Classic (old, retro) cars for sale £0-5k vol 2

[psi310398]

LaurasOtherHalf said:

What was the outcome?!

He was banged up for quite a long time IIRC. Consecutive sentences for the two instances and another stretch for failing to surrender his bail.

[FA57REN]

Splendid-looking 1989 Bluebird 1.8GS up near (London)Derry:

69,000 miles £1750



https://www.usedcarsni.com/1989-Nissan-Bluebird-GS...

[anonymous-user]

0a said:

I know nothing about these, but appreciate the retro boxiness. https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...

The engine bay shots on these always amuse me, the entire engine is forward of the front axle and right up against the front crossmember! It's no wonder they were all such nose heavy pigs to drive.

[spreadsheet monkey]

Macron said:

Fiat Seicento, 36k, £595!

https://www.gumtree.com/p/fiat/fiat-seincento-900c...

Good to see an honest basic car sensibly priced. Great little city runabout for someone.

[p4cks]

cj2013 said:

Purely for the rarity (following on from the inspiration of the Citroen ZX talk in the VTS thread/article), I was sorely tempted to bid on this ZX Volcane.

Shed money for a solid and now rare car:
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1994-Citroen-ZX-Volcane-TD/2543...


If it was black/white/3dr I probably would have bid. Popping it here in case it's on the radar of any others who love a bit of XUD9TE with the 90's Citroen styling.

Cheap cars to run, especially as you can 'train' them to drive on filtered chip fat

[cj2013]

p4cks said:

Cheap cars to run, especially as you can 'train' them to drive on filtered chip fat

Yup - and if it's the Bosch VE pump version, quite easy to make a zippy yet frugal and reliable motor


It looks like it went for less than £600 in the end, which is a bargain

[0a]

I have a strangely large amount of desire for this 1996 A6. £850. https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C1171534

[0a]

Rare Xantia activa: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Citroen-Xantia-Activa-7...

[V8RX7]

0a said:

Rare Xantia activa: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Citroen-Xantia-Activa-7...

Watching... although it's around 6 hrs away

I nearly bought an Active Soarer - they used to sell for £2500 a few years ago - but was put off by the poor mpg caused by the suspension pump (plus the risk of something going wrong) Clarkson did a review (on youtube)

[Dont like rolls]

V8RX7 said:

0a said:

Rare Xantia activa: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Citroen-Xantia-Activa-7...

Watching... although it's around 6 hrs away

I nearly bought an Active Soarer - they used to sell for £2500 a few years ago - but was put off by the poor mpg caused by the suspension pump (plus the risk of something going wrong) Clarkson did a review (on youtube)

Big deal, an old French 90's box with what looks like knackered suspension !

[RicksAlfas]

Dont like rolls said:

Big deal, an old French 90's box with what looks like knackered suspension !

Very apt username.

[Dont like rolls]

RicksAlfas said:

Very apt username.

If I liked boring old French stuff I would be Don't Like Baguettes

Now there is this

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1980-VAUXHALL-CAVALIER-...

Edited by Dont like rolls on Thursday 31st October 14:25

[feef]

Dont like rolls said:

V8RX7 said:

0a said:

Rare Xantia activa: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Citroen-Xantia-Activa-7...

Watching... although it's around 6 hrs away

I nearly bought an Active Soarer - they used to sell for £2500 a few years ago - but was put off by the poor mpg caused by the suspension pump (plus the risk of something going wrong) Clarkson did a review (on youtube)

Big deal, an old French 90's box with what looks like knackered suspension !

If knackered suspension means a 20 year old car design can still top the Moose Test then we should all be knackering our suspension.

https://teknikensvarld.se/algtest/

Edited by feef on Thursday 31st October 14:34

[Dont like rolls]

not even the same car, that looks like a Probe

And the edit makes no sense

Edited by Dont like rolls on Thursday 31st October 14:41

[CharlesdeGaulle]

0a said:

I have a strangely large amount of desire for this 1996 A6. £850. https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C1171534

I had a second-hand very high mileage of one of those (well, the 100 I think it was called, but the early A6 was largely a re-badge) bought from a place in Sunderland in 1995. It was silver (achingly cool rather than ubiquitous in those days) and had a 6 CD changer in the boot that I discovered after purchase and which seemed ultra-high-spec to me. I loved it and apart from a very noisy fuel pump that I had replaced on purchase I don't think it cost me anything.

It collected my first-born from hospital (not with me driving - I was on crutches, but that's a different story) and then I replaced it with the estate version which was similarly brilliant and which I eventually gave to my dad and then my brother took it when our father died. I have a real soft spot for them and this one looks very decent in an anonymous sort of way. Nice spot.

[V8RX7]

Dont like rolls said:

not even the same car, that looks like a Probe

And the edit makes no sense

If you look down the list you'll see the speed recorded for an Active Xantia (admittedly a V6) is 85km/h it is the fastest speed recorded !

A Civic Type R could only manage 76 and an R8 V10 managed 83

PH really ought to add an intelligence test to register

[feef]

Dont like rolls said:

not even the same car, that looks like a Probe

And the edit makes no sense

Edited by Dont like rolls on Thursday 31st October 14:41

both the original page and the edit give a rundown of the maximum speeds vehicles passed the Moose Test.

the '99 Xantia Activa passed at 85kph.

the next fastest from that era was a Ferrari Testarossa.
you can see from the results I've lifted from that page that only now, 20 years on, are cars getting close to beating that speed.

Bil Årsmodell Fuktig vägbana Hastighet (km/h)
Citroën Xantia Activa V6 1999 Nej 85
Nissan Qashqai DIG-T 160 Acenta 2019 Nej 84
McLaren 675LT 2017 Nej 83
Audi R8 V10 plus 5,2 FSI quattro 610 2017 Nej 83
Porsche 997 GT3 RS 2008 Nej 82
Porsche 997 Carrera 4S 2008 Nej 82
Porsche 996 GT2 2004 Nej 82
Mercedes-AMG GT S 2015 Nej 82
Porsche 997 GT2 2008 Nej 81.5
Porsche 997 Carrera S Cabriolet 2005 Nej 81
Porsche 997 Carrera S 2008 Nej 81

ETA : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moose_test

[psi310398]

feef said:

both the original page and the edit give a rundown of the maximum speeds vehicles passed the Moose Test.

the '99 Xantia Activa passed at 85kph.

the next fastest from that era was a Ferrari Testarossa.
you can see from the results I've lifted from that page that only now, 20 years on, are cars getting close to beating that speed.

Bil Årsmodell Fuktig vägbana Hastighet (km/h)
Citroën Xantia Activa V6 1999 Nej 85
Nissan Qashqai DIG-T 160 Acenta 2019 Nej 84
McLaren 675LT 2017 Nej 83
Audi R8 V10 plus 5,2 FSI quattro 610 2017 Nej 83
Porsche 997 GT3 RS 2008 Nej 82
Porsche 997 Carrera 4S 2008 Nej 82
Porsche 996 GT2 2004 Nej 82
Mercedes-AMG GT S 2015 Nej 82
Porsche 997 GT2 2008 Nej 81.5
Porsche 997 Carrera S Cabriolet 2005 Nej 81
Porsche 997 Carrera S 2008 Nej 81

ETA : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moose_test

Before anybody gets overly excited, the first line is not an exotic Swedish car but Årsmodell and Fuktig mean 'Model Year" and "Wet" (as in road conditions) respectively. It's not that often that my rather rusty Norwegian comes in handy.

[CharlesdeGaulle]

psi310398 said:

... the first line is not an exotic Swedish car but Årsmodell and Fuktig mean 'Model Year" and "Wet" ...

I is disappoint!

[pingu393]

psi310398 said:

Before anybody gets overly excited, the first line is not an exotic Swedish car but Årsmodell and Fuktig mean 'Model Year" and "Wet" (as in road conditions) respectively. It's not that often that my rather rusty Norwegian comes in handy.

I've read a lot of discussion on this thread about rusty Italians, but I never thought I'd read "rusty Norwegian"