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£1000 car help!
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You get an hour to test drive, look over, the vehicle after the end of the auction.
I got my first car at auction but thats going back 7 or 8 years now. Was a 1993 306 1.8 XT with relatively low mileage - book price at the time was about £2200 IIRC and I paid £1600.
The second time I drove it, part of the wiring loom caught fire
Only cost £300 to sort that though and I sold it 8 months later for £1800, so I didnt do too badly, although even that experience put me off.
A few years ago, a friend bought a cheap (£800) Xantia 1.8, turned out the clutch was slipping so badly that it wouldnt do any more than 30, was oil contamination and he ended up having to swap the engine...
Mind you, this was the same local Devon barnyard auction, auctions in the developed world might be a bit more sophisticated
The second time I drove it, part of the wiring loom caught fire
Only cost £300 to sort that though and I sold it 8 months later for £1800, so I didnt do too badly, although even that experience put me off.
A few years ago, a friend bought a cheap (£800) Xantia 1.8, turned out the clutch was slipping so badly that it wouldnt do any more than 30, was oil contamination and he ended up having to swap the engine...
Mind you, this was the same local Devon barnyard auction, auctions in the developed world might be a bit more sophisticated
Many people who have actually bought cars from auction will disagree with you there.
To be honest I would recommend my glorious sunny SR over any of these. If you can find one and all is in good order it would be a different yet wise choice.
- 100bhp 1.6 16v engine, and goes well too.
- Better handling than a fiesta/corsa etc.
- Cam chain, thus no cam belt dramas.
- Stupidly reliable and strong mechanically.
- Far better looking than a bug eyed freaky 1998 feista.
Never thought I could pimp my car over anything else with round wheels, but it actually does make the fiesta and corsa seem very ordinary indeed
- 100bhp 1.6 16v engine, and goes well too.
- Better handling than a fiesta/corsa etc.
- Cam chain, thus no cam belt dramas.
- Stupidly reliable and strong mechanically.
- Far better looking than a bug eyed freaky 1998 feista.
Never thought I could pimp my car over anything else with round wheels, but it actually does make the fiesta and corsa seem very ordinary indeed
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SR what?
He has no no claims, needs to be cheap to insure.
He has no no claims, needs to be cheap to insure.
Ahhhh, didn't no he had no no claims (no no .... no no no no ....
)Whatever car he has (if he is a youngster) he will be screwed. I paid just over 1k for insurance when I was 17/18 on the Sunny.
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He is 20.
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Ah, young driver, you're best getting a Vauxhall Omega with the 3.0 V6 TBH.