Best of the Bargain Basement Vol. 2

[GazV70R]

How about this? Surely bid them £800-900 and it'll be yours, cheap motor.

https://www.gumtree.com/p/volvo/volvo-v70-2.4-mot-...

[Davie]

GazV70R said:

How about this? Surely bid them £800-900 and it'll be yours, cheap motor.

https://www.gumtree.com/p/volvo/volvo-v70-2.4-mot-...

This close to Christmas, 2.4 and weighs about 2 tons... I'd be wading in in full Mike Brewer spec.

Good cars, can get dear if you gets one with niggles and you feel the urge to fix them... I had a 2001 T5 a couple of years back, I think it owed me £400 time it was bought and MOT'd, bodged it along with scrapyard bits for 20k and sold it a year later for £800.00.

Sadly such bargains are harder to find these days it seems!

[GazV70R]

Davie said:

This close to Christmas, 2.4 and weighs about 2 tons... I'd be wading in in full Mike Brewer spec.

Good cars, can get dear if you gets one with niggles and you feel the urge to fix them... I had a 2001 T5 a couple of years back, I think it owed me £400 time it was bought and MOT'd, bodged it along with scrapyard bits for 20k and sold it a year later for £800.00.

Sadly such bargains are harder to find these days it seems!

Haha fair play. Even if you could get it for £700-800 might be a good buy though as they do last don't they!
The little niggles do happen, my 1998 V70R had the same little things going wrong but bigger picture, they last. Solid cars.

[PoleDriver]

GazV70R said:

How about this? Surely bid them £800-900 and it'll be yours, cheap motor.

https://www.gumtree.com/p/volvo/volvo-v70-2.4-mot-...

I bought exactly the same colour/model/year/spec with less than 120k miles in March this year for £500!

Edited by PoleDriver on Saturday 19th November 21:52

[soad]

PoleDriver said:

I bought exactly the same colour/model/year/spec with less than 120k miles in March this year for £500!

Do rub it in, you jammy fker.

[anonymous-user]

soad said:

PoleDriver said:

I bought exactly the same colour/model/year/spec with less than 120k miles in March this year for £500!

Do rub it in, you jammy fker.

[PoleDriver]

sleepera6 said:

soad said:

PoleDriver said:

I bought exactly the same colour/model/year/spec with less than 120k miles in March this year for £500!

Do rub it in, you jammy fker.

And it's still running strong!

[anonymous-user]

PoleDriver said:

sleepera6 said:

soad said:

PoleDriver said:

I bought exactly the same colour/model/year/spec with less than 120k miles in March this year for £500!

Do rub it in, you jammy fker.

And it's still running strong!

that's not the pistonheads bargain basement way

[PoleDriver]

sleepera6 said:

that's not the pistonheads bargain basement way

OK, I've replaced the battery, a track-rod end and the clutch pulley on the alternator!

[VolvoT5]

Has anyone posted this 328i E46 touring yet? It was in the barge thread but is <£1000 and seems like a lot of car for the money.

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C811675

[martin mrt]

VolvoT5 said:

Has anyone posted this 328i E46 touring yet? It was in the barge thread but is <£1000 and seems like a lot of car for the money.

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C811675

That looks to be a bargain, lovely colour combo too.

[Toaster Pilot]

Think I just made a pretty big mistake.... 2005 55 Laguna II 2.2 DCI Initiale auto with long MOT for less than half thread budget

[stevesuk]

Toaster Pilot said:

Think I just made a pretty big mistake.... 2005 55 Laguna II 2.2 DCI Initiale auto with long MOT for less than half thread budget

With Initiale spec, at least it'll be a comfy place to sit whilst you await recovery

[Toaster Pilot]

stevesuk said:

With Initiale spec, at least it'll be a comfy place to sit whilst you await recovery

Exactly

[timster]

https://www.gumtree.com/p/nissan/nissan-almera-2.2...

[stevesuk]

Toaster Pilot said:

stevesuk said:

With Initiale spec, at least it'll be a comfy place to sit whilst you await recovery

Exactly

Our next door but one neighbour runs a diesel Laguna (similar vintage, but not Initiale), and I've never seen him with the bonnet up, so maybe the later models aren't quite as bad as internet folklore would have you believe. Is it a facelift?

[Hainey]

stevesuk said:

Toaster Pilot said:

stevesuk said:

With Initiale spec, at least it'll be a comfy place to sit whilst you await recovery

Exactly

Our next door but one neighbour runs a diesel Laguna (similar vintage, but not Initiale), and I've never seen him with the bonnet up, so maybe the later models aren't quite as bad as internet folklore would have you believe. Is it a facelift?

They aren't, but the early ones deserve the reputation. They really were a cluster fk of a design.

[Toaster Pilot]

stevesuk said:

Our next door but one neighbour runs a diesel Laguna (similar vintage, but not Initiale), and I've never seen him with the bonnet up, so maybe the later models aren't quite as bad as internet folklore would have you believe. Is it a facelift?

Yeah it is a facelift estate.

[GeordieInExile]

Who's for a moon miles but well maintained Saab 900?

Click

Full history, loads of receipts. At £950 you can't go wrong, surely?

[Emeye]

Toaster Pilot said:

Think I just made a pretty big mistake.... 2005 55 Laguna II 2.2 DCI Initiale auto with long MOT for less than half thread budget

Pics?