Best of the Bargain Basement Vol. 2

[stropley]

I know it's scumtree but this XJ looks lovely for less than a bag :

http://www.gumtree.com/p/jaguar/1998-jaguar-xj-spo...

[RobinBanks]

Talking about airbags, the last car accident I was in was in 1999 in a 9 month old Range Rover. It was a bad accident (almost head on with a refrigerated lorry). The airbags didn't fire and we were all ok.

I do think that the fact that the airbags didn't deploy must have been a fault with the car, despite no warning light showing.

[ukessex09]

any more bargains for 7 seater?

[ukessex09]

any more bargains for 7 seater?

[confused_buyer]

Emeye said:

- of course it was, that's why it's a Cat D.

In fairness, at this end of the market, and if it is a recent total loss it is quite possible to write off a car with a scratch to a bumper.

If you come across a £1000 car which was Cat D in 2014 you can be sure it was minor as (a) it is easy to write it off and (b) no one is going to spend any money fixing major damage.

[Hoofy]

Get my 4th BB car today: Volvo S60 2.4T. Not amusing as the two Golf Cabrios I've had but much quicker. From googling, there's some tuning potential.

Edit: Oh yeah, auto with tiptronic. Perfect for my commute.

Edit 2: It's got a 4 CD autochanger and a telephone you can text from. Looks like the original buyer had ticked a lot of optional extras. Crazy dog.

Edited by Hoofy on Tuesday 3rd February 21:59

[wiliferus]

ukessex09 said:

any more bargains for 7 seater?

You haven't commented on anything that has been suggested?

[mrtwisty]

ikarl said:

I remember watching a mythbusters a few years ago and they were testing a car that had of the first airbags, I think it was 40 years old or so....anyway, it worked perfectly.

I know they have a bbd but I doubt I'd be worried enough to do anything about it

I've had pretty big crashes in two cars that had out of date airbags - neither went off. Not sure if coincidence or not...

[W00DY]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1997-Lexus-GS300-SE-Auto...

Can't complain at this for the money.

[ZiggyNiva]

How to the ls400, gs300 and gs430 all compare (I think i'm correct in saying we never got the gs400)?

[ukessex09]

wiliferus said:

You haven't commented on anything that has been suggested?

yeah showed to wife she did not like those ones

any new bargain pointers...

[TonyRPH]

ukessex09 said:

wiliferus said:

You haven't commented on anything that has been suggested?

yeah showed to wife she did not like those ones

any new bargain pointers...

Sounds as though your wife wants a late model people carrier for shed money.

Perhaps she's setting her expectations a little too high?

[GeordieInExile]

So, within thread budget I have the following as my shortlist for my new car.

BMW 520/525
Volvo S80
Saab 9-3 (either the Cavalier-based hatch or Vectra-based saloon)
Saab 9-5
Rover 75
Vauxhall Omega
Honda Accord

My criteria are auto, comfy and quiet on motorways, reasonable to drive, and well specced - leather, AC and cruise would be nice, and plenty electrically operated things. An electric sunroof would be a boon.

Anything else I should be looking at? I'm 27, had a licence for a year and a bit (I know, I know), and my insurance quotes haven't been *too* dreadful.

[Emeye]

Why no volvo S60 on your list? Plenty of them around and not a humungtastic as an S80.

GeordieInExile said:

So, within thread budget I have the following as my shortlist for my new car.

BMW 520/525
Volvo S80
Saab 9-3 (either the Cavalier-based hatch or Vectra-based saloon)
Saab 9-5
Rover 75
Vauxhall Omega
Honda Accord

My criteria are auto, comfy and quiet on motorways, reasonable to drive, and well specced - leather, AC and cruise would be nice, and plenty electrically operated things. An electric sunroof would be a boon.

Anything else I should be looking at? I'm 27, had a licence for a year and a bit (I know, I know), and my insurance quotes haven't been *too* dreadful.

[rejn]

Plagiarism appears to be rife in car adverts - I just spotted these two - pretty obvious who's been copying whose homework here:

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C558586

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C557975

Cheeky boy.

[Buff Mchugelarge]

GeordieInExile said:

So, within thread budget I have the following as my shortlist for my new car.

BMW 520/525
Volvo S80
Saab 9-3 (either the Cavalier-based hatch or Vectra-based saloon)
Saab 9-5
Rover 75
Vauxhall Omega
Honda Accord
...

From my own experience..
Vauxhall Omega's can be a ridiculous amount of car for the money and are a surprisingly good steer if looked after (especially in V6 giuse). Leather is nice but there's something to be said for heated velour on a cold morning
Saab 9-5's are great bang for your buck, I payed £700 for a MOT'd Aero HOT estate. It had all the toys, went like stink (250bhp) and wasn't even a wreck.. It was however deceptively fast, 100 felt like 60.. beware!

[L100NYY]

£695.00 and 12 months MOT....

http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/f...

[Challo]

Emeye said:

Why no volvo S60 on your list? Plenty of them around and not a humungtastic as an S80.

GeordieInExile said:

So, within thread budget I have the following as my shortlist for my new car.

BMW 520/525
Volvo S80
Saab 9-3 (either the Cavalier-based hatch or Vectra-based saloon)
Saab 9-5
Rover 75
Vauxhall Omega
Honda Accord

My criteria are auto, comfy and quiet on motorways, reasonable to drive, and well specced - leather, AC and cruise would be nice, and plenty electrically operated things. An electric sunroof would be a boon.

Anything else I should be looking at? I'm 27, had a licence for a year and a bit (I know, I know), and my insurance quotes haven't been *too* dreadful.

Do the S60 Auto boxes need to be avoid?

[GeordieInExile]

I'd have an S60 for sure but haven't come across any within 100 miles. I could widen my search and get the train to pick a car up, but I want to spend no more than a grand and that'd eat up some of the budget.

[idiotgap]

rejn said:

Plagiarism appears to be rife in car adverts - I just spotted these two - pretty obvious who's been copying whose homework here:

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C558586

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C557975

Cheeky boy.

There's a hint of w124.co.uk about both of those in the way the text is structured.