Banger Rally Car - £300

gam3r · 31 Mar 2015 at 13:18

I'm participating in a banger rally to Italy in June. I have a £300 limit to buy a car.

What should I be looking at? Any thoughts? Something comfortable would probably be my only requirement.

InvaderGIR · 31 Mar 2015 at 13:29

Yaayuh! · 31 Mar 2015 at 13:36

That Nissan Almera is worth looking at and seeing if it's mechanically sound.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/281646223010

Edit: Auto, probably a mistake.

Greg0986 · 31 Mar 2015 at 13:44

Did a banger rally last September. 3000 miles through 12 countries to Prague. We found a 306 DTurbo for under £300 and it was uber reliable not to mention comfortable. 7 tanks of diesel got us all the way there and back.

Siliconslave · 31 Mar 2015 at 14:10

Can't go wrong with a Volvo, good solid things... although it totally depends on if you want to go with some kind of theme or dress up.

Phone round some of the local garages and see what rubbish they've taken in as part ex - that can be a gold mine.

One thing though - avoid automatics

Svack · 31 Mar 2015 at 15:59

Very tempted to suggest this to a friend for next year, he has an old civic we could chav up

Glaucus · 31 Mar 2015 at 16:04

Nice, which rally is it.
Was hopping to do one this year, but everyone had other things come up.

Scania · 31 Mar 2015 at 16:47

Depends entirely on what £300 nets you really.

Mate of mine did a charity run a few years back, £500 purchase limit, he ended up with an e34 525i auto which he paid about £300 for it completed the rally without issue and he kept it, he scrapped it finally at Christmas last year, it had, by then,done 390k miles.

He nearly opted for a Rover 825i but is happy he made the right choice!

I'd love to do one of these rallys some time.

Ging3r · 31 Mar 2015 at 17:12

Volvo is the way forward...

Although we paid £330 for our beauty.

DesG · 31 Mar 2015 at 17:37

Beauty is definitely in the eye of the beholder in this case

sigma · 31 Mar 2015 at 18:01

BecauseRacecar

Mirage · 31 Mar 2015 at 18:52

That Volvo is stunning, you could cut yourself on those edges. Streamline.

gam3r · 1 Apr 2015 at 17:36

All good suggestions! I will keep my eye out. I've seen a few decent Merc E280s in the right price range already..

If anyone is interested in the rally: http://wackyrally.co.uk/routeView.php?title=Rockin to Rimini 2015&routeId=20

gam3r · 18 Apr 2015 at 15:12

Here is our challenger - Cost exactly £300. A 'C18'

Diddums · 18 Apr 2015 at 15:46

Hell yeah, I'm definitely looking in to this.

How does accommodation work, do you simply book a hotel in the destination town for the night and then meet up in the morning?

What if your banger breaks down?

I'm fully booked for June but a quick Google tells me that there are loads, so I'm going for it.

Love that Volvo

Deleted member 66701 · 18 Apr 2015 at 16:06

gam3r said:
Here is our challenger - Cost exactly £300. A 'C18'

Lol - good luck - smack bang in the middle of Mercedes "cut costs, don't care about quality" unreliability phase!

At least it's a common car on the continent so spares should be readily available when it breaks down and every garage will know how to work on it.

gamesaregood · 18 Apr 2015 at 18:52

Did this last year with a £250 limit, such great fun.

Managed to get...

E39 528i SE Auto

Have to admit it had a bit of an overheating issue though when we bought it so was a big risk... but it did get us there ok after it had a new waterpump... just but we did plan to drive it back which didn't happen... really gutted about that as it developed another overheating issue.

Siliconslave · 20 Apr 2015 at 11:03

Diddums said:
Hell yeah, I'm definitely looking in to this.

How does accommodation work, do you simply book a hotel in the destination town for the night and then meet up in the morning?

What if your banger breaks down?

I'm fully booked for June but a quick Google tells me that there are loads, so I'm going for it.

Love that Volvo

Accommodation wise, pretty much that - organizer sent out destinations and hotel lists and you book away - get to the place and drink yourself silly (with one dez for the next morning taking it easy.

Breakdowns do happen - sometimes people managed to flag down other cars and get lifts, other times people got hire cars...

Tican · 20 Apr 2015 at 12:14

gam3r said:
I'm participating in a banger rally to Italy in June. I have a £300 limit to buy a car.

What should I be looking at? Any thoughts? Something comfortable would probably be my only requirement.

Are you doing Wacky Rally, Rockin to Rimini?

If so, I am doing that

Our Car:

#TeamMLG

Banger Rally Car - £300

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