BANGERNOMICS (sub2k) of the week/day Part 6

Duke O Smiley

selectamatic wrote: »

Ah I dunno. They're funky enough looking like but in an interesting sorta way.

160bhp and decent handling too so not the worst of drives either.

Not often you see an Impreza of that generation that hasn’t had 8/9/10+ owners too. That looks a very nice example

jmreire

terrydel wrote: »

Did you pay that? That's criminal. How did they justify it?
I worked for one of the big insurers for 14 years, they are cowboys all of them.

No, I shopped around and eventually got it for €850 with 123.ie. It had dropped to €800 by 2018, when I sold it on. They claimed that as I had only 1 years experience driving that car, the increase was justified, they conveniently ignored my 35 years claim free experience with our other car. Legalised robbery. 2015 was the year that the insurance company's needed a massive cash injection,,, and this extortion worked... in 2016, profits were €16 million....by 2017 this had increased to €225 Million. 1300% increase. Speaks for itself.

terrydel

jmreire wrote: »

No, I shopped around and eventually got it for €850 with 123.ie. It had dropped to €800 by 2018, when I sold it on. They claimed that as I had only 1 years experience driving that car, the increase was justified, they conveniently ignored my 35 years claim free experience with our other car. Legalised robbery. 2015 was the year that the insurance company's needed a massive cash injection,,, and this extortion worked... in 2016, profits were €16 million....by 2017 this had increased to €225 Million. 1300% increase. Speaks for itself.

Before the financial meltdown and recession, the vast majority of them made money only off investment income, but when the stockmarket died, they were ****ed, and didn't have a clue how to make money off the product they actually sold, nearly every one of them was losing 1-10c on every euro they were taking in. Only when they were able to form a cartel essentially and conspire to rip people of lf once the economy turned allowing them to do so, have they started to make money. What great businessmen eh! Clowns, their only tactic is robbing people, the idiots are incapable of being successful any other way

jmreire

terrydel wrote: »

Before the financial meltdown and recession, the vast majority of them made money only off investment income, but when the stockmarket died, they were ****ed, and didn't have a clue how to make money off the product they actually sold, nearly every one of them was losing 1-10c on every euro they were taking in. Only when they were able to form a cartel essentially and conspire to rip people of lf once the economy turned allowing them to do so, have they started to make money. What great businessmen eh! Clowns, their only tactic is robbing people, the idiots are incapable of being successful any other way

1000% correct..quantitative easing destroyed their shareholder dividends..but now they have discovered a ready made perfectly legal cash cow,,,they will be very reluctant to develop a working business model,,,The total amount' paid out over the years has not changed, believe it or not, and yet premiums have increased in 100's of %..in my case, over 300%.

terrydel

jmreire wrote: »

1000% correct..quantitative easing destroyed their shareholder dividends..but now they have discovered a ready made perfectly legal cash cow,,,they will be very reluctant to develop a working business model,,,The total amount' paid out over the years has not changed, believe it or not, and yet premiums have increased in 100's of %..in my case, over 300%.

I know it's correct mate, as I said I worked for the ****ers for 14 years haha. They lived off investment income and never bothered to make money from their core product. The fact our government allows it is the only reason they get away with their new model of out and out gouging.

Duke O Smiley

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/car-bmw-316-sport-saloon/23133916



Nice looking example of a fairly unspectacular car

04 316 sport, 1 previous owner, 80k miles, 13 months test, €950

Duke O Smiley

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/volvo-s80-auto-diesel-nct-6-20-tax-5-20-proper-car/23129802



Diesel S80 with NCT and tax until May 2020, €1500

Nice old bus

Duke O Smiley

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/saab-93-estate/23129557



This looks very tidy

Diesel, low miles, long term owner, years test - €1500

jmreire

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/saab-93-estate/23129557



This looks very tidy

Diesel, low miles, long term owner, years test - €1500

I could suffer on bravely in any of your 3 previous posts Duke...maybe, just maybe, the Volvo would shade it.:)

Duke O Smiley

jmreire wrote: »

I could suffer on bravely in any of your 3 previous posts Duke...maybe, just maybe, the Volvo would shade it.:)

A nice 99/00 petrol S80 would be the dream, they are seriously underrated barges IMO

AmberGold

That BMW is class.

Top Dog

jmreire wrote: »

So how has it worked for anyone who bought a bangernomic?

06 Mondeo 2.2 Diesel ST UK import - 840 (identical to our other UK import 06 but an extra 120 to insure for no reason what so ever that the guy on the phone could explain :rolleyes:)

08 Alfa 159 SW 1.9 Diesel - 680
03 BMW 318Ci 2.0 Petrol - 590
07 Renault Kangoo 1.6 Auto - 495



All successive, all fully comp with the same extras, all estimated at a similar value and all with Axa.

jmreire

Top Dog wrote: »

06 Mondeo 2.2 Diesel ST UK import - 840 (identical to our other UK import 06 but an extra 120 to insure for no reason what so ever that the guy on the phone could explain :rolleyes:)

08 Alfa 159 SW 1.9 Diesel - 680
03 BMW 318Ci 2.0 Petrol - 590
07 Renault Kangoo 1.6 Auto - 495



All successive, all fully comp with the same extras, all estimated at a similar value and all with Axa.

Just goes to show what is the new "Normal".....we now consider ourselves "lucky" to get quotes like these ( as against my 1175 quote, up from 320 ) while there does seem to be a slight reduction in prices/quotes this year, its still a horrific legalized cash cow for insurance shareholder's.:mad:

BOSTIK

Odyssey 2005 wrote: »

I've heard corollas being called lots of things,however,stately was never one of them.:D

A nearly 19 year old car with less than 35,000 miles on the clock has surely led a stately life.

Any chance joujoujou would traverse the country to add it to the collection?:)

TychoCaine

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

A nice 99/00 petrol S80 would be the dream, they are seriously underrated barges IMO

I've owned 3 of them, an 02, 05 & 06, and the 2.5t petrol with an auto box drives as nice as any e class, and has more space in the back. The manual box is OK, but not the smoothest shifter out there. They are very nose heavy though, and eat front suspension bushes and tyres at a scary rate. The PCV system clogs up a lot too.

Kamili

selectamatic wrote: »

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/subaru-impreza-estate-fsh-nct-6-20-1495/23131804

06 4x4 impreza wagon
Test till next June
Few weeks tax
Supposedly a full stamped service history
And a recent timing belt change
Looks clean
For sale by a dealer
Asking €1495

Looks like that was originally blue? why the respray?
couple of dings on it too.

Duke O Smiley

It is blue?

Kamili

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

It is blue?

Maybe its the crappy overblown photos but it looks silver on my screen...

Tacitus Kilgore

Kamili wrote: »

Looks like that was originally blue? why the respray?
couple of dings on it too.

What respray? Its blue

grogi

Tacitus Kilgore wrote: »

What respray? Its blue

Do we have another case of The Dress?

Kamili

grogi wrote: »

Do we have another case of The Dress?

I think its my screen settings. Opened it on my phone and it is definately blue.

Tacitus Kilgore

grogi wrote: »

Do we have another case of The Dress?

If you're so sure what it ain't, how 'bout telling us what it am?

alastair

grogi wrote: »

Do we have another case of The Dress?

It’s probably ice silver - which is a blue-tinged silver. More silver than blue I guess (or it would be ice blue).

Kamili

alastair wrote: »

It’s probably ice silver - which is a blue-tinged silver. More silver than blue I guess (or it would be ice blue).

yep, which on my crappy old laptop screen came out as silver - I'd say its a far nicer colour in the flesh

terrydel

2002 A6 estate, 900 quid.
https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/audi-a6-2002/23129286
Nct out this month so not sure it meets the criteria.
Looks good tho.

Top Dog

jmreire wrote: »

Just goes to show what is the new "Normal".....we now consider ourselves "lucky" to get quotes like these ( as against my 1175 quote, up from 320 ) while there does seem to be a slight reduction in prices/quotes this year, its still a horrific legalized cash cow for insurance shareholder's.:mad:

Tis a bit sad really. That's for a couple in their early forties, clean full licences, full no claims and living in an area that is far from a car theft hot spot.

I got rid of my Impreza turbo 2 years ago because I thought the insurance was nuts at €950 - now it seems almost reasonable for what it was

grogi

I don't understand something...

It was bad when they offered insurance for cheap and made profit on interest only. It is also bad now when they don't offer insurance for cheap and actually started to make money on the product they are selling... So which one is it?

Nekro Man

https://www.carzone.ie/used-cars/toyota/yaris/fpa/201909102059081

Nice little runner, new tyres and headlights, Taxed 'till Oct 2019 and NCT 'valid 'till Feb'2020.,Parrot Bluetooth kit installed.

I know the owner, takes immaculate care of it.

not a bad shout.

Duke O Smiley

Tell the owner to put it on Donedeal, they will get much more traffic

Nekro Man

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

Tell the owner to put it on Donedeal, they will get much more traffic

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/toyota-yaris-2005/23142284?campaign=3

already up, thanks for the suggestion though!