Ok, Im an Irish Dc5 owner and I have to say like above you get good ones and bad ones. But overall, I think the Irish standard of car is a good 25/30% less than the UK standard. Yes, you will find a good DC5 in Ireland at some stage, but they are very rare. When I was in the market to buy my DC5 I could not get one in Ireland that fitted the condition I wanted. I had no choice but to buy a DC5 from the UK due to the lack of cars in the condition I would consider buying one in. Even after looking at about 15 “unblemished” Dc5’s, over half a year, they all had something wrong with them that the owner never stated to me! Also don’t believe what people say over here, every DC5 in Ireland is “unblemished” (It’s the way the market has gone, I don’t understand it as much as the next guy). I wish I could be saying positive stuff here, but I honestly can’t. I personally know of and have seen about 5 excellent condition DC5s over here out of 100’s the rest are not very good. You will find good ones here, but they are far between. The prices here are very cheap so if you find a good one you will get a good deal. The roads are bad here, but as said above way less salt so under the car will be good. I do think it is a risk coming over here to buy a car, get a good one and there are serious deals to be had. Watch out for cars that have changed hands a few times. The good ones will be ones with low previous ownership, as said above many will have had several owners who have no respect for them and will be driven hard. Just make sure you specify on the phone you really mean business with regard condition, try weed out every little mark on the car over the phone before you book any flights/ferry. I think there are 2 facelift models for sale here that look good. Don’t look for a stamped service record, they don’t matter over here. I don’t even have one for mine. Ok, Im an Irish Dc5 owner and I have to say like above you get good ones and bad ones. But overall, I think the Irish standard of car is a good 25/30% less than the UK standard. Yes, you will find a good DC5 in Ireland at some stage, but they are very rare. When I was in the market to buy my DC5 I could not get one in Ireland that fitted the condition I wanted. I had no choice but to buy a DC5 from the UK due to the lack of cars in the condition I would consider buying one in. Even after looking at about 15 “unblemished” Dc5’s, over half a year, they all had something wrong with them that the owner never stated to me! Also don’t believe what people say over here, every DC5 in Ireland is “unblemished” (It’s the way the market has gone, I don’t understand it as much as the next guy). I wish I could be saying positive stuff here, but I honestly can’t. I personally know of and have seen about 5 excellent condition DC5s over here out of 100’s the rest are not very good. You will find good ones here, but they are far between. The prices here are very cheap so if you find a good one you will get a good deal. The roads are bad here, but as said above way less salt so under the car will be good. I do think it is a risk coming over here to buy a car, get a good one and there are serious deals to be had. Watch out for cars that have changed hands a few times. The good ones will be ones with low previous ownership, as said above many will have had several owners who have no respect for them and will be driven hard. Just make sure you specify on the phone you really mean business with regard condition, try weed out every little mark on the car over the phone before you book any flights/ferry. I think there are 2 facelift models for sale here that look good. Don’t look for a stamped service record, they don’t matter over here. I don’t even have one for mine.
