BANGERNOMICS (sub2k) of the week/day

Gravelly

grogi wrote: »

Can you recommend someone? Might be PM...

What part of the country?

grogi

Gravelly wrote: »

What part of the country?

~Cork.

Gravelly

grogi wrote: »

~Cork.

Is that the middle of the south or the south of the midlands

AH!

grogi

Gravelly wrote: »

Is that the middle of the south or the south of the midlands

AH!

Sometimes I get the feeling it's just middle-earth... ;P

Gravelly

VASS are good. The Cork gearbox centre are very good with multitronic.

AudiAvant

terrydel wrote: »

Thoughts?
https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/audi-a6-1-9tdi-130bhp/21035582

Mileage is highish but not out of the ordinary for the age.
Automatic - anything to be concerned with on these
5 months tax. Years nct.
Pictures are a bit odd to me, either low quality or filtered.

It's nothing mileage for the engine once correct oil was used
Lovely car
I'd be asking for the service history,especially for the gearbox

Duke O Smiley

Whats going on with the top left hand side of the windscreen? Looks like someone gave it a belt of a hammer

Gravelly

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

Whats going on with the top left hand side of the windscreen? Looks like someone gave it a belt of a hammer

Think it's just a splash of something - seems to be wiped away in part by the windscreen wipers - mud, or a bird with bowel issues?

terrydel

Gravelly wrote: »

Think it's just a splash of something - seems to be wiped away in part by the windscreen wipers - mud, or a bird with bowel issues?

Much prefer the look of that model a6 than the one that came after.

terrydel

Gravelly wrote: »

My argument wasn't that it wouldn't be profitable, if by profitable you mean that you end up with more money in your pocket afterwards than you had at the start, my argument was that it simply wouldn't be "handy"

The collection of the car, removal of the engine and ancillaries, answering calls to buyers, meeting potential buyers, selling them, dropping the shell for weighing in etc. would, off the top of my head, take at least 20-30 hours of one's time. For a potential profit of €200. I simply value my free time considerably more than €6-€10 per hour (not counting the cost of diesel, phone, placing the ad, wear and tear on car and trailer etc.)

Time is the most valuable commodity on the planet and the first thing people forget about when they see a potential bargain or avenue to earn a few bob.

johndaman66

^^ ohoh!


https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/reduce-price-for-quick-sale/20857881
Looks pretty low rent to me but there are Skoda fans on here and I would still drive it.
08 Octavia 1.9 dsl,
NCT's until July,
Low miles @ 119k km if legit,
Asking €1,950

Duke O Smiley

That screams ex UK police car

bazz26

The UK police tend to have vRS models unless it was a community police car. More than likely ex UK mini cab/hackney. They love white diesel Skodas. As for the claimed mileage, lol.

bidiots

Back passenger door looks iffy too

Kenny Logins

bidiots wrote: »

Back passenger door looks iffy too

Front passenger door?

bidiots

On my phone the back door looks 'extra' white, on the computer the front door sticks out.....my bad

Old diesel

Anything can turn up in a UK police force - would be no surprise at all to find that some 1.9 tdi Octavias were taken on as normal patrol cars.

Cheshire police took on some Kuga AWDs for example and use the Peugeot 308 as their standard patrol car.

Proper power 3 series and X5 BMWs for heavy duty punsuit and armed response and all that good stuff

colm_mcm

johndaman66 wrote: »

^^ ohoh!


https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/reduce-price-for-quick-sale/20857881
Looks pretty low rent to me but there are Skoda fans on here and I would still drive it.
08 Octavia 1.9 dsl,
NCT's until July,
Low miles @ 119k km if legit,
Asking €1,950

I’ll eat my hat if that’s genuine mileage.

cadaliac

colm_mcm wrote: »

I’ll eat my hat if that’s genuine mileage.

You'll be hungry.
belt done - sniff sniff

Baggly

Just so we have it down on paper; for posterity; what kind of hat?

Duke O Smiley

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/2010-renault-fluence-1-5-dci-tomtom/20977984



1 owner and allegedly has full history, NCT till April 2020, bit of tax

€2k seems awful cheap but I suppose the miles aren't exactly enticing and Donegal is a bit of a trek for most people

Gravelly

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/2010-renault-fluence-1-5-dci-tomtom/20977984



1 owner and allegedly has full history, NCT till April 2020, bit of tax

€2k seems awful cheap but I suppose the miles aren't exactly enticing and Donegal is a bit of a trek for most people

It snows like one day every year in Ireland, could he not have taken the photos any other day.

Interslice

https://www.donedeal.ie/vintagecars-for-sale/rare-vw-passat/21048320

I suppose it is rare. Looks in good nick too.

Tea drinker

Interslice wrote: »

https://www.donedeal.ie/vintagecars-for-sale/rare-vw-passat/21048320

I suppose it is rare. Looks in good nick too.

I drive the same car, if someone offered me 1100 euro for my 03 comfortline model I'd take hand/arm/torso !

tinofapples

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/2010-renault-fluence-1-5-dci-tomtom/20977984



1 owner and allegedly has full history, NCT till April 2020, bit of tax

€2k seems awful cheap but I suppose the miles aren't exactly enticing and Donegal is a bit of a trek for most people

First Fluence in here I'd say ??

Interslice

Tea drinker wrote: »

I drive the same car, if someone offered me 1100 euro for my 03 comfortline model I'd take hand/arm/torso !

Vintage section ad ups the price 50%

colm_mcm

Rare car as 95% made were diesel engine

My hole.

26000 Elephants

Interslice wrote: »

Vintage section ad ups the price 50%

Nah, to get the full "vintage" section price hike you need to be sure it hasn't seen the inside of an NCT centre for at least 5 years. :cool:

bazz26

The only thing rare about that Passat these days is it doesn't have a "never been around the ring" sticker on the boot or wide mud flaps.

johndaman66

Rare car as 95% made were diesel engine

colm_mcm wrote: »

My hole.

More stupid incorrect mumbo jumbo like "only one in the country", besides putting something useful in the ad. No doubt the engine, clutch and gearbox are 110% too blah blah blah.

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/ford-mondeo-2008-low-mileage-with-tax-and-nct/21016912
My contribution for the day
Mondeo 2.0 petrol;
NCT 10/19, Tax 04/19;
151k KM
Asking €1,650
Omair leaving country soon so he may accept a considerably lower offer.