Best of the Bargain Basement Vol. 2

[forsure]

320touring said:

l354uge said:

I may have also done a good thing, rather surprised when my extremely low, blind bid won! But I needed a estate and £683 for a top spec accord cant be bad. Looks like Hankooks all round too, winner.

That looks a nice thing! One of the better looking Japanese estates

Yes indeed, well done.

I 'm looking for one of those to replace my V70.

[anonymous-user]

ive seen an e46 323 bmw any tips what to look out for when checking it out, cheap price don;t expect a lot, just major faults.

[Jimmy Recard]

The Spruce goose said:

ive seen an e46 323 bmw any tips what to look out for when checking it out, cheap price don;t expect a lot, just major faults.

I too would expect major faults


Just kidding, I hope there's someone more helpful than me here

[TonyRPH]

The Spruce goose said:

ive seen an e46 323 bmw any tips what to look out for when checking it out, cheap price don;t expect a lot, just major faults.

The 323 is a 6 cylinder so check:

1) Cooling system - does it get up to temperature / overheat?
2) Check for cracks in the boot floor.
3) Check for shimmy under braking.
4) If an auto - are the gear changes smooth? When 'kicking down' does it change up right away after backing off the accelerator?
5) If an auto - is there any lag in gear changes?
6) Corrosion - check front wings, boot lid.
7) Any warnings lights on the dash? Check ABS light in particular, as ABS module failure is becoming a common issue.

There's probably more...

[Jimmy Recard]

I'm on the look out for a Vauxhall Omega with a V6 and manual gearbox, so if anyone spots one or knows of one, let me know.

That's all the criteria really. Bigger engines preferred, and definitely within Bargain Basement budget. I am looking at Gumtree, eBay, Autotrader etc but if anyone sees something, that'd be a great help.

[anonymous-user]

TonyRPH said:

The 323 is a 6 cylinder so check:

...

There's probably more...

thanks that will do much appreciated.

[stewjohnst]

Picked myself up a 2002 SAAB 93 Aero with 166k and FSH for £800 to blast around in.

Interior does not look like it has seen 166k and aside from a little drink of oil, it doesn't seem too bad after 300 miles - Touch wood.

Plus, 2.0 turbo means it's got a fair turn of pace, especially mid gear acceleration.

[EarlOfHazard]

stewjohnst said:

Picked myself up a 2002 SAAB 93 Aero with 166k and FSH for £800 to blast around in.

Interior does not look like it has seen 166k and aside from a little drink of oil, it doesn't seem too bad after 300 miles - Touch wood.

Plus, 2.0 turbo means it's got a fair turn of pace, especially mid gear acceleration.

You might want to take the sump off and clean out the oil pick up, as they can get gunked up. Also, they repsond well to a remap. A guy in Nottingham does it for 80 quid, he's well known in the UK Saab forum. My aero is now 250hp.

[everyeggabird]

spreadsheet monkey said:

funkyrobot said:

Any love for Honda CR-V's?

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2017...

Ticks some boxes for me. Had a read about them on Honest John and they don't seem to have anything major wrong with them.

I bought a 2004 CR-V a few years ago for £2k, and ran it for two years as a second car without any major problems. Very practical car. The two piece tailgate and sliding rear seat were great for tip runs and Ikea trips. Stick with the petrol models at this age/budget. They are popular with OAPs, and consequently there are still a few nice well-looked after older CR-Vs out there.

We had the earlier shape model for seven years, did 60k miles in it, it was the most reliable car ever, the part time 4wd is ace when it is snowy.
Just managed to get 200k out of it before it failed the MOT badly. Such a shame. We still have the picnic table from the boot.

Edited by everyeggabird on Sunday 7th May 16:38

[stewjohnst]

EarlOfHazard said:

You might want to take the sump off and clean out the oil pick up, as they can get gunked up. Also, they repsond well to a remap. A guy in Nottingham does it for 80 quid, he's well known in the UK Saab forum. My aero is now 250hp.

Thanks, do have my eye on a noobtune but at the moment I'm just doing a few odd jobs like refurbing the alloys and sorting the rear arches before they rot, etc.

[Jimmy Recard]

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2017...

This is one for the 'didn't know it existed' thread but I was idly looking for cheap cars locally.

I'm sure it's pretty st, but £690 for an 09 plate diesel saloon with leather and 10 months MOT seems like value.

I'll be honest though, I still don't want it

[anonymous-user]

Jimmy Recard said:

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2017...

This is one for the 'didn't know it existed' thread but I was idly looking for cheap cars locally.

I'm sure it's pretty st, but £690 for an 09 plate diesel saloon with leather and 10 months MOT seems like value.

I'll be honest though, I still don't want it

Also available with a transverse inline six! The only other cars I can think of with such a configuration are the P2 Platform Volvo S80/XC90 and the EUCD platform Volvo S80/V70/XC60 and LR Freelander. For the former they had to use an especially short autobox that had 4 gears and was st, and the SI6 in the others had some very clever packaging of ancillaries to make it work.

I wonder how GM did it in that thing? If it was cheap enough I'd have one as a snotter just for the novelty value of a six cylinder in something so grotty.

Edited by dme123 on Sunday 7th May 21:02

[Jimmy Recard]

dme123 said:

Also available with a transverse inline six! The only other cars I can think of with such a configuration are the P2 Platform Volvo S80/XC90 and the EUCD platform Volvo S80/V70/XC60 and LR Freelander. For the former they had to use an especially short autobox that had 4 gears and was st, and the SI6 in the others had some very clever packaging of ancillaries to make it work.

I wonder how GM did it in that thing? If it was cheap enough I'd have one as a snotter just for the novelty value of a six cylinder in something so grotty.

Edited by dme123 on Sunday 7th May 21:02

You've just said something that rings a bell - I remember reading a review of some Chevrolet thing in Autocar and the only interesting (at all) thing they found was that it had the most compact production straight six at the time. That must have been this.

I've just had a quick look, Autotrader only has diesels

[Hugo a Gogo]

Jimmy Recard said:

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2017...

This is one for the 'didn't know it existed' thread but I was idly looking for cheap cars locally.

I'm sure it's pretty st, but £690 for an 09 plate diesel saloon with leather and 10 months MOT seems like value.

I'll be honest though, I still don't want it

Daewoo Tossa Tosca

• NOTE: EML Light On! Occasional Loss Of Power Otherwise Drives Well!**

spend another ball of money chasing that problem?

[STILLJOE]

Hugo a Gogo said:

Jimmy Recard said:

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2017...

This is one for the 'didn't know it existed' thread but I was idly looking for cheap cars locally.

I'm sure it's pretty st, but £690 for an 09 plate diesel saloon with leather and 10 months MOT seems like value.

I'll be honest though, I still don't want it

Daewoo Tossa Tosca

• NOTE: EML Light On! Occasional Loss Of Power Otherwise Drives Well!**

spend another ball of money chasing that problem?

Genuine 167k - strange selling point

[TonyRPH]

The Spruce goose said:

TonyRPH said:

The 323 is a 6 cylinder so check:

...

There's probably more...

thanks that will do much appreciated.

One important thing i did miss - oil leaks from the rocker cover.

However the rocker cover is plastic and seems to be prone to cracking on older cars - there's no way to repair really bad ones, and a new cover is ~ £300.

[stewjohnst]

STILLJOE said:

Genuine 167k - strange selling point

Lol - The SAAB I bought also had 167k of FSH...must be a magic number

[anonymous-user]

TonyRPH said:

One important thing i did miss - oil leaks from the rocker cover.

However the rocker cover is plastic and seems to be prone to cracking on older cars - there's no way to repair really bad ones, and a new cover is ~ £300.

cheers didn't go to see it. i was going to buy it because i thought my hg had gone but for the time being is running fine so will wait.

[Jimmy Recard]

Hugo a Gogo said:

Daewoo Tossa Tosca

• NOTE: EML Light On! Occasional Loss Of Power Otherwise Drives Well!**

spend another ball of money chasing that problem?

I hadn't read the ad properly, I admit. EML is an MOT failure since the latest rules, isn't it?

[LiamB]

Just picked up this 318i SE for £650, the only problem being the drivers window does not work but I am getting it fixed free of charge as he genuinely forgot to do it. It is only the regulator that needs replacing, other than that everything works lovely! It is on 130,000 and has MOT until next March. In its MOT history it has only ever had one advisory for a broken rear light!





Only complaint is the lack of cup holders in the front Still a nice change from driving a transit around everywhere..