Best of the Bargain Basement Vol. 2

[anonymous-user]

Bb cars are always about luck. I bought my current car in a state for 700 quid. Spent about 1.5k over 1.5 years on it but have done 25k hassle free miles.

Some cars work out OK some not, at the end of the day these are old cars and st happens.

Edited by The Spruce goose on Sunday 22 January 14:49

[V8RX7]

A happy ending...

Daughter's car bought:

Facelift 53 Civic in metallic blue with 80k and FSH by Honda for £880 - rear arches are a bit rusty and a couple of minor scuffs but drives very well

My daughter thinks we're mad to go through all this regularly.

[egor110]

The Spruce goose said:

Bb cars are always about luck. I bought my current car in a state for 700 quid. Spent about 1.5k over 1.5 years on it but have done 25k hassle free miles.

Some cars work out OK so not, at the end of the day these are old cars and st happens.

Exactly.

My 9-5 aero was £500 with a years mot.

The diff whines, everything is a bit worn out, tyres and brakes are getting low but I've driven it for almost a year and if it breaks down before its mot in April I'll just scrap it.

Most importantly though all the heated seats work

[Hoofy]

The Spruce goose said:

Bb cars are always about luck. I bought my current car in a state for 700 quid. Spent about 1.5k over 1.5 years on it but have done 25k hassle free miles.

Some cars work out OK some not, at the end of the day these are old cars and st happens.

Edited by The Spruce goose on Sunday 22 January 14:49

[Hoofy]

Who is feeling brave? http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2017...

[anonymous-user]

Hoofy said:

Who is feeling brave? http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2017...

or

wouldn't touch with a stick.

[Hoofy]

The Spruce goose said:

Hoofy said:

Who is feeling brave? http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2017...

or

wouldn't touch with a stick.

[giggity]

Confirmed headgasket failure by AA.

It's at my mates garage and he will tell me what he thinks is best move, I suspect he can keep it on his site and therefore I will start breaking parts at £100 a go.

e.g. 4 wheels and tyres - contenential sport 5 / eagle f1 with 5mm all round £100
digital tv tuner £100
bluetooth £100

etc and get 10 parts sold thats £1,000

hope this works out, then over to scrappy.

Then get a banger with FSH.

[phil_cardiff]

My dad has just got a Passat estate to replace his old Zara diesel estate. I've been tasked with getting rid of the Zara but have no idea what it'll be worth.

M reg, 6 months MOT, tidy bodywork, no rust, passenger door doesn't open. What do we think? £300? £250?

[BlueHave]

phil_cardiff said:

My dad has just got a Passat estate to replace his old Zara diesel estate. I've been tasked with getting rid of the Zara but have no idea what it'll be worth.

M reg, 6 months MOT, tidy bodywork, no rust, passenger door doesn't open. What do we think? £300? £250?

First port would be to put it on Gumtree for £500, someone who in all likelihood will have no knowledge of cars will turn up and hand over the money.

Gumtree is A to B runaround central although prepare yourself for the inevitable timewasters who will want to swap for something.

[kowalski655]

I still lust after a soft top
If I WERE to go & se this,what should I be checking for?
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2016...
MOT history not bad,would the Cat C marker be a problem for insurance?

[Matt-il77s]

sim72 said:

£450 (or less with a haggle) for a 1995 Pug 106 with only 51K and a year's ticket?
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2017...

22 years old, bet that'd be cheapo insurance for a learner...

Edited by sim72 on Thursday 12th January 23:36

Similar to this but a 1.0 petrol, 75k at £299:


http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Citroen-AX-1-0-Dimension...

[TonyRPH]

Matt-il77s said:

Similar to this but a 1.0 petrol, 75k at £299:


http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Citroen-AX-1-0-Dimension...

Ah, the king of chassis flex.

We used to have a 4 door version and we once went to a car boot sale in it.

We had to park on a slope, and when we returned to the car, we opened the boot and put our purchases in the boot - but we couldn't close it because the chassis had flexed so badly.

Once we moved to a flat surface it was fine lol.

[danp]

kowalski655 said:

I still lust after a soft top
If I WERE to go & se this,what should I be checking for?
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2016...
MOT history not bad,would the Cat C marker be a problem for insurance?

I had a cat D Corrado a while back, insurers didn't mind/load the premium.

[EarlOfHazard]

TonyRPH said:

Matt-il77s said:

Similar to this but a 1.0 petrol, 75k at £299:


http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Citroen-AX-1-0-Dimension...

Ah, the king of chassis flex.

We used to have a 4 door version and we once went to a car boot sale in it.

We had to park on a slope, and when we returned to the car, we opened the boot and put our purchases in the boot - but we couldn't close it because the chassis had flexed so badly.

Once we moved to a flat surface it was fine lol.

Lol. Good in a crash then?

[anonymous-user]

I had 3 citroen AXs never noticed any chassis flex. They are simple cars make a great city car, but I wouldn't want to go over 40mph as they are basically death traps compared to modern cars in a crash.

Edited by The Spruce goose on Tuesday 24th January 08:05

[phil_cardiff]

BlueHave said:

phil_cardiff said:

My dad has just got a Passat estate to replace his old Zara diesel estate. I've been tasked with getting rid of the Zara but have no idea what it'll be worth.

M reg, 6 months MOT, tidy bodywork, no rust, passenger door doesn't open. What do we think? £300? £250?

First port would be to put it on Gumtree for £500, someone who in all likelihood will have no knowledge of cars will turn up and hand over the money.

Gumtree is A to B runaround central although prepare yourself for the inevitable timewasters who will want to swap for something.

Cheers. I sold a car via Gumtree/Facebook last summer. So many a-holes out there...

[Hugo a Gogo]

TonyRPH said:

Matt-il77s said:

Similar to this but a 1.0 petrol, 75k at £299:


http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Citroen-AX-1-0-Dimension...

Ah, the king of chassis flex.

We used to have a 4 door version and we once went to a car boot sale in it.

We had to park on a slope, and when we returned to the car, we opened the boot and put our purchases in the boot - but we couldn't close it because the chassis had flexed so badly.

Once we moved to a flat surface it was fine lol.

bootlid is just the lower directly fixed to the glass with no sides, innit?

I remember one of those Police Stop shows where a young lad had an AX with a smashed rear screen, the cop opened the boot and it just came away in his hand

[JumboBeef]

Love the fact it says VERY CLEAN......then you see the photos of the seats...

[princeperch]

Lads need a shed after my almera a gearbox disintegrated today on Leytonstone high road

What' say we to this

http://www.seergreencarsales.co.uk/used-cars/nissa...