New car

[Del Lardo]

Just agreed to buy this little gem for the sum of £500

1 lady owner (who goes to church with me mum)
39700 miles
12 months MOT
5 months tax
Just serviced
4 very new tyres
FSH (by an independant chap who I used when I lived in Brum)
Just needs a bit of a clean and a polish to change it from pink to red

Realised on Thursday that I've put 9000 miles on my Elise in 7 months so was considering buying a second car. Insurance is £200 and tax is £100 so should allow me to save a bit of money on running my Elise.

 

[Del Lardo]

It doesn't look it from the photo - looks faded and... stuff.

I'd rather put the miles on the Elise

Well it does need a wash and a polish to restore it to its original glory.

Run an Elise as your only car for 16 months and 20 000 miles and then let me know if you'd rather carry on racking up the miles on your once mint condtion car. I know that for £500 I could have bought a Xantia with 150k on the clock from some random guy in Autotrader but personally I'd much rather buy a car that is as basic as they get (so less to go wrong) from someone who I know has looked after the car.


I realise that to a few people who have posted £500 for an L Reg Fiesta seems like madness but when you're used to spending more than that on discs and pads for your car £500 for a fully working car that will pay for itself in 9 months and actually allow you to do sensible stuff like going to the Tip seems pretty good value.