11-09-2012, 08:23 AM
(11-09-2012, 08:05 AM)c.a.r. Wrote:(10-09-2012, 09:30 PM)Scott Wrote:(10-09-2012, 09:28 PM)THE_Liam Wrote: I spend every Friday morning in shock at what you can get for a grand. Remember the E32 750iL? V12 with MOT for less than a grand?I saw that one earlier, and OMG. Want.
Someone actually went ahead and bought it, and put up a thread in readers rides.
Seriously amazing amount of car (literally, it's absolutely huge!) for the money.
Tom what you need is a runaround mate. Not a plush car with heaps of creature comforts, that can wait.
Do you think I bought my Pug for their amazing capabilities? For their reliability record? For their equipment levels? Because they excel in none of those categories...
Less than 5 miles from Tom-
Rover 214 51k miles 5 door red - £800
Peugeot 307 96k miles 1.6 16v 5 door yellow - £995
Toyota Avensis 73k miles 1.8 VVTi 5 door red - £995
Volvo S40 88k miles 1.8 4 door saloon red - £675
It really doesn't have to be a diesel car.
Diesels are inherently more complex, so when they go wrong they cost you more. If you absolutely must have a diesel, you need to look for something simple. Something pre DMF, pre DPF, pre VNT.
In a nutshell, you need to start defining the line between what you NEED and what you WANT.
None of those cars are less than 5 miles. Ebay distances are shit. That yellow 307 is 20 miles away lol.
Yes for now I need something to get about, but something i can afford to fuel! I looked at that avensis, I cant afford a 1.8vvt lol!! Same with the Volvo. The position Im stuck in right now is this - cant afford to fuel a cheap car, can't afford to buy an efficeint car! This is why I'm seeing the only option as buying a runaround thatll ra*e me on fuel for a couple of weeks (probably the avensis tbh) and then use Nans money to take away the purchase price problem, allowing me to concentrate on efficincyand hopefully reliability, which im sure is what i said above anyway lol.