Cars

**dahamsta** · 05/04/2006, 4:14 PM

Originally Posted by strangeirish

Now there's a car for the ages.Purdy..

Or scary...

**strangeirish** · 05/04/2006, 4:16 PM

Originally Posted by dahamsta

Or scary...

I think I'd get in trouble with that bad boy!

**Block G Raptor** · 05/04/2006, 4:18 PM

Driving an Opel corsa Champion 1.4 sport at the mo (or at least will be if i pass my theory test tomorrow) dream car is a yellow 1978 VW Beetle Cabrolet(I Know love em or Hate em..........I love em)

**dahamsta** · 05/04/2006, 4:20 PM

Course I'd prefer a Road Runner meself.

**strangeirish** · 05/04/2006, 4:33 PM

Originally Posted by dahamsta

Course I'd prefer a Road Runner meself.

If I had a choice or the moola for that matter, this would be the car for me. 1970 Ford Mustang Mach 1.

**dahamsta** · 05/04/2006, 4:43 PM

Hate Mustangs. Sorry, but I do.

**The Pie Man** · 05/04/2006, 4:54 PM

Originally Posted by dahamsta

You thinking of buying new max? I hope not, new cars are for mugs, particularly with the SSIA's coming up. Fix your budget, substract €1350 for tax and the relevant insurance cost, and buy something 3.0+ second-hand. I'd recommend a '69 Dodge Charger, but if you want something a bit easier to source and service, go for an E34 M5 -- supercar with four doors for less than ten grand. Or grab an LS400/430 if you want a bit of luxury, lord it over the riff raff. (I'm going down the latter route meself, with a 400.)

(The MINI is lovely like, but common as muck. If you want a Mini, buy a proper Mini.)

lexus, jumped up toyota

i'm are getting an 04 5 series, the new model.

anything to annoy max

**strangeirish** · 05/04/2006, 4:55 PM

Originally Posted by dahamsta

Hate Mustangs. Sorry, but I do.

Not partial meself, just drove one once. Floored it and nearly lost it right off the bat. Unbelievable power in those old muscle cars. Hell on petrol though!

How about a nice Toyota for Eire06.

**pete** · 05/04/2006, 5:03 PM

Originally Posted by dahamsta

(The MINI is lovely like, but common as muck. If you want a Mini, buy a proper Mini.)

Would the new Mini (Midi really as not that small) be classified as chic-mobile...?

New Bettle seems to be definitely a chic motor.

**ali2005** · 05/04/2006, 5:08 PM

Buy a nissan skyline, but not the new ones the older versions

**paul_oshea** · 05/04/2006, 5:17 PM

What do foot.ie members drive? Here's mine.Used of course '05 Caddy STS and then the missus's car.

quality

if only i had one of them as a kid!!!!

If I had the cash

the company i am moving to have a deal with a company whereby you can lease a car for anything between 24 - 60 months, and at the end you can give it back or pay a lump sum on the car or give it back. the good thing about this is the value of the car is always less than the list price when you include payments made back and the lump sum paid, and another good thing is they take into account depreciation. so for example if you want to be driving around in the said car by babysis for example you can pay a monthly price of 345 over 46 months and a relatively low lump sum at the end and the car is yours!!!

OSSO, how much would it cost to get that mustang brought over to ireland, my neighbours did it before, i know obviouslly the left hand drive is something you have to put up with but....if it looks like that!!! i think its quality. james hetfield has a bang of them and they look cool, that and this of course ( make the complete garage!!!!!! )):

http://www.scottys-choppers.com.au/i...%20750_300.jpg

ah how i wish i was back in america!!!!! the tyres are a bit thin on the front though!!!!

**dahamsta** · 05/04/2006, 5:18 PM

Originally Posted by The Pie Man

lexus, jumped up toyota

Well, yes, it is a Toyota. Except it's even more reliable, and it's depreciates at more than ten grand a year, putting a '96 100k+ luxury saloon at around 10k right now...

Originally Posted by pete

Would the new Mini (Midi really as not that small) be classified as chic-mobile...?

New Bettle seems to be definitely a chic motor.

Not as much as the Beetle, but it is perceived as one by many. I quite like them and I'd buy one as a tenth or eleventh car if I was loaded; but then I quite like the Ka, and that that's perceived as more of a chick car than both. (If those people had driven a sporty Ka, they'd change their mind.)

**strangeirish** · 05/04/2006, 5:36 PM

Originally Posted by paul_oshea

OSSO, how much would it cost to get that mustang brought over to ireland, my neighbours did it before, i know obviouslly the left hand drive is something you have to put up with but....if it looks like that!!! i think its quality.
ah how i wish i was back in america!!!!! the tyres are a bit thin on the front though!!!!

I don't know POS. I've never really looked into that. Pretty expensive I'd imagine. Aside from the cost of getting it shipped over, you'd probably get ripped on insuring it, knowing the lovely low cost at home!
There is even a company in the UK that does LHD to RHD coversions!

**paul_oshea** · 05/04/2006, 5:52 PM

OSSO, thank god for the website and people like you......but you are not mutually exclusive!!!

"We are situated in Blackpool 54 miles from Liverpool docks. Shipping from North America to Liverpool can be very cost effective and we can arrange this for you. After processing here, we can send on the vehicle to anywhere in the World."

now all i need to do is find 20,000 sterling!!

**strangeirish** · 05/04/2006, 6:17 PM

Originally Posted by paul_oshea

now all i need to do is find 20,000 sterling!!

Just hire out Greentribe for a night and that should cover it.

(After her cut of course)

**dahamsta** · 05/04/2006, 6:21 PM

Paul,

It costs about �1000-2000 to have a car shipped from the States, depending on how you handle it. If you get the work on the far side done yourself, and you have it shipped in an open container - and risk having bits nicked - it'll be the low end; if you have a professional company do the work for you, and ship it in a closed container, it'll be towards the high end. There's also VRT to consider, but that should be very little on a classic.

adam

**paul_oshea** · 05/04/2006, 6:35 PM

It costs about €1000-2000 to have a car shipped from the States, depending on how you handle it. If you get the work on the far side done yourself, and you have it shipped in an open container - and risk having bits nicked - it'll be the low end; if you have a professional company do the work for you, and ship it in a closed container, it'll be towards the high end. There's also VRT to consider, but that should be very little on a classic.

thanks adam, how do you know so much? if ye dont mind me asking. the 20,000 was actually including the price, as i thought it said 23,000 dollars for the car....?

Ya VRT would have to be paid when ye dont own the car from the states...something i didnt think about!

ah well when i move back home permanently i will seriouslly look into this. thanks for the advice, both OSSO( as relevant as it was!) and dahamasta.

btw OSSO, will you buy me one over there and ill send ye on the money at a later date...

**strangeirish** · 05/04/2006, 6:46 PM

Originally Posted by paul_oshea

btw OSSO, will you buy me one over there and ill send ye on the money at a later date...

Only if ye let me drive it 'til you pay it off.

**ken foree** · 05/04/2006, 6:47 PM

bugatti veyron, ugly as sin, and about a million quid each:

http://www.seriouswheels.com/pics-ab...yron-Group.jpg

actually like the new hyundai accent meself:

http://www.automobilemag.com/auto_sh...dai_accent_sr/

and there's the honda s2000 if you like TTs (ahem) etc:

http://images.securedwebform.com/sto...0/2003/2ca.jpg

**dahamsta** · 05/04/2006, 7:08 PM

Originally Posted by paul_oshea

thanks adam, how do you know so much? if ye dont mind me asking.

I'll be importing a big block Road Runner in 2-3 years, so I've looked into it. A good place to ask people about this is on the ISRA forums, those guys have imported plenty of yank tanks.

the 20,000 was actually including the price, as i thought it said 23,000 dollars for the car....?

Eh?

Ya VRT would have to be paid when ye dont own the car from the states...something i didnt think about!

You really don't need to think about it on anything >30 years old. If there's any VRT, it'll be relatively small. So will motor tax (€42) and insurance, and of course there's no NCT.

adam