Could this be the best car for £200?
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Hrimfaxi said:
There was a Mk.1 Mondeo 1.8 that was for sale nearby for £150, with 6 months MOT. It sold the day I was going to go round and snap it up. Bugger.
(Edit) It was in some sort of puke green though...
Citrine Yellow???(Edit) It was in some sort of puke green though...
There must have been a "0" missing off the end of the price. My brother had a Citrine Yellow Si 4x4 Mondeo. He paid £600 for it in 2003, hammered it about and sold it after being sat in a shed for four years in 2012 for £2,000
Terrible car, not a great colour but together awesome.
Liquid Knight said:
Citrine Yellow???
There must have been a "0" missing off the end of the price. My brother had a Citrine Yellow Si 4x4 Mondeo. He paid £600 for it in 2003, hammered it about and sold it after being sat in a shed for four years in 2012 for £2,000
Terrible car, not a great colour but together awesome.
Ah nope, I think "rotting flesh" deep brown-ish green is more descriptive!There must have been a "0" missing off the end of the price. My brother had a Citrine Yellow Si 4x4 Mondeo. He paid £600 for it in 2003, hammered it about and sold it after being sat in a shed for four years in 2012 for £2,000
Terrible car, not a great colour but together awesome.
I know about those Citrines, what a colour that is haha. This was definitely £150.
I know I could have fixed it but...
...for the sake of a fiver, an hour in a scrap yard, a few minutes cleaning and a shake of a rattle can...
...good as new.
Completely different beast now. The car is clean, smells nice (was a bit of a ball pit in the back but it's Mom car) and I don't have to drive like an ecomentalist. New battery as well because the old one was cooked. The total now stands at £271.14 (£272 minus the 86p I found under the seats and carpets).
Advertised for £495 to knock it out over the weekend or keep. I haven't decided yet.
...for the sake of a fiver, an hour in a scrap yard, a few minutes cleaning and a shake of a rattle can...
...good as new.
Completely different beast now. The car is clean, smells nice (was a bit of a ball pit in the back but it's Mom car) and I don't have to drive like an ecomentalist. New battery as well because the old one was cooked. The total now stands at £271.14 (£272 minus the 86p I found under the seats and carpets).
Advertised for £495 to knock it out over the weekend or keep. I haven't decided yet.
Just a little update. Slightly off topic but still thread worthy.
I sold my Punto for £200 added a little and bought the Golf.
Spent a little time and money on the Golf and sold it for a little profit.
Added a little and bought this...
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/261648097060?_trksid=p20...
...Alfa GTV Ts in dark blue, tan leather trim, full service history, two owners from new and both member of the Alfa Owners Club. Was for sale at £1495 but dropped to a buy it now of £800, reduced again to £700 and I bid £600 but won the car for £570.
Minus the Golf the Alfa owes me £120
I sold my Punto for £200 added a little and bought the Golf.
Spent a little time and money on the Golf and sold it for a little profit.
Added a little and bought this...
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/261648097060?_trksid=p20...
...Alfa GTV Ts in dark blue, tan leather trim, full service history, two owners from new and both member of the Alfa Owners Club. Was for sale at £1495 but dropped to a buy it now of £800, reduced again to £700 and I bid £600 but won the car for £570.
Minus the Golf the Alfa owes me £120
Another car that owes me £120-ish
Bit of an adventure but...
I won a £150 Fiat Punto on eBay that needed a bit of welding front tyres for M.O.T, £36 and a few hours work later £39 for a clean sheet. My mate needed "something smaller" and offered the Scenic and £100 for the Punto.
I won a pair of colour coded bumpers for £10 and sold the grey plastic ones for £10 each. The towbar is for sale as well so it could cost me even less.
Bit of an adventure but...
I won a £150 Fiat Punto on eBay that needed a bit of welding front tyres for M.O.T, £36 and a few hours work later £39 for a clean sheet. My mate needed "something smaller" and offered the Scenic and £100 for the Punto.
I won a pair of colour coded bumpers for £10 and sold the grey plastic ones for £10 each. The towbar is for sale as well so it could cost me even less.
£110
Oh dear, when I saw this car a week ago it had a bent exhaust valve. I was thinking of replacing the head and living happily ever after but since then it's been thrashed to the point it only has compression on two cylinders and the gudgeon pins are rattling in three of the four pots. The front suspension is completely knackered, the car tramps from side to side under braking because the passenger side front wheel is buckled, the exhaust looks like it used to be the Titanic and the only redeeming feature the leathers seats stink of smoke.
I could break for a profit but that would be a faff.
Oh well, seats for my Morris Minor hotrod project nearly new battery and £35 a Ton.
Oh dear, when I saw this car a week ago it had a bent exhaust valve. I was thinking of replacing the head and living happily ever after but since then it's been thrashed to the point it only has compression on two cylinders and the gudgeon pins are rattling in three of the four pots. The front suspension is completely knackered, the car tramps from side to side under braking because the passenger side front wheel is buckled, the exhaust looks like it used to be the Titanic and the only redeeming feature the leathers seats stink of smoke.
I could break for a profit but that would be a faff.
Oh well, seats for my Morris Minor hotrod project nearly new battery and £35 a Ton.
I'd like to submit my latest acquisitiona 1998 Seat Ibiza 1.4.
Just over 100k on it, 11 months MOT, advisories on previous MOT were tyres an back box both of which have been replaced.
Starting bid on ebay £200, 1 BID and it's MINE..
Chucked a bucket of water over it and I am genuinely surprised how good it is.
Even gave the engine bay a quick wipe down to find no oil leaks or coolant leaks with the bonus of a relatively new battery, fresh PAS fluid & brake fluid - result.
I'd forgot just how great it feels having such a cheap car that can be lobbed into any old car park an pretty much left anywhere.
Just over 100k on it, 11 months MOT, advisories on previous MOT were tyres an back box both of which have been replaced.
Starting bid on ebay £200, 1 BID and it's MINE..
Chucked a bucket of water over it and I am genuinely surprised how good it is.
Even gave the engine bay a quick wipe down to find no oil leaks or coolant leaks with the bonus of a relatively new battery, fresh PAS fluid & brake fluid - result.
I'd forgot just how great it feels having such a cheap car that can be lobbed into any old car park an pretty much left anywhere.
Liquid Knight said:
That's great KerrLy. I always preferred the Seat option to the 6N Polo. 
Likewise, having owned a few 6N Polos the bodywork on this Ibiza is far better, the back arches/sills especially are nicer than 90% of the Polos I've seen lately.It does suffer the same ol problems though, the pedal box disintegrated the other day so it's currently held together with mole grips until the replacement has been welded/braced prior to fitment.
Aside from that issue it's done 1000 miles with no other issues. Now it's modding time.
aka_kerrly said:
I'd like to submit my latest acquisitiona 1998 Seat Ibiza 1.4.
Just over 100k on it, 11 months MOT, advisories on previous MOT were tyres an back box both of which have been replaced.
Starting bid on ebay £200, 1 BID and it's MINE..
Chucked a bucket of water over it and I am genuinely surprised how good it is.
Even gave the engine bay a quick wipe down to find no oil leaks or coolant leaks with the bonus of a relatively new battery, fresh PAS fluid & brake fluid - result.
I'd forgot just how great it feels having such a cheap car that can be lobbed into any old car park an pretty much left anywhere.
I used to have the "S" version in red. Same engine but a GTi interior, great cars and bullet proof engines Just over 100k on it, 11 months MOT, advisories on previous MOT were tyres an back box both of which have been replaced.
Starting bid on ebay £200, 1 BID and it's MINE..
Chucked a bucket of water over it and I am genuinely surprised how good it is.
Even gave the engine bay a quick wipe down to find no oil leaks or coolant leaks with the bonus of a relatively new battery, fresh PAS fluid & brake fluid - result.
I'd forgot just how great it feels having such a cheap car that can be lobbed into any old car park an pretty much left anywhere.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/261972454611?_trksid=p20...
£330 with a knackered clutch but £60 on the clutch and a bit of tidying up one of the six manual FTO's in the UK with 100,000 miles on the clock should be worth a fair bit more.
It works out -£10 as I've sold my 190E for £400
£330 with a knackered clutch but £60 on the clutch and a bit of tidying up one of the six manual FTO's in the UK with 100,000 miles on the clock should be worth a fair bit more.
It works out -£10 as I've sold my 190E for £400
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