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BANGERNOMICS (sub2k) of the week/day Part 6

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    #2102
    punisher5112
    Registered Users Posts: 24,647 ✭✭✭✭punisher5112


    jimmythedivil wrote: »
    Volvo C30 in the rare (in Ireland) 2.0d engine:

    https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/volvo-c30/23490518

    Looks to be high spec and well minded...1450 euro

    Where he get the white stuff....


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    #2103
    sosndt
    Registered Users Posts: 34 ✭sosndt


    jmreire wrote: »
    Australia is not the only Country in the world where people can do that.....As far as I can see, we are the most restrictive Country in the world when it come's to motoring. Or to put it another way, the most screwed.:mad:

    Ya but why would you want to drive around burning petrol at that rate?
    A decent 1.8litre would be far superior


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    #2104
    jimmythedivil
    Registered Users Posts: 164 ✭✭jimmythedivil


    punisher5112 wrote: »
    Where he get the white stuff....

    Must have been last years snow!


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    #2105
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users Posts: 73,447 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    jmreire wrote: »
    Australia is not the only Country in the world where people can do that.....As far as I can see, we are the most restrictive Country in the world when it come's to motoring. Or to put it another way, the most screwed.:mad:

    Not even close to being the worst


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    #2106
    Duke O Smiley
    Registered Users Posts: 12,078 ✭✭✭✭Duke O Smiley


    Isn’t the Dutch equivalent to road tax mental, they have it much worse than us AFAIK


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    #2107
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users Posts: 73,447 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    The nordics are the harshest IIRC.


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    #2108
    Hoboo
    Registered Users Posts: 3,561 ✭✭✭Hoboo


    Duke O Smiley wrote: »
    Isn’t the Dutch equivalent to road tax mental, they have it much worse than us AFAIK

    Certainly one of the most expensive for fuel in Europe, if not the most.


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    #2109
    kalkat2002
    Registered Users Posts: 717 ✭✭✭kalkat2002


    Rookie question from foreigner...if you cant pay the road tax and finally you sell your car..is the debt still there?rgds


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    #2110
    kalkat2002
    Registered Users Posts: 717 ✭✭✭kalkat2002


    My wife ran this engine daily nearly without oil for weeks and survived

    http://www.adverts.ie/19499899


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    #2111
    marklazarcovic
    Registered Users Posts: 6,212 ✭✭✭marklazarcovic


    kalkat2002 wrote: »
    Rookie question from foreigner...if you cant pay the road tax and finally you sell your car..is the debt still there?rgds

    No


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    #2112
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users Posts: 73,447 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    Duke O Smiley, this ones for you

    https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/06-toyota-corolla-automatic-1-5/23813139


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    #2113
    grogi
    Registered Users Posts: 8,615 ✭✭✭grogi


    kalkat2002 wrote: »
    Rookie question from foreigner...if you cant pay the road tax and finally you sell your car..is the debt still there?rgds

    You can sell it without consequences. New owner is liable for tax only for the month the car was acquired, everything before is forgotten.


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    #2114
    tinofapples
    Registered Users Posts: 2,958 ✭✭✭tinofapples


    kalkat2002 wrote: »
    Rookie question from foreigner...if you cant pay the road tax and finally you sell your car..is the debt still there?rgds

    No, you're confusing that with property, if your a cute property developer that is. From what I've seen you may even get an opportunity to "buy back" said property at a very much reduced rate !!


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    #2115
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users Posts: 73,447 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    Chapetax 1.9 povspec Octavia with a years test
    https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/skoda-octavia-1-9-diesel-new-nct-2021/23593341


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    #2116
    at9qu5vp0wcix7
    Closed Accounts Posts: 738 ✭✭✭at9qu5vp0wcix7


    colm_mcm wrote: »
    Chapetax 1.9 povspec Octavia with a years test
    https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/skoda-octavia-1-9-diesel-new-nct-2021/23593341

    Absolute barge to drive though, dangerously under-powered.


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    #2117
    selectamatic
    Registered Users Posts: 3,932 ✭✭✭selectamatic


    Gary Jealous Bum wrote: »
    Absolute barge to drive though, dangerously under-powered.

    They're not that bad, plenty of similar cars making similar or even less power.

    They'll Remap it to 150+bhp too.

    The 75bhp 1.4 petrol ones are what I'd class as very underpowered.


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    at9qu5vp0wcix7
    Closed Accounts Posts: 738 ✭✭✭at9qu5vp0wcix7


    selectamatic wrote: »
    They're not that bad, plenty of similar cars making similar or even less power.

    They'll Remap it to 150+bhp too.

    The 75bhp 1.4 petrol ones are what I'd class as very underpowered.

    I drove the 1.9, no pickup at all to overtake tractors on a back road!

    Surprisingly I was in one of the newer models with the 1.4TSI, and it was actually grand - 125bhp compared to the older 75bhp.


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    #2119
    Duke O Smiley
    Registered Users Posts: 12,078 ✭✭✭✭Duke O Smiley


    colm_mcm wrote: »
    Duke O Smiley, this ones for you

    https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/06-toyota-corolla-automatic-1-5/23813139

    A mechanic near me has an 06 saloon, burgundy with fake chrome everywhere, and cream leather. It’s fantastic, but needs an engine.


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    #2120
    CoBo55
    Registered Users Posts: 8,994 ✭✭✭CoBo55


    Gary Jealous Bum wrote: »
    I drove the 1.9, no pickup at all to overtake tractors on a back road!

    Surprisingly I was in one of the newer models with the 1.4TSI, and it was actually grand - 125bhp compared to the older 75bhp.

    It was stuck in limp mode I'd imagine, the 1.9 has plenty of torque for that type of overtaking.

    The 1.4 TSI is a beauty to drive especially the DSG.


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    #2121
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users Posts: 73,447 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    Gary Jealous Bum wrote: »
    Absolute barge to drive though, dangerously under-powered.

    Not at all. Bundles of low down torque that common rail rivals at the time just didn’t have.


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    #2122
    MEGA BRO WOLF 5000
    Registered Users Posts: 17,442 ✭✭✭✭MEGA BRO WOLF 5000


    colm_mcm wrote: »
    Not at all. Bundles of low down torque that common rail rivals at the time just didn’t have.

    Is that the 90, 110, 130 hp engine? They’re all grand.


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    #2123
    bazz26
    Registered Users Posts: 51,220 ✭✭✭✭bazz26


    You need to be careful of certain types of 1.9 TDi PD engines of that vintage. They were known to throw a rod through the block. BXE would be the engine code. Hopefully if it were going to throw a rod it would have done it by now but something to be aware of anyway.


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    kalkat2002
    Registered Users Posts: 717 ✭✭✭kalkat2002


    bazz26 wrote: »
    You need to be careful of certain types of 1.9 TDi PD engines of that vintage. They were known to throw a rod through the block. BXE would be the engine code. Hopefully if it were going to throw a rod it would have done it by now but something to be aware of anyway.

    Totally agree..when I bought my 08 golf in spain all vw mechanics recomended me looking for the bxe engine.
    I remapped it to get extra 30 cv with a lineal torque to preserve clutch and I really enjoyed that car for years


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    #2125
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users Posts: 73,447 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    Hunky Monster wrote: »
    Is that the 90, 110, 130 hp engine? They’re all grand.

    I’m gonna say it’s probably a 100 bhp?


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    #2126
    MEGA BRO WOLF 5000
    Registered Users Posts: 17,442 ✭✭✭✭MEGA BRO WOLF 5000


    colm_mcm wrote: »
    I’m gonna say it’s probably a 100 bhp?

    Always found they drove on fantastically well myself.


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    #2127
    Wilfuler.
    Closed Accounts Posts: 183 ✭✭Wilfuler.


    "Good on patrol"

    What does that mean , seen it earlier today


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    #2128
    wotzgoingon
    Registered Users Posts: 14,309 ✭✭✭✭wotzgoingon


    Wilfuler. wrote: »
    "Good on patrol"

    What does that mean , seen it earlier today

    It means what is says. So you never went out on patrol around your neighbourhood?








    :p


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    #2129
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users Posts: 73,447 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    Wilfuler. wrote: »
    "Good on patrol"

    What does that mean , seen it earlier today

    Ex Garda car


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    #2130
    selectamatic
    Registered Users Posts: 3,932 ✭✭✭selectamatic


    colm_mcm wrote: »
    I’m gonna say it’s probably a 100 bhp?

    105bhp


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    #2131
    alan partridge aha
    Registered Users Posts: 3,222 ✭✭✭alan partridge aha


    Thought 105bhp was the 1.6tdi, my guess is 90bhp.


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