Cheap Cars

[lawrence567]

Afternoon All,

Short story, passed my driving test last week (already have a full bike license).
& would like to buy a cheap car as a run around, shopping / when the weathers ste etc.
Where's the best place to buy a cheap car too, i know it's going to be a bit of a shed.
Long Tax & MOT would be a bonus but as i'm not technically minded, or flush with cash anything that needs work doing is a big no.
I've looked on autotarder but there does'nt seem to be much cheap stuff on there, all the half decent cheap stuff on PH classifieds is sold & Ebay is just far too expensive nowadays.
Cheap is talking below £500.

Any good websites etc i could look at?

[Rawwr]

Ka!

You don't necessarily need to disregard eBay, you can still get some good sheds for £500 - that's where I got my comfy Mondeo barge from

Edited by Rawwr on Wednesday 19th May 12:51

[Jayho]

Check your local gumtree ect...???

[Original Poster]

All the usuals have plenty of sub £500 cars, PH, Gumtree, Autotrader etc etc

[bazking69]

If you don't know about cars take someone with you who does to do the basic checks. While you can't expect too much for £500, you can avoid the poglers that will be nothing but unreliable.

The £500 snotters section is littered with dogs on their last legs, cars with big bills looming and indeed cars ready for the crusher.

[Liquid Knight]

The Pistonheads legend that is the "Invisible Car" may be for sale. M.O.T July 22nd, Tax end of September. £300-ish

Group 2-3 insurance, 0-60 11.4 seconds, top speed 105mph, standing quarter 18.7 seconds at 91mph.

Give me a PM if you're interested.

[anonymous-user]

While the Ka is a good suggestion, unfortunately any that are £500 or less will be full of rust. I would recommend a Micra, they are meant to be very reliable.