-
Run the fuck away from a 00's allroad, the v6 TDI was an utter dog of an engine, never worked right from new, rest of them look nice but just don't do it to yourself. 5 series that year much more reliable at this age now.
Alfa 1.9 mjtd are fine, hate the gearbox cables, make it feel like a toy car
mk5 gti I like but they rust bad, early mk6 is better in every way apart from looks IMO
e220 cdi are solid enough, check injectors for black death, check it charges and starts OK in all environments. Suspension creaks and groans at the back even when should be perfect lol
Careful with subaru diesels, I think its 200x to 2011 that they had bad crank shaft issues (like snapping in half), check very carefully, seen some dealers pick them and legacy diesels up cheap because they are about to imminently implode, then sell them for strong 'a revised engine' price, even though the defo are not.Can't beat a honda Jazz!
You are reading a single comment by @BrickMan and its replies.
Click here to read the full conversation.
BrickMan
I'm having a bad day.
Due to various life expenses and other circumstances I had garaged my 159 SW for the last few months, I've been driving one of our vans for work everyday recently anyway so it was no real skin off my nose but I hadn't paid my VRT because of this and it's still on UK plates.
So the wonderful Irish government have now introduced a nox tax on imported vehicles which basically renders my car untenably expensive to register in Ireland now. (c.€5,500 for nox tax and VRT combined).
I'm going to get in touch with Revenue and see if it's possible to still register it at the quoted price I received before Christmas as it's already on their system but they're not exactly renowned as an organisation for their compassion and empathy so I doubt it.
This basically leaves me in a position where I either sell my car in the UK (if anyone is interested PM me) or scrap it here and I need to find something else.
Trouble is with upcoming wedding next year and also hoping to buy a home in the next two years I really can't justify spending much at all, I either have to buy something super cheap and probably a bit expensive to run or else a little more expensive and super cheap to run.
List of potential cars from local adverts is as follows at the moment:
Category A:
2008 Alfa Romeo 159 2.2 JTS Saloon
2006 Alfa Romeo 159 1.9 JTDM Sportwagon
2004 Mercedes Benz E220 Cdi Avant Garde Wagon
2005 Audi Allroad 2.5 Tdi
2007 VW Golf Gti Mk5
2008 BMW 520D Touring
Category B:
2011 Honda Jazz Hybrid
2010 Honda CRZ Hybrid
2011 Subaru Impreza 2.0 Tdi
This is so fucking grim, secondhand cars in Ireland are grim.