So I just crashed my P+J, need a car!

[Jayfish]

Parked the HGT backwards in a tree on the way home from work, not sure of the extent of the damage, will find out tomorrow in daylight.

I need a car by the weekend and have a tight budget and a few specific needs/dislikes, what can you come up with for me?

Firstly budget is £1000 max no stretch room here, £500 would be nicer.
Must be either an estate or hatchback, I need to shift loads of varying sizes and be able to bung bikes in at the weekend.
Within 25 miles of Tunbridge Wells would be a bonus.
Oh and not a Golf.

Thanks in advance.

[Papa Hotel]

[Big News]

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

[Jayfish]

thanks for thw PapaHotel, you've saved us all about 30 posts of budget creep

[Papa Hotel]

Jayfish said:

thanks for thw PapaHotel, you've saved us all about 30 posts of budget creep

That's what I had in my head when you said you'd crashed your HGT.

[Jayfish]

Big News said:

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

Worth considering, the 2 month MOT is a concern though, but soon reasearchable.
Just arranged the day off tomorrow so it's on the list, ty.

[jbi]

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

honda civic estate

37,000 miles

£500

[Jayfish]

Papa Hotel said:

Jayfish said:

thanks for thw PapaHotel, you've saved us all about 30 posts of budget creep

That's what I had in my head when you said you'd crashed your HGT.

Well it's italian...

[Six Fiend]

jbi said:

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

honda civic estate

37,000 miles

£500

Shed-tastic buy that! Not going to set the world alight but sensible in an emergency and doubt it'll depreciate much more.

[ben5732]

Get the v70 sir.

[Jayfish]

Keep 'em coming

The honda is ugly as sin but if that history stacks up it's going to be tough to beat.
The white Volvo, too far away which means I don't have to look at it too closely, if I did I'm sure I'd just walk away, something about that advert puts me off, thanks for the effort though

[bobbo89]

Daring but interesting

http://classifieds.pistonheads.com/classifieds/use...

[Rushmore]

MX-5

Morano

GTR-S

[Rushmore]

Or any other Japanese crap which "corners nicely".

[kiethton]

All fairly close.....

http://www.gumtree.com/p/cars-vans-motorbikes/silv...

Decent value even if it fails the MOT in January....

or...

http://www.gumtree.com/p/cars-vans-motorbikes/volv...

or...

http://www.gumtree.com/p/cars-vans-motorbikes/peug...

Edited by kiethton on Wednesday 21st November 20:26

Edited by kiethton on Wednesday 21st November 20:32

[Pixel Pusher]

A lex said:

HLM mapped T5 manual. 265bhp. 12m ticket, tax, important bits sorted/upgraded.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Volvo-V70-T5-Manual-HLM-...



Not mint but looks the biz IMO.

Nice car, but did you notice the seller has included some sort of prison tat homage in his pictures?

Could be a nutter.

[bobbo89]

Pixel Pusher said:

Nice car, but did you notice the seller has included some sort of prison tat homage in his pictures?

Could be a nutter.

I also think that Oldham might just be a tad further than 25 miles from Tunbridge Wells!

[Nigel Worc's]

Six Fiend said:

jbi said:

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

honda civic estate

37,000 miles

£500

Shed-tastic buy that! Not going to set the world alight but sensible in an emergency and doubt it'll depreciate much more.

That is a very usuable little estate car for 500 sheets !

[Jayfish]

I'll check on these in the morning, feeling a little drained in the aftermath, a glass of vino and a soak in the bath should solve that, thanks for your input and ideas.

[Nigel Worc's]

A lex said:

Nigel Worc's said:

Six Fiend said:

jbi said:

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

honda civic estate

37,000 miles

£500

Shed-tastic buy that! Not going to set the world alight but sensible in an emergency and doubt it'll depreciate much more.

That is a very usuable little estate car for 500 sheets !

Even though I like the V70 more, I will conceed that Civic is a great little number for the £££.

An ex of mine had the exact same car, but the saloon variant. I called it the cockroach as it was basically un-killable! No water, no oil, no problem!

The only thing I would worry about, with the honda, if it had more miles, would be I don't know anything about the reputation of their autoboxes ....... but 37,000 miles ?

The Volvos are great cars, but at that age and price, there are going to be issues with them, the Honda I suspect will just drive away and do what the chap wants for a few months until he's sorted.