in glasgow at the moment, never really thought of it before but there's a huge difference in the cars here and cars in ireland. for a start in ireland you will never see Protons, Peroduas, old hyundais or Kias and you'll go a long time before you see a black cab. sure you'll see some of the classic london ones, but you'll never see those metrocabs that seem to be built from various transits, cortinas, and escorts. you know, the really square ones!
most pre 2000 cars in ireland will be base spec with the smallest engine size, due to the ridiculous tax system, so it's strange to see old caveliers and mondeos with leather and more! also ireland don't go for 5 door hatchbacks the same way our neighbours do, favouring saloons. it's bizzare that there are such differences!

Met Cognac 99 Brava 100 HSX,

don't go for 5 door hatches?

brava owner?

but yeah i know what you mean, tis strange going to other coutries to see the different cars (often more interesting than the scenery!)

the likes of the mondeo, avensis and vectra. i'd say bout 95% of avensis are saloon bit less for vectra and mondeo,

Met Cognac 99 Brava 100 HSX,

vw jettas and ventos are very popular over here, mostly diesel. astra saloon vastly outsells 3 and 5 door, lots of bravas though cos base model had smaller engine to base marea

Met Cognac 99 Brava 100 HSX,

In the North of Ireland we have a mix of what you've described above. Diesels are very popular and always sell well.

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Fiat Brava 1.6 HSX, Fiat Uno 1.1 ieS.

oh yeah, no vauxhalls in ireland. just opels!

Met Cognac 99 Brava 100 HSX,

and if you want to buy a Doblo in the Republic of Ireland forget it. They don't sell them in passenger form. The specs are different as well. The new Panda for example is only available in 1.1 Active, 1.2 Dynamic or 1.2 Emotion spec, in the UK you have 1.1 Active, 1.2 Dynamic, 1.2 Dynamic Aircon, 1.2 Dynamic Skydome, 1.2 Dynamic Sound or 1.2 Eleganza.


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Fiat Brava 1.6 HSX, Fiat Uno 1.1 ieS.

yup and the multijet punto only available in poverty spec so no rear headrests or anything

Met Cognac 99 Brava 100 HSX,

That one has me well stumped. I mean, why?

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Fiat Brava 1.6 HSX, Fiat Uno 1.1 ieS.

Perhaps this thread should have been called, 'Difference Between English and Irish Drivers?'

FIAT Stilo Sport. Pretty Much Bog Standard Really. Rear Roof Spoiler,
Sill Protectors, Aluminium Foot Pedals, Eibach 30mm Drop Springs.

And what is this fashion down south of making the cars look like vans by colouring the rear windows? [?]

Les Ross
Certified by a Professional.
03 Stilo 5d JTD80 Active
PSI Powerbox and go-faster turtle.
Metallic Navy Blue

Is this the South of England or South of Ireland you're talking about?

FIAT Stilo Sport. Pretty Much Bog Standard Really. Rear Roof Spoiler,
Sill Protectors, Aluminium Foot Pedals, Eibach 30mm Drop Springs.

Ireland TC

Les Ross
Certified by a Professional.
03 Stilo 5d JTD80 Active
PSI Powerbox and go-faster turtle.
Metallic Navy Blue

You have some strange trends out there, like I said previously, wierdos!

Don't argue the point Lester, remember you have Steve C as your representative!

FIAT Stilo Sport. Pretty Much Bog Standard Really. Rear Roof Spoiler,
Sill Protectors, Aluminium Foot Pedals, Eibach 30mm Drop Springs.

Les, you mean tinting the windows? Daft IMO as well.

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Fiat Brava 1.6 HSX, Fiat Uno 1.1 ieS.

it's not tinting the windows, due to our odball tax system you can buy 3 door hatches as commercial vehicles, and pay bout 200 euro annual road tax as opposed to 500, they have a flat load floor and have metal instead of windows which are body coloured

the Renault supervan (19 based commercial) was the top selling renault in the 90's. and the golf van is available with 130bhp and 6 speed box, and the best thing is it's a van so the insurance is tiny!

the differences in cars here and cars in UK are mostly due to the tax system which goes only on engine size

Not over 1000 151
1001 - 1100 227
1101 - 1200 251
1201 - 1300 272
1301 - 1400 292
1401 - 1500 313
1501 - 1600 391
1601 - 1700 414
1701 - 1800 484
1801 - 1900 511
1901 - 2000 539
2001 - 2100 689
2101 - 2200 722
2201 - 2300 755
2301 - 2400 786
2401 - 2500 821
2501 - 2600 961
2601 - 2700 999
2701 - 2800 1,033
2801 - 2900 1,071
2901 - 3000 1,109
3001 or more 1,343

crazy!

Met Cognac 99 Brava 100 HSX,

Are those REALLY the cost of tax for a car?! I am horrified! Even in euro that seems like a joke!

Paul

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Uno 1.0ie Start. Standard.

I am a schizophrenic currently so please bear with me whilst I try to get rid of the 40+ personality.

yeah i've seen this before in mags with guys in Ireland tinting the rear windows for the tax,nsurence or whatever

The Fiat Cinquecento
Fun While It Runs

And once they've payed that off, and they're really stressed - they can't even go down the pub and have a fag now!

What a dismal picture of Ireland this paints. I love the Republic of Ireland and lived their for 5 years, it's a slower pace of life, where I lived it was anyway, and the quality of life is much better. I'd happily pay a bit more car tax for that.

Fiat Brava 1.6 HSX, Fiat Uno 1.1 ieS.