Car for £500 - urgent

[VerySideways]

Hi everyone,

I need to find a car for a very good friend of mine - she's just been made redundant and needs transport. Preferably cheap to insure and fuel, reliable, and not more than £700.

Prefer it to be reasonably local to me so i can get to see it evenings this week

Has to have a good long MOT.

Any help gratefully received...

[ph1l5]

75,000 miles, 2 owners and in the manor.

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/1004667.htm

[ph1l5]

anonymous said:

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That has to be up there with some of the ugliest cars ever.

[john_r]

Rover 25 in Fleet:
http://search.autotrader.co.uk/es-uk/www/cars/ROVE...

Fiesta 1.25 Zetec, spitting distance from you, 28k miles and only £350 (this'll be gone within a day if not already!):
http://search.autotrader.co.uk/es-uk/www/cars/adve...

Fiat Punto 60 S in Reading:
http://search.autotrader.co.uk/es-uk/www/cars/adve...

[VerySideways]

Those escorts and micras and things are great but that Fiesta 1.25 is the one - gonna call now, thanks!!!

[Robatr0n]

Cat's Fiesta needs to be sold at some point. Around 50,000 miles, mechanically very sound, cosmetically not so great but it's a great runner.

I'm too slow!

Edited by Robatr0n on Monday 27th April 16:51

[VerySideways]

Rob - tell me about Cat's fiesta...

[bored-of-coding]

there's nearly always one on the A30 between bagshot and camberley on the LHS - usually about that price - it was a volvo estate yesterday

[VerySideways]

By the Golf store?

[bored-of-coding]

before you get to it from bagshot .. about half way up the hill if I remember, on the left. it will be parked on the verge facing the road .. they always look reasonable!

[VerySideways]

Just seen this: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&am...

Guy won't move for less than £500. Not sure what i'm expecting for the money but i think i can do better than that...

[Kinky]

bored-of-coding said:

before you get to it from bagshot .. about half way up the hill if I remember, on the left. it will be parked on the verge facing the road .. they always look reasonable!

Pete - from Bagshot towards Camberley - go past the Garden Centre (on the left), then a pub on the right, and you'll then come to a few houses on your left-hand side. There's always one parked up in front of one of them. if you get to the car wash place (on the left) which was an old petrol station then you've gone too far.

[VerySideways]

Thanks Kinky, i know exactly where you mean now

[muppets_mate]

Any of the ususal suspects would do the job - 106, Saxo, Cinquecento, Fester, Corsa... Think I'd be tempted to go Jap given the brief - reliable(ish) at this pricepoint.

Micra

Another Micra

TBH I'm not finding much out there, so I'm going against my own advice...!

AX

PX 306 at Alexander David A bit more pricey, but I don't imagine they'd peddle tat, even a 'PX to clear'.

[VerySideways]

Simon, liking both those frenchies. Thanks!
You coming out to play one of these days, for a hoon or a meal?

[john_r]

Think this is new this morning:

http://search.autotrader.co.uk/es-uk/www/cars/adve...

[VerySideways]

Cheers John, worth a phone call!

[funwithrevs]

ASDA might be worth a punt.

Cheapest car I have had (well, the wife actually) was an old Fiat Uno that was advertised on the notice board at ASDA. We were only going to keep it 6 months or so, but years of merciless thrashing and it just wouldn't die

Nice bit about supermarket noticeboards is that the car has to be local too.

[VerySideways]

Good idea, i was gonna pop in there for a few supplies this evening actually. Thanks!

[ShadownINja]

Am surprised you can't find anything yourself on Autotrader by just setting it to £500-1000. That's how I got my Golf.