Swapping cars...

Hxc · 22 Jul 2010 at 01:53

As in literally, swapping one car for another. Does anyone know anyone else that does this? My step brother seems to do it every six months, just whacks it up on gumtree and asks what people have to swap... this time he is swapping his 96' mildly chaved Saxo for a... 1991 316i with m3 bodykit, providing it isn't a total heap, although it inevitably will be, considering the owner has been banned from driving 7 times. This however, does not phase my step brother who is going to test drive it tommorrow and plans to really thrash it as "that's the only way you can tell if a beemer is any good".

He gets offered all sorts of stuff and it just makes me wonder why anyone wants to swap cars that seem worth a lot more for the heaps he tends to own.

Pinter75 · 22 Jul 2010 at 03:15

A 1991 e36 with an M3 bodykit - does not compute.

My '92 e36 was a 316 and slow as hell. Mostly because being that early they shared the engine with the e30. A tiny 4 pot. Mine seemed to last forever, but it had noisy tappets.

He can thrash it all he likes, as it will need thrashing to actually move!

alexthecheese · 22 Jul 2010 at 12:38

Sounds like the other guy would be getting the better deal.

DM · 22 Jul 2010 at 12:47

Sounds like a recipe to always be driving a shed to me

mrk · 22 Jul 2010 at 12:56

Only way to stop his antics is to post pics here then link him to the thread after it exceeds the 4th page in replies.

Sirrel Squirrel · 22 Jul 2010 at 12:56

I swapped my 04 MG ZS 180 for a 53 Mondeo Ghia X TDCI (130), both cars were in very good condition.

I paid £3500 for the MG so think I got a fair deal with the swap.

mjt · 22 Jul 2010 at 15:21

Some guy offered me a swap with an E36 M3..

Tempting, for about 3 seconds

Joshy · 22 Jul 2010 at 18:06

mjt said:
Some guy offered me a swap with an E36 M3..

Tempting, for about 3 seconds

No, you were right. A diesel Seat is a much better car...

...

[TW]Fox · 22 Jul 2010 at 18:13

mjt said:
Some guy offered me a swap with an E36 M3..

Tempting, for about 3 seconds

I'd rather push an M3 than drive a diesel Seat

Hxc · 22 Jul 2010 at 18:29

I'll soon find out if he has done the swap. To be honest the pics the guy sent don't actually look all that bad, no horrific visible defects, but we'll see...

whitecrook · 22 Jul 2010 at 18:33

I wonder how far you could go, by only swapping cars. What you end up with, starting with say a 10year old mondeo or something.

Like this: http://oneredpaperclip.blogspot.com/

mjt · 22 Jul 2010 at 19:50

[TW]Fox;16998798 said:
I'd rather push an M3 than drive a diesel Seat

It's going tomorrow hopefully, to be replaced with a barge.

You know, it's kind of sad seeing it go.
I think it's a fantastic car and the engine is very good, if very agricultural. I don't care what anybody says

Pete19s · 22 Jul 2010 at 20:15

Can I come an see it, will even give him a race in one of the vans. £5 on me winning

Tican · 22 Jul 2010 at 22:26

whitecrook said:
I wonder how far you could go, by only swapping cars. What you end up with, starting with say a 10year old mondeo or something.

Like this: http://oneredpaperclip.blogspot.com/

I was going to do something like this, but start with my ageing '95 Escort Si, but I haven't got round to it,