£500 car challenge! Woooooo!
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hah, that'll teach you to buy a petrol
I had a 306 DT for 2 years. Only thing went wrong was a window switch.
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Because everyone on OcUK thinks your cool now.
My 400 was £150 cheaper to insure than my old 1.8D Fez, so it does seem big cars are cheaper.
Amoeba, if I'd have known about the 200 when I got the Fez I'd have had the Rover anyday... I spent over a grand keeping that unreliable piece of **** on the road in 10 months
After today I'd suggest going to your local auction house and getting the most tidy thing you can find.
Countless MK2 Mondeos rolled through, brand new year's MOT, a couple of months tax, sub £250 price tags on all of them.
Disposable motoring at it's best!
Countless MK2 Mondeos rolled through, brand new year's MOT, a couple of months tax, sub £250 price tags on all of them.
Disposable motoring at it's best!
Countless Mk2 Mondeo's? What kind of auction ***** auction was that?
Dingwalls auction house in Croydon (properly explains why it was filled with ******
).It really was amazing the sort of prices some cars went for, a taxed and tested 97 Renault Megane coupe rolled through and sold for £200. Yes, it was a bit rough, but it's £200! Escort Cabriolet with tax and mot? £200. 2.5 V6 vectra with just MOT? £150! All I could think is that If I bought one, cleaned it out and bunged it on ebay I could make a couple of quid.
I'm glad I didn't though as I found out the advantage of going to an auction with a bunch of ****** - Say there happens to have some a bit special there, say for example a 1996 P Plate Nissan 200SX, with immaculate bodywork and an unmarked leather interior, you might be able to get it for a tuppence
.Obviously you weren't at my auction
. 1996 Hyundai coupe, rust on every single arch. Didn't look like too bad a car for £300 though.Hook up a deal with a recovery company with a transporter which often has unused periods, and get going buying them mate Thats what i did. My only reservation with cars that cheap is you would have to do a lot of quantity to make enough for it to cover your costs and remain a worthwhile sideline.
Thats what i did. My only reservation with cars that cheap is you would have to do a lot of quantity to make enough for it to cover your costs and remain a worthwhile sideline.Hook up a deal with a recovery company with a transporter which often has unused periods, and get going buying them mate
I've been giving a lot of thought into this. Buy em on Friday, give them a general service them on Saturday at work (Free access to tools, 2 poster ramps and gallons of Mobil 1 FTMFW!), pop to the park for a few pictures, straight up on Ebay for a week, buy another next Friday, rinse, repeat.
Problem is that I always promised myself that I'd do it for the cars rather than the money. If my bid is accepted on the Nissan I mentioned above, I'll be in with making a healthy profit, but, by far the most exciting prospect for me is owning a car that I've always had my eye on for a few weeks. A MK2 Mondeo doesn't really have the same sort of appeal!