Best of the Bargain Basement Vol. 2

[anonymous-user]

with such a good looking car, who cars if it works. there are not many other cars for less than a grand that look as good, I would even say stunning.

[forsure]

wibblebrain said:

if I didn't have one too many cars already I would be buying this for the £630 asking price without any hesitation:

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2017...

This dates from when Peugeot made great handling cars. For anyone fed up of harsh riding low profile tyred cars driving this car will be a revelation.

Absolutely agree. I used to deliver new leased BMWs and often had to drive back in the cars they were replacing - usually a 3yr old Passat/Vectra/BMW and occassionaly a 406. First time I drove one I was immediately impressed with how comfortable it was and how 'right' it felt to drive.

[Motorrad]

forsure said:

Absolutely agree. I used to deliver new leased BMWs and often had to drive back in the cars they were replacing - usually a 3yr old Passat/Vectra/BMW and occassionaly a 406. First time I drove one I was immediately impressed with how comfortable it was and how 'right' it felt to drive.

Reckon the car in question is sold as it's no longer on AT, I'm glad because it looked so good I was going to buy it even though I didn't need it. MOT history showing potential need for new rear discs and maybe springs. That's all.

They aren't slow either (at least the 110 model) and will remap to 140bhp without need for anything else.

[Big Rod]

TonyRPH said:

jamoor said:

Some strange oddities.

low local recent mileage - wtf does this mean?
It's one owner but it as been owned by someone for the last 8 years, what about the other 8?

It means that for the past 8 years it's been owned by some old bloke who has only used it to go to the shops and hasn't put much mileage on it over his 8 years of ownership.

Who knows how many miles were on it when it bought it 8 years ago?

Which sounds great on paper, but I bought an Omega 2.0 with a similar description a while ago...

...It hadn't been out of the town in many years and had exceptionally low mileage for its age so when it was taken onto the motorway to drive the 30 miles or so home after the purchase, the oil pickup clogged up with all the debris and sludge from having never been properly warmed up and it lunched the bottom end of the engine within about 15 minutes.

Edited by Big Rod on Friday 10th February 11:07

[l354uge]

Big Rod said:

Which sounds great on paper, but I bought an Omega 2.0 with a similar description a while ago...

...It hadn't been out of the town in many years and had exceptionally low mileage for its age so when it was taken onto the motorway to drive the 30 miles or so home after the purchase, the oil pickup clogged up with all the debris and sludge from having never been properly warmed up and it lunched the bottom end of the engine within about 15 minutes.

Edited by Big Rod on Friday 10th February 11:07

Ouch. I've always maintained I'd much rather have a car that's done mostly motorway work than town, this is reason #1.

Update on the £240 Rover 75:
Whilst adjusting the handbrake fro its retest I found two nails on one of the tyres, so I took it to a local tyre place to have it replaced...Only I ended up paying £30 for a 15 year old Pirelli P6000 which they didn't bother balancing. If you're in Coventry avoid ABC tyres like the plague. I'll be sure to monitor tyre fitters alot more closely from now on.

Had to withstand the horrible vibration for 330miles on a trip that night, awful. Luckily a set of the same wheels with 4 good dunlop sport BluResponse tyres on came up nearby on ebay, managed to nab them for £60

Should be able to sell the old wheels and tyres on for £60 so I'll break even on that, meaning the car owes me about £330. It is still the most comfortable and relaxing car I've ever driven, and a complete and utter bargain!

[Ste1987]

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2017...

I know a few PH'ers are fond of the 1.4 HDi but does anyone have any experience with the 110bhp 1.6 HDi? This one's pretty tidy

[Toaster Pilot]

Ste1987 said:

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2017...

I know a few PH'ers are fond of the 1.4 HDi but does anyone have any experience with the 110bhp 1.6 HDi? This one's pretty tidy

The 1.6 is a toxic pile of st which should be avoided however not sure if this holds true the cheaper they get.

[CAPP0]

Wasn't sure where to put this as there is no price, but someone has just posted this on the village FB page where I live:

FB Person said:

• Car for sale*. I have inherited a car with a house that I recently bought. It was left in the garage and has clearly not been used in years. It doesn't start and tyres are flat, but other than that seems in good condition.

Volvo 244 GLE Auto 1981. 4 door saloon. Red

If anyone's interested let me know and I'll put you in touch.

[ALTO77]

forsure said:

Absolutely agree. I used to deliver new leased BMWs and often had to drive back in the cars they were replacing - usually a 3yr old Passat/Vectra/BMW and occassionaly a 406. First time I drove one I was immediately impressed with how comfortable it was and how 'right' it felt to drive.

I know this one has sold, but definitely agree, I remember my mate dropping me off in one of these in the mid 90's, it would have been his company car, he worked for Rolls Royce not the motor division, and my recollection of the 406 was it was fantastic for driving over pot holes, a really refined car, with a fantastic ride, how I wished for one on Wednesday night as I drove over a pot hole and suffered a puncture, ahh! the memories, and my next car will have balloon like tyres, fed up with our crappy roads.

[tomsugden]

After a recent bad experience with the theft of my nice car, I have decided to have a go at shedding until we move house later this year. I bought this yesterday for £950

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VOLVO-C70-T5-GT-CONVERTI...

Everything works, 69k miles, and that lovely 5 cylinder 2.3 (as used in the focus RS) gets it along very nicely.

[princeperch]

Great shedding with that volvo (assuming it hasnt had the clock wound back)

[Barchettaman]

+1, looks a corker. Normal rules apply, replace fluids & filters, enjoy.

The listing says sold for £350 not £950, which would be even more of a bargain.

[tomsugden]

princeperch said:

Great shedding with that volvo (assuming it hasnt had the clock wound back)

The MOT history suggests it has done 15000 miles since 2006, and I have the MOT history before then on paper too.

[Qubit]

Toledo 1.8t Sport worth a look for 650. (Not mine,did have one years ago) http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/172505890626

[Jimmy Recard]

Looks a good car

[anonymous-user]

tomsugden said:

that lovely 5 cylinder 2.3 (as used in the focus RS)

The Focus RS engine is a derivation of the 2.5T engine, which Volvo started calling T5 after they discontinued the original 2.3 because it would be too expensive to make it meet the new emissions regs. Sorry, Volvo beard attack

I have a real hankering for an original T5, hard to find a decent one these days though.

[TonyRPH]

Qubit said:

Toledo 1.8t Sport worth a look for 650. (Not mine,did have one years ago)

That links to a Honda.

[Jimmy Recard]

TonyRPH said:

That links to a Honda.

You're right. Earlier it was a grey Seat Toledo

[V8RX7]

Barchettaman said:

The listing says sold for £350 not £950, which would be even more of a bargain.

Listing was ended by the seller - that was the start price - presumably because a deal was done off Ebay.

(Not that I blame anyone for doing that - their fees are extortionate)

[deeen]

Jimmy Recard said:

TonyRPH said:

That links to a Honda.

You're right. Earlier it was a grey Seat Toledo

Evolution.