BANGERNOMICS (sub2k) of the week/day

Bigmac1euro

A friend of mine is selling a Ford Focus GHIA
It was owned by his father (bought from new)
who recently had a stroke.
It was well kept.
02
42k miles
Just been through the NCT
Absolutely spotless.
Asking price - 800 ONO

If anyone is interested drop me a message.

bbari

Roycropper63 wrote:

That golf looks a fantastic buy.well done and good luck with it.. see it on done deal or through contacts?

Thank you. DoneDeal.... i stayed in touch with the seller from the minute i saw it went online and was the 1st one to see. Probably i paid a bit more than what it worth in comparison to the others for sale but I'm very happy with it. Its booked in for paint correction next week

99nsr125

AudiAvant wrote: »

Ye I agree with you
The bearings usually go in them
My 5 speed is still smooth at nearly 400kms but always is temperamental when cold
1st to 2nd is always notchy if you don't do it slowly
Like foreplay with the woman haha

Redline MTL sorts that

pah

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/2006-ford-fiesta-5dr-nct-01-20/21010319

Nice clean fiesta. €1500 should take it?

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/renault-megane-classic/20772407

Had 2002 one of these around 2010 for 18 months or so. Boring as frack but never let us down. Looks clean

W123-80's

'97 Carina Estate
2.0 diesel
300k kms
NCT July '19

Asking €675
Someone keep in on the road!

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/toyota-carina/21016112

W123-80's

'04 525dD estate
NCT Nov '19
209k kms, but I assume that's actually 209k miles
Current owner 12 years
Might be worth a look

Asking €1,250

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/bmw-525d-touring/21015896

W123-80's

'04 A4 1.8 petrol 170bhp
NCT July '19
120k miles
Leather and auto

Asking €950

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/04-audi-a4-t-170bhp-auto/21014120

Shefwedfan

W123-80's wrote: »

'04 A4 1.8 petrol 170bhp
NCT July '19
120k miles
Leather and auto

Asking €950

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/04-audi-a4-t-170bhp-auto/21014120

I actually would love something like this but I would guess it is clocked to the last with low mileage like that

Dravokivich

Doesn't seem too short to me, seeing as it's in miles.

James Bond Junior

Shefwedfan wrote: »

I actually would love something like this but I would guess it is clocked to the last with low mileage like that

How do you come to that conclusion? 8k miles a year isn't outside the realms of possibilty in fairness. My 99 had a verifiable 114k miles when I bought in 2017 and has done barely 3k since.

Mad_Mike

You could get the 10 Euro Cartell report which will check for any discrepancies.

It's not conclusive, as somebody might have entered miles instead of kms on a previous NCT etc and it might mention a discrepancy. Having said that, if it comes back with "no discrepancies", all should be fine.

The issue I had previously with one report is that there were discrepancies found, and I was advised to contact Cartell directly, but they were very very vague and wouldn't disclose the actual discrepancy to me, but eventually did say that one of the previous readings from an NCT would show that this was more than an error in entering wrong miles or kms

Shefwedfan

James Bond Junior wrote: »

How do you come to that conclusion? 8k miles a year isn't outside the realms of possibilty in fairness. My 99 had a verifiable 114k miles when I bought in 2017 and has done barely 3k since.

As I said it is a guess, any of these I check never seem to have any sort of history with them so how are you suppsoed to know?

monkeysnapper

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/citroen-c4-1-4-petrol/20967543

Hope I'm allowed to put mine on here .

W123-80's

Shefwedfan wrote: »

I actually would love something like this but I would guess it is clocked to the last with low mileage like that

As with all private purchases and in particular bangernomics - tread carefully.
Weigh up the seller, the overall condition of the car, question the seller in relation to previous owners & maintenance.
The '00 Octavia I bought in October '17 was a veritable hens tooth. A genuine low mile, one owner diesel. 124k miles.
I had a good chat with the owner on the phone and it all seemed legit, so I travelled from Mayo to Dublin by train and bought the car. Funnily enough the guy selling told me I was the first person to actually look at the car! He had fielded a load of calls from guys offering silly money or telling him it must be clocked. I paid around €950!
I agree if it's a 7 owner diesel A4 or whatever with zero history and a young buck selling it then it's fraught. Not necessarily dishonest, but fraught.
The seller/owner should be able to put alot of concerns at ease if it's a genuine car.

James Bond Junior

Shefwedfan wrote: »

As I said it is a guess, any of these I check never seem to have any sort of history with them so how are you suppsoed to know?

OK, bit unfair to knock it as clocked on just a hunch. I had a 2nd look at the ad and can't see any reason for you to surmise that it is clocked.

Duke O Smiley

W123-80's wrote: »

'04 525dD estate
NCT Nov '19
209k kms, but I assume that's actually 209k miles
Current owner 12 years
Might be worth a look

Asking €1,250

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/bmw-525d-touring/21015896

Excellent find. That looks very genuine indeed

Duke O Smiley

James Bond Junior wrote: »

OK, bit unfair to knock it as clocked on just a hunch. I had a 2nd look at the ad and can't see any reason for you to surmise that it is clocked.

The seat bolster looks very good, you'd know if it had seen more miles

terrydel

W123-80's wrote: »

'04 A4 1.8 petrol 170bhp
NCT July '19
120k miles
Leather and auto

Asking €950

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/04-audi-a4-t-170bhp-auto/21014120

What's the fuel economy in these like? I'd imagine it's not great.

Truckermal

That A4 is spotless and a estate even better! Clocked me arse my buddy who is a publican was saying punters were giving out about his beer being dearer than the pub up the road..... Anyway he got a better price of the rep and then they wouldn't drink it as they reckoned something was wrong with it as it was cheaper....

Kenny Logins

terrydel wrote: »

What's the fuel economy in these like? I'd imagine it's not great.

Probably mid to high 20s around town and a bit more on run.

Duke O Smiley

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/audi-a3-1-9-tdi-diesel/21016269



Diesel, tested till August, €370

Could get someone out of a hole for a few months..

bear1

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/audi-a6-2003-1-9-tdi-130-bhp-nct-5-19/20932888

This seems like a good one.

James Bond Junior

Cheap, reliable and loadsa tax

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/toyota-corolla-2003-taxnct/21019869

Duke O Smiley

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/2005-subaru-legacy-2-0-petrol-4wd-manual/20998737



Years test, tax till April, €600

Brand new Donedeal account, I'd tread carefully but a phone call should be telling enough

https://www.donedeal.ie/vintagecars-for-sale/subaru-legacy-awd-2-0-tax-nct-2-20-low-mile/21022254

Some mark up! Some spiel too!

Anthracite

There's at least 1k worth of Dulux on those wheels.

Kamili

That spiel is very dealeresque...

Duke O Smiley

Kamili wrote: »

That spiel is very dealeresque...

The seller is definitely a dealer alright! We had his 04 E60 520i posted here last week, under a different alias..

tinofapples

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

The seller is definitely a dealer alright! We had his 04 E60 520i posted here last week, under a different alias..

Its a pity he doesn't allow for DD messaging we could "enquire" with him :rolleyes:

Belfast

Skoda Superb 1.8T (please read ad)
2 hours 50 views South County, Dublin
€400



2003 Skoda Superb Comfort 1.8 T
Mileage 115,500 mi
Fuel Type Petrol
Transmission Manual
Body Type Saloon
Engine Size 1.8 litre
Road Tax €636
NCT Expiry Aug 2019
Previous Owners 5
Country of Reg. Ireland
Full service history from new, genuine mileage, two keys, passed NCT on 25.10.2018, timing belt and water pump done at 108000 at the main skoda dealer, have a receipt to prove, many other parts replaced. TAXed to the end of November. Excellent condition, in every day use and it looks and drives very very well. Any inspection more than welcome. Light damage as can be seen from the photos. The car has been declared a category c write off so just need an engineer report to be brought back to the road. As I said the car is absolutely perfect condition and was in use up until now; I bought a new car today so don't want this one to stay with no use. Open to reasonable offers. May swap for something not a car obviously
https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/skoda-superb-1-8t-please-read-ad/20282542

cruizer101

Belfast wrote: »

Skoda Superb 1.8T (please read ad)

Light damage as can be seen from the photos. The car has been declared a category c write off so just need an engineer report to be brought back to the road.

Damage doesn't look too bad, anyone any idea how much that engineer report would be to get.

With tax til end of November thats worth more than they are looking for