BANGERNOMICS (sub2k) of the week/day Part 6

Sam Russell

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/audi-a4/25227078



Nice looking 1.8t A4 avant with NCT all the way til September 2021, €1650

Looks very clean in the pictures. Always a great bangernomics choice

Are the panel gaps on the drivers door OK?

Looks a bit wrong.

Midnight_EG

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

About five or six years ago a brother of mine went to look at a 03 Almera for a friend who needed a runaround. I was away at the time but they found one of those ads and went to view this Almera. Turned out my brother actually knew the seller and your man says to my brother something along the lines of, I‘m not going to sell you this, just get back in your car and go home. He was sound about it strangely enough. There was a van with three lads in it parked across the road that my brother only noticed as they were leaving, the Almera left the car park right after my brother did and the van followed it up the road.

Fella I bought the Scooby off, after 20 minutes of looking it over I said right time to go for a spin. As I was about to get in the car he says 'now you're definitely interested in taking it? Because the last time I sold a subaru there was a car waiting down the road and I was hopped on by 3 blokes'! :eek:

Sam Russell wrote: »

Are the panel gaps on the drivers door OK?

Looks a bit wrong.

Looks like a simple saggy checkstrap to me

hoodie6029

2003 C5, asking €650. Good spec for a nearly 20 year old car.
https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/citroen-c5-2003-autonatic-nctd-low-miles/24941381

kalkat2002

2008 volvo s40 petrol

1350 eur

http://www.adverts.ie/20853954

Babyladyzoda

Mad_Mike wrote: »

As far as I'm aware, this model has no DPF or DMF, but maybe @colm_mcm or somebody can confirm

Ended up getting the Kia Ceed. FSH, 220km, chain drive. It needed a service and a drop link but it seems ok.

Thanks Mike, Colm and Duke. And anyone else who replied.

gooner99

09 petrol Avensis from a dealer. I'd imagine these are rare enough in petrol guise. Bit over bangernomics money, but seems to be in good condition with lowish mileage and the tax is not too bad. Not sure if it's vvti or valvematic. The valvematic are meant to be economical. I'd imagine being petrol they are reliable.

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/toyota-avensis-1-6-terra-new-nct-low-miles/25232010

Mad_Mike

Babyladyzoda wrote: »

Ended up getting the Kia Ceed. FSH, 220km, chain drive. It needed a service and a drop link but it seems ok.

Thanks Mike, Colm and Duke. And anyone else who replied.

Congrats and best of luck with it!

WestWicklow1

Babyladyzoda wrote: »

Ended up getting the Kia Ceed. FSH, 220km, chain drive. It needed a service and a drop link but it seems ok.

Thanks Mike, Colm and Duke. And anyone else who replied.

Not sure if I replied but well done, best of luck and welcome to the Ceedy club!

Gis a look at what you got.....

newboard

What are the most reliable diesel saloons in and around the bangernomics bracket? (willing to go up to €2.5k or so)

Thank you

Mad_Mike

newboard wrote: »

What are the most reliable diesel saloons in and around the bangernomics bracket? (willing to go up to €2.5k or so)

Thank you

Not a bit biased here after 5 Passats and now in an A4 Avant, but anything VAG (VW, Audi, Seat, Skoda etc)

In all seriousness though, I think the 1.9 TDi especially is just a bombproof engine that will run forever if it's looked after any way right at all and no DPF etc

My wife ran a Volvo S40 MK2 with the 2 litre diesel engine for almost 3 years and that was pretty bang on also, and since that she has had a Saab 9-3 diesel and currently an Alfa 159 diesel, both of which use the same diesel engine, and they seem to be a very reliable engine too, although the Alfa (2008) has a DPF, but with the long drives it gets, that hasn't caused any issues so far

selectamatic

newboard wrote: »

What are the most reliable diesel saloons in and around the bangernomics bracket? (willing to go up to €2.5k or so)

Thank you

I'm like a scratched record at this stage but a 2008+ mk1 1.9tdi 100bhp octavia won't be beaten for reliability in the cheap tax era. 2008+ mk1 1.9tdi 115bhp superb worth considering too.

Mad_Mike

2007 C180 Kompressor
Automatic with very low miles (115,000)
NCT until May 2021
Most importantly on one of these, the timing chain etc was done 2 years ago, so should be a fairly safe bet for plenty of miles yet
Asking €1200. Would make a nice buy for a grand!

Duke O Smiley

Have a real soft spot for a facelift C Class in a nice colour. That looks lovely

Mad_Mike

Between the timing chain history, low mileage and that price for a 07, it would make a lovely buy alright, plus there's just something about a Merc and an auto box, they go hand in hand together

26000 Elephants

At that price, with that history it's a pretty inexpensive, risk free way to live the Mercedes dream. That car could well last 10 years without anything major happening, andbit will owe you nothing.

You wouldn't get a clapped out, bogger avensis for that money

CrankyHaus

Mad_Mike wrote: »

My wife ran a Volvo S40 MK2 with the 2 litre diesel engine for almost 3 years and that was pretty bang on also, and since that she has had a Saab 9-3 diesel and currently an Alfa 159 diesel, both of which use the same diesel engine, and they seem to be a very reliable engine too, although the Alfa (2008) has a DPF, but with the long drives it gets, that hasn't caused any issues so far

When I was looking a few years ago I found a huge amount of well-priced diesel Saabs available in the UK. Apparently they're generally reliable cars. No idea if the VRT Nox levy is punitive around that price point.

punisher5112

CrankyHaus wrote: »

When I was looking a few years ago I found a huge amount of well-priced diesel Saabs available in the UK. Apparently they're generally reliable cars. No idea if the VRT Nox levy is punitive around that price point.

Nox will make it impossible unless you want to add around 4k to the vrt.

Only way to bring in now is petrol or euro 6 diesel

younggalway

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/2009-southern-reg-fiat-bravo-1-9-multijet-diesel/25244989

Anything to look our for with these? Could be a nice buy for 1200/1300 with a long NCT and cheap tax.

Also think the colour looks lovely on it.

Duke O Smiley

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/1-9tdi-sport-full-leather-new-nct/23920281



Nicely spec'd 3 door Golf TDI with NCT til 3/21, €1950

Bit dear but an original Irish low owner example is a rare specimen.

Mad_Mike

younggalway wrote: »

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/2009-southern-reg-fiat-bravo-1-9-multijet-diesel/25244989

Anything to look our for with these? Could be a nice buy for 1200/1300 with a long NCT and cheap tax.

Also think the colour looks lovely on it.

The main thing to watch with these is the M32 gearbox
It's also on the wifes Alfa 159, but had been redone before we bought it, which was a huge factor when buying
Listen out for any bad whines from the gearbox especially around that mileage

Not sure if the 8V version of the diesel engine has a DPF, so that's just something else to check for if viewing

Dravokivich

younggalway wrote: »

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/2009-southern-reg-fiat-bravo-1-9-multijet-diesel/25244989

Anything to look our for with these? Could be a nice buy for 1200/1300 with a long NCT and cheap tax.

Also think the colour looks lovely on it.

The ad says the NCT is up in both Jan 2021 and May 2021.

Duke O Smiley

Dravokivich wrote: »

The ad says the NCT is up in both Jan 2021 and May 2021.

Donedeal automatically ads 4 months onto the NCT in the key info bit for the Covid extension

kalkat2002

2007 honda civic petrol

950 eur

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/07-honda-civic-petrol/25241480

Duke O Smiley

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/renault-megane-karmann-2-0-convertible/25228209



Only tested til September, but ad claims it will come with a fresh test til May 2021, 2.0 f5r engine which has 140 bhp, and only 35k miles, €650

This looks lovely for the money

Tzardine

1998 Toyota Starlet. New NCT and almost a years tax left. Would probably get it for sub €500.

Could clean up well.

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/1998-toyota-starlet/25251801

punisher5112

Tzardine wrote: »

1998 Toyota Starlet. New NCT and almost a years tax left. Would probably get it for sub €500.

Could clean up well.

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/1998-toyota-starlet/25251801

That's 191k miles on it

kalkat2002

2007 toyota auris petrol

1495 eur

http://www.adverts.ie/20846435

Mad_Mike

2004 Saab 9-3 Convertible
NCT until October
136k miles
Has had lots of bits of work done with probably more spent on it than the asking price
Ad reads very genuine
Asking €750

Rows Grower

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/renault-megane-karmann-2-0-convertible/25228209



Only tested til September, but ad claims it will come with a fresh test til May 2021, 2.0 f5r engine which has 140 bhp, and only 35k miles, €650

This looks lovely for the money

For a convertible car that has supposedly done only 2,000 miles a year on average, for the last 17 years, there is a distinct lack of detail in that ad.

newboard

Looking at getting something asap, even today. Would really appreciate a few pointers on worthwhile ads.

I've been looking at Passats this morning. This one looks pretty solid; https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/vw-passat-nct-low-mileage/25246801

As usual I just don't know what to look out for though, there are a few passats there but varying tax, price, mileage etc.

I'm looking for;

Diesel, low tax, clean
Dublin-based (or nearby)
Dealer would be preferable but an honest looking private seller okay too.

Willing to spend to get something really good, not set on a Passat either.

Any recommendations would be brilliant.