Today I saw a car for sale thread - part 2

wotzgoingon

millington wrote: »

I absolutely hate when dealers plaster the interior in shiny silicon based dressings

Shiny = new to a lot of people.

Duke O Smiley

https://www.donedeal.ie/vintagecars-for-sale/2001-fiat-panda-hobby-lhd/23616006



01 Panda! This is class, but I don't really see it being worth anywhere near 3500

Gorteen

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

https://www.donedeal.ie/vintagecars-for-sale/2001-fiat-panda-hobby-lhd/23616006



01 Panda! This is class, but I don't really see it being worth anywhere near 3500

I'd debate giving more than €1000

MEGA BRO WOLF 5000

Another FIAT... I absolutely love this!!!



Apologies it's a facebook link!
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/2261699860811755/

126p with straight piped 1.2 punto engine for 2799....
No mention of tax/NCT...

God it's lovely!

pablo128

Hunky Monster wrote: »

Another FIAT... I absolutely love this!!!



Apologies it's a facebook link!
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/2261699860811755/

126p with straight piped 1.2 punto engine for 2799....
No mention of tax/NCT...

God it's lovely!

That registration number is wrong. It doesn't exist.

duffman3833

pablo128 wrote: »

That registration number is wrong. It doesn't exist.

there is too many 1s hahaha
it should be 97D120151

MEGA BRO WOLF 5000

duffman3833 wrote: »

there is too many 1s hahaha
it should be 97D120151

You're right.

Why would they do that?

pablo128

It can't be ncted if it has the wrong reg and a straight pipe either.

I'm not knocking the car here. It's probably a well built machine.

Duke O Smiley

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/golf-gti-cheap-insurance/23642189?campaign=3

1.2 on the book

Wonder how this was pulled off..

bear1

Can't see why you'd bother tbh

Markcheese

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/golf-gti-cheap-insurance/23642189?campaign=3





Wonder how this was pulled off..

Could you legally insure it?

Duke O Smiley

No, you would be in very hot water if you found yourself involved in an accident in this

DelBoy Trotter

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/golf-gti-cheap-insurance/23642189?campaign=3

Wonder how this was pulled off..

Says it's a conversion on the add, so must have been a 1.2 originally

Duke O Smiley

Call me skeptical...

bazz26

Advert says it's a GTi conversion so started out in life as a 1.2 litre if believed. Financially I could not see how it would make any sense to spend that money on converting it just for cheaper insurance unless you had easy access to a donor genuine GTi and it questions was the original 1.2 car bought cheap too. The whole thing stinks anyway so I wouldn't touch it with a barge poll.

colm_mcm

You’d have to wonder where the parts came from too.

tossy

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

Call me skeptical...

Hi Skeptical


Wouldn't touch that with someone else's Barge pole but wouldn't it have been so much cooler if they had of left it looking like a 1.2 on the outside.

Truckermal

tossy wrote: »

Hi Skeptical


Wouldn't touch that with someone else's Barge pole but wouldn't it have been so much cooler if they had of left it looking like a 1.2 on the outside.

It reminded me of your one albeit your one being the 1.6.....:p:p:p

tossy

Truckermal wrote: »

It reminded me of your one albeit your one being the 1.6.....:p:p:p

Blue motion.

Top Dog

Markcheese wrote: »

Could you legally insure it?

Yes once you declared all the modifications to your insurance company.

If you told them it was just a 1.2 then the insurance wouldn't be worth the paper it was printed on.

Insurance won't care what it's taxed as - that's where revenue come in.

Given that the seller doesn't hide the registration, it'd be ironic if revenue paid them a visit to pursue back tax

pablo128

Top Dog wrote: »

Yes once you declared all the modifications to your insurance company.

If you told them it was just a 1.2 then the insurance wouldn't be worth the paper it was printed on.

Insurance won't care what it's taxed as - that's where revenue come in.

Given that the seller doesn't hide the registration, it'd be ironic if revenue paid them a visit to pursue back tax

Under the emissions based tax system, if you change the engine for a different one, the tax bracket remains the same.

colm_mcm

So does it have independent rear suspension? Is it interchangeable with the torsion beam system the 1.2 has?

wotzgoingon

I was a watching a YouTube review of a 205 GTi, not a review from back in 88-9? but from today's point of view. So looked them up on Donedeal and came across this one quite pricey imo but it does look to be in great shape considering it's age.

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/peugeot-205-gti-1-9-1992/22462218

Padre_Pio

wotzgoingon wrote: »

I was a watching a YouTube review of a 205 GTi, not a review from back in 88-9? but from today's point of view. So looked them up on Donedeal and came across this one quite pricey imo but it does look to be in great shape considering it's age.
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They have a big following and an owners club in Ireland. Backroads.ie would give you better value for money than donedeal I imagine.

wotzgoingon

Padre_Pio wrote: »

They have a big following and an owners club in Ireland. Backroads.ie would give you better value for money than donedeal I imagine.

I'm not in the market for one it was just the review made me remember them and not seeing them around at all really. I remember about 18 years ago I was working on a building site in the local town there was one abandoned with other cars beside the site and I remember looking at it thinking what a waste. I should have really went up for a closer look and see if the engine or box was still in there.

I wonder what happened it. If it had the engine it would be worth a few quid now if you moved it into a shed the past 18 years. As it was still in good shape back then.

pablo128

They were a belter of a car. Genuinely a thrill to drive hard. I had the pleasure of driving several of them, and also a 309Gti for the best part of a day aswell. How I didn't die in that car I'll never know.

skibum

wotzgoingon wrote: »

I was a watching a YouTube review of a 205 GTi, not a review from back in 88-9? but from today's point of view. So looked them up on Donedeal and came across this one quite pricey imo but it does look to be in great shape considering it's age.

Harry's Garage ?

Woodsie1

skibum wrote: »

Harry's Garage ?

Bingo!!!
Was just gonna say the same.

Top Dog

pablo128 wrote: »

Under the emissions based tax system, if you change the engine for a different one, the tax bracket remains the same.

Even if the emissions are different? That doesn't sound right

colm_mcm

Top Dog wrote: »

Even if the emissions are different? That doesn't sound right

That’s what it is though.
Before you’d just give them the cc of the new (or fictional) engine and they would tax accordingly. Now if you put a random engine into a car, there won’t be an emissions figure for it.