Best of the Bargain Basement (Vol.3)

[Toaster Pilot]

The roof works for now

[andburg]

more space for rear passengers?



2007 (57 reg)
Convertible
74,000 miles
2.0L 16v
Manual
Petrol

£995

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/202...

Again roof works, looks like leather and MOT history is clean of galloping rot

[andburg]

Toaster Pilot said:

The roof works for now

well it worked when the pictures were taken at least, it is french!

[Toaster Pilot]

andburg said:

more space for rear passengers?



2007 (57 reg)
Convertible
74,000 miles
2.0L 16v
Manual
Petrol

£995

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/202...

Again roof works, looks like leather and MOT history is clean of galloping rot

Seller is clearly insane. Repeated use of “she” in the advert and “it’s worth £1500 but I’ll take 995”

Rot isn’t an issue with these. Everything else is.

[andburg]

Toaster Pilot said:

Seller is clearly insane. Repeated use of “she” in the advert and “it’s worth £1500 but I’ll take 995”

Rot isn’t an issue with these. Everything else is.

Providing it all works now I'd probably be happy to throw £800 at either of those, aside from the roof the mechanical parts are cheap and plentiful.

Luckily I have a wedding to pay for so no spare cash

[Hoofy]

I guess you could check to see if it's possible to manually raise and lower the roof? That would bypass the need to fix it when it goes.

I had a Golf Cabriolet that had a manual roof. Threw it off when you wanted to but required a bit of effort to put it back up.

[Toaster Pilot]

Hoofy said:

I guess you could check to see if it's possible to manually raise and lower the roof? That would bypass the need to fix it when it goes.

I had a Golf Cabriolet that had a manual roof. Threw it off when you wanted to but required a bit of effort to put it back up.

There will be some kind of emergency release but I imagine it’s a right pain in the arse on a tin top

Still would if they were a bit cheaper and ran alright, mind.

[Salmonofdoubt]

andburg said:

more space for rear passengers?



2007 (57 reg)
Convertible
74,000 miles
2.0L 16v
Manual
Petrol

£995

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/202...

Again roof works, looks like leather and MOT history is clean of galloping rot

I passed on one of these for £100 in January.

Was a 1.6 petrol with some MOT.

The roof worked when it was last used. But the windows didn't work, and as they're meant to drop when opening the doors I didn't want the hassle. I think the garage that took it broke it for parts.

[EarlofDrift]

Salmonofdoubt said:

andburg said:

more space for rear passengers?



2007 (57 reg)
Convertible
74,000 miles
2.0L 16v
Manual
Petrol

£995

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/202...

Again roof works, looks like leather and MOT history is clean of galloping rot

I passed on one of these for £100 in January.

Was a 1.6 petrol with some MOT.

The roof worked when it was last used. But the windows didn't work, and as they're meant to drop when opening the doors I didn't want the hassle. I think the garage that took it broke it for parts.

My neighbour had one from new and put it through a car wash, something happened and the windows went down and the roof started to flip back which fked it. Must have been a traumatic experience because he then bought a SsangYong Rodius.

[Rocket Ricardo]

EarlofDrift said:

My neighbour had one from new and put it through a car wash, something happened and the windows went down and the roof started to flip back which fked it. Must have been a traumatic experience because he then bought a SsangYong Rodius.

Well that just made me LOL!

Thanks!

[Krikkit]

EarlofDrift said:

My neighbour had one from new and put it through a car wash, something happened and the windows went down and the roof started to flip back which fked it. Must have been a traumatic experience because he then bought a SsangYong Rodius.

That must've been some trauma to push him to such madness.

[Usget]

EarlofDrift said:

something happened

Was that "something" preceded by the phrase "Watch this!"

[Toaster Pilot]

Salmonofdoubt said:

I passed on one of these for £100 in January.

Was a 1.6 petrol with some MOT.

The roof worked when it was last used. But the windows didn't work, and as they're meant to drop when opening the doors I didn't want the hassle. I think the garage that took it broke it for parts.

I imagine it was just the window modules. You’d need to source genuine ones for a CC rather than the cheap knock offs you can get away with putting in a hatch but they’re plentiful and easy to fit

[EarlofDrift]

andburg said:

Cheap summer motoring?



2005 (55 reg)
Convertible
73,000 miles
2.0L 16V
Manual
Leather

£950

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/202...

MOT history is also really clean and the roof works.

If I remember right this is what hairdressers and Nail bar technicians drove before the invention of Range Rover Evoque on the PCP.

[andburg]

EarlofDrift said:

andburg said:

Cheap summer motoring?



2005 (55 reg)
Convertible
73,000 miles
2.0L 16V
Manual
Leather

£950

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/202...

MOT history is also really clean and the roof works.

If I remember right this is what hairdressers and Nail bar technicians drove before the invention of Range Rover Evoque on the PCP.

I think so!

Before nissan released the quishquash there were all manner of small hard top hatch derived convertibles. As mush as they were given stick for being crap to drive and for hairdressers, they must drive better and be more economical than a convertible 4x4!

[SimonTheSailor]

Summer fun - quite a rare colour too -

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/174209018640

Bargain if the head gasket has been changed - looks like lots of paperwork (could be just loads of repair bills )

[Toaster Pilot]

You mean “bargain if it holds onto its coolant and doesn’t overheat” - having had a HG job done in the past is absolutely no indicator of quality for a K.

[Salmonofdoubt]

SimonTheSailor said:

Summer fun - quite a rare colour too -

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/174209018640

Bargain if the head gasket has been changed - looks like lots of paperwork (could be just loads of repair bills )

Not far away either. I always found these things far more comfortable than they looked.

[andburg]

Toaster Pilot said:

You mean “bargain if it holds onto its coolant and doesn’t overheat” - having had a HG job done in the past is absolutely no indicator of quality for a K.

So true, the gasket failure is usually a symptom of another issue and just fitting a new one doesn’t sort that.

[EarlofDrift]

SimonTheSailor said:

Summer fun - quite a rare colour too -

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/174209018640

Bargain if the head gasket has been changed - looks like lots of paperwork (could be just loads of repair bills )

Whack a bottle of Wondaweld into the engine and it should seal it, well for the Summer season anyway