A car or a phone?

[jk888]

W

Nova 1.3 SR when I was about 19. Bought for £650. Had some work done on it, taxed, insured and still less than £1,000.

[vikingaero]

Captaincheese said:

The iPhone X comparison has crossed my mind of late too.

Although tax and insurance are over and above the purchase price, I picked up this mint 91000 mile Saab Aero for the same price as a new iPhone X recently.

I know which I would rather have!

Phwoaarrr - she is bang tidy.

[Second Best]

Multiple times. There's something so satisfying about driving around in a car that costs less than the handbag in the passenger footwell. Spent a little more after the first two cars but, again, great fun.

First MX-5 - £350


Rover 623 GSi - £290


MG TF 115 - £800


Second MX-5 - £850

[anonymous-user]

Ford Escort mk4 about 10 years ago. £75, £125 insurance.

[Lugy]

This is my most recent car fitting the bill, cost £300 to buy, ~£300 for insurance, £270 tax and just over £100 to go through an MOT. I've not driven it in months but it's so cheap it's not worth selling! The windscreen cracked last time I was out so that'll need done for the next MOT, not sure what my excess is but reckon it'll take me over budget!

[jeremyh1]

dannyDC2 said:

What a wonderful life you must lead if you've never considered buying a car under £1k.

Some of my best motors have been in that price bracket. Saxo VTS, Primera GT, BMW E34 - to name a few.

Not a case of people on here having a wonderful life
More a case of people on here not having any money but always talking like they do I have noticed this on this site

People that have money dont talk about it . The low earning supermarket shelf stackers on this site always like people to think they have money when they have nothing but only the money they can borrow

FFS someone on here the other days wanted to borrow some money to buy a watch !

[mat205125]

jk888 said:

W

Nova 1.3 SR when I was about 19. Bought for £650. Had some work done on it, taxed, insured and still less than £1,000.

That's pretty cool.

Not sure how long ago you were 19, however I'd expect you'd get your original purchase price back several times over at the moment.

[anonymous-user]

Seems a fairly pointless question, really

[matthias73]

E39 520i

Cost 695
Six months later spent 600 on it fixing all niggles and it ran perfectly for three years including when I submerged it in a lake.

She started giving up the ghost and eventually I parked her up and used her for the occasional run. Last big blowout was a trip from the south coast to Inverness and back.

I miss it.

[randlemarcus]

Lugy said:

This is my most recent car fitting the bill, cost £300 to buy, ~£300 for insurance, £270 tax and just over £100 to go through an MOT. I've not driven it in months but it's so cheap it's not worth selling! The windscreen cracked last time I was out so that'll need done for the next MOT, not sure what my excess is but reckon it'll take me over budget!

Probably cost less than a cracked screen on an iPhone...