Banger buying gone wrong - any stories?
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Seems to be a lot of people on here who like to buy a banger for under a grand and run it for as long as possible with minimal spend.
We all enjoy reading these stories, what I want to know today is when it all went wrong!
So if u have a story please share.
My only experience with a banger was my first car, a 98 Renault Clio 1.2, 5 door in gold, or at least it was gold once!
Not really a gone wrong story, I ran it 12 months then electrics started been funny so I scrapped it. Cost me 650, they just fitted a new exhaust and a coil pack. Everything worked and it had a 12 month mot. Only thing it needed really was new brake discs as they were an advisory. I left them. Sold it for 250. Loved the car.
We all enjoy reading these stories, what I want to know today is when it all went wrong!
So if u have a story please share.
My only experience with a banger was my first car, a 98 Renault Clio 1.2, 5 door in gold, or at least it was gold once!
Not really a gone wrong story, I ran it 12 months then electrics started been funny so I scrapped it. Cost me 650, they just fitted a new exhaust and a coil pack. Everything worked and it had a 12 month mot. Only thing it needed really was new brake discs as they were an advisory. I left them. Sold it for 250. Loved the car.
Loyly said:
A Jaguar XJ I bought for £1600. Looked to be in good shape, but I didn't drive anywhere near hard enough on the test drive. I missed the fact that the transmission was slipping hard under full load. It would rev and 'slur' like a slipping clutch before delivering the power. The front V mount on the subframe was also shot. It didn't show itself up on the test drive either, but you could feel it when tackling a bendy road. The front wheels felt like they weren't connected to the steering wheel at times. The handling would go from relatively composed to complete s
t very quickly.
The V mount fault was missed when I took the car for an MOT. Apparently it's an easy fault to miss at MOT time as the weight of the front wheels compresses the subframe and hides the delaminated V mount.
I had that car for nearly two years though and it was fine for getting to work and back in. It definitely persuaded me to buy more carefully in future. It didn't do me badly and it still worked fine when I scrapped it but I couldn't be arsed to sell it or spend money getting it MOT'd.
I feel for you! t very quickly. The V mount fault was missed when I took the car for an MOT. Apparently it's an easy fault to miss at MOT time as the weight of the front wheels compresses the subframe and hides the delaminated V mount.
I had that car for nearly two years though and it was fine for getting to work and back in. It definitely persuaded me to buy more carefully in future. It didn't do me badly and it still worked fine when I scrapped it but I couldn't be arsed to sell it or spend money getting it MOT'd.
I bought a 1400 quid Renault Clio as a replacement for one I ditched at 50mph on a windy country road. Bloody black ice, lol.
I missed the fact it had a 5th gear crunch on the test drive. Steering felt a little funny too which I missed, replaced a spring at cost of about 150, still drove like s
t. Wife then wanted a new car so we traded that one in at the car people for 750 quid, lost just over half my money in under 2 months.The fiesta I took off her was my last car before the Audi, loved it. Mk7 fiestas are just brilliant.
GeordieInExile said:
Ford SportKa.
The day after purchase, the clutch went. £150 tow to a garage near my house, then £300 on a new clutch.
A month later, the head gasket went. Yesterday, I got £60 for it off a breaker.
The suspension was also rotten, but I was so desperate to get a car, any car, that I bought the first rotbox I saw.
To top it all off, the guy I bought it from worked in a Kwik Fit.
Repaired it himself then.The day after purchase, the clutch went. £150 tow to a garage near my house, then £300 on a new clutch.
A month later, the head gasket went. Yesterday, I got £60 for it off a breaker.
The suspension was also rotten, but I was so desperate to get a car, any car, that I bought the first rotbox I saw.
To top it all off, the guy I bought it from worked in a Kwik Fit.
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