BANGERNOMICS (sub2k) of the week/day Part 6

TigerTim

TommyGun2017 wrote: »

Not sure if posted here before but a tidy looking 2008 Alfa 159 diesel with low-ish tax and NCT to April 2020.

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/alfa-romeo-1-9-diesel-high-spec/22514324

Gone already

TigerTim

TommyGun2017 wrote: »

Not sure if posted here before but a tidy looking 2008 Alfa 159 diesel with low-ish tax and NCT to April 2020.

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/alfa-romeo-1-9-diesel-high-spec/22514324

Gone already,

T.

TommyGun2017

TigerTim wrote: »

Gone already,

T.

Not too surprised. Nice motor for €1600 :-)

26000 Elephants

As a former 159 owner I can say they are a fantastic car for quick driving over twisty roads, look great and generally have few problems and can be picked up for beer money.

But for gods sake, get the front subframe and sills checked for rust - it's a major issue for them and parts are scarce.

grogi

26000 Elephants wrote: »

As a former 159 owner I can say they are a fantastic car for quick driving over twisty roads, look great and generally have few problems and can be picked up for beer money.

But for gods sake, get the front subframe and sills checked for rust - it's a major issue for them and parts are scarce.

Not to mention the steering rack... They are notorious to fail...

Duke O Smiley

The 159 is a pretty good bangernomics buy these days. It’s not at all too difficult to find one under a grand or so. Smart looking cars at that money they are too

bear1

The box on the 1.9 is also crap.

Duke O Smiley

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/bmw-x5-m-sport-3-0d/22677821



If you can live with "a few scrapes" this looks like a nice bit of flash for the money

06 X5 diesel, NCT till Feb 2020, good bit of recent work done too, €2k

lawred2

Getting ad not available

Duke O Smiley

Must be sold

selectamatic

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

Must be sold

Ay tis marked sold. Was good value for what looked to be a clean enough 06 one.

Duke O Smiley

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/toyota-carina-xl-diesel-94/22686194



Diesel 'Rina with NCT till Feb 2020 and tax till December, only run in at 200k! €1200

colm_mcm

I know they’re getting rare but they weren’t making that money 10 years ago

Pushpen

Knowing that Diesel bangers are risky anyway, how is Insignia reliability wise? Looking at couple 2009 models under 2K - all superficially okay, but note sure what could be wrong underneath! Any thoughts?

selectamatic

colm_mcm wrote: »

I know they’re getting rare but they weren’t making that money 10 years ago

They're like old Massey Ferguson and Ford tractors though in so far as the exporters set the absolute floor of their market value. €1000 on the nose is about the price of a tested straight diesel one. If its clean and a nice colour you can add a few €'s to that.

bazz26

Pushpen wrote: »

Knowing that Diesel bangers are risky anyway, how is Insignia reliability wise? Looking at couple 2009 models under 2K - all superficially okay, but note sure what could be wrong underneath! Any thoughts?

I'd rather go down to the local casino with that 2k and take my chances than buy an Insignia of that vintage. Their problems are well documented on the interweb - M32 gearbox failure and oil pump seal failure are some that come to mind. Buy one at your peril.

colm_mcm

Pushpen wrote: »

Knowing that Diesel bangers are risky anyway, how is Insignia reliability wise? Looking at couple 2009 models under 2K - all superficially okay, but note sure what could be wrong underneath! Any thoughts?

buy the Carina.

bazz26

or buy anything else really...

Odyssey 2005

colm_mcm wrote: »

buy the Carina.

This is it

Saw an 11 for under 4k and 131 for just over 5k from an indy dealer, they must be worth feck all. That's crazy money for a fairly new car

Odyssey 2005

Pushpen wrote: »

Knowing that Diesel bangers are risky anyway, how is Insignia reliability wise? Looking at couple 2009 models under 2K - all superficially okay, but note sure what could be wrong underneath! Any thoughts?

There ya go.!

jharr100

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/daihatsu-terios-2007-1-3-l-nct-12-2019-amp-tax-02-20/22216311


What are these like in general? Might make a nice wagon for the Mrs...

lawred2

bazz26 wrote: »

I'd rather go down to the local casino with that 2k and take my chances than buy an Insignia of that vintage. Their problems are well documented on the interweb - M32 gearbox failure and oil pump seal failure are some that come to mind. Buy one at your peril.

Plus it's an Opel

punisher5112

I wonder will Opel be more reliable now PSA owned..,

Obviously I'll never touch again but I do wonder.

Sexual Chocolate

jharr100 wrote: »

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/daihatsu-terios-2007-1-3-l-nct-12-2019-amp-tax-02-20/22216311


What are these like in general? Might make a nice wagon for the Mrs...

Know someone who had one years ago and thought it were quite thirsty. There's was a 1.5 automatic.

The photo in your post and the ones on the ad aren't the same car it seems. Unless you pulled that from elsewhere......

jharr100

Sexual Chocolate wrote: »

Know someone who had one years ago and thought it were quite thirsty. There's was a 1.5 automatic.

The photo in your post and the ones on the ad aren't the same car it seems. Unless you pulled that from elsewhere......

Haha yeah, I pulled it from elsewhere .. I had a few Terios windows open ! must have got mixed up!

They probably have Toyota reliability..

Sexual Chocolate

jharr100 wrote: »

Haha yeah, I pulled it from elsewhere .. I had a few Terios windows open ! must have got mixed up!

They probably have Toyota reliability..

As far as I know they are permanently 4 wheel drive as well so that's probably why there bad on juice as well as being 4 speed auto. The lad I know didn't have it that long so can't comment on reliability.

colm_mcm

Tax was quite high post 08 whoch is a good indicator of them being heavy on juice, I quite like them, they’re based on the 00-06 Rav4 platform, but obviously smaller.

johndaman66

This is it wrote: »

Saw an 11 for under 4k and 131 for just over 5k from an indy dealer, they must be worth feck all. That's crazy money for a fairly new car

I paid €4,750 for a 99 facelift Vectra petrol privately in 2005 which would be the equivalent of buying a 13 reg now obviously. At the time pre facelift 99 models were getting plentiful for under the €5k mark but not so much the facelift models. You would have being paying considerably more for a comparable 99 Avensis or Primera for example at the time. The Vectra/ Insignia was never really a strong used car seller.

For what its worth it wasn't the most unreliable car I've ever had and put up considerable mileage on it but what did go wrong was expensive to rectify. It was smooth and comfy but the handling was woeful. I know yeah, I may as well be comparing apples and oranges never mind Royal Gala and Pink Lady if trying to compare that Vectra with the Insignia though.

Duke O Smiley

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/09-kia-nct-and-taxed-two-keys/22693062



09 Picanto, 1 litre, test till next April, €1500

This could be an alright little starter car for someone, new enough reg so easy insured and all that. I'm actually driving an auto one at the minute and its not the worst thing in the world