If you were to spend £500 on a large-ish car

[PMKeates]

If you had £500 in your hand, and wanted a large-ish car for sitting on the motorway, what would you buy?

By large I mean Mondeo sized upwards!

 

[Sone]

Volvo 960, although at £500 i would look at general condition rather than a single model

 

[Begbie]

a mondeo?

But really anything in decent condition with a years mot.

 

[Morba]

volvo
mondeo
sierra

omega

 

[PMKeates]

omega

Am reckoning tbh. I'm trying to think of the best, cheap "armchair" car, basically!

Of course without getting silly. An old Jag XJ would be great, but a bit expensive to run.

Rover 820?

 

[Bennie-Mac]

If you can find it an Audi 100, usually high mileage ones will be around this price but theyre bulletproof.

 

[Akira]

Old Senator, Carlton or Rover 800 or something of that ilk. Maybe a Nissan Laurel.

 

[Clarkey]

Honda Legend would be high on the list.

 

[aproctor]

Old Volvo estate

 

[agw_01]

Rover 820?

Either an 820 Vitesse or 827 Sterling or something.

Fast, comfortable and pretty economical. I was well impressed when I drove Rich's Vitty at the RR.

 

[robbi187]

id stear clear of 800 series, many problems with them over the years, and you can rob them with a tennis ball
try staying on the vauxhall/volvo front

 

[agw_01]

Only real problem with the 800 was the electrics. Quick re-solder of the internal fuse box and you're good to go.

 

[Crowze]

Volvo 850. Incredible reliability for the price.

 

[Aero]

A T reg mondeo LX for £425 with a full ford service history and 6 months tax - well thats what I bought.

Aero

 

[moss]

Probably a Mondeo.

 

[sablabra]

Volvo 940/960 or Saab 9000. They are both very comfortable, especially the seats. For £500 you'll get a rather tidy one as well . Both models are also available with turbo, which means that you can easily get upwards to 200 bhp by only remapping and upping turbo pressure.

 

[Maxeh]

My Sierra was £250, hasn't missed a beat and Ive been driving Brighton > Bournemouth in it 4 times a week recently.

 

[JRS]

If I had £500 for a large car, I'd buy an Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser.

 

[beermonster]

i'd buy this tastefully done 5 series

 

[K.C. Leblanc]

Condition would be more important then what car it was.

I'd be on the look out for Omegas, Senators, Citroen XMs (which I think might start appreciating in a few years), Alfa 164s and Saab 9000s.

EDIT: Oh Largish, probably a Xantia or a Mondeo.