Bangernomics. Ideas?

[Gdhilton]

I am about to embark on bangernomics. £200 max per car and run it till it dies. Any ideas for my first entry to the brand new game.

[Deluded]

Good luck getting a car with MOT and Tax for £200.

You might get lucky though. Ebay is your friend.

[Adam205]

Mk2 or 3 polo. And I challenge you to kill it. You'll want rid a long time before it dies! My first one (a 1989 saloon) cost £125.

[T89 Callan]

We just picked up a taxed and tested BMW E36 325i for £500, it also came with a set of wheels that we are selling for £100 so a £400 car. And it's comfy refined and pretty quick.

[Deluded]

I had a mk2 polo saloon a few years back. Cost me £300. I loved it.

[MondeoMan1981]

Something unfancied but solid.

Older Polo, Volvo, maybe a slightly newer Hyundai or Kia ?

[LeoZwalf]

Not sure you'll be able to find one with T&T for that price but a 1.5td Corsa B is a good bet. Altho rot will kill it long before the engine dies, with b-nomics that isn't a worry. Very strong Isuzu engines will go for crazy miles and actually they aren't even very slow. You'll see 50mpg easily - I got 650 miles from a tank on mine

[Timberwolf]

I'd buy something big. Young drivers aren't interested because they can't insure anything more than a 1.2 these days, and most folks who can only afford a sub-£500 car are after something cheaper to run.

You get a lot of metal for your money in something like a Volvo 740. Not necessarily particularly inspiring metal, but in terms of £200 cars these always seem to have travelled the least along the winding road leading from functional vehicle to garden shed.

[Deluded]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Mint-1986-VOLVO-240-GL-BLUE-... could be worth a punt?

[Baked_bean]

http://southampton.gumtree.com/southampton/21/5710... - shameless plug.

[Deluded]

^ Bangernomics at it's best.

[miniman]

Deluded said:

^ Bangernomics at it's best.

You'll forgive us for querying your bangermomics expertise...

[Rawwr]

I swear to god my Mondeo is the best car I ever bought. Purchased last June with 12 months MOT and a couple of months tax. For the pricely sum on £500 I bought a 1998 Mondeo 2.0 Ghia X auto and the thing's almost fecking perfect. 76k miles with FfSH, not a single dot of rust, every option on the options list has been checked so has leather, heated electric seats, climate, computer, cruise, quickclear, autochanger and everything else you'd expect. Leather was totally unmarked, body had no noticeable dings and everything worked with the exception of the gas struts for the boot, a couple of elements in the heated front screen and the erm, brakes badly needed new pads.

As a comfortable, lazy £500 nail that's only used when I need to take junk to the tip, carry hockey kit or use when the weather's too awful to take the bike, I don't think I could've done any better. I love it and I'm not ashamed!