Cheap car challenge! (Find me a temp car!!)

Do you have a car auction local? you can pick up some good bargains there. Got a mate who has a used car lot and any p/x he cant shift he throws in the auction. He recently had a nice mk 3 golf, it had a smashed up passanger door, but 12 months MOT and Tax, it went for £80. An MX6 with the 2.5 V6 used in the nasty ford probe, totally solid engine and will never go wrong but it sounds nasty, it rattles like crazy but it went with 8 months MOT, no tax but he sold it for £150.

I go to stoodley's in Manchester fairly often and im suprised to see what they just cant shift, lots of Vectra's and Mondeos with a bit of MOT and Tax, just dont sell even when they pop the price down to as little as £30.
 
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Do you have a car auction local? you can pick up some good bargains there. Got a mate who has a used car lot and any p/x he cant shift he throws in the auction. He recently had a nice mk 3 golf, it had a smashed up passanger door, but 12 months MOT and Tax, it went for £80. An MX6 with the 2.5 V6 used in the nasty ford probe, totally solid engine and will never go wrong but it sounds nasty, it rattles like crazy but it went with 8 months MOT, no tax but he sold it for £150.

I go to stoodley's in Manchester fairly often and im suprised to see what they just cant shift, lots of Vectra's and Mondeos with a bit of MOT and Tax, just dont sell even when they pop the price down to as little as £30.

Interesting, im just not sure i trust myself at an auction! I could pick up a right lemon, but i spose i could take the risk if prices drop that low!
 
Malt_Vinegar said:
Interesting, im just not sure i trust myself at an auction! I could pick up a right lemon, but i spose i could take the risk if prices drop that low!

When your paying that little for a car,its just disposable motoring they come with problems but when they get too much you just bin it off and get another one. I see one guy there every few weeks buying a shed, he doesnt seem to care what he gets as long as its cheap and got a bit of MOT :D

Sister in law bought a mk4 Golf GTI for £2k on saturday, not been to laugh at it yet but its meant to be in a right state, battery and alternater dead, ripped interior, smells of fags(a poof must have owned it :p) so it really is pot look - but if your only after spending peanuts you have very little to lose.
 
Mundano? Pah! Go find an old e21 , or, e30 323i ! :D

£500 should find you some right little horrors! :D

Also, I passed an e34 520i in London the other day, K reg, £350!
 
you'll be hard pushed to find a better cheap car than a cav, cheap as chips and good for a few hundred thousand with little / no problems.

Tom.
 
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