Car recommendations for £2K~
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Are they not drums on the back?
My wife has a 2004 focus and the spring snapped a few weeks back. Get another from the scrap yard for £25 and the carage fitted it for £30.
The other bits can't be that much to fix. I wouldn't scrap it. You will ge t around £50 for it. Just sell it on Facebook for £200 as it is if your not going to fix it
My wife has a 2004 focus and the spring snapped a few weeks back. Get another from the scrap yard for £25 and the carage fitted it for £30.
The other bits can't be that much to fix. I wouldn't scrap it. You will ge t around £50 for it. Just sell it on Facebook for £200 as it is if your not going to fix it
Really? £25 from a scrap yard? Seems very steep considering it's second hand.
Can get a new one for £23.68 (Sachs, Anschler is cheaper at £17 something) from ECP for his Focus.
Nothing there sounds like it should be anywhere near £500 to fix. Source the parts yourself and get a local indy to fit them and re-mot.
£2k isn't enough budget to get a much better motor as said. Obviously you just want a new motor though, but your car will be worthless without an MOT and worth at least what it would cost to put through an MOT if it has a full years MOT, and will sell a LOT faster.
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Was the shocker as well. If you get just a spring it will cost more in labour to fit.
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Even if you have it fixed, because it's an old car it's only a matter of time before something fails again.
All cars break because mechanical components wear out or fail over a period of time.
lol, might not be the look OP wants to go with
Perhaps, however given:
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I'm fairly on point, am I not, apart from maybe the tax?
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Toyota Avensis? 2.0 Petrol. Yes it is a boring looking car but it is Toyota and will be very reliable while offering decent amount of kit for the price.
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classif...ggregatedTrim=T Spirit&sort=default&logcode=p
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classif...ggregatedTrim=T Spirit&sort=default&logcode=p
The best option is still for OP to fix his damn car...
Or admit that he just wants a new one! And is using the fact that it needs a couple of bulbs, a spring, and a brake adjustment as a poor excuse for getting one.
Its one step up from buying a new car because your tires have low tread.
Or admit that he just wants a new one! And is using the fact that it needs a couple of bulbs, a spring, and a brake adjustment as a poor excuse for getting one.
Its one step up from buying a new car because your tires have low tread.
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Assuming that the OP wants a new car then what would people recommend?
Looking at 2k cars with similar requirements myself so might as well tag on to this thread. Renault Megan looked like a cheap runaround but hear they have electrical gremlins (French car so kinda expected I guess).
Looking at 2k cars with similar requirements myself so might as well tag on to this thread. Renault Megan looked like a cheap runaround but hear they have electrical gremlins (French car so kinda expected I guess).