BANGERNOMICS (sub3k) of the week/day Part 7

Lads, I've a seller trying to flog a Volvo V50 who says that there is air in the power steering so the wheel is hard to turn but driveable.

Says no grumbling noises when turning the wheel just that it's hard, as if there's no power steering.

He topped up the reservoir but says it was never bled.

What say ye?

Yeah I thought that about the rack, it was the first thing that popped into my mind.

Mentions no noise and it being hard to steer I assumed pointed away from the rack, doesn't rack failure usually result in loose steering?

Two S40s. What kind of issues do you expect with the flexifuel model? I've seen a good few for sale over the years when I'm looking and they always seem to be cheaper/hang around longer.

The flexi fuel version can run on both petrol and bioethanol. They have high fuel consumption which wasn't an issue when bioethanol was sold here back in the day very cheap. Then the Government decided to increase the taxes on it so the sale of it literally dried up. They still consume the same level of fuel except you are filling with regular unleaded only now. Also those engines need servicing every 10k km afaik. Ford had the same engines in their Focus and Mondeo at the time as Ford owned Volvo back then. Overall they are not very appealing these days.

With the steering apparently being "hard but manageable" then I'd imagine it's a bIt more far gone than a simple bleed?

I mean if it was that simple...

2002 skoda octavia tdi

High mileage

595 eur

http://www.adverts.ie/24890437

In the coupe civic what is the stain on the back seat floor lol

Petits Filous...I hope!

That’s lovely Duke. Classic policy and the tax is reasonable.

Hi,

I am in the market for one of these Bangernomics cars, just a query though. Are there any issues insuring these cars that are nearing 15 years old? The reason i ask is that about 6 years ago my insurance company could not insure me going forward as my car had reached 15 years of age. I had no penalty points, claims and had a full NCB. The car was a Nissan Almera.

Similar to yourself except I'm a bit older and up until last year drove an 02 Bora tdi. No problem insure with Aviva as long as I didn't switch insurer. Changed to a tdi Octavia 2012 and insurance went up by over €100. So I changed insurer this year.

Going to give some feedback on this for anyone that sees it and wants to view it.

I went to see it last night, drove 4 hours from Dublin to Ballina.

The body is quite rough, you can tell it has been parked up and quite a few scratches all round which isn't a big deal tbh.

When he brought it, he turned the radio up full blast which at the start I didn't understand why until I turned it off and could hear the exhaust was blowing.

The brake discs seemed new and the NCT is done until may 2022.

And states there's tax until 01/22 which I found misleading as it expires 12/21 but again not a massive thing.

The worst was when I drove it. Notchy Gear change and you could really hear that the exhaust had I'm guessing either a hole or a gasket had failed somewhere.

The speedo doesn't work. Which obviously isn't mentioned in the ad. And that pissed me off.

Asked if he noticed it didn't work to which he didn't notice at all even though he drove it to me.

In the end I couldn't take the risk but if it doesn't bother anyone then he'll let it go for 500.

Same for me too, i was 45, living in Dublin with my wife on the policy. At renewal time, i got a letter in the post saying my car no longer met their criteria. When i queried this, i was told my car was over 15 years of age and as such was high risk?. Could not get a quote on line from any insurance company. Ringing around (approximately 4 years ago) the only insurance company that would cover me was AXA. From memory i think it was around €650 Third Party. The car was a 1999 Nissan Almera. Never had a claim and have a full Irish licence for 20 years.

Agree with this. If I was buying for under €1,000 I'd be sticking to within an hour travel distance to go looking at potential cars.