Notice something strange??

[eoin27]

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/1994924

[Doggy]

Hi eoin, long time no hear - howya doin ole friend?

Ad looks like an SE with D8 rear lights, (but I'm not really anal enough to know if that's correct).

that'll be in Disco's sig before you can say Kopsnij piątkę!

[FarmerPug]

an 04 with the back end of a D8.
Also £2500 for something with that mileage is a bit optimistic.

[Roylewaa]

Bit like what I saw yesterday which made me look twice, a W reg D8

[sirwiggum]

Rear ended and shoddy repair by the looks of it.

[plod]

...and someone has had the alloys of it as well by the looks of it as they look like wheel trims to me

[plod]

Rear ended and shoddy repair by the looks of it.

I agree
You'd of thought if they were doing so, they'd of fitted a GLX or higher spec rear bumper to have chrome trim in it, so it "matches"(using that term loosely) a bit better

198k on a 7yr old car
2 owners - at least one a taxi firm

[sirwiggum]

Wheel trims look like they're off a Peugeot Partner van?

http://imganuncios.mitula.net/peugeot_p ... 819074.jpg

If you look at the side view, you can see the doors are almost KMWC Piana / Monaco Blue, but the rear 3/4 is a darker, almost China Blue.

they could've found a D9 rear end no doubt someone who doesn't notice will pay the £2500 for it, that's the scary thing

[FarmerPug]

£2500 for that youd have to be mad. When i bought my car for that i thought it was a bit expensive, but didnt mind because it was the lowest mileage exec around, the next closest was 140k for £2300

[Welly]

Bejesus that has to be the worst thought out cut and shut job in history - someone'll buy it though, they always do.

The colour 'match' is a tad off the mark

[eoin27]

Ya I'm not back, I just thought I'd share that mongoloid of a car with you.

I gave up the coupe in September and havent been driving since. Bought one of these to get me too and from work. I have no immediate use of a car except when I train home to limerick some weekends. I can use my dads car when at home then.

Want to get an opinion on a 406 from someone who used to be crazy about them???

I dont miss it at all and if at all possible and lifestyle permits, I'd suggest getting rid of the car!

Hope you are all well doggy, welly etc.

[Gary406]

that is 1 dodgy looking motor. on one of the pics you can clearly see the rear end is a different shade of blue.

2004 with a D8 rear who ever repaired that want shooting.

[sirwiggum]

Ya I'm not back, I just thought I'd share that mongoloid of a car with you.

I gave up the coupe in September and havent been driving since. Bought one of these to get me too and from work. I have no immediate use of a car except when I train home to limerick some weekends. I can use my dads car when at home then.

Want to get an opinion on a 406 from someone who used to be crazy about them???

I dont miss it at all and if at all possible and lifestyle permits, I'd suggest getting rid of the car!

Hope you are all well doggy, welly etc.

Eoin, hang about sir.
I also got rid of my 406 (though did buy another car).
Being Carless would be ideal in a city with good public transport like Dublin, but it is suboptimal from my point of view. My current commute is a 3.5 mile 20 minute drive. To get the bus to my work would be a 20 minute bus journey to the city centre, 20 minutes wait, then another 20 minute bus journey.
Did think about maybe getting a bike and cycling into work, because the Honda is a 20mpg beast, but I'm not sure where I'm going to be living after May, might not be near a cycle path and the local drivers are maniacs who would gladly run you off your bike.

[steve_earwig]

I managed without a car a year, I did my shopping in the company van (which they wouldn't have liked) so I didn't really need a car at the time. I did an awful lot of cycling too. I suppose if you can borrow your mum's car when absolutely necessary then it's a big expense spared. I'd be completely stuffed here of course.

[sirwiggum]

I managed without a car a year, I did my shopping in the company van (which they wouldn't have liked) so I didn't really need a car at the time. I did an awful lot of cycling too. I suppose if you can borrow your mum's car when absolutely necessary then it's a big expense spared. I'd be completely stuffed here of course.

I was carless for a couple of years during uni. It was a small town and everything was within walking distance. Also, it was a very safe town to walk about.

Day to day though a car is a must have. I do think that if I worked in the city centre I would bus it, and leave the car for weekend trips / the shopping. But the problem with public transport in Belfast is that it seems to work ok for radial routes, but trying to get from one radial to another involves going to the centre then going back out again.