Ideas for a cheaper car

In this case I'd either stick to what I know (the ST) or go very cheap and chance bigger bills. The only way to really release funds is to sell the car and not get another!

I already have a house but dropped the £200 a month CTR for a £1500 MX-5 in order to save money. This has cost me an extra £1k since I bought it on getting various bits sorted but now I can just drive it and hopefully it passes its MOT in October. The tax is the same but the insurance is much cheaper and fuel isn't that much different so im just saving £200 a month and tyres won't be £400 a set. Servicing is much the same but I'm not bothered about doing it myself on the 5, wouldn't touch the CTR.

I also ended up pesting my providers (mobile, broadband etc.) and ended up getting a few £ off per month for things. I still can't see how I'm gonna get myself into a saving position as I always seem to over do it but now the 5 is more or less sorted for 12 months driving I can see what £ is mine to spend/save.
 
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You are 23, your girlfriend is expecting and you want to buy a house. Perhaps give fast cars a rest for a bit? Get a 5k Focus 1.6 and focus on family for a bit. You dont want to be fixing an old 3 series whilst buying a house and having a baby. This wont be what you want to hear, but it sounds like what you need to do.

If you want to play with fast cars when you are young use a condom :p
 
Good shout on the LCR front Gaygle. I can tell you from experience it will cope well with 1 baby/toddler/kid too.
 
Gaygle said:
However, if you don't want to do this, you can get a LCR for around 5-6k i think.
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I like this suggestions.

Fox, the only reason to do this would be running costs, but as I've already said, running costs are not a huge issue for me.
 
They obviously are or you wouldnt be having the difficulty saving for the deposit in the timescale you want that you mentioned above.

Plus babies cost a fortune.
 
You have no idea of my planned timescales, so I'm not sure how you can claim that.

I'm well aware of what I'm capable of.

Just checked the insurance on an LCR and its actually slightly cheaper than the ST and the 330 is slightly cheaper still, but they are all around the £600 mark, which is good. But I can't help thinking, is a 7 year old Leon with a turbo really going to be any more reliable/in better condition than a 330?

Also, would an E46 330 sport have been fitted with a LSD?
 
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Someone I know is having trouble shifting their 330 for 2.5k and its done 107k. Its pretty much perfect, and I had been vaguely considering it, are they really worth 5k+?
 
Concrete said:
Someone I know is having trouble shifting their 330 for 2.5k and its done 107k. Its pretty much perfect, and I had been vaguely considering it, are they really worth 5k+?
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2.5k really? Where, I will have it for that. Sport or SE it's still worth £5k.
 
Concrete said:
Someone I know is having trouble shifting their 330 for 2.5k and its done 107k. Its pretty much perfect, and I had been vaguely considering it, are they really worth 5k+?
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Rubbish. A "pretty much perfect" 330 is a rare thing these days and definitely worth more than £2.5k. However "perfect" is a subjective term, and i suspect your friend's definition of "perfect" is a far cry from others definition, hence why he's having trouble selling it, even at a low price.

If it's pretty much perfect, with 107k, FSH, in Sport guise, it's worth nearer to £7k.
 
MikeHiow said:
Did it appear on anything other than the M3?
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The last LSD on a non M powered BMW was on the 1996 328i Sport. From this point onwards BMW claim that ASC and then DSC takes the place of an LSD.

We obviously know they are wrong but hey, thats the way it is.
 
[TW]Fox;16180162 said:
'releasing funds in order to leverage synergies for property aquisition'
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Nothing wrong with increasing fiscal liquidity for an anticipatory leveraged capital acquisition :D
 
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I was aware that it was present on the 328 sport, hence hoping it would be there on the E46 330.

Its a shame, that really lets the car down for me, the prospect of going back to RWD again was quite a factor in contemplating the 330, but it seems pointless on an open diff.
 
[TW]Fox;16180846 said:
The last LSD on a non M powered BMW was on the 1996 328i Sport. From this point onwards BMW claim that ASC and then DSC takes the place of an LSD.

We obviously know they are wrong but hey, thats the way it is.
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Don't people complain that the 335i should really have an LSD and it makes the car a lot better?
 
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