Today I saw a car for sale thread - part 2

colm_mcm

It would be about right.
Executive is a weird spec though. Personally I don’t think leather adds anything to the interior, and is at odds with the rest of it.
The cheaper tax bumps up the price. If that was a year older it would be worth approx €700 less.
It’s prob worth paying the bit extra for the cheaper tax, as it will be easier to sell on.
I’d look out for an ES or EX spec in a different colour ideally.

I just sold my one a few months ago, the black is quite hard to keep and it marks/scratches a bit too easily.

kalkat2002

Nice mx5

http://www.adverts.ie/19888435

ciaranmul

Garzard wrote: »

Few more of those Audis within the €3-4k mark I'm going to look at in the next few weeks.

Get yourself over to the Bangernomics thread, some great ones go up there!

millington

Garzard wrote: »

Looking for my first car and test drove this yesterday, thought it looked lovely online. Enjoyed driving it - very quiet and responsive car. However...

Wasn't expecting perfection from the price but was shocked at how much of a mess it was inside and out. Photos speak for themselves!

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/2008-audi-a3/24239750

Regardless of price, thats a shocking car for a dealer to retail.

Garzard

millington wrote: »

Regardless of price, thats a shocking car for a dealer to retail.

Reviews I read before visiting were all praising the place so came away quite disappointed. Car hadn't been cleaned in the slightest and was covered in stains and tree sap, and sticky all over the inside too.

Without meaning to go off topic, I asked to take the car out for about 20mins and the dealer on duty was very reluctant on that and questioned why I'd need it that long, but relented on 15mins when I mentioned it was my first ever test drive and thus I'd be slower to figure out and get to know the car. Being inexperienced I could very well be wrong, but I'd have assumed 20mins would be the advised minimum to test drive something, especially a secondhand vehicle of that age?

bazz26

Cars of that value being sold by dealers are usually just traded cast offs that larger dealers took as trade ins but really are too rough/old to retail themselves. In that price range most dealers are simply not going to spend any sort of money on the car even on cosmetic work. They don't know anything about the car's history and just want to flip it and maximize their profit. The warranty wouldn't even be worth much if there was one.

You would be better off buying private in that price range from someone who has owned the car for a while and has looked after it.

theintern

GustavoFring wrote: »

Not on the halogens...I don't think they actually expected someone to buy one without so they're the same as the rest of the range.

Compared to others that car needs to be cheap, 2015 had all the spec and this was a left over car from the previous year. It's been for sale a long time. I prefer the 17s to the polished Austin's though.

If all that's important to you is the GTI engine then it could be a great deal, but it's missing a heck of a lot.

LED headlights, parking sensors, adaptive cruise control, smaller wheels, dual zone climate and more I'm forgetting. They really did have terrible spec in the first year or so (which was late 2013 so this one likely sat around for a while, as previously mentioned).

OEM headlights would cost about 1500 or so to put in (non OEM probably about 600 or so?), and you'd want a set of rep Pretorias or Santiagos (~500) to make the car look 'right'.

Toyotafanboi

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/citroen-saxo-vtr/24255218

Looks lovely. Probably be over €2k on Irish plates but even at that it'd be a decent deal IMO.

crystalbrite

Toyotafanboi wrote: »

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/citroen-saxo-vtr/24255218

Looks lovely. Probably be over €2k on Irish plates but even at that it'd be a decent deal IMO.

What makes this over €2k vs say a 1.6L petrol 2003 Golf which I imagine would sell for ~€500?

Is it just the fact that its a smaller/lighter car which makes it more peppy and fun to drive?

Midnight_EG

Very fond memories of my VTR being lashed around back roads, might even have been better craic than my DC2. Worth 2k all day for that.

everlast75

Any views on this one? Same price as the one I posted recently. Two years older but a lot more spec

https://www.carsireland.ie/car-dealers/county/dublin/autoviva-motors/detail.php?ad_id=2494243&r=s.php%3F%26g%3D1

wotzgoingon

Midnight_EG wrote: »

Very fond memories of my VTR being lashed around back roads, might even have been better craic than my DC2. Worth 2k all day for that.

I doubt that just fond memorys more than anything due to it being at the time probably the best car you had driven.

Reminds me over taking the over takers in my Civic by driving in the hard sholder over 17 years ago on the N17 outside Tuam.

Toyotafanboi

Better spec'd than the other for sure. The full main dealer history is attractive if true.

Midnight_EG

wotzgoingon wrote: »

I doubt that just fond memorys more than anything due to it being at the time probably the best car you had driven.

Reminds me over taking the over takers in my Civic by driving in the hard sholder over 17 years ago on the N17 outside Tuam.

LOL, I owned the VTR after all of my SiRs and Type Rs, after a couple S13s and an S14. I stand by what I said.

wotzgoingon

Midnight_EG wrote: »

LOL, I owned the VTR after all of my SiRs and Type Rs, after a couple S13s and an S14. I stand by what I said.

You honestly think the VTR is better than all those cars listed even the RWD with LSD's?

Midnight_EG

wotzgoingon wrote: »

You honestly think the VTR is better than all those cars listed even the RWD with LSD's?

Where did I say it was better than any of those?

wotzgoingon

Midnight_EG wrote: »

Where did I say it was better than any of those?

I still doubt a VTR is better than what many said when released the best FWD track based car you can buy.

PsychoPete

I love the little na hatchbacks, you can just drive them hard and throw them around. They are so much fun, the last time I tried that with an s chassis the quarter panel ended up touching the back seats

Midnight_EG

wotzgoingon wrote: »

I still doubt a VTR is better than what many said when released the best FWD track based car you can buy.

Jesus, I didn't realise owning a VTR for a month and having good craic in it meant it was suddenly better overall than the DC2 I kept for 6 months?

MEGA BRO WOLF 5000

Midnight_EG wrote: »

Jesus, I didn't realise owning a VTR for a month and having good craic in it meant it was suddenly better overall than the DC2 I kept for 6 months?

People love picking on you!

Did you sell that BMW shed yet :pac:

Midnight_EG

Hunky Monster wrote: »

People love picking on you!

Did you sell that BMW shed yet :pac:

Yeah I let it go to the first viewer for €1250, he's happy anyway

kalkat2002

Fast & furious i 30

http://www.adverts.ie/19908097

Carpentry

^^^
should be here

Best Skangermobiles online (part 2)

https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057412819

rizzodun

Midnight_EG wrote: »

Yeah I let it go to the first viewer for €1250, he's happy anyway

He must've been a dog lover..

kalkat2002

Always liked that design

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/2010-renault-laguna/24159699

colm_mcm

That’s a serious amount of car for the money.

The rear end of some current Mercs has borrowed a lot from the Laguna Coupe.

(As well as some bits under the bonnet from Renault)

CharlieCroker

Wheels are terrible but that's a nice car

MEGA BRO WOLF 5000

CharlieCroker wrote: »

Wheels are terrible but that's a nice car

Yeah they reminded me of these wheels.



Absolutely terrible.

Duke O Smiley

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/seat-arona-1-0tsi-95hp-s-5dr/24317179?campaign=3



Misery! Not even a full size wheel trim

I didn't think manufacturers were still doing this in this day and age. Just missing black bumpers and windy windows

colm_mcm

Good few rentals with those. It’s kinda mad, you just assume they should have alloys, but Crossovers are becoming the norm now and pov spec versions will sell.
I sorta like an unusual steel wheel though.