Most random car you bought?
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Mitsubishi FTO V6 with a manual box in dog knob red with 3 days MOT, 1 days tax left and had been abandoned due to running issues for 6 months at least - council were threatening to crush it if it didn't get an MOT and re-taxed
I have no idea why I bought it.
It was a PITA to fix (Alternator issues turned out to be broken loom), the paint work was horrid (faded all over) and I eventually swapped it for a Motorcycle when I'd finished fixing it
Here it is ready to be delivered
And escaping with the swap
Oh I remember why I bought it it was £100....... I should have left it to be crushed
I have no idea why I bought it.
It was a PITA to fix (Alternator issues turned out to be broken loom), the paint work was horrid (faded all over) and I eventually swapped it for a Motorcycle when I'd finished fixing it
Here it is ready to be delivered
And escaping with the swap
Oh I remember why I bought it it was £100....... I should have left it to be crushed
I got bored whilst waiting for my daughter at a kids birthday party and won an eBay auction for a MK2 MR2, I found it with 3 minutes remaining and bid on it without reading the description. It turned out it had an auto gearbox with a massive 120hp.
But it was enough to get under my skin and was soon replaced with another MR2 with an appropriate amount of power and that was replaced with 2 more mr2s both quicker still.
But it was enough to get under my skin and was soon replaced with another MR2 with an appropriate amount of power and that was replaced with 2 more mr2s both quicker still.
I quite wanted a project, so was set on purchasing a Caterham Supersport, in kit form. After some research, I realised I wouldn't have the skill, patience, time, or space, So I decided to buy one ready built instead.
I drove it once (twice including the drive home) and realised it sadly wasn't for me (and the throttle cable got stuck on full) so sold it within a month.
I drove it once (twice including the drive home) and realised it sadly wasn't for me (and the throttle cable got stuck on full) so sold it within a month.
A few weeks ago I bought a bright green 2003 Nissan Micra with 189k miles on it for €250 euro.
Has an NCT (MOT) for 3 months.
Not quite sure why, it just looked cool, it's not! It just about runs, broke down on the way home, EML light is on, probably requires a timing chain (I did all the research after I got home).
Anyway, it's budget motoring at it's best it will get nothing spent on it unless it passes it's next NCT in May.
Has an NCT (MOT) for 3 months.
Not quite sure why, it just looked cool, it's not! It just about runs, broke down on the way home, EML light is on, probably requires a timing chain (I did all the research after I got home).
Anyway, it's budget motoring at it's best it will get nothing spent on it unless it passes it's next NCT in May.
It was the 520d touring for me. The X5 4.8iS was killing me in fuel costs so I thought that it would be a good idea(it wasn't) to go for something economical. Being an engine man I obviously just couldn't stomach the 20d engine at all. The reality was that I ended up with a car that was sluggish, had an unrewarding engine to use...whilst not actually being all that economical because of the 1700kg weight. A serious own goal on my part for sure.
Back in the mid nineties I got out of an 635csi high line that I loved into a Peugeot 306 S16 and even on the drive home I was wondering why I had done it. Then in 2014, again on a whim, traded a Range Rover that I had from new into a merc CLK Black Series kept it for a year then back into a Range Rover. I’ve had plenty of performance cars over the years but those two were totally random blips.
DBSV8 said:
its dangerous to be at work 4 months in to your rotation .....getting bored and looking at cars on ebay ....
I bought this while in Siberia ...
on the plus side its been a lot of fun ..
Yeah, that's a bit more random than a Skoda! It looks great - what is it, and is there a Reader's Cars thread on it? I bought this while in Siberia ...
on the plus side its been a lot of fun ..
underwhelmist said:
DBSV8 said:
Yeah, that's a bit more random than a Skoda! It looks great - what is it, and is there a Reader's Cars thread on it? trouble is with me being away , ive really not used her in the last two years
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