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rG-tom

rG-tom

rG-tom

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Hey guys,

I'm looking to buy a car for as little cash as possible purely to tide me over a month or two whilst i either get my car fixed, or find the time to do it myself......what's reliable and cheap? I'm not put off by petrol consumption, i'm used to sweet **** all anyway, just something that is gonna be reliable for a couple of months, and is going to be reasonably easy to get my money back on, or cheap enough that i could literally scrap it if need be.....I'm thinking volvo?

What've you got guys? If you're being more location specific, anywhere around the rochdale/oldham or halifax kind of area is good, i still have transport in the form of my gf's car to go buy them :p

Tom.
 
If you're worried about spending £700 on repairing your current car then a banger car really isn't going to hold very well... There's quite a big potential to buy a car that is completely fubar'd that you'll never sell on
 
The cheapest way of doing this would be not to buy a banger, but to buy a decent in demand hatchback from your local auction house. You will likely see a profit which could well pay for the engine work on the mondeo.
 
Jez said:
The cheapest way of doing this would be not to buy a banger, but to buy a decent in demand hatchback from your local auction house. You will likely see a profit which could well pay for the engine work on the mondeo.
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Decent in demand hatchbacks are not found for "as little money as possible" which is the OP's requirement, whilst I agree with you jez, his pocket does not I think.
 
I am currently on the road for a measly £5 a week :D

Car is a Golf Mk3 1995 Driver with 135K
Given to me by my mother when she bought her audi
Insurance and tax paid for by work as they owed me £400.

Drive back and for to work on about £5 for the week.

Long journies we take the wifes Leon.

Not bad after owning an Impreza for 4 years :)
 
ci_newman said:
If you're worried about spending £700 on repairing your current car then a banger car really isn't going to hold very well... There's quite a big potential to buy a car that is completely fubar'd that you'll never sell on
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it's more that i refuse to pay that much for something i know i could do myself given a few days to do it in! I'm gonna see how much my local friendly mechanic will want, he's normally ludicrously cheap as he's a retired ford employee who has kitted up his garage at home and does stuff in his spare time.

Also, being without a car is a massive no no, and most mechanics will take a couple of days at least to fit me in and do the job? I live 20 miles from work with no public transport, and i can't even dream of taking time off at this time of year.
 
R124/LA420 said:
Decent in demand hatchbacks are not found for "as little money as possible" which is the OP's requirement, whilst I agree with you jez, his pocket does not I think.
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indeed, this time a couple of months ago i wouldve done exactly that but unfortunately my recent spending spree has wiped out my savings :( Short of sticking it on a card or getting a loan i couldnt afford to spend more than a few hundred quid really
 
i've actually realised that if the car is done by the end of next week, i could get by without a car....my gf drives past a train station on the same line as halifax on the way to college, so could drop me off of a morning :)
 
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