The local bargain game

[HON2A]

varsas said:

Very nice, best I've seen I reckon.

I hope I win?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZiim4PKleQ

[GestapoWatch]

F this thread is about to make me buy a Jeep Grand Cherokee for £800

[BorkFactor]

jonnydm said:

Was discussed briefly in the thread - I think with relation to a car for yourself.

My questions are with ref to the lights - front has ambers which would unlikely have been standard and rears look aftermarket - how /why?
Those wheels were apparently an option but most commonly found on E46 - spec sheet from BMW will confirm. Other than that, it looks in OK condition if with short MOT.

Ah yes I remember that! These wheels are from an E46 (I am sure...), and the lights are a bit strange.

Sorry, bad memory

[Baryonyx]

mikeyr said:

Tried nominating this for SOTW, £850 which leaves you £150 to sort out the electric roof. Says full history and a new MOT. I fi hadn't already scratched this itch I'd be there already!

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2012...

What a beauty! Alfa seem to be popular choices in this thread!

[andy-xr]

312 to choose from, BIAB

They were all st, apart from the A8 someone else posted

Edited by andy-xr on Saturday 25th February 16:24

[martynr]

I have over 800 cars to choose from can't decide which one...

Maybe this

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2012...

Edited by martynr on Saturday 25th February 19:29

[chrisispringles]

107 to choose from, a few potential gems:

BMW 520i

Volvo S80 2.9

BMW 323i

[_Batty_]

GestapoWatch said:

F this thread is about to make me buy a Jeep Grand Cherokee for £800

Buy mine with LPG for less

[ciaranthemurph]

I like this game, my two top choices of 144 were the following:

First page and I thought I had a winner:

Jaguar XJ 4.0
118K - £600 - 8 miles away
http://www2.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...


but I persevered and found this Mercedes 190E 2.0
73K - £799 - 8 miles away
http://www2.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...


To be honest, I'd love to say that I'd be brave and take the Jaguar, but the Mercedes is so nice and clean that I couldn't say no to that. In fact, if I didn't have so much other junk on the drive, I'd be tempted!

[superlightr]

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2011...

[poing]

FloppyRaccoon said:

poing said:

FloppyRaccoon said:

What do you do if there are precisely 0 cars within 10 miles under £1k? Am I walking?

I have no cars under £1000 within 10 miles, so I extended to 20 miles, still 0 results, extended to 30 miles and 1 car which was a turd of a Megane so gave up and accepted that I either live in the sticks or the poshest place in the country

NE Scotland I see, good man

I presume it was this Megane? - http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2012...

It was exactly that one! I even extended to 40 miles and it was still the only car, although it went up to a massive 9 cars once I got to 60 miles! That's going to be some bus trip to buy this cheap car. Not that we have decent buses here either so it will take me about a day to get there

Cheapest car within 10 miles is a Suzuki Ignis 1.5 sport, in yellow for just under £2000

[m44kts]

Ignoring the horrible chrome wheels, this looks like a gem for £595 as it has T&T

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2012...

I was spoilt for choice with a whopping 250 cars to choose from!

[varsas]

m44kts said:

Ignoring the horrible chrome wheels, this looks like a gem for £595 as it has T&T

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2012...

I was spoilt for choice with a whopping 250 cars to choose from!

Looks like it's had an epically dodgy respray, look at the first pic, the rear half is a completely different colour to the front, I also notice the side vents someone has tastefully let into the front wing (but only on one side). Nice.

superlightr advert said:

SPARES OR REPAIR

So you won't be going to work in it for very long...

Edited by varsas on Saturday 25th February 23:30

[m44kts]

For £600 as a reliable hack, paintwork would be low in the list of priorities if I'm honest.

[NadiR]

I had 807 cars to choose from.

I would view the following cars:
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2012...

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2012...

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2012...

[Polarbert]

XJ40 said:

Chrisw666 said:

XJ40 said:

Here, I've gone for something vaguely sensible (unlike me) rather than a tired old Beemer/Merc, yes it's a GTI. On an '03, "Showroom condition", 1 lady owner for what it's worth, sub 100k mileage...

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2012...

That isn't a 180.

I feel dirty admitting this but that doesn't have the wheels, badging or seats from a 180.

I just checked the reg, said it's a red GTI 180.

I didn't think that they made the GTI 180 that early. I thought they started on 53 plates onwards. Weird. Maybe its some sort of strange one that slipped through the net or something.

[FloppyRaccoon]

Polarbert said:

XJ40 said:

Chrisw666 said:

XJ40 said:

Here, I've gone for something vaguely sensible (unlike me) rather than a tired old Beemer/Merc, yes it's a GTI. On an '03, "Showroom condition", 1 lady owner for what it's worth, sub 100k mileage...

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2012...

That isn't a 180.

I feel dirty admitting this but that doesn't have the wheels, badging or seats from a 180.

I just checked the reg, said it's a red GTI 180.

I didn't think that they made the GTI 180 that early. I thought they started on 53 plates onwards. Weird. Maybe its some sort of strange one that slipped through the net or something.

Nothing like a 180. Doesn't have the 17" 5 spoke "Vortex" alloys, doesn't have Recaro's, doesn't have colour-coded bumpers, doesn't have shorter gear lever, doesn't have phase 2 rear lights, doesn't have phase 2 rear boot strip, doesn't have the 180 rear bumper with the bigger cut-out for the twin exhaust (which is also missing..). and finally it doesn't have the spoiler.

Unless it was crashed and nearly everything was replaced with GTi 138 gear, it's not a 180.

If I spent more time I'd come up with more

[XJ40]

Interesting, so it must have a cloned reg plate then?!

[HON2A]

XJ40 said:

Interesting, so it must have a cloned reg plate then?!

Interesting...

[V8mate]

£695! Plenty left in the pot for coke and hookers!