BANGERNOMICS (sub2k) of the week/day

Duke O Smiley

Cartell will be no help, anybody can input mileage readings for any car on there.

How long is the car in the country? Look for service history from its time here, and see what the NCT reports say.

Other than that you won't really be able to do much else. I presume its a bangernomics car? If so I wouldn't be getting too worried about the what ifs..go and have a look and if it suits you make an offer on it

colm_mcm

Glen_Quagmire wrote: »

Would cartell.ie tell you much if I got the chassis number (VIN)

Having a look and seen this on FB, scary how easy it is to clock a car

https://www.facebook.com/JapanCarHistoryCheck/videos/1634674466542916/

Cartell would be useless in this case. Googling the chassis number might throw up Japanese auction websites.

Toyotafanboi

That vid example is a bit silly though. Video of a LHD Opel being clocked to warn you of the dangers of clocking JDM cars.

For what it's worth, I dont think clocking is too prolific on Japanese cars, at least on the Japanese side. A lot of them have quite a low natural mileage. When the make it to Ireland they have about the same risk of being clocked by an Irish person as anything else I suppose.

James Bond Junior

Toyotafanboi wrote: »

That vid example is a bit silly though. Video of a LHD Opel being clocked to warn you of the dangers of clocking JDM cars.

For what it's worth, I dont think clocking is too prolific on Japanese cars, at least on the Japanese side. A lot of them have quite a low natural mileage. When the make it to Ireland they have about the same risk of being clocked by an Irish person as anything else I suppose.

More than likely Irish people to be fair. I sold my other halfs 1 series this morning, it was a 151 so not exactly cheap. The man who bought it viewed three similar cars in Cork and all had been clocked after leaving the UK.

Gary_Pinkass

Hello,

I'm looking for a cheap diesel 08 or newer car for my neighbour who were scammed out of their 2013 Golf

Any recommendations welcome

bazz26

A Ford Kuga with 5 brand new triangle tyres?

punisher5112

How were they scammed out of it

bazz26

It's our weekly troll:

https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057967220

punisher5112

bazz26 wrote: »

It's our weekly troll:

https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057967220

Ah I understand, I seen something about the Kuga alright but didn't see the golf...

Duke O Smiley

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/mazda-2/21402961



New model Mazda 2 with NCT till 2020 for €1500

Ad has a genuine air to it. Obviously not the tidiest for the money but cheap all the same, and these are quite good

Duke O Smiley

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/skoda-superb/21402774



Nice reg, nice spec and cheap tax. Only NCT'd till August, €1350

Taxi!

ewj1978

My 2.0t Vector.
Have it up for €400 but will sell it to a boardsie for less.

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/05-saab-93-2-0t-vector/21406212

BonnieSituation

ewj1978 wrote: »

My 2.0t Vector.
Have it up for €400 but will sell it to a boardsie for less.

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/05-saab-93-2-0t-vector/21406212

Where were you a week ago.

ewj1978

ah man, was waiting on my new car to arrive.

BonnieSituation

ewj1978 wrote: »

ah man, was waiting on my new car to arrive.

I jest. I just laid out on something last week is all and have been in and out of the market for a 9-3 or 9-5 for a few months if something came up.

Nothing like a boardsie car generally.

Glen_Quagmire

Lads would a 1.6 petrol automatic clio be heavy on juice?

Looking at mpg online and it has it at 31mpg which is the same as what a 2.5 petrol automatic BMW 523i is scored at which doesn't seem right?

colm_mcm

What year is it?

Glen_Quagmire

colm_mcm wrote:

What year is it?

2008. 1.6 16v

colm_mcm

Co2 on them is 179 which is very high. It’s a 4 speed auto, assuming it’s a torque converter.

Glen_Quagmire

colm_mcm wrote:

Co2 on them is 179 which is very high. It’s a 4 speed auto, assuming it’s a torque converter.

So would they be hard enough on juice yeah?

colm_mcm

I would imagine so. Early to mid 30s average on a good day at a guess.

Glen_Quagmire

colm_mcm wrote:

I would imagine so. Early to mid 30s average on a good day at a guess.

Need a small automatic for herself and there is one there that looks half decent. She would be doing small miles a year, probably under 5000 miles or so

colm_mcm

Is it very cheap?

I’d be looking for a newer shape Daihatsu Sirion 1.3 auto

Glen_Quagmire

colm_mcm wrote:

Is it very cheap?

1600 with 70k miles

colm_mcm

Glen_Quagmire wrote: »

1600 with 70k miles

If you don’t mind the tax (assuming it’s on cc rate) then that’s not bad at all. You’d probably get a few quid off that as it’s undesirable to the masses.

W123-80's

'07 MK 1 Octavia 1.9 diesel
NCT Nov '19
130k miles
Nice looking car.
Assuming its legit its a hassle free mile muncher for a few years.
Its overpriced for sure, but it qualifies.

Asking €1,795

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/2007-skoda-octavia-tour-1-9tdi-one-owner/21308247

somebody_else

Glen_Quagmire wrote: »

Lads would a 1.6 petrol automatic clio be heavy on juice?

Looking at mpg online and it has it at 31mpg which is the same as what a 2.5 petrol automatic BMW 523i is scored at which doesn't seem right?

Hi
Got Honda Civic 1.6 automatic myself and it does between 7 and 9 liters for 100 km. (can't do miles to galon as both mile and galon are foreign for me).

It is 2004 and 4 speed automatic gearbox.

Tom

Glen_Quagmire

somebody_else wrote:

Hi Got Honda Civic 1.6 automatic myself and it does between 7 and 9 liters for 100 km. (can't do miles to galon as both mile and galon are foreign for me).

somebody_else wrote:

It is 2004 and 4 speed automatic gearbox.

somebody_else wrote:

Tom

Cheers Tom, that's about 26-33 mpg

Mad_Mike

Glen_Quagmire wrote: »

Cheers Tom, that's about 26-33 mpg

That's US mpg, not imperial.
In UK mpg, it works out at 31.5-40mpg, giving an average of around 35ish which is what I would have expected from the Clio too to be honest

grogi

Mad_Mike wrote: »

That's US mpg, not imperial.

And that's why this godforsaken units should be forgotten once for good.

We know exactly how a litre of fuel costs and how many litres we take at the petrol station. We know exactly how many km each day we travel... Yet many still insist on using a unit that does not correlate to any of those...

If I travel 14 km to work each day, l of petrol costs 1.35€, and my car uses 7l/100km - I can easily calculate how much I am spending each day on fuel... (1.35€/l * 7l/100km * 14km = 1.35€). Or calculate how far a 55l tank that I just filled in will get me. (55l/7l * 100km ~ 800km). Good luck doing same with mpg...