Best of the Bargain Basement Vol. 2

[egor110]

Hoofy said:

V8RX7 said:

I liked the look of them when they came out and I hadn't realised they were so cheap

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2016...

C4 VTS 175bhp £895

Do Citroens do bargain basement well?

Very, for under a grand your not going to get anything more comfy than a c5.

[sixpotter]

After stalking this thread on and off I have decided to go back shedding. Just pulled the trigger on a £320 mk3 Golf GTI 8v with a years ticket. Collect Saturday, bought blind.. What's the worst that could happen...

[Hoofy]

egor110 said:

Hoofy said:

V8RX7 said:

I liked the look of them when they came out and I hadn't realised they were so cheap

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2016...

C4 VTS 175bhp £895

Do Citroens do bargain basement well?

Very, for under a grand your not going to get anything more comfy than a c5.

I was wondering about reliability.

[Hoofy]

Thought I'd do an update as it's coming up to 1 year that I've owned the £700 S60 2.4T automatic.

Things I've spent money on (as in had to pay someone to work on the car, not just buy the item):
-1 coil pack (£225)
-tyres all round (£215)
-new front brakes and discs, front wheel bearing (£483)
-boot lock replacement (£190 including sorting out a temporary fix) (the temp fix is perfectly secure but very inconvenient hence spending a not-100%-necessary £160 of that to properly fix the problem)
-MOT (£50)

So I've essentially paid for another car but at least I know everything's fine for another year. (I might still have to pay for all that stuff on a replacement car.)

Might get rear pads sorted (not needed yet, not even mentioned on MOT) and get the oil replaced in the gearbox as it's got minor flare.

Not sure whether to bother getting it serviced or scrap it at the end of 2016.

[ManOpener]

dooosuk said:

8potdave said:

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2015...

This could be a giggle... or a money pit. No where to strap my kids otherwise I may have had a punt

Seat belts zip-tied to the head rests...nice!

Bodged harnesses with some seriously dodgy looking angles? Run a mile.

[Emeye]

ManOpener said:

dooosuk said:

8potdave said:

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2015...

This could be a giggle... or a money pit. No where to strap my kids otherwise I may have had a punt

Seat belts zip-tied to the head rests...nice!

Bodged harnesses with some seriously dodgy looking angles? Run a mile.

I was wondering about that - what would happen to those headrests in an accident?

[wemorgan]

Emeye said:

I was wondering about that - what would happen to those headrests in an accident?

Also, the angle of the belt would likely break the occupant's collar bone.

[ManOpener]

Emeye said:

ManOpener said:

dooosuk said:

8potdave said:

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2015...

This could be a giggle... or a money pit. No where to strap my kids otherwise I may have had a punt

Seat belts zip-tied to the head rests...nice!

Bodged harnesses with some seriously dodgy looking angles? Run a mile.

I was wondering about that - what would happen to those headrests in an accident?

I don't know about the physics of it other than knowing it looks pretty much exactly the same as the "unacceptable angle" example here



I thing "nothing good" is probably the most honest answer I can give.

[Hoofy]

So, in a head-on collision, the body snaps forward, breaking the headrest stalks, then as the body falls back into place, the headrests are now loose in the cabin, and a metal headrest stalk gets banged into the back of your back?

[egor110]

Hoofy said:

egor110 said:

Hoofy said:

V8RX7 said:

I liked the look of them when they came out and I hadn't realised they were so cheap

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2016...

C4 VTS 175bhp £895

Do Citroens do bargain basement well?

Very, for under a grand your not going to get anything more comfy than a c5.

I was wondering about reliability.

I've had 2 both diesel and both passed mot's and didn't break down.

One of them i had to get a 2nd hand heater control unit but that's it.

[Hoofy]

egor110 said:

I've had 2 both diesel and both passed mot's and didn't break down.

One of them i had to get a 2nd hand heater control unit but that's it.

That's quite impressive!

[Emeye]

egor110 said:

Hoofy said:

egor110 said:

Hoofy said:

V8RX7 said:

I liked the look of them when they came out and I hadn't realised they were so cheap

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2016...

C4 VTS 175bhp £895

Do Citroens do bargain basement well?

Very, for under a grand your not going to get anything more comfy than a c5.

I was wondering about reliability.

I've had 2 both diesel and both passed mot's and didn't break down.

One of them i had to get a 2nd hand heater control unit but that's it.

I test drove a C4 VTS once - it was very highly geared IIRC but felt pretty solidly built.

Do I mean highly geared? What I mean it revved very high in top - is that low geared? ;hehe:

[Hoofy]

Emeye said:

I test drove a C4 VTS once - it was very highly geared IIRC but felt pretty solidly built.

Do I mean highly geared? What I mean it revved very high in top - is that low geared? ;hehe:

High revving?

[Jimmy Recard]

That's low gearing

[egor110]

Hoofy said:

egor110 said:

I've had 2 both diesel and both passed mot's and didn't break down.

One of them i had to get a 2nd hand heater control unit but that's it.

That's quite impressive!

To be fair the first one was owned by a work colleagues friend who did patient transport for the nhs so it had to be serviced twice a year , the 2nd was a estate and was a proper shed but i only paid £500 so could live with the battle scars.

[Toaster Pilot]

Fresh in from the high mileage thread, I'm now the "proud" owner of this beauty

[GeordieInExile]

Excellent.

So... what's broken on it?

[MajorMantra]

Toaster Pilot said:

Fresh in from the high mileage thread, I'm now the "proud" owner of this beauty

Do keep us updated...

[poing]

GeordieInExile said:

Excellent.

So... what's broken on it?

The gravity field controller seems to need some adjustment.

[Toaster Pilot]

GeordieInExile said:

Excellent.

So... what's broken on it?

Everything.

It's stuck in limp mode and has a rough idle (on petrol as well as gas). Diagnosis points to the o2 sensor, it doesn't seem to be switching much if at all