I actually sell cars for a living so I get a new one every 3 months or so, if you want any advice or help please ask!!!
Currently I drive this.
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I actually sell cars for a living so I get a new one every 3 months or so, if you want any advice or help please ask!!!
Currently I drive this.
I recently got myself a Ford Focus Ghia but I know its too "family" for Eire.
It looks a lot like this one:
http://www.autofoco.com/pictures/20050630162420118.jpg
but I used to drive this and loved it (mainly coz it was purple and had a good history of sex in it when I bought it off an ex!)
http://www.benbatho.com/Small%20nova%201.JPG
but my dream car is http://www.dyna.co.za/cars/MG_72_B_Roadster_Red_bs.jpg or http://www.barrett-jackson.com/image...arXKSSconv.jpg
pictures please :DQuote:
I'll be importing a big block Road Runner in 2-3 years,
in fairness, you mustnt be selling anything with the amount of time you spend on here!!!! ;)Quote:
I actually sell cars for a living so I get a new one every 3 months or so, if you want any advice or help please ask!!!
Do any of us do any work to earn the paychecks to buy our cars?? Just curious.
ive a pajero 2.5 litre and a 2.9 litre 406 coupe . both stunning to look at and drive .
if your looking at a mini you want a girls car( no self respencting man would drive a new mini old one yes but not a new one ) so opel tiger & ford puma might be up your street .
eh Anto she is a girl.....
Mazda 626 for moi,boring but reliable.
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Originally Posted by Magicme
i did not know that , but i still recomended girls cars so its all good :D
fair enough!
:D
Ok you forced my hand....talking bout nice girly cars....this is what I REALLY drive:
http://marty-center.uchicago.edu/web...12005/doom.jpg
two great reasons to buy a car......Quote:
mainly coz it was purple and had a good history of sex in it
Why else would u buy a Rover?????:DQuote:
Originally Posted by paul_oshea
I Drive an Audi A4 1.9 TDI SE 130 BHP and i love it.55mpg and cruises at 100mph.The advice i would give anyone is if you can to buy your car in England.I bought mine for €16,600 and that covered the VRT which was €5k.The dealer also fully serviced the car and delivered it to Holyhead port for me.Myself and my friend who is a mechanic got on the boat and went over to collect it.We checked everything out and paid for it by cheque.I then had brought to an Audi dealer and had everything fully checked out the next day and if their was a problem i could cancel the cheque.After everything i saved over €6k.I will never buy a car in this country again as we are being feckin robbed.
what happens if it breaks down after a month you either haev no warrenty or have to ship it back to england . good idea though a few garages will ship them in service them and pay the vrt then sell them . they still come out cheaper than over here .and the cars haev been taken care of normally are fully specd aswell .Quote:
Originally Posted by Wiseguy
my 406 came from england had 70,000 moterway miles all electric full leather heated seats ced changer everything you could think of , and it 6 grand cheaper than a basic model here with no leather etc
Any car you buy can break down it dosen't matter where it is from.You have to take a chance and get it well checked out before you pay for it.The car i bought had it's full service history with it plus receipts for all work that was carried out on it.It was a top of the range model,was very well looked after with all works done by an Audi dealer & it also only had 56k motorway miles so the sh1te isn't shook out of it from driving on pot hole riddled roads.You just need to shop around and make sure the car has all the proper paper work i.e service history ect.Any car you buy you will save thousands so it has to worth looking into.Quote:
Originally Posted by anto1208
Ya i'm still in love with the mini's they are very over priced for what you get though €25,000 new..
Anyone have a Jeep?
What are they like, wouldn't mind one of the cute blue ones I see about!
Ha! Cute blue ones, a Jimny??? By the way, be very careful with imported cars from the UK, 8/10 of them have been clocked and may end up costing you a hell of a lot more...
I am sorry but this is the attitude that really gets me, in ireland, dublin particularly and galway even, there are NO NEED for big 4 x 4s, they guzzle fuel as quickly as an alcoholic guzzles beer in the happy hour. Jeeps were built for being able to be driven by farmers/agri workers to go from one terrain to another, being employed for every day use, but now they are a choice of the middle classes, and for no need at all. THey cause serious pollution and should be avoided at all costs unless really required par exemple for your day job. I hate seeing these yokes round london with some numpty with a hat or some bird with designer labeled shades being the only occupants in them....waht a waste. cosmopolitan my bollicks.Quote:
Anyone have a Jeep?
What are they like, wouldn't mind one of the cute blue ones I see about!
I thought a Jeep might have been ideal for Irish roads.:D Look.
Its the little one I like :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by paul_oshea
And they are soooo cute and you never know might want to do some off road driving ;)
And I love my Prada shades BTW
Doing the right checks on the history of the car will sort these problems.Cars are also clocked in this country so it's not unique to the UK.A lot of people have a preconception that all cars are clocked in the UK or something else is wrong with them.What i did was locate the car i wanted,rang the dealer who was selling it.He sent me pics by e-mail and faxed over a copy of the service history.I struck a deal with him that i would get a long warranty with the car and arranged to have it delivered to Holyhead port.I met him at Holyhead port, drove the ring out of it and had the car checked over by my mechanic then told the dealer that i didn't want the warranty to he knocked £250 off the price.If you do it right you will get a great car at 60-70% of the cost here.Quote:
Originally Posted by Drumcondra Red
ya i didnt mean you in general, sorry about that.Quote:
Its the little one I like
theres plenty of room in any standard 5 door car for off the road riding ( as the americans like to call it ) , trust me ;)
Are you talking about this little fella or girlie if you like? Good on petrol, not too pricey, but they have rollover issues. Not the safest thing in the world.Quote:
Originally Posted by Eire06
Minis very common in NI & UK. Must say I like the look although bit girlie...
Hyundai Coupe - downside is too many women driving these...
Toyota Celica
Audi TT
Any opinions?
Was only a wind up about the Jeep!Quote:
Originally Posted by paul_oshea
Was waiting to see if anyone would jump in complaining bout it!!
Do really like them but wouldn't get one for environmental reasons
Sorry to any lads driving mini's I think it looks funny fellas driving them bar the old ones or the black ones with the racing grid pattern on the side of themQuote:
Originally Posted by pete
Love the Audi TT, they are just class:cool:
I don't know why I didn't recommend the celica, as that is my wifes car:o. She loves it. It's a 2000 model, auto, with a 1.8 ltr. Great on fuel and has a nice look to it and it drives nice. Here.Quote:
Originally Posted by pete
Don't get personal, I'm only stating facts!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Wiseguy
a cow gives out more harmfully green house gasses than a land rover .
i get better mpg out of my jeep than i do my car .
they are safer , if i get hit i dont die , this rubbish about rolling them only applies to people who drive them too fast driving under 60 mph they are perfectly safe .plus i know a guy who rolled 2 and didnt even get a scratch so if they do roll your more likly to survive .
the wheels dont have to be replaced every time i hit a pothole .
they are way cheaper to keep as they dont fall apart from being ratled to peices on irish roads like my old car did .
anyway if they guzzle gas fair play if every one drove one then all the oil would be wasted up in 10 years meaning people would be forced to turn to more cleaner energies ,
but most of all all the evil oil companies would be out of business no oil = no oil comps
every one ruch out and get a hummer ( with the foot down it does 1 mile to the gallon !!!!!):D
The Audi TT is a beautiful car, but it's no thriller. Like the MX5 - another lovely car - it's really a bit of a hairdresser's car when you get right down to it -- all show and no go. (Handling is another matter, but what's the point in handling if you haven't got serious umph to play with?) Which isn't to say it won't feature in my sheik-beating collection someday. The new TT will be unveiled in the next couple of hours on audi.com/TT btw; and it will be a thriller, by all accounts.
Anto, I realise some of your comments were probably somewhat tongue in cheek, but it doesn't stop them being rubbish. If your jeep does get better mpg than your car, it's because they're not evenly matched -- your car is old, or thirsty, or your jeep is underpowered. And they are safer for you, but every new jeep on the road raises the risk for everyone else. And try capital letters at the start of your sentences if you'd like to look like a literate adult.
adam
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Originally Posted by dahamsta
Rubbish hardly everything i said is correct
my car a 2001 406 coupe and gives 30 mpg my pajero gives 33 mpg .
If i hit a pot hole the wheels dont buckle due to the amount of rubber .
My last car needed 3,500 euro worth of repairs to axles bushels etc after 1 year of driving around irish country roads , ive had my pajero for 4 years and ive had to change the oil and belts thats all and ive driven that on roads across fields and on building sites .
The sooner the oil is wasted the sooner we will have to rely on other cleaner energy's.
Show me some proof that jeeps are more dangerous on the roads your allways telling people to back up there statements . if i hit another jeep the people inside are much more likely to survive than if 2 cars crash due to the protection offered from the sheer build quality of a jeep .if everyone had jeeps there would be a lot less road deaths .if you hit a person walking at 35 mph in a car they have a 80% chance of being killed (thats from the road safety ads being run on tv )these odds dont increase if its a jeep or van also surely if some one steps out in front of a car or jeep its there fault not the vehicle .
Im talking jeeps here not SUV's (before its pointed out i know jeep is a brand name not a type of car )
When an SUV hits a pedestrain it will definitely do more damage. Jeeps were meant for farmers & builders not lawyers & PR people. Its a steroetype that seems to be true but SUV drivers are more arrogant than your average irish driver. Sometimes the truth hurts but its like when you tell people their MPV is a van they somehow get offended ;)
Hyundai Coupe & Toyota Celica looks very similar.
An excellent start Anto, well done.Quote:
Originally Posted by anto1208
Which proves nothing. What size engines do these motors have? How old is the Pajero? Are they driven on the same roads, in the same style? What's in the boot of each motor? Etc, etc, etc.Quote:
my car a 2001 406 coupe and gives 30 mpg my pajero gives 33 mpg
I drive a 13 year old 525i BMW and my girlfriend drives a 5 year old 1 litre Polo. I'd have no trouble whatsoever getting better economy out of the former if I put my mind to it (particularly the way my girlfriend drives).
You're the one making statements without proof Anto, I'm simply highlighting them as rubbish. If you'd like my proof, post your evidence and I'll rebut it.Quote:
Show me some proof that jeeps are more dangerous on the roads your allways telling people to back up there statements .
:rolleyes:Quote:
if i hit another jeep the people inside are much more likely to survive than if 2 cars crash due to the protection offered from the sheer build quality of a jeep .if everyone had jeeps there would be a lot less road deaths
"Jeep" is an Irish colloquialism for an off-road vehicle (Jeep vehicles only became available in Ireland in the last decade). "SUV" is the term Americans use to describe the same thing. So you're talking both. And something else... ;)Quote:
Im talking jeeps here not SUV's (before its pointed out i know jeep is a brand name not a type of car )
adam
I lefty out a coma it should have read rubbish hardly , ......
it proves that i get better fuel consuption on average out of my out of my 2 tonnes 2.5 litre jeep rather than my 1 tonne 2 litre car . Which is my point .(Average driving on the same road to work in about the same level of trafic split 50 50 between city and county driving .)
why they are safer
1 4 wheel drive gives greater traction on roads in dodgy conditions ie ice rain oil etc than either a front wheel or rear wheel drive which over and under steer thus making them more likley to skid off the road .
2 Higher seating . In the event of a side on collision from a car the majority of the force hits below the waist line of the pasenger reducing the risk to internal organs .
3 . Higher veiwing position :enabling the driver to react sooner to crossing pedestrians or hazards ahead.
4 . Manufacturers have added car-level bumpers to reduce the possibility of the other vehicle(s) sliding underneath .
5. If hit from behind the weight and grip offered from the increased tyre width on the road reduces the amount the jeep will jump foward reducing the risk of a broken neck or whiplash .
[It should be noted that I don't object to SUVs across the board. Some - the X5, RX and RR in particular (albeit only in black) - are lovely-looking vehicles and seriously tempting; one in particular (duh) is even a bloody good off-roader. Much as I'd like to though, I wouldn't buy one unless I needed a vehicle that would spend the majority of it's time off-road, or in situations where an off-roader would be needed. Because otherwise I'd be just another a gaz-guzzling, self-important, greedy, careless assh*le. I'm already pushing my luck with the beamer.]
Anto, I'm not arguing that the SUV is safer for the passenger - in fact I explicitly conceded this point in my OP - so drop the deflection please. If you wish to debate a point, tackle the one I actually addressed: the issue of safety for everyone else, in the majority of vehicles on the road.
Frankly, if you're getting better fuel economy out of your SUV than your coupé, there's something wrong with your SUV, your coupé, or both. SUV's are less economical than regular passenger vehicles for very simple, very logical reasons: they're bigger, they're heavier, and they've got bigger engines. It's not up for debate, it's physics.
However there's zero doubt in my mind that you'll try to argue against nature, so here's my proof: US EPA economy listings for every major model in the States, including many European models. Pick a few and look at the economy figures. They're worse for SUV's. Go figure.
http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/findacar.htm
Your comment about depleting all of the natural resources is hilarious. I'm sure your grandchildren will be rolling in the aisles. Short of breath, you know?
adam
Mine: http://fp.images.autos.msn.com/meris...y/c447353a.jpg
2005 Toyota Highlander... yes an SUV. Wasnt crazy about purchasing an SUV but with the harsh Winters we get in the US Northeast, they are a must. I love it, sticks to the road like glue in snowy/icy conditions.
What the wife drives(kidmobile aka Chrysler Grand Voyager) : http://www.cardata.com/images/2006/c...%20country.jpg
8 out of 10 me hole. If it's that high in the UK, I'd put it higher over here.Quote:
Originally Posted by Drumcondra Red
My next car will be imported from the UK, as again saving 60-70%. I have a few trusted mechanics that I'll put on the case. I ain't willing to pay dealer prices over here.
Well your hole obviously didn't get what I said, 8/10 of imported cars from the UK are likely to be clocked FACT! There is a number you can ring in the Uk to find out if a car has been in an accident and what its actual milage is, this is not available here yet.Quote:
Originally Posted by Macy
During the NCT is when its noticed that cars are clocked but legally they don't have to say anything so they don't, mechanics aren't always able to spot clocking.
Oh and its the VRT your not willing to pay, but you've to pay that when its imported anyway, and if your not willing to pay dealers prices you're obviously a shyte negotiator, not going to say any more then that, get your facts straight before you attack my profession!
Do they come in Maroon or Claret? :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Eire06
So only UK imports are clocked, as Irish dealers would never partake in such practices? It's you who's attacking your profession - you're the one making the accusation that imports are clocked, not anyone else or does that not include dealers that sell imports? Do you want to back up your 8/10 figure with statistics?
Even including vrt, there are big savings to be made by importing. At the very least, higher specs/bigger engines for the same money (including VRT) as the second hand market over here.
have to agree with macy, if you are willing to put in the work there are great savings to be made, our next car will be imported also from the UK.Quote:
Originally Posted by Macy
And what proof do you have that 80% of the cars in the UK are likely to be clocked.If this is the case which i severely doubt you should obviously ring that number before you purchase the car.Here is a fact for you,Cars get clocked in this country aswell.Cars are also involved in crashes in this country.It is much easier to follow up the history of a car in the UK than it is here.Quote:
Originally Posted by Drumcondra Red
I paid €16,600 for my 02 Audi which included the VRT.The same car here is selling for anything between €22k to €24k.You can be the best negotiator in the world but I don't know of any dealer who will knock €6k off the price of a car.It's you who should get your facts straight.