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Behold: One snotter. Although I tend to call it a shed. The distinction is fuzzy, I feel.
Mazda MX-6. £400. 177,000 miles on the clock.
This is not a car I shall ever wash, let alone polish. This is not a car I will look after. If any repair costs ever come to more than a hundred quid I will scrap it and hunt down a replacement.
It is a lot of fun though. Big meaty V6 under the bonnet and a relaxed, barge-like, driving position.
Mazda MX-6. £400. 177,000 miles on the clock.
This is not a car I shall ever wash, let alone polish. This is not a car I will look after. If any repair costs ever come to more than a hundred quid I will scrap it and hunt down a replacement.
It is a lot of fun though. Big meaty V6 under the bonnet and a relaxed, barge-like, driving position.
After 44,000 trouble-free miles in just over two years, my faithful BMW 318i Touring is gone. The leaky head gasket finally got too bad for K-Seal to keep up with, so 'Doris' now languishes in a Norfolk scrapyard. Paid £370, got £100 back off the scrappie and all it ever needed in that time was two tyres, an exhaust and an ABS sensor. The replacement?
Audi A4 Avant 1.8T, 132K, 5-speed autobox, working aircon, MoT to the end of October, £300. So what's wrong with it? (Apart from being an automatic and a horrible colour, obviously.) Airbag light on ("they all do that, Sir"), info display unreadable (ditto), needs a couple of tyres, bit of peeling lacquer and a few scratches. But a good clean interior, all the toys work, it feels tight and well screwed together and should do very nicely as dog transport. And I'm quite enjoying driving an automatic. I think I'm becoming lazier with age.
Audi A4 Avant 1.8T, 132K, 5-speed autobox, working aircon, MoT to the end of October, £300. So what's wrong with it? (Apart from being an automatic and a horrible colour, obviously.) Airbag light on ("they all do that, Sir"), info display unreadable (ditto), needs a couple of tyres, bit of peeling lacquer and a few scratches. But a good clean interior, all the toys work, it feels tight and well screwed together and should do very nicely as dog transport. And I'm quite enjoying driving an automatic. I think I'm becoming lazier with age.
After four years of totally reliable motoring the Suzuki is finally dead...it's been written off due to being hit whilst parked. It's now CAT C so not worth fixing for the MOT and the VIC test, so it's time to move on.
So the next snotter is this:
1997 Honda Odyssey 2.2 import, done around 100k miles, 10 month MOT, bought it whilst away in Cornwall on holiday. It needed a really good service, autobox oil change and a radio, otherwise it's in very good condition and mint underneath. Electric panoramic roof, A/C that works, captains chairs, the works!!
All for £500...
So the next snotter is this:
1997 Honda Odyssey 2.2 import, done around 100k miles, 10 month MOT, bought it whilst away in Cornwall on holiday. It needed a really good service, autobox oil change and a radio, otherwise it's in very good condition and mint underneath. Electric panoramic roof, A/C that works, captains chairs, the works!!
All for £500...
Edited by D_G on Monday 2nd March 11:38
D_G said:
After four years of totally reliable motoring the Suzuki is finally dead...it's been written off due to being hit whilst parked. It's now CAT C so not worth fixing for the MOT and the VIC test, so it's time to move on.
So the next snotter is this:
1997 Honda Odyssey 2.2 import, done around 100k miles, 10 month MOT, bought it whilst away in Cornwall on holiday. It needed a really good service, autobox oil change and a radio, otherwise it's in very good condition and mint underneath. Electric panoramic roof, A/C that works, captains chairs, the works!!
All for £500...
I love imported 'Jap Crap'. I keep finding new gems like this all the time. Nissan Largo anyone? (lol)So the next snotter is this:
1997 Honda Odyssey 2.2 import, done around 100k miles, 10 month MOT, bought it whilst away in Cornwall on holiday. It needed a really good service, autobox oil change and a radio, otherwise it's in very good condition and mint underneath. Electric panoramic roof, A/C that works, captains chairs, the works!!
All for £500...
Edited by D_G on Monday 2nd March 11:38
Seriously good work that man. Cap doffed.
thebigmacmoomin said:
Jabosoc said:
£390. Nothing wrong with it.
Broken suspension ?v15ben said:
Bought this as a daily banger last week; 1 owner, 56k miles, £2k.
A proper pensioner spec, ugly-stick battered city car.
Hopefully it'll last for a good few years if I don't fall asleep in the driver's seat and crash it!
I had one of these for a while, and surprisingly enough loved it. The 1.2 was an amusingly thrashy little engine, and if you tried hard enough on the corners, you could just about scrape the paint off of the doorhandles. Enjoy!A proper pensioner spec, ugly-stick battered city car.
Hopefully it'll last for a good few years if I don't fall asleep in the driver's seat and crash it!
Bought this snotter in January, a Leon Cupra 1.8T in hangover p!ss bronze. I call it the 'Bronze Beater'. 154k miles, original turbo and clutch, really well looked after with full service history and 15 stamps, everything works including A/C, folding mirrors and CD changer. All for £800 with 8 months MOT, which I thought was cheap until I looked at some of the other snotters on this thread! It needs ARB bushes or droplinks, and i'm not sure it's putting out 180bhp, but it'll do for now.
Edited by Sidewindow on Tuesday 3rd March 14:25
Sidewindow said:
Bought this snotter in January, a Leon Cupra 1.8T in hangover p!ss bronze. I call it the 'Bronze Beater'. 154k miles, original turbo and clutch, really well looked after with full service history and 15 stamps, everything works including A/C, folding mirrors and CD changer. All for £800 with 8 months MOT, which I thought was cheap until I looked at some of the other snotters on this thread! It needs ARB bushes or droplinks, and i'm not sure it's putting out 180bhp, but it'll do for now.
Remember lusting after a Cupra as a teenager. £800 and probably a couple of hundred for the suspension bits. Good car I reckon.Edited by Sidewindow on Tuesday 3rd March 14:25
BorniteIdentity said:
D_G said:
After four years of totally reliable motoring the Suzuki is finally dead...it's been written off due to being hit whilst parked. It's now CAT C so not worth fixing for the MOT and the VIC test, so it's time to move on.
So the next snotter is this:
1997 Honda Odyssey 2.2 import, done around 100k miles, 10 month MOT, bought it whilst away in Cornwall on holiday. It needed a really good service, autobox oil change and a radio, otherwise it's in very good condition and mint underneath. Electric panoramic roof, A/C that works, captains chairs, the works!!
All for £500...
I love imported 'Jap Crap'. I keep finding new gems like this all the time. Nissan Largo anyone? (lol)So the next snotter is this:
1997 Honda Odyssey 2.2 import, done around 100k miles, 10 month MOT, bought it whilst away in Cornwall on holiday. It needed a really good service, autobox oil change and a radio, otherwise it's in very good condition and mint underneath. Electric panoramic roof, A/C that works, captains chairs, the works!!
All for £500...
Edited by D_G on Monday 2nd March 11:38
Seriously good work that man. Cap doffed.
So the Suzuki went to the scrappie today, got £60 for it. So from buying it for £200 in September 2010, sticking 35k miles on it, getting £700 from the accident, spending around £250 keeping it on the road it's been the cheapest car i have ever bought!
Hopefully the Odyssey goes the same way....
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