Top Gear - what would u buy for £100?
17 May 2004, 08:46 PM
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Easy triumph acclaim
1 yr mot 6 month tax full service history
easy to pick up for around 50 quid
and 50 quid to take to the pub
1 yr mot 6 month tax full service history
easy to pick up for around 50 quid
and 50 quid to take to the pub
17 May 2004, 09:28 PM
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as im sure tim will confirm, I have recentyl bought a ford fiesta 1.1l j reg with tax and test for a £100. Ive driven from derbyshire to nantwich and back today, not burbled once, no smoke, and it starts on the key first turn!! 
its horrible to drive, but managed to get a whole 90 miles per hour outta the beast today hehe.
jamo
its horrible to drive, but managed to get a whole 90 miles per hour outta the beast today hehe.jamo
17 May 2004, 09:30 PM
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Originally Posted by j4mou
as im sure tim will confirm, I have recentyl bought a ford fiesta 1.1l j reg with tax and test for a £100. Ive driven from derbyshire to nantwich and back today, not burbled once, no smoke, and it starts on the key first turn!! its horrible to drive, but managed to get a whole 90 miles per hour outta the beast today hehe.
jamo
its horrible to drive, but managed to get a whole 90 miles per hour outta the beast today hehe.jamo
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18 May 2004, 03:01 PM
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Originally Posted by madfiddler
They could have my Rover 216GSi for £100 as long as I knew they were going to kill it in style at the end...
18 May 2004, 03:22 PM
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Visit your nearest Car Auctions ... some of the stuff that goes through these auctions for little more that loose change, often complete with some MoT and Tax, is very surprising, particularly for those visiting such places for the first time. A real eyeopener to the true values of cars.
18 May 2004, 10:25 PM
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Another good place for cheapies is dealers p/x 's
don't be afraid to go past the nice stuff and ask em for the trade ins out the back
don't be afraid to go past the nice stuff and ask em for the trade ins out the back
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Guys - only 1 person has mentioned it!
The auctions are THE place for sub £100 motors. Stacks of them EVERY week for well under £100 (including commission). Either HUGE barges that no-one wants, or cheap ugly run of the mill runarounds....(sunnys, old Seats, Polos, etc).
Think the cheapest I ever got was £30+commission for a Volvo 240GLT which had tax & MoT (it had 3 months tax, which equalled £30 then - so could get money back on tax if it was a duffer!). It was a stopgap car while I waited on the Scooby to be delivered. Fantastic fun though - absolute tank, and if anyone tried to cut you up, you just held your ground.
Sold it for £50 once the MoT & tax had run out (WTF! - £20 profit). This was over 4 years ago, and just got a txt msg from a mate last week to say that the guy that bought it off me is STILL running it
Loads of mates have bought Polos etc as commuting cars at auction for £50. Most have been run for years with little in the way of maintenance costs. It really is the cheapest motoring in the world. Upside is that the older motors have little (or none) in the way of electronics on board, so easy to maintain.
£100 is no challenge - that's TOO much cash
The auctions are THE place for sub £100 motors. Stacks of them EVERY week for well under £100 (including commission). Either HUGE barges that no-one wants, or cheap ugly run of the mill runarounds....(sunnys, old Seats, Polos, etc).
Think the cheapest I ever got was £30+commission for a Volvo 240GLT which had tax & MoT (it had 3 months tax, which equalled £30 then - so could get money back on tax if it was a duffer!). It was a stopgap car while I waited on the Scooby to be delivered. Fantastic fun though - absolute tank, and if anyone tried to cut you up, you just held your ground.
Sold it for £50 once the MoT & tax had run out (WTF! - £20 profit). This was over 4 years ago, and just got a txt msg from a mate last week to say that the guy that bought it off me is STILL running it
Loads of mates have bought Polos etc as commuting cars at auction for £50. Most have been run for years with little in the way of maintenance costs. It really is the cheapest motoring in the world. Upside is that the older motors have little (or none) in the way of electronics on board, so easy to maintain.
£100 is no challenge - that's TOO much cash