Best of the Bargain Basement Vol. 2
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Sinatra21 said:
V8RX7 said:
If anyone is looking for a cheap, tidy 530D Touring a guy near Knowle, Solihull has one for sale outside his house (I have his tel no.) has owned it for 12yrs, he wants £750 for it which seemed cheap although it has 230k on it.
I enquired but want a petrol.
Any more info on this. If you could pm me the address i might pop round for a look. I enquired but want a petrol.
On the look out for a new car (bored of the Celica now, not enough torque!) thats around or within budget. I have a very specific set of criteria...
- over 200hp
- Manual
- Estate
- Petrol
- Fairly reliable
- Turbo or 2.5litre +
phil_cardiff said:
phil_cardiff said:
Ok , so here’s the story…
I had my 06 BMW E91 up for sale as doing 15,000 miles a year @30mpg was becoming a pain on the wallet.
On bank holiday Sunday, about 4pm, my ‘phone rang and a man wanted to travel down from the Wirral to view the car (in South Wales). We chat a bit about the price and agree that if he paid me a certain amount he’d drive down and take it. Then it got a little more interesting. He told me that his car (the Passat) would run out of MOT the next day and that if he bought my car he couldn’t take it back with him. He asked if I would scrap it for him and we could split the value. Being a gent, and wanting to secure a sale, I offered to give him all of the scrap value when I scrapped it.
The gentleman arrived at about 9pm and was happy with the BMW. I had seen him arrive in a Passat estate and thought it looked ok for its age. I asked the guy if it was a petrol. ‘No, diesel’ was his reply. At this point the cogs in my head started to turn…
The next day, with the benefit of daylight, I had a look at the Passat. Ok, she was no beauty but other than occluded headlights I couldn’t see any reason why she wouldn’t pass another MOT. A quick drive on private land revealed a car that drove pretty well too – unsurprisingly as it had driven from the Wirral to South Wales the previous evening. Ok it was filthy inside and out, the tailgate was rusty and the tyres mismatched, but what the hell, I needed a car as a run around – it had to be worth trying to get her through a MOT – especially as there was half a tank of diesel in her!
I text the previous owner who agreed to take the scrap value (£50 round here) and for me to keep her on the road and duly booked an MOT. The guy was such a gent that he offered to send some old paperwork he had for the car too. In return I sent him the Mersey tunnel pass he’d left in the car – one good turn deserving of another.
So to MOT day. The garage polished the headlights and she flew through with only 2 advisories for low tread on the tyres. Result!
I plan on using it until I buy a new car and then scrapping it or selling it, though I’m not sure how much a tatty Passat Tdi 110 estate will be worth, especially with 251k on the clock and probably needing a cambelt and oil change, plus the aforementioned tyres. I had made noises about keeping it for a year for some cheap motoring but Mrs Phil is refusing to let our child travel in it so I’ll have to buy something more modern soon!
If I can sort out resizing pics on here I will post some up.
Alas the time has come to move the Passat along. I've placed a deposit on some Korean sI had my 06 BMW E91 up for sale as doing 15,000 miles a year @30mpg was becoming a pain on the wallet.
On bank holiday Sunday, about 4pm, my ‘phone rang and a man wanted to travel down from the Wirral to view the car (in South Wales). We chat a bit about the price and agree that if he paid me a certain amount he’d drive down and take it. Then it got a little more interesting. He told me that his car (the Passat) would run out of MOT the next day and that if he bought my car he couldn’t take it back with him. He asked if I would scrap it for him and we could split the value. Being a gent, and wanting to secure a sale, I offered to give him all of the scrap value when I scrapped it.
The gentleman arrived at about 9pm and was happy with the BMW. I had seen him arrive in a Passat estate and thought it looked ok for its age. I asked the guy if it was a petrol. ‘No, diesel’ was his reply. At this point the cogs in my head started to turn…
The next day, with the benefit of daylight, I had a look at the Passat. Ok, she was no beauty but other than occluded headlights I couldn’t see any reason why she wouldn’t pass another MOT. A quick drive on private land revealed a car that drove pretty well too – unsurprisingly as it had driven from the Wirral to South Wales the previous evening. Ok it was filthy inside and out, the tailgate was rusty and the tyres mismatched, but what the hell, I needed a car as a run around – it had to be worth trying to get her through a MOT – especially as there was half a tank of diesel in her!
I text the previous owner who agreed to take the scrap value (£50 round here) and for me to keep her on the road and duly booked an MOT. The guy was such a gent that he offered to send some old paperwork he had for the car too. In return I sent him the Mersey tunnel pass he’d left in the car – one good turn deserving of another.
So to MOT day. The garage polished the headlights and she flew through with only 2 advisories for low tread on the tyres. Result!
I plan on using it until I buy a new car and then scrapping it or selling it, though I’m not sure how much a tatty Passat Tdi 110 estate will be worth, especially with 251k on the clock and probably needing a cambelt and oil change, plus the aforementioned tyres. I had made noises about keeping it for a year for some cheap motoring but Mrs Phil is refusing to let our child travel in it so I’ll have to buy something more modern soon!
If I can sort out resizing pics on here I will post some up.
tbox so the VW has to go. Any ideas on how I value it? tbox has arrived and already Mrs Phil is demanding the Passat goes. If a pistonheader wants some cheap motoring then give me a PM for details and pics. I'd take £350 for the old bus. l354uge said:
On the look out for a new car (bored of the Celica now, not enough torque!) thats around or within budget. I have a very specific set of criteria...
You gotta travel for the bargains! cheap flight/advance train ticket and bobs yer uncle- over 200hp
- Manual
- Estate
- Petrol
- Fairly reliable
- Turbo or 2.5litre +
it cost me £42 for the flight to go get my £150 vectra320touring said:
l354uge said:
On the look out for a new car (bored of the Celica now, not enough torque!) thats around or within budget. I have a very specific set of criteria...
I had to travel Somerset to Plymouth for the Saab aero and Somerset to Carlisle for the grand Cherokee!
You gotta travel for the bargains! cheap flight/advance train ticket and bobs yer uncle- over 200hp
- Manual
- Estate
- Petrol
- Fairly reliable
- Turbo or 2.5litre +
I had to travel Somerset to Plymouth for the Saab aero and Somerset to Carlisle for the grand Cherokee!
it cost me £42 for the flight to go get my £150 vectraegor110 said:
320touring said:
l354uge said:
On the look out for a new car (bored of the Celica now, not enough torque!) thats around or within budget. I have a very specific set of criteria...
I had to travel Somerset to Plymouth for the Saab aero and Somerset to Carlisle for the grand Cherokee!
You gotta travel for the bargains! cheap flight/advance train ticket and bobs yer uncle- over 200hp
- Manual
- Estate
- Petrol
- Fairly reliable
- Turbo or 2.5litre +
I had to travel Somerset to Plymouth for the Saab aero and Somerset to Carlisle for the grand Cherokee!
it cost me £42 for the flight to go get my £150 vectral354uge said:
On the look out for a new car (bored of the Celica now, not enough torque!) thats around or within budget. I have a very specific set of criteria...
Not quite 200hp but its almost there: - over 200hp
- Manual
- Estate
- Petrol
- Fairly reliable
- Turbo or 2.5litre +
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/AUDI-100-AVANT-2-8-V6-QU...
l354uge said:
Don't worry, Ive taken trains to fleetwood and Liverpool from Coventry to blindly buy cars in the past! I'd just like to test drive a 9-5 before buying one and finding its not to my taste!
You could mibbe go and try one just outside your budget locally to get an idea?I drove a 2.0 150bhp estate with 200k on it recently, and it rode ok- I did a video road test of it, which I can share if its any use?
l354uge said:
egor110 said:
320touring said:
l354uge said:
On the look out for a new car (bored of the Celica now, not enough torque!) thats around or within budget. I have a very specific set of criteria...
I had to travel Somerset to Plymouth for the Saab aero and Somerset to Carlisle for the grand Cherokee!
You gotta travel for the bargains! cheap flight/advance train ticket and bobs yer uncle- over 200hp
- Manual
- Estate
- Petrol
- Fairly reliable
- Turbo or 2.5litre +
I had to travel Somerset to Plymouth for the Saab aero and Somerset to Carlisle for the grand Cherokee!
it cost me £42 for the flight to go get my £150 vectraThe saab has bags of torque , is really comfy quiet and insulated.
The clio isn't insulated the glass is thin it's noisy yet it loves to rev and you can't help but thrash it everywhere as you have to use the revs.
Not really sure which i prefer , i should be selling the clio but i might hide it up the inlaws farm.
CX53 said:
I kind of fancy a clio to run alongside my Saab (9000 2.3). Currently have a suzuki swift sport which is great, they're total opposites but the swift could do with being a little more.. Swift!
Do it.Any 1*2 in decent nick with the cambelt and dephaser done recentley.
I've found them reliable although the airbag light on mine has a mind of it's own , sorted itself out for the mot though then turned back on a day later.
Spares, tyres etc are cheap and they handle/grip better than the saab and they are easy to park.
egor110 said:
CX53 said:
I kind of fancy a clio to run alongside my Saab (9000 2.3). Currently have a suzuki swift sport which is great, they're total opposites but the swift could do with being a little more.. Swift!
Do it.Any 1*2 in decent nick with the cambelt and dephaser done recentley.
I've found them reliable although the airbag light on mine has a mind of it's own , sorted itself out for the mot though then turned back on a day later.
Spares, tyres etc are cheap and they handle/grip better than the saab and they are easy to park.
that said, the saabs can reach silly power..
320touring said:
egor110 said:
CX53 said:
I kind of fancy a clio to run alongside my Saab (9000 2.3). Currently have a suzuki swift sport which is great, they're total opposites but the swift could do with being a little more.. Swift!
Do it.Any 1*2 in decent nick with the cambelt and dephaser done recentley.
I've found them reliable although the airbag light on mine has a mind of it's own , sorted itself out for the mot though then turned back on a day later.
Spares, tyres etc are cheap and they handle/grip better than the saab and they are easy to park.
that said, the saabs can reach silly power..
Mine's the proper cup version though so thinner lighter glass and less sound deadening so motorways are a chore.
My daily commute is a mile and a half each way so the car never warms up and i get 33mpg doing that.
egor110 said:
Apart from the comfortable on the motorway bit i agree.
Mine's the proper cup version though so thinner lighter glass and less sound deadening so motorways are a chore.
My daily commute is a mile and a half each way so the car never warms up and i get 33mpg doing that.
the Burd's is a PH 1 172 Exclusive -leather and stock springs make it a comfortable place to beMine's the proper cup version though so thinner lighter glass and less sound deadening so motorways are a chore.
My daily commute is a mile and a half each way so the car never warms up and i get 33mpg doing that.
320touring said:
egor110 said:
Apart from the comfortable on the motorway bit i agree.
Mine's the proper cup version though so thinner lighter glass and less sound deadening so motorways are a chore.
My daily commute is a mile and a half each way so the car never warms up and i get 33mpg doing that.
the Burd's is a PH 1 172 Exclusive -leather and stock springs make it a comfortable place to beMine's the proper cup version though so thinner lighter glass and less sound deadening so motorways are a chore.
My daily commute is a mile and a half each way so the car never warms up and i get 33mpg doing that.
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