Today I saw a car for sale thread - part 2

MEGA BRO WOLF 5000

Top Dog wrote: »

You left out the auto gearbox and towbar

She's a mess alright!

maddness

Sexual Chocolate wrote: »

A very unexpecting looking 335d in pretty much SE guise. Not mad on the alloys but love it otherwise.

https://www.donedeal.ie/view/25915210

Mad money for a soon to be 8 year old car with a very undesirable spec.

MEGA BRO WOLF 5000

James Bond Junior wrote: »

I take it you had "egg on your face" with the corolla? I thought you were selling the e90?

Yep! Egg all over my face on that one!

Yeah it’s up for sale, can’t show it at the moment although a lad from the area is interested in it tomorrow. It’s kind of a thing if I don’t get what I want for it I’ll just keep it.

bazz26

Rare facelifted Abarth 500:



https://www.carsireland.ie/detail.php?ad_id=2676403&r=s.php%3Fm%3D208%26pp%3D50%26g%3D0

Duke O Smiley

That dealer always has nice stock.

wotzgoingon

€8,000 · Portarlington, Laois
1964 Toyota stout
1.5 petrol
Column shift
Australian import

Seen on Facebook. 16,500km on the clock but who knows how many times it has seen that mileage.

Sexual Chocolate

maddness wrote: »

Mad money for a soon to be 8 year old car with a very undesirable spec.

Suppose your paying for the engine though. If it was a 318d it would probably be 10k cheaper if not more. In saying that if I was looking at a 3.0 id probably settle on a 30d.

Here's an e90 335d that's up for sale as well.

https://www.donedeal.ie/view/26159987

Top Dog

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

That dealer always has nice stock.

He's had that Abarth since at least June

bazz26

Sexual Chocolate wrote: »

Suppose your paying for the engine though. If it was a 318d it would probably be 10k cheaper if not more. In saying that if I was looking at a 3.0 id probably settle on a 30d.

Here's an e90 335d that's up for sale as well.

https://www.donedeal.ie/view/26159987

However the important thing to note is not what they are up for sale at but rather what they actually sell for.

bazz26

New model Jimny:



https://www.carsireland.ie/detail.php?ad_id=2515048&r=s.php%3Fm%3D85%26o%3D709%26g%3D0

Bizarre that Suzuki decided against officially selling them here. Reminds me of a Land Cruiser J40 or shrunken G Wagon. A cool little car.

Top Dog

bazz26 wrote: »

https://www.carsireland.ie/detail.php?ad_id=2515048&r=s.php%3Fm%3D85%26o%3D709%26g%3D0

Bizarre that Suzuki decided against officially selling them here. Reminds me of a Land Cruiser J40 or shrunken G Wagon. A cool little car.

CO2 motor tax meant it was never realistic to sell them here. Manual is 178 meaning €750 annual tax, while the auto is 198 and €1200. Mental money for a little 1.5 engine.

Irishder

Any opinons on this dealer and car. Was going to wait until the new year before purchasing as dont really need a car until then, but this is tempting me.

https://www.dunnemotorservices.ie/car-details/?2670830/

duffman3833

bazz26 wrote: »

New model Jimny:



https://www.carsireland.ie/detail.php?ad_id=2515048&r=s.php%3Fm%3D85%26o%3D709%26g%3D0

Bizarre that Suzuki decided against officially selling them here. Reminds me of a Land Cruiser J40 or shrunken G Wagon. A cool little car.

Matt Watson on carwow is after buying one, think it was 19k pound if i remember
including VRT id say its an extra 5k, so close to 30k over here

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bazz26 wrote: »

New model Jimny:



https://www.carsireland.ie/detail.php?ad_id=2515048&r=s.php%3Fm%3D85%26o%3D709%26g%3D0

Bizarre that Suzuki decided against officially selling them here. Reminds me of a Land Cruiser J40 or shrunken G Wagon. A cool little car.

Is it too soon to say these will be a future classic? Desirability and scarcity!

job seeker

Top Dog wrote: »

He's had that Abarth since at least June

Would you reckon that's just because it's not as desirable, compared to your more common hot hatches? i.e. Golf GTI, Focus ST, Type R Civic etc etc?

Top Dog

job seeker wrote: »

Would you reckon that's just because it's not as desirable, compared to your more common hot hatches? i.e. Golf GTI, Focus ST, Type R Civic etc etc?

Honestly don't know. It has a bit of a girly image which possibly doesn't help matters. The Golf, Focus and Civic would also have much longer established reputations so would be seen as a safer bet to purchase, and subsequently easier to sell on later.

job seeker

Top Dog wrote: »

Honestly don't know. It has a bit of a girly image which possibly doesn't help matters. The Golf, Focus and Civic would also have much longer established reputations so would be seen as a safer bet to purchase, and subsequently easier to sell on later.

That's probably it! I do think it is pretty cool though!

CharlieCroker

€40,000 for a Polo GTi!!!!

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/volkswagen-polo-gti-2-0tsi-200bhp-automatic-1-9/23423026

johndaman66

Interior looks to be exceptionally cheap and fragile for a €40k car.

Austmcc

CharlieCroker wrote: »

€40,000 for a Polo GTi!!!!

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/volkswagen-polo-gti-2-0tsi-200bhp-automatic-1-9/23423026

Absolutely crazy. They should be in the 25 to 30k bracket. To think you could head to another cork dealer and buy this for a similar price...

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/hyundai-i30-n-all-used-cars-fully-sanitized/22428542?campaign=3

Sexual Chocolate

I'd definitely have the i30 over the Polo any day. Crazy price at 40 grand for that.

Oops!

Sexual Chocolate wrote: »

I'd definitely have the i30 over the Polo any day. Crazy price at 40 grand for that.

Every VW is way over priced all the way through their range right up to the commercials, that is a prime example of it.

Toyotafanboi

They are a nicer product a lot of the time too though.

Not necessarily saying the Polo is worth 40k at the same time.

Oops!

Toyotafanboi wrote: »

They are a nicer product a lot of the time too though.

Not necessarily saying the Polo is worth 40k at the same time.

Not really... Even their base spec stuff is too expensive. And they sure ain't the bomb proof German engineering they advertise. Nothing is these days.

Toyotafanboi

Oops! wrote: »

Not really... Even their base spec stuff is too expensive. And they sure ain't the bomb proof German engineering they advertise. Nothing is these days.

Too expensive is a perspective thing.

I always would have assumed the same in fairness to you but i would say their product generally is worth the shade extra. I would agree reliability is middling.

Even boggo stuff. The fit and finish is good, the cars look good. There is a bit of cleverness to them. The brand is desirable. I think they are well positioned price vs product. They know they aren't the cheapest, they don't claim to be. They are a bit nicer and few quid more for it.

Like if you get out of a Golf 7 or definitely a Golf 8 and into a Focus or i30 it's easy to see where your extra is going. Maybe it doesn't justify all the extra, particularly with the Golf 8 but they are a nice car.

Biased, i have 2 Golfs but 5 years ago i wouldn't have had one for love nor money. Now i see what all the fuss is about :pac:

Technique

Toyotafanboi wrote: »

Biased, i have 2 Golfs but 5 years ago i wouldn't have had one for love nor money. Now i see what all the fuss is about :pac:

Is that the only reason you're biased?

MEGA BRO WOLF 5000

Meh, golfs never did a thing for me. Not even GTI’s but I took a golf R for a spin last year and it ticks all the boxes...now I wait for the impending recession so I can afford one!

Padre_Pio

Hunky Monster wrote: »

Meh, golfs never did a thing for me. Not even GTI’s but I took a golf R for a spin last year and it ticks all the boxes...now I wait for the impending recession so I can afford one!

Interiors on all golfs are rubbish. Plastic for days and those "premium" tartan seats are from the last century.

MEGA BRO WOLF 5000

Padre_Pio wrote: »

Interiors on all golfs are rubbish. Plastic for days and those "premium" tartan seats are from the last century.

They feel like a rolls to me coming from an e90!

For Forks Sake

Even by Donedeal standards, this must be one of the worst put together ads I've ever seen.

Firstly...



Then there's this ....

Clean car inside and out
Car us very well looked after

and on the next photo....