£400 'what skip car'
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UPDATED. CAR BOUGHT.......1 YEAR ON. See last post or read the rest if you are interesting in what I bought.....I hate it when a what car never gets updated.
UPDATED. 2 YEARS ON. See last post for update.
Me and the neighbour have decided to clear out our garden border of trees, shrubs, bushes etc. We figured it would probably cost £500+ in skips so made a call it would be better to spend £400 on a shed to transport it all to the tip. Basically it will only need to live for a couple of months and probably do no more than a couple of hundred miles if that.
What would you get? Obviously the bigger the better so estate, flatbed Hi-lux. I think I would rather stay away from transit vans etc as I will just drill it into the ground afterwards and maybe use it to go shopping etc.
Not bothered about fuel type or mpg, and don't care what it looks like, but needs to have at least 6 months mot and at a push tax. Post your links of what you would spend you £400 on.
UPDATED. 2 YEARS ON. See last post for update.
Me and the neighbour have decided to clear out our garden border of trees, shrubs, bushes etc. We figured it would probably cost £500+ in skips so made a call it would be better to spend £400 on a shed to transport it all to the tip. Basically it will only need to live for a couple of months and probably do no more than a couple of hundred miles if that.
What would you get? Obviously the bigger the better so estate, flatbed Hi-lux. I think I would rather stay away from transit vans etc as I will just drill it into the ground afterwards and maybe use it to go shopping etc.
Not bothered about fuel type or mpg, and don't care what it looks like, but needs to have at least 6 months mot and at a push tax. Post your links of what you would spend you £400 on.
Edited by itz_baseline on Tuesday 3rd June 19:43
Edited by itz_baseline on Tuesday 31st March 21:46
UPDATED. CAR BOUGHT.......1 YEAR ON. See last post or read the rest if you are interesting in what I bought.....I hate it when a what car never gets updated.
UPDATED. 2 YEARS ON. See last post for update.
Me and the neighbour have decided to clear out our garden border of trees, shrubs, bushes etc. We figured it would probably cost £500+ in skips so made a call it would be better to spend £400 on a shed to transport it all to the tip. Basically it will only need to live for a couple of months and probably do no more than a couple of hundred miles if that.
What would you get? Obviously the bigger the better so estate, flatbed Hi-lux. I think I would rather stay away from transit vans etc as I will just drill it into the ground afterwards and maybe use it to go shopping etc.
Not bothered about fuel type or mpg, and don't care what it looks like, but needs to have at least 6 months mot and at a push tax. Post your links of what you would spend you £400 on.
UPDATED. 2 YEARS ON. See last post for update.
Me and the neighbour have decided to clear out our garden border of trees, shrubs, bushes etc. We figured it would probably cost £500+ in skips so made a call it would be better to spend £400 on a shed to transport it all to the tip. Basically it will only need to live for a couple of months and probably do no more than a couple of hundred miles if that.
What would you get? Obviously the bigger the better so estate, flatbed Hi-lux. I think I would rather stay away from transit vans etc as I will just drill it into the ground afterwards and maybe use it to go shopping etc.
Not bothered about fuel type or mpg, and don't care what it looks like, but needs to have at least 6 months mot and at a push tax. Post your links of what you would spend you £400 on.
Edited by itz_baseline on Tuesday 3rd June 19:43
Edited by itz_baseline on Tuesday 31st March 21:47
mmmmmmmmmhhh BROWN
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2013...
IT MUST BE BOUGHT!!
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2013...
A true skip on wheels
Both over budget..but what skips!
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2013...
IT MUST BE BOUGHT!!
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2013...
A true skip on wheels
Both over budget..but what skips!
I like that brown Mondeo. It's like that Mk3 Cortina shade, Roman Bronze?
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2013...
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2013...
The hatch has a surprisingly huuuge load space:-
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2013...
Oh and they never break. And it'll still have value when done
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2013...
Oh and they never break. And it'll still have value when done
I selling this lol a huge renualt safrane hatch unloved huge hatch but a lot better than people think. I have tried it on here for sale, it a hatch but huge boot with seats down, i use it a lot to transport beds and furniture for friends lol got a lot in it as biggest hatch exec i seen. Not pretty but does the job and lots mot and tax. I had it over 3 months and needed nothing http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/r...
Edited by adrenaline on Monday 3rd June 21:41
Volvo for £300:
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2013...
or even cheap, and assuming it doesnt have and mot-preventing problems,
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2013...
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2013...
or even cheap, and assuming it doesnt have and mot-preventing problems,
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2013...
NelsonFox said:
^^^ This one. You'll get £150 for it in scrap at a guess..Ideas from 'Exchange and Mart'.
Mondeo - http://www.exchangeandmart.co.uk/used-cars-for-sal...
Old Skoda with £65 haggle - http://www.exchangeandmart.co.uk/used-cars-for-sal...
Mondeo - http://www.exchangeandmart.co.uk/used-cars-for-sal...
Old Skoda with £65 haggle - http://www.exchangeandmart.co.uk/used-cars-for-sal...
Swerve anything remotely "commercial" as local councils love nothing better than telling you not to take it to their tip that your taxes have paid for.
Big f***-off estate car is the way to go, either that or an old people carrier. Those vile Kia Sedonas are huge, and deserve to be abused as a refuse van. Or the equally tragic Trajet: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/hyunday-trajet-diesiel-2... - just add MOT.
Big f***-off estate car is the way to go, either that or an old people carrier. Those vile Kia Sedonas are huge, and deserve to be abused as a refuse van. Or the equally tragic Trajet: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/hyunday-trajet-diesiel-2... - just add MOT.
Limpet said:
be shame to break thatcarinaman said:
I like that brown Mondeo. It's like that Mk3 Cortina shade, Roman Bronze?
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2013...
Or that....http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2013...
I paid £250 for a 95,000 mile 2000 X reg 1.6 Escort estate with 2 months tax and 5 months MOT on eBay for my wife as a stop gap work hack, nearly two years ago. It's now done 102,000 miles and still going strong - even the A/C works perfectly since I bought it.
It gets no TLC, it's abused as part of my wife's daily routine, it's ugly, it's crap to drive, completely undesirable (hence why you can get them for shirt buttons), gutless and the clutch has been on its last legs for the past 12 months........... But it never breaks down or complains, jump in it, start it, drive. Cheap hassle free miles. It has only cost me a couple of sets of part worn front tyres at £25 each. It makes regular journeys to the tip full of hard core (not porn) and general skip fodder - it's a reasonable size with the rear seats laid flat. I can't fault it in that way.
I've almost grown attached to it
It really is throw-away motoring.
It gets no TLC, it's abused as part of my wife's daily routine, it's ugly, it's crap to drive, completely undesirable (hence why you can get them for shirt buttons), gutless and the clutch has been on its last legs for the past 12 months........... But it never breaks down or complains, jump in it, start it, drive. Cheap hassle free miles. It has only cost me a couple of sets of part worn front tyres at £25 each. It makes regular journeys to the tip full of hard core (not porn) and general skip fodder - it's a reasonable size with the rear seats laid flat. I can't fault it in that way.
I've almost grown attached to it
It really is throw-away motoring. 2cars4me said:
Be most careful about the rules at your local refuse centre.
Ours refuses my 45 year old Land Rover ("commercial vehicle"), the Mondeo driven by our florist (it has a sign written window so "commercial vehicle", a lot of trailers (too big), any pick-up, taxi ... lots of little rules.
They also place a strict limit on the amount you can bring, for example no more than 33 bricks or anything more than "the amount you could fit easily in a standard hatchback car boot" for soil/hardcore/rubble.
Local auction for any decent estate perhaps?
I don't think that's as true as it used to be, it depends very much on area and what you are trying to get rid of. Now that Veola and the like are running these sites the impetus is in making money rather than enforcing the petty rules the councils used to inflict. If you're dumping something that they see a value in, the chances are they'll let you dump it. They don't even bother with the height restrictions at my amenity site any more... Ours refuses my 45 year old Land Rover ("commercial vehicle"), the Mondeo driven by our florist (it has a sign written window so "commercial vehicle", a lot of trailers (too big), any pick-up, taxi ... lots of little rules.
They also place a strict limit on the amount you can bring, for example no more than 33 bricks or anything more than "the amount you could fit easily in a standard hatchback car boot" for soil/hardcore/rubble.
Local auction for any decent estate perhaps?
Edited by 2cars4me on Monday 3rd June 21:13
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