What sort of condition will this be in?
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After a recent incident with my current car, I need a new, cheap, cool, cheap to insure car that will see me through summer before I head to uni.
http://pistonheads.com/sales/1738069.htm
Found that and can get insured for £800 (£400 less than im currently paying!)
How likely is it to survive summer? And possibly longer.
http://pistonheads.com/sales/1738069.htm
Found that and can get insured for £800 (£400 less than im currently paying!)
How likely is it to survive summer? And possibly longer.
There is loads of old polos out there and cheap enough to get lowered, careful though, some have just had the springs cut down...
They are normally reasonably reliable but often seem to have slight running problems. My GF had a 1.3 which we ran for 18months and it never quite ran right no matter what I did to it. however it never let us down, was full of character, cost £350 to buy and sold it for £300 with only a months MOT left on it!
They are quite old now so careful of rust...
They are normally reasonably reliable but often seem to have slight running problems. My GF had a 1.3 which we ran for 18months and it never quite ran right no matter what I did to it. however it never let us down, was full of character, cost £350 to buy and sold it for £300 with only a months MOT left on it!
They are quite old now so careful of rust...
Edited by drgoatboy on Thursday 27th May 13:58
mk2 and facelift mk2 (sometimes wrongly called mk3) are fantastic little cars that are fun, cheap and easy to work on. Ive had several as has my brother and we must have racked up 100k + in them.
Bodywise the shells wear pretty well and so long as the inner arches and sills are good the rest is going to be fine to. The early A-H plate mk2 come with carb fed engines and the peirburg can be a bit tempromental. The best remedy is to have the carb set up properly to make sure the float/CO2/advance/pre heater and choke are all working correctly. Once everything is set up the carbs need tuning for summer an winter conditions but other than that easy to live with.
The later polos came with single or multi point injection engines and whilst these are far more reliable and fuel efficient they do have a few more electrical senders that can cause little niggles. Idealy you want a 5speed gearbox to as the 4 speed on a motorway is a bit harsh.
Best bet is to find a polo coupe Genisis edition, 1.3 MPI engine, G40 bodykit and GT spec interior so much better seats with bigger bolsters. The 55hp engine which can have GT throttle body and intake fitted to and a PoloAce chip fitted which should take power up toward a 65-75hp.
Check out Polo3.co.uk for more info. For reference i aim to pay sub £300 for mk2 breadvans/saloons, sub £500 for mk2 coupe S, sub £500 for any NON GT spec mk2F and a good GT (75hp close ratio gearbox G40 bodykit) is insurance group 7 and a great little pocket rocket.
Dave
Bodywise the shells wear pretty well and so long as the inner arches and sills are good the rest is going to be fine to. The early A-H plate mk2 come with carb fed engines and the peirburg can be a bit tempromental. The best remedy is to have the carb set up properly to make sure the float/CO2/advance/pre heater and choke are all working correctly. Once everything is set up the carbs need tuning for summer an winter conditions but other than that easy to live with.
The later polos came with single or multi point injection engines and whilst these are far more reliable and fuel efficient they do have a few more electrical senders that can cause little niggles. Idealy you want a 5speed gearbox to as the 4 speed on a motorway is a bit harsh.
Best bet is to find a polo coupe Genisis edition, 1.3 MPI engine, G40 bodykit and GT spec interior so much better seats with bigger bolsters. The 55hp engine which can have GT throttle body and intake fitted to and a PoloAce chip fitted which should take power up toward a 65-75hp.
Check out Polo3.co.uk for more info. For reference i aim to pay sub £300 for mk2 breadvans/saloons, sub £500 for mk2 coupe S, sub £500 for any NON GT spec mk2F and a good GT (75hp close ratio gearbox G40 bodykit) is insurance group 7 and a great little pocket rocket.
Dave
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