Best of the Bargain Basement Vol. 2

[SimonTheSailor]

Fat bloke with piles ??

[Hoofy]

[carinaman]

A farmer with farmers?

I suspect I've seen that Jag advert before. I recognise the rust in the wing, and the £1K SoTW V8 S-Type may have had me looking.

[TheJimi]

Slow said:

No service history however

Conscious that I may be a wet blanket here but the equivalent is going quite a bit more elsewhere.

I'd be running a mile, tbh.

Either that or I'm spending too much time on UKSaabs!

[andy118run]

600 quid for a 355bhp Saab in Bungay, Norfolk.

I'm half heartedly looking for a shed/cheap runabout and it's 20 miles away but surely this would be a bit of a money pit...

https://www.gumtree.com/p/saab/saab-9-3-turbo-355-...

Saab 9-3 turbo
7 months mot
355 bhp very fast car
Upgraded brakes
Lowered
Big turbo
Front mount intercooler
Re-mapped
No faults
Drives lovely

[Negative Creep]

I just picked this up. As everyone knows, it's basically a 5 Series underneath




2 litre v6 auto, nice and smooth with everything working the way it should

[texasjohn]

Nice motor that 75, good buy and I hope it serves you well.

I'm going to have a look for one myself I think!

[wiliferus]

A Volvo V40 has caught my eye. It's a 2003 2.0t, looks like the lux spec. Only thing is it's an auto and I've irrationally avoided Volvo autos due to the flare issue in older models. Will this car have one of those boxes, or is that issue limited to S60s and V70s?
Any other thoughts on the V40 2.0t? It's the lpt version, about 170bhp.

[Birdster]

Alfa 166 3.0 for £750? Looks nice and seller seems honest about the condition.

http://retrorides.proboards.com/thread/183719/1999...

[Hoofy]

wiliferus said:

A Volvo V40 has caught my eye. It's a 2003 2.0t, looks like the lux spec. Only thing is it's an auto and I've irrationally avoided Volvo autos due to the flare issue in older models. Will this car have one of those boxes, or is that issue limited to S60s and V70s?
Any other thoughts on the V40 2.0t? It's the lpt version, about 170bhp.

If you're in BB land, then you are surely paying under £1k. I've had autobox problems with my S60 and it's not got any worse in the last 12 months of ownership. Assuming it passes its MOT in a few weeks' time, I will keep it for another 12 months and get a few things sorted.

If it fails the MOT and is costly to get it fixed, then I'll scrap it and buy another BB car.

[Toaster Pilot]

On the hunt for a new shed because my Skoda Felicia is dying of terminal rust

Less than £500
Petrol and bombproof
Estate is nice

Not really asking much I know

Saw a Laguna I estate earlier for £400 with a year's test, 2.0 petrol. Not sure it meets the bombproof criteria but it must be better than a Laguna II

[Slow]

Not sure you can be reliable, petrol estate for under £500.

Just pick anything within 10 miles that when you get to looks/goes ok.

[Toaster Pilot]

Slow said:

Not sure you can be reliable, petrol estate for under £500.

Just pick anything within 10 miles that when you get to looks/goes ok.

Felicia was £160 with a year's test almost a year ago

[GeordieInExile]

Toaster Pilot said:

Felicia was £160 with a year's test almost a year ago

Only one thing for it, then... Felicia estate it is!

[nonsense]

or a 406? paid £350 for mine R-reg 2.0l petrol auto, 20,000 miles ago and all its needed is a new centre exhaust section thus far. long may it continue!

[Hoofy]

Not a bad price until you read that bit about the gearbox!

https://www.gumtree.com/p/volvo/volvo-v70-t5-estat...

Depends how bad the slippage is, though - might be a bargain if it lasts a year and it's only vaguely causing a problem.

[forsure]

Hoofy said:

Not a bad price until you read that bit about the gearbox!

https://www.gumtree.com/p/volvo/volvo-v70-t5-estat...

Depends how bad the slippage is, though - might be a bargain if it lasts a year and it's only vaguely causing a problem.

I was with you there, until I noticed it's nearly out of MoT. Too risky.

[Hoofy]

forsure said:

Hoofy said:

Not a bad price until you read that bit about the gearbox!

https://www.gumtree.com/p/volvo/volvo-v70-t5-estat...

Depends how bad the slippage is, though - might be a bargain if it lasts a year and it's only vaguely causing a problem.

I was with you there, until I noticed it's nearly out of MoT. Too risky.

Wonder if you could pay for a new MOT before purchase.

[gowmonster]

Hoofy said:

forsure said:

Hoofy said:

Not a bad price until you read that bit about the gearbox!

https://www.gumtree.com/p/volvo/volvo-v70-t5-estat...

Depends how bad the slippage is, though - might be a bargain if it lasts a year and it's only vaguely causing a problem.

I was with you there, until I noticed it's nearly out of MoT. Too risky.

Wonder if you could pay for a new MOT before purchase.

The guy spelt "sought after" correctly so it can't be that bad surely?

[Hoofy]