BANGERNOMICS (sub2k) of the week/day Part 6

Duke O Smiley

That Octavia is not worth the smell of €4k, jaysus it looks in ****e

bazz26

OP discussed the same car in their umpteenth thread about buying a car here:

https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2058066273

Esel

BonnieSituation wrote: »

Can anyone tell me why the "amount paid" amount is scratched out on the tax disc?

Probably a flaw on the clear plastic of the holder (or less likely the window glass).

bazz26

I'd say it's just left over adhesive from the previous disc holder.

Duke O Smiley

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/2009-skoda-octavia/24553369



New model Octavia here with high(ish) miles but NCT til October for €1750

Looks a lot more presentable than the €3750 example too

Odyssey 2005

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/2009-skoda-octavia/24553369



New model Octavia here with high(ish) miles but NCT til October for €1750

Looks a lot more presentable than the €3750 example too

Nicer colour, and the rear wiper motor looks like it works.

johndaman66

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

New model Octavia here with high(ish) miles but NCT til October for €1750

Looks a lot more presentable than the €3750 example too

I dunno. The body of neither is perfect and seller of the wine one did not upload any interior snaps while the beige one looks pretty clean inside. Granted though the wine one is asking less than half the price which is immense. Good spot. I always liked that wine colour in cars but was often told I was old man for doing so!

colm_mcm

I’d love to clean those alloys.

rizzodun

colm_mcm wrote: »

I’d love to clean those alloys.

Easy Tiger...

Play it cool, not creepy.

0lddog

colm_mcm wrote: »

I’d love to clean those alloys.

Would be great if you came around and did mine instead

( what would you do to clean the 20 year patina that has built up ? )

CoBo55

0lddog wrote: »

Would be great if you came around and did mine instead

( what would you do to clean them ? )

Water:pac::pac:

wotzgoingon

0lddog wrote: »

Would be great if you came around and did mine instead

( what would you do to clean the 20 year patina that has built up ? )

You can buy a liquid foam type stuff and soak them with it for a while( take the wheels off car when doing it) and then wipe and wash off, the dirt should just dissolve off. If not fully wash thoroughly and let dry and repeat a few times till sparkling clean.

colm_mcm

0lddog wrote: »

Would be great if you came around and did mine instead

( what would you do to clean the 20 year patina that has built up ? )

Take wheel off, use something like Iron X, agitate with a paintbrush. Power wash off. Deeply satisfying.

That said, the wheels on my S Type were some of the worst I’d seen for brake dust away from the easy to reach bits. I had to go at it with jif to get a layer of the baked in ****e off so cleaner would work.

0lddog

Never used anything other than water. Iron-X claims are impressive , is the liquid foam something like Mr Muscle oven cleaner ? ( Not sure about Jif - to many hard to get to corners in the detail ? )

Thanks all, sorry for taking the thread O/T

wotzgoingon

0lddog wrote: »

Never used anything other than water. Iron-X claims are impressive , is the liquid foam something like Mr Muscle oven cleaner ? ( Not sure about Jif - to many hard to get to corners in the detail ? )

Thanks all, sorry for taking the thread O/T

No just alloy wheel cleaner. Some are a foam type stuff other a liquid. But they are strong stuff so be ready to wash it off straight away after using it as if left on it would strip the paint. It will tell you that on the instructions.

Interslice

What have i just walked in on

26000 Elephants

Interslice wrote: »

What have i just walked in on

Just grab the box of tissues and read on.....

0lddog

Interslice wrote: »

What have i just walked in on

Just a bit of chit chat about filth :P

colm_mcm

0lddog wrote: »

Never used anything other than water. Iron-X claims are impressive , is the liquid foam something like Mr Muscle oven cleaner ? ( Not sure about Jif - to many hard to get to corners in the detail ? )

Thanks all, sorry for taking the thread O/T

The jif was a last resort! I’d say the wheel cleaner I was using then wasn’t the best either.

colm_mcm

Nice 1.3 Colt
https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/mitsubishi-colt/24201486

kalkat2002

Basic chevy aveo
https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/chevrolet-aveo-1-2-ls-16v/24503044

Rows Grower

Nice 1 owner C180.

6 months tax, 7 months NCT, Full Service History, All leather. Under a grand...

https://www.donedeal.ie/vintagecars-for-sale/mercedes-benz-c180-ncttax/24554359

OOPS I see he's made a mistake and put the miles down as KM's.

ELM327

colm_mcm wrote: »

Some sort of idiot anyway.

But how will the lads know he's cool?

GavMan

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

Padre Pio sticker in the window

Well minded so

almostover

Cheap and chancey 6cyl: https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/bmw-5-series-2005/24557682

Nice volvo estate: https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/volvo-v50-1-8se-estate-extremely-clean/24529947

TigerTim

almostover wrote: »

Cheap and chancey 6cyl: https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/bmw-5-series-2005/24557682

Nice volvo estate: https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/volvo-v50-1-8se-estate-extremely-clean/24529947

Nice ad for the Volvo which looks very clean. Great range of pics.

Absolutely hate the description for the BMW which is all in caps. In my area it's always the chancers who capitalize the ads.

T,

bidiots

But but but the spec is ENORMOUS..... Sweet Jesus

cruizer101

bidiots wrote: »

But but but the spec is ENORMOUS..... Sweet Jesus

Yeah it includes METALLIC PAINT, , REMOTE CENTRAL LOCKING, ELECTRIC WINDOWS AND ELECTRIC MIRRORS AND AIR CON. I wonder what other cars have these amazing features :pac:

This is a real bug bear of mine, my first car a 97 honda civic had all of those for feck sake.

terrydel

GavMan wrote: »

Well minded so

I've one of those on mine, was there when I got it.
If she could talk, she probably wouldnt say I've minded her well the last couple of years

1874

almostover wrote: »

Cheap and chancey 6cyl: https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/bmw-5-series-2005/24557682

Nice volvo estate: https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/volvo-v50-1-8se-estate-extremely-clean/24529947

That Volvo looks very clean for a 14 year old car, unfortunately insurance companies would probably have a field day with quotes.
Any ideas what the 1.8 petrol an car overall is like? are they a flex fuel engine, Ive heard of issues with them, but not sure what it was offhand OR if this is one.
Is it slightly highly priced?