BANGERNOMICS (sub2k) of the week/day Part 6

Duke O Smiley

I’d love that

Duke O Smiley

Midnight_EG wrote: »

Operative word being 'old'

He seems to sell loads of stuff all the same

crasy dash

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

I’d love that

Likewise it's not in bad shape at all have seen ones with a tenth of the mileage and dog rough.
They are testimont to the engineering team that designed the engine a true workhorse one serviced they never really die.

Duke O Smiley

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/audi-a6/25066282



Diesel A6 saloon, test til February 2021, bit of tax, same owner for the last 14 years, €600

Seems very genuine, must surely be worth that money or thereabouts. Looks like its replacement has already been bought, new A4 just out of frame

Mad_Mike

Wow! Just wow! Haha
Sorry Duke. This was posted in reference to the Octavia. Not the A6.

pah

Wow indeed, Tempted just to see what happens after 999,999

dobman88

How do you even manage that. That's about 200km a day for 15 years. Only thing I can come up with is that he has taken the car abroad and driven all over Europe in it. Surely next to impossible to put that mileage up travelling in Ireland. Or else he got one sh!tty commute :eek:

crasy dash

dobman88 wrote: »

How do you even manage that. That's about 200km a day for 15 years. Only thing I can come up with is that he has taken the car abroad and driven all over Europe in it. Surely next to impossible to put that mileage up travelling in Ireland. Or else he got one sh!tty commute :eek:

Taxi I'd say for most of its life perhaps

johndaman66

dobman88 wrote: »

How do you even manage that. That's about 200km a day for 15 years. Only thing I can come up with is that he has taken the car abroad and driven all over Europe in it. Surely next to impossible to put that mileage up travelling in Ireland. Or else he got one sh!tty commute :eek:

Its a bit off 200km per day assuming you are including weekends but granted not dramatically off and serious travelling whatever way you look at it. Most likely a taxi in a former life but you would be surprised too. In the year to date before lockdown i would almost have being hitting that kind of annual mileage between my commute to the office and out on the road to meet Clients. That was in my own car that I was paid travelling expenses for.

Ha and others will tell you that a car is only fit for making bean cans in China after 100k km.

Seageebee

Mad_Mike wrote: »

Any discount for Boardsies?

5% off the bat for boardsies....l'm a generous guy!

crasy dash

flexcon wrote: »

Oh man weapons. Ultimate Diesel sleeper.

So long as the turbos are in good order - for €150 an ECU remap will take it to 240hp.

My buddy has one and it will give the aero 2.3 petrol a run for the money. His is mapped a few years and runs sweet. Usual Dpf crap but as is with all diesel from that era.

There was a lovely example a few pages back, looked lovely.

Once you find a local Saab specialist you are sorted.

Owning a Saab isn’t expensive, and not hard to find parts. It’s a massive club to be part of and nice mature one at that.

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Do you mind if i send you a pm regarding a few Saab's questions in general?

CoBo55

dobman88 wrote: »

How do you even manage that. That's about 200km a day for 15 years. Only thing I can come up with is that he has taken the car abroad and driven all over Europe in it. Surely next to impossible to put that mileage up travelling in Ireland. Or else he got one sh!tty commute :eek:

2 drivers doing days and nights 5-6 days a week as a taxi wouldn't be long clocking up that mileage.

W123-80's

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/audi-a6/25066282



Diesel A6 saloon, test til February 2021, bit of tax, same owner for the last 14 years, €600

Seems very genuine, must surely be worth that money or thereabouts. Looks like its replacement has already been bought, new A4 just out of frame

Very very tempting.

My A6 ran out of NCT in April and tax the end of may.
It needs a rear indicator unit (I reversed into a wall)
Front bushings
Two rear tyres
A service and I need a tow bar, this yoke has a tow bar!
The spin from Mayo to Cork is my problem, it it was closer I'd buy it today.

Rows Grower

CoBo55 wrote: »

2 drivers doing days and nights 5-6 days a week as a taxi wouldn't be long clocking up that mileage.

Fermoy to Dublin 3 times a week would do it.

There's a few of the country TD's rocking the Octavia's for years.

Duke O Smiley

W123-80's wrote: »

Very very tempting.

My A6 ran out of NCT in April and tax the end of may.
It needs a rear indicator unit (I reversed into a wall)
Front bushings
Two rear tyres
A service and I need a tow bar, this yoke has a tow bar!
The spin from Mayo to Cork is my problem, it it was closer I'd buy it today.

Hah, if I remember correctly you bought your current one in Cork didn’t you?

W123-80's

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

Hah, if I remember correctly you bought your current one in Cork didn’t you?

I certainly did.
I'm not ruling another trip out either!

CoBo55

W123-80's wrote: »

Very very tempting.

My A6 ran out of NCT in April and tax the end of may.
It needs a rear indicator unit (I reversed into a wall)
Front bushings
Two rear tyres
A service and I need a tow bar, this yoke has a tow bar!
The spin from Mayo to Cork is my problem, it it was closer I'd buy it today.

He who hesitates is lost... Necessary trip me thinks!!

crasy dash

Reliable practical and clean looking 06 Corolla.
Ideal car for someone needing cheap motoring.
Taxed until november and tested till next year

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/toyota-corolla/24794104

Duke O Smiley

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/saab-93-estate/25073053



9-3 turbo estate, test til February 2021, €850

No way of telling what engine output it is, seems cheap regardless.

crasy dash

Nice find Duke I'm very tempted to go Saab 9-3 on my next purchase .
They seem well able to do high mileage worth a punt anyway

Duke O Smiley

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/car/25067769



A4 TDI estate, test til May 2021, €500

Now this is a proper bangernomics car. Indestructible. I'd love this!

CoBo55

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/car/25067769



A4 TDI estate, test til May 2021, €500

Now this is a proper bangernomics car. Indestructible. I'd love this!

Ahh will ya stop, that has to be the worst ad ever, two lousy pics of something shoved into the abandoned corner, swipe left:p

Duke O Smiley

Not saying it'll be the case on that A4, with its 7 owners, but from experience I've found terrible ads like that to always yield gems.

flexcon

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/saab-93-estate/25073053



9-3 turbo estate, test til February 2021, €850

No way of telling what engine output it is, seems cheap regardless.

Basing off the interior trim I’d say it’s 175hp b207l engine.

flexcon

crasy dash wrote: »

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Do you mind if i send you a pm regarding a few Saab's questions in general?

Do indeed. Always happy to chat

Mad_Mike

flexcon wrote: »

Basing off the interior trim I’d say it’s 175hp b207l engine.

Could be just the 1.8t either, in which case it'll be 150bhp

I don't get it. I spent the last few months trying to get rid of the 1.8i that I bought last year, and now that I sold it a couple of days ago, the Gods keep shoving more Saabs than I can take back in my face!
Do I listen and go again?

Mad_Mike

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/car/25067769

A4 TDI estate, test til May 2021, €500

Now this is a proper bangernomics car. Indestructible. I'd love this!

If that mileage is actually correct and it's only 190,000kms, that would be awful low mileage for an A4 Avant

flexcon

Mad_Mike wrote: »

Could be just the 1.8t either, in which case it'll be 150bhp

I don't get it. I spent the last few months trying to get rid of the 1.8i that I bought last year, and now that I sold it a couple of days ago, the Gods keep shoving more Saabs than I can take back in my face!
Do I listen and go again?

Hell yeah.

The Saab is fast becoming a sleeping giant again. The “younger” lads seem to have copped on to the fact that you can play with the engines in these and they
Can make some great power. Plus insurance is low, and not a bad looking car. They are ageing well.

I’m on my 3rd Saab, I picked up one from here. Needed some
Work but it’s solid now. Gone over the car with a toothpick and replaced anything that needed doing.

250hp for under €2500. Yes please.

Mad_Mike

Yeah, we have had 3 in the last year, a 1.8i, a 1.8t and a 1.9Tid and they just keep on going!
Finding it very hard not to grab another one as they are such good value compared to everything else

HelmsDeep

This thread is really REALLY making me consider buying a SAAB...
My main concern is that it would become a money pit,and I'd end up spending 1000s on it to make it last 1-2 years.
Dispel my doubts please!

Like, say for example-
adverts.ie/car/saab/93/2008-saab-93-1-8t-low-mileage/20568735
And
donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/08-saab-93-1-9-tid-nctd-and-taxed-10-20/24451251
And
donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/saab-9-3-1-9tid-sport-estate-low-tax-nct06-2021/24943947

They all look pretty ok to me... would I be naive to think they'd run flawlessly for the next year or so?