Show us your snotter..............

[johnpeat]

Kiltox said:

The lack of ambition that is the 5 digit mileometer...

[hornetrider]

Here's my station car bought for three figures. 5000 uneventful (but extremely pleasant) miles and counting...

[Kiltox]

johnpeat said:

The lack of ambition that is the 5 digit mileometer...

[matt21]

Back in April 2007 I had had enough of piling 20,000 miles on my Cooper S so fancied a car to share the commuting pain with the mini.

With a budget of £500 I spent many a months looking but unsold on ebay with no bids was a 1994 525i SE Touring manual with 202,000 miles and very little info.

A bit of digging revealed it had FBMWSH and was pretty tidy with buffalo leather and fully working sunroof.

A cheeky £400 bid later saw me as the owner.

I kept the car for over 2 years doing some big trips in it and taking it to over 230,000 with routine service and a fix to the leaking SLS. It wallowed, the engine seemed slightly down on power and the gearbox was likely stiring porridge but on it went, truthfully never feeling like it would ever break.

I sold it for twice what I paid for it to fund a replacement, a 2000 530i SE with lots of toys that has run near faultlessly for over 40,000 miles (now on 183,000) and sporting a recent LPG conversion.
However, I DO regret selling the Touring. A work friend has now run it for 2yrs with no issues and sits on approx 240,000. Great car!

[Jw Vw]

hornetrider said:

Here's my station car bought for three figures. 5000 uneventful (but extremely pleasant) miles and counting...

That 7 looks very nice

[Astra Dan]

johnpeat said:

The lack of ambition that is the 5 digit mileometer...

It's in this month's Total Vauxhall as we had a day at Janspeed on the rollers. It got 53BHP at the wheels. I had to put a cheeky sticker on:

[DR10]

PaulGT3 said:

DR10 said:

I had a VTS (same phase and age). It caused me more problems than I care to mention. Be warned! Still, good value though and they are fun!

See above post

Funnily enough, mine had the same problem. Twice.

[hornetrider]

Jw Vw said:

That 7 looks very nice

Ta. Must admit I have geniune affection for the old girl because it owes me so little yet gives so much!

[LukeSi]

swerni said:

4L V6 Pathfinder. I never intend on selling it

too good to be a snotter.

[traffman]

Astra Dan said:

Without hijacking this thread too much; here's it's own story:

http://www.migweb.co.uk/forums/projects-restoratio...

aha astra dan , a fellow migger and possibly mk2 forum ?

I owned a nice black valver a while back and i still go to Billing every year in my mates grey valver.

[Astra Dan]

traffman said:

aha astra dan , a fellow migger and possibly mk2 forum ?

I owned a nice black valver a while back and i still go to Billing every year in my mates grey valver.

Yes to both (admin on MIG). Good man!

[Pints]

LukeSi said:

swerni said:

4L V6 Pathfinder. I never intend on selling it

too good to be a snotter.

Which begs the question: When is a snotter not a snotter?

[McSam]

Pints said:

Which begs the question: When is a snotter not a snotter?

When you care about it and paid over a grand for it. You can care if it is dirt cheap, or you can have something not so cheap that you still run into the ground, but if you care for something not very cheap then it's not really a snotter.

That's what I think, anyway!

[_Al_]

£990. Bought last June. Thought it'd last three weeks at best, still going strong. Fantastic car.

[Jw Vw]

_Al_ said:

£990. Bought last June. Thought it'd last three weeks at best, still going strong. Fantastic car.

Looks very tidy

[OzzyR1]

Kiltox said:

I was pleased with my snotter until I saw this thread

Same here, where do people find these cars from??

Luck in the adverts, ebay, unwanted p/x from traders, friend of a friend??

[D_G]

McSam said:

Pints said:

Which begs the question: When is a snotter not a snotter?

When you care about it and paid over a grand for it. You can care if it is dirt cheap, or you can have something not so cheap that you still run into the ground, but if you care for something not very cheap then it's not really a snotter.

That's what I think, anyway!

Yep, Got to be a few hundred quid, not bothered where you leave it, if you lock it, drive up kerbs etc. I do look after my snotters (change oil etc) but certainly wouldn't be upset if I put it through a hedge!

[_Al_]

Jw Vw said:

Looks very tidy

Cheers, it's not though! That photo flatters it very well. In reality every panel has a slightly different spray job, odo shows 197k, dings to front nearside and rear offside quarters. Tappets are the worst I've ever heard even on top quality fully synthetic oil..

Passed MOT first time though and never asked me for anything but routine service parts. Still handles like a dream and the engine managed 106bhp (from original 114bhp) on the rollers. Not bad for a 20ish yr old...

I'm planning time off in July to clean up the tappets, change the cambelt and do some bushes. Not going to spend much on it but I enjoy tinkering...

[Smike]

Astra Dan said:

Smike said:

Looks in excellent nick for a 200k snotter Dan - tell us more

Without hijacking this thread too much; here's it's own story:

http://www.migweb.co.uk/forums/projects-restoratio...

Fantastic thread Dan - cheers for the link.

Enjoyed the 16 valve one even more

[Copperpot]

Picked this 1.25 Fiesta up as a run around until my insurance runs out at Xmas, where i'll hopefully have 3 years NCB.
Brilliant little cars, slightly small for someone tall but does the job.

I've also noticed something rather odd about these cars, the alloy wheels NEVER get dirty. They're always spotless, no dust, grime, nothing.

Would be funny if another owner noticed this too.