Ok so you've got 1K budget to get a daily chuffer...
08 December 2004, 11:50 AM
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If you're going 4x4 then IMO it has to be a classic RangeRover V8. You know it makes sense....
MPG's... 10?
08 December 2004, 11:53 AM
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True 405 a good lugger... but is it a *chuffer*.. hmm... I want a bit of handling .. ok I'll accept a bit of jelly mould antics and even a bit of rear end malarky but its got to shift / handle (ish)
But I do admit the estate Pug/passat/volvo (ford.. arrgh) are all good..
But I do admit the estate Pug/passat/volvo (ford.. arrgh) are all good..
08 December 2004, 11:54 AM
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Originally Posted by SCOOBYD00
Interesting and you get *that* V8 note... MPG's... 10?
MPG's... 10?http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...510598969&rd=1
Picked at random off eBay, it can be done....
08 December 2004, 11:56 AM
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Yeah, thats the downside. Get an LPG converted one though and you're laughing...
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...510598969&rd=1
Picked at random off eBay, it can be done....
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...510598969&rd=1
Picked at random off eBay, it can be done....
Can you get an LPG Big six for 1K .... ?
08 December 2004, 12:06 PM
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Originally Posted by dome
Paul Palmer should be along shortly, he likes his rear enders too. So to speak.
I've had 3 Manta's, all of them rusty. It's soooo hard to get a good one. They do exist though....
I'd be wary of big jap bruisers for that sort of money, spares can be expensive and hard to get, unless you buy a REALLY cheap one and throw it away if it breaks....
Would I be shot if I mentioned Rover 800? Thought so.....
Have a look on here, my kind of site. (bit popuppy though....)
http://bangernomics.tripod.com/index.html
I've had 3 Manta's, all of them rusty. It's soooo hard to get a good one. They do exist though....
I'd be wary of big jap bruisers for that sort of money, spares can be expensive and hard to get, unless you buy a REALLY cheap one and throw it away if it breaks....
Would I be shot if I mentioned Rover 800? Thought so.....
Have a look on here, my kind of site. (bit popuppy though....)
http://bangernomics.tripod.com/index.html
I've had 2 manta GTE's, a 2.8 capri, a 3.0s capri (still in my garage) and 3 Carlton gsi's (which are easily the best) and a couple of sierra xr4x4's & xr4i's
08 December 2004, 12:16 PM
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After 8 years of owning decent cars I got sick of the outgoings each month and decided to get myself something cheap that I didn't care about. What surprised me was how much car you can get for your money now compared to when I last owned a banger.
I spent slightly more than the £1K limit but ended up with an S reg Renault Laguna 1.8 16 valve with 59K on the clock. All the usual electrics plus ABS, remote central locking, Electric Sunroof, CD player with steering column remote and Air Con. When I bought my Impreza the air con option was more expensive than this whole car! If something major goes wrong with it I will just throw it away and go and buy another one.
I absolutely love it as I can park it anywhere and not worry about, not spend all weekend cleaning it, never back down on tight roads, no finance payments each month plus I can service it myself and insure it third party only.
If you are looking at spending £1K my advice would be to look out for one of the typical repomobile suspects (Mondeo, Vectra, Primera etc.)
I spent slightly more than the £1K limit but ended up with an S reg Renault Laguna 1.8 16 valve with 59K on the clock. All the usual electrics plus ABS, remote central locking, Electric Sunroof, CD player with steering column remote and Air Con. When I bought my Impreza the air con option was more expensive than this whole car! If something major goes wrong with it I will just throw it away and go and buy another one.
I absolutely love it as I can park it anywhere and not worry about, not spend all weekend cleaning it, never back down on tight roads, no finance payments each month plus I can service it myself and insure it third party only.
If you are looking at spending £1K my advice would be to look out for one of the typical repomobile suspects (Mondeo, Vectra, Primera etc.)
08 December 2004, 01:28 PM
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Originally Posted by paulpalmer
You got me
I've had 2 manta GTE's, a 2.8 capri, a 3.0s capri (still in my garage) and 3 Carlton gsi's (which are easily the best) and a couple of sierra xr4x4's & xr4i's
I've had 2 manta GTE's, a 2.8 capri, a 3.0s capri (still in my garage) and 3 Carlton gsi's (which are easily the best) and a couple of sierra xr4x4's & xr4i's
08 December 2004, 01:30 PM
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After 8 years of owning decent cars I got sick of the outgoings each month and decided to get myself something cheap that I didn't care about. What surprised me was how much car you can get for your money now compared to when I last owned a banger.
I spent slightly more than the £1K limit but ended up with an S reg Renault Laguna 1.8 16 valve with 59K on the clock. All the usual electrics plus ABS, remote central locking, Electric Sunroof, CD player with steering column remote and Air Con. When I bought my Impreza the air con option was more expensive than this whole car! If something major goes wrong with it I will just throw it away and go and buy another one.
I absolutely love it as I can park it anywhere and not worry about, not spend all weekend cleaning it, never back down on tight roads, no finance payments each month plus I can service it myself and insure it third party only.
If you are looking at spending £1K my advice would be to look out for one of the typical repomobile suspects (Mondeo, Vectra, Primera etc.)
I spent slightly more than the £1K limit but ended up with an S reg Renault Laguna 1.8 16 valve with 59K on the clock. All the usual electrics plus ABS, remote central locking, Electric Sunroof, CD player with steering column remote and Air Con. When I bought my Impreza the air con option was more expensive than this whole car! If something major goes wrong with it I will just throw it away and go and buy another one.
I absolutely love it as I can park it anywhere and not worry about, not spend all weekend cleaning it, never back down on tight roads, no finance payments each month plus I can service it myself and insure it third party only.
If you are looking at spending £1K my advice would be to look out for one of the typical repomobile suspects (Mondeo, Vectra, Primera etc.)
Don;t want ot buy someone elses 'Old chuffer' ie used into the ground so perhaps the rep mobile is an option... sniff... no big 6's then...
08 December 2004, 01:33 PM
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Early 90's Audi 80 - you should be able to get a 1.9 TDi for 1k if you look hard enough - good MPG and built like tanks - i had a 2.0 petrol on 250k miles and it was still running strong - only major item was a new clutch at 180k.
08 December 2004, 01:37 PM
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Early 90's Audi 80 - you should be able to get a 1.9 TDi for 1k if you look hard enough - good MPG and built like tanks - i had a 2.0 petrol on 250k miles and it was still running strong - only major item was a new clutch at 180k.
08 December 2004, 01:44 PM
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bag of sand gets you a gls or some such Vectra on a 'p' or 'r' plate. Not bad value for money
I spent an entire day in the summer looking for one of these for my sister and all the good ones had gone before I even called (Thursday - Autotrader day )and all that was left was total crap One even had a bug eye wrx spoiler screwed on the back 
08 December 2004, 01:54 PM
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sold 3 through work last month ........ £750 (100K miles) on P .......... £950 (100K miles) on an R ..........£1200 (75K miles) DIESEL on a P estate. I will be having one if they come up again at that price. FSH etc etc .........
Oh the joys of buying ex company cars
Oh the joys of buying ex company cars
08 December 2004, 02:20 PM
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honestly
I'd buy my astra gte
*coff*currentlyforsalepleaseseehereforfurtherdetai lsbutmakeitquickbeforethelinkisremoved
http://www.cruise-south.co.uk/vb/showthread.php?t=13895
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I'd buy my astra gte
*coff*currentlyforsalepleaseseehereforfurtherdetai lsbutmakeitquickbeforethelinkisremoved
http://www.cruise-south.co.uk/vb/showthread.php?t=13895
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08 December 2004, 03:24 PM
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honestly
I'd buy my astra gte
*coff*currentlyforsalepleaseseehereforfurtherdetai lsbutmakeitquickbeforethelinkisremoved
http://www.cruise-south.co.uk/vb/showthread.php?t=13895
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I'd buy my astra gte
*coff*currentlyforsalepleaseseehereforfurtherdetai lsbutmakeitquickbeforethelinkisremoved
http://www.cruise-south.co.uk/vb/showthread.php?t=13895
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09 December 2004, 02:38 PM
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I bought a £500.00 65K 1.8 93 Escort with Full annual main dealer history for just this purpose. I wanted to keep the big miles off my STI and be able to park anywhere. All it has cost is some new uprated springs and two unbroken second hand wheel trims. It aint that fast at 105BHP but its competant enough on the motorway and A Roads.
Knowing what I do now, - as all ford 1.6, 1.8 and 2.0 cars share the same wiring layout/Plugs for the ECU and sensors I would spend £500 on the newest Escort or Fiesta I could get (Fiesta SI would be perfect) and then stuff the 2.0 engine, front Brakes and ECU from the same year Mondeo in.
137BHP Fiesta that looks like a 88BHP!
Admittedly, you need the 1.6/1.8 sump and waterpump, but can you imagine the looks on peeps faces
Knowing what I do now, - as all ford 1.6, 1.8 and 2.0 cars share the same wiring layout/Plugs for the ECU and sensors I would spend £500 on the newest Escort or Fiesta I could get (Fiesta SI would be perfect) and then stuff the 2.0 engine, front Brakes and ECU from the same year Mondeo in.
137BHP Fiesta that looks like a 88BHP!
Admittedly, you need the 1.6/1.8 sump and waterpump, but can you imagine the looks on peeps faces
09 December 2004, 03:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Hol
I bought a £500.00 65K 1.8 93 Escort with Full annual main dealer history for just this purpose. I wanted to keep the big miles off my STI and be able to park anywhere.
I too was like this with my Impreza, infact we always used to take my girlfriends Punto 1.2 everywhere and leave the Impreza at home on the drive. Still at least when I sold it I got a decent price because it was immaculate and low mileage.... NOT!
At the end of the day it's a car, if you have spent so much on it that you are scared to use it then your priorities in life are wrong somewhere along the line. I too thought I enjoyed owning a nice car, spending all weekend washing and wax wizarding it it etc. etc. when in actual fact the whole time I was worried about using it properly incase it got damaged.
Owning performance cars these days makes no sense as there is absolutely no where you can drive it properly unless you do track days. Then you may as well get yourself a track dedicated car as otherwise the costs (track insurance, tyres, brakes) are stupidly expensive. Guess this explains why more and more people are buying old 205 Gti's and tracking them to have some fun.
For me the more I have spent on a car the less I have enjoyed them.....
The only way I can see you could enjoy owning a decent car is if you have so much money that you treat it like you would an old chuffer.
Whenever I see someone driving a decent car my first thought is "I wonder how many more payments they have got on that". This isn't bitterness on my part, I could go and sign up to finance on a car today it's just I have much better things to spend my money on these days.
The only thing your STi is doing quicker than my chuffer currently is depreciating....
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09 December 2004, 10:23 PM
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So what exactly is the point of spending over £25K on a car that you don't want to drive as you will put miles on the clock or have to park it somewhere.
I too was like this with my Impreza, infact we always used to take my girlfriends Punto 1.2 everywhere and leave the Impreza at home on the drive. Still at least when I sold it I got a decent price because it was immaculate and low mileage.... NOT!
At the end of the day it's a car, if you have spent so much on it that you are scared to use it then your priorities in life are wrong somewhere along the line. I too thought I enjoyed owning a nice car, spending all weekend washing and wax wizarding it it etc. etc. when in actual fact the whole time I was worried about using it properly incase it got damaged.
Owning performance cars these days makes no sense as there is absolutely no where you can drive it properly unless you do track days. Then you may as well get yourself a track dedicated car as otherwise the costs (track insurance, tyres, brakes) are stupidly expensive. Guess this explains why more and more people are buying old 205 Gti's and tracking them to have some fun.
For me the more I have spent on a car the less I have enjoyed them.....
The only way I can see you could enjoy owning a decent car is if you have so much money that you treat it like you would an old chuffer.
Whenever I see someone driving a decent car my first thought is "I wonder how many more payments they have got on that". This isn't bitterness on my part, I could go and sign up to finance on a car today it's just I have much better things to spend my money on these days.
The only thing your STi is doing quicker than my chuffer currently is depreciating....
I too was like this with my Impreza, infact we always used to take my girlfriends Punto 1.2 everywhere and leave the Impreza at home on the drive. Still at least when I sold it I got a decent price because it was immaculate and low mileage.... NOT!
At the end of the day it's a car, if you have spent so much on it that you are scared to use it then your priorities in life are wrong somewhere along the line. I too thought I enjoyed owning a nice car, spending all weekend washing and wax wizarding it it etc. etc. when in actual fact the whole time I was worried about using it properly incase it got damaged.
Owning performance cars these days makes no sense as there is absolutely no where you can drive it properly unless you do track days. Then you may as well get yourself a track dedicated car as otherwise the costs (track insurance, tyres, brakes) are stupidly expensive. Guess this explains why more and more people are buying old 205 Gti's and tracking them to have some fun.
For me the more I have spent on a car the less I have enjoyed them.....
The only way I can see you could enjoy owning a decent car is if you have so much money that you treat it like you would an old chuffer.
Whenever I see someone driving a decent car my first thought is "I wonder how many more payments they have got on that". This isn't bitterness on my part, I could go and sign up to finance on a car today it's just I have much better things to spend my money on these days.
The only thing your STi is doing quicker than my chuffer currently is depreciating....
10 December 2004, 02:54 PM
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Originally Posted by JoeyDeacon
So what exactly is the point of spending over £25K on a car that you don't want to drive as you will put miles on the clock or have to park it somewhere.
I too was like this with my Impreza, infact we always used to take my girlfriends Punto 1.2 everywhere and leave the Impreza at home on the drive. Still at least when I sold it I got a decent price because it was immaculate and low mileage.... NOT!
At the end of the day it's a car, if you have spent so much on it that you are scared to use it then your priorities in life are wrong somewhere along the line. I too thought I enjoyed owning a nice car, spending all weekend washing and wax wizarding it it etc. etc. when in actual fact the whole time I was worried about using it properly incase it got damaged.
Owning performance cars these days makes no sense as there is absolutely no where you can drive it properly unless you do track days. Then you may as well get yourself a track dedicated car as otherwise the costs (track insurance, tyres, brakes) are stupidly expensive. Guess this explains why more and more people are buying old 205 Gti's and tracking them to have some fun.
For me the more I have spent on a car the less I have enjoyed them.....
The only way I can see you could enjoy owning a decent car is if you have so much money that you treat it like you would an old chuffer.
Whenever I see someone driving a decent car my first thought is "I wonder how many more payments they have got on that". This isn't bitterness on my part, I could go and sign up to finance on a car today it's just I have much better things to spend my money on these days.
The only thing your STi is doing quicker than my chuffer currently is depreciating....
I too was like this with my Impreza, infact we always used to take my girlfriends Punto 1.2 everywhere and leave the Impreza at home on the drive. Still at least when I sold it I got a decent price because it was immaculate and low mileage.... NOT!
At the end of the day it's a car, if you have spent so much on it that you are scared to use it then your priorities in life are wrong somewhere along the line. I too thought I enjoyed owning a nice car, spending all weekend washing and wax wizarding it it etc. etc. when in actual fact the whole time I was worried about using it properly incase it got damaged.
Owning performance cars these days makes no sense as there is absolutely no where you can drive it properly unless you do track days. Then you may as well get yourself a track dedicated car as otherwise the costs (track insurance, tyres, brakes) are stupidly expensive. Guess this explains why more and more people are buying old 205 Gti's and tracking them to have some fun.
For me the more I have spent on a car the less I have enjoyed them.....
The only way I can see you could enjoy owning a decent car is if you have so much money that you treat it like you would an old chuffer.
Whenever I see someone driving a decent car my first thought is "I wonder how many more payments they have got on that". This isn't bitterness on my part, I could go and sign up to finance on a car today it's just I have much better things to spend my money on these days.
The only thing your STi is doing quicker than my chuffer currently is depreciating....
The chuffer is for a specific contract where I am getting paid 40p a mile and spending 10p a mile, doing 700miles a week (nice profit) and parking in Hotel car parks for consecutive nights (The problem!).
I buy cars for the pure pleasure of driving (not for looks or sound) and have happily parked the Scooby anywhere during the day, (within the same reasonable limits that I apply to the 'chuffer') including station car parks when Im working in London, but never out of my alarmed garage for more than one night at a time. I also own all my family's cars outright.
So.........Not 'quite' your Assumption
But a good point made, all the same.
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Another one for the MK1 mondeo (1.8 LX and above).
Owned mine for 22 months/40k+ miles, just ran like a dream, no real problems except the rear bearings needed replacing, cambelts are 5years/80k changes and not that expensive (10k service intervals) though i do have another option if you want german engineering (will see if i can find one for you)
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Owned mine for 22 months/40k+ miles, just ran like a dream, no real problems except the rear bearings needed replacing, cambelts are 5years/80k changes and not that expensive (10k service intervals) though i do have another option if you want german engineering (will see if i can find one for you
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1996 SEAT Toledo 1.8 SE 5dr Hatchback, 67000 miles, Green. Air conditioning, Sunroof, 9mths MOT, 2mths tax, Central locking, Electric windows, Passenger airbag.ABS good condition.. . . . . . (private)
All for 1k!
BTW this is from a national search, this was the most expensive one!! (12 in total).
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All for 1k!
BTW this is from a national search, this was the most expensive one!! (12 in total).
Tony
11 December 2004, 09:43 AM
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1996 SEAT Toledo 1.8 SE 5dr Hatchback, 67000 miles, Green. Air conditioning, Sunroof, 9mths MOT, 2mths tax, Central locking, Electric windows, Passenger airbag.ABS good condition.. . . . . . (private)
All for 1k!
BTW this is from a national search, this was the most expensive one!! (12 in total).
Tony
All for 1k!
BTW this is from a national search, this was the most expensive one!! (12 in total).
Tony
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What about a Saab 900?
Quick look on the Autotrader website, shows a 'classic' shape 900s, with a light turbo for 950 ono.
Just a bit different from a Beemer
Quick look on the Autotrader website, shows a 'classic' shape 900s, with a light turbo for 950 ono.
Just a bit different from a Beemer
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