators went.
Hated that car.
Makes me hesitant to buy my wife a Dacia tbh

Gravelly

jimmycrackcorm wrote: »

Murt102 wrote:

2008 Renault Megane NCT 03/18 Tax 06/17 'Monaco' model so has extras such as alloys, leather seats & air con Asking price €1,850

Those are a disaster when it comes to window regulators. Mrs, sister, SIL and BIL had those period Meganes, all tortured with regulators continually breaking due to a design flaw.

None of us will ever buy a Renault again as a result.

I had a land rover a few years ago that was the same - replaced all 5 (the boot window had one too) at least once, must have replaced the drivers one 3 or 4 times.

Mervyn Skidmore

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

The heating resistor is a pig, you have to pull the whole dash out.
Otherwise, no heat or fan.
And, on the Scenic, the digital display packs it in.
In my case I had to use an app on my phone to tell how fast I was going until, for €150, Renault installed a new one for me.
Also, all the regulators went.
Hated that car.
Makes me hesitant to buy my wife a Dacia tbh

I doubt Dacia would be using old parts known to fail though, so you should be safe enough.

grogi

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Makes me hesitant to buy my wife a Dacia tbh

Dacia usually uses old, but simple, well tested and proven solutions. I don't have confidence in the anty-rust protection though.

Cantona's Collars

02 Freelancer, NCT til October.€850

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/02-land-rover-freelander-nct-10-17/15504001

jharr100

zerks wrote: »

02 Freelancer, NCT til October.€850

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/02-land-rover-freelander-nct-10-17/15504001

Gone in 60 minutes ..

Cee-Jay-Cee

jelutong wrote: »

Rear brake calipers give trouble also. Expensive fix.

It's not expensive. You can buy two refurb'd rear calipers for €80 and a set of discs/ pads for the same price. I'd Hardly class that as expensive.

jharr100

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/merc-c220-cdi-auto-nct-01-18-amp-tax-06-171-owner/15266194

Mercedes Benz
1 owner C class diesel .

Gravelly

jharr100 wrote: »

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/merc-c220-cdi-auto-nct-01-18-amp-tax-06-171-owner/15266194

Mercedes Benz
1 owner C class diesel .

Tax is a bit painful for what you'd be getting.

Duke O Smiley

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/jaguar-xj-series-xj6-3-0-classic-4dr/15094435



I know its not NCT'd this very moment, but they'll put a new test on it for €1950. Service history good.

commited

2007 Lexus GS300 for €2k - bangernomics at it's finest if you can stomach the tax.

http://www.carzone.ie/used-cars/lexus/gs300/used-2007-lexus-gs300-dublin-fpa-5904526376232061737
I really should be buying this rather than linking it here

Duke O Smiley

^^PSV tax, but still! Great find