Soldato
- Joined
- 24 Apr 2007
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A place to hide from the OcUK spotless leather and shiny car brigade - tell us about your banger, or if you're in the market for something ask for advice etc. 
I had a bit of a 'car emergency' a couple of weeks ago and needed some wheels fast. My 75 decided it'd be amusing to suffer liquid ingress to the ECU, causing all manner of electrical nightmares I just didn't have time to fix.
As I sat on my mate's sofa (it broke down at his house, thanks for that car!) fondly remembering the days of trolleying around in some decrepit albeit reliable rustbucket, I picked up my laptop and loaded eBay Motors. 12 hours later I was getting off the train in sunny Birmingham on a crisp Monday morning to go and pick up the monstrosity I'd found for £400 the evening before, post beer.
It's honestly the most poorly specced car I've ever owned. No air conditioning, fabric seats and a tape deck. Lovely.
It gives you a wave of confidence when the address you bought it from turns out to be a scrap yard, and even more so when the owner says 'if you break down on the way home, give us a bell as we've got another coming in this affy!'
Anyway, behold!
It's a 1996 420 SD saloon, with a whopping 86bhp. It has nasty rust on one rear arch, and is in a colour that looks like 50,000 mile old engine oil.
The good bits:
- Ultra reliable 86bhp non-intercooled mechanically injected 2.0 diesel engine, complete with turbo you could fit in a shirt pocket
- Full electric windows
- Bodywork isn't too bad, need to back-to-black the rubbing strips on the doors
- Saloon boot is huuuuge!
- Electric sunroof is a good option (and doesn't leak), I've already had a friend do the 'Titanic' thing out of it while parked on a cliff edge. The bugger stood on some tomato sauce sachets, rendering my centre console blood red.
Came with 4 months tax, 12 months MOT and it's had new front and rear discs, a new clutch, 2 new tyres (Michelin) and a new exhaust. These new parts are pretty much the reason I bought it.
Got it on 110k, now on 112k and it's been great although so motherfudging slow it's unreal.
So that's my bangernomics special - your turn!
Crappest looking banger wins a pint at the next OcUK meet, but I think I might have to buy myself that one.
I had a bit of a 'car emergency' a couple of weeks ago and needed some wheels fast. My 75 decided it'd be amusing to suffer liquid ingress to the ECU, causing all manner of electrical nightmares I just didn't have time to fix.
As I sat on my mate's sofa (it broke down at his house, thanks for that car!) fondly remembering the days of trolleying around in some decrepit albeit reliable rustbucket, I picked up my laptop and loaded eBay Motors. 12 hours later I was getting off the train in sunny Birmingham on a crisp Monday morning to go and pick up the monstrosity I'd found for £400 the evening before, post beer.
It's honestly the most poorly specced car I've ever owned. No air conditioning, fabric seats and a tape deck. Lovely.
It gives you a wave of confidence when the address you bought it from turns out to be a scrap yard, and even more so when the owner says 'if you break down on the way home, give us a bell as we've got another coming in this affy!'
Anyway, behold!
It's a 1996 420 SD saloon, with a whopping 86bhp. It has nasty rust on one rear arch, and is in a colour that looks like 50,000 mile old engine oil.
The good bits:
- Ultra reliable 86bhp non-intercooled mechanically injected 2.0 diesel engine, complete with turbo you could fit in a shirt pocket
- Full electric windows
- Bodywork isn't too bad, need to back-to-black the rubbing strips on the doors
- Saloon boot is huuuuge!
- Electric sunroof is a good option (and doesn't leak), I've already had a friend do the 'Titanic' thing out of it while parked on a cliff edge. The bugger stood on some tomato sauce sachets, rendering my centre console blood red.
Came with 4 months tax, 12 months MOT and it's had new front and rear discs, a new clutch, 2 new tyres (Michelin) and a new exhaust. These new parts are pretty much the reason I bought it.
Got it on 110k, now on 112k and it's been great although so motherfudging slow it's unreal.
So that's my bangernomics special - your turn!
Crappest looking banger wins a pint at the next OcUK meet, but I think I might have to buy myself that one.
... hopefully will be fine (hopefully), cant think of anything it will fail on apart from the horn only working sometimes. But i wish i would have got one of these ages ago! 
Will be excellent bangernomics if it passes
