Photos of your sub-£500 CAR!

Thats a good price for the Defender . Discovery even :exclamation:

Suffolk ReeferBoy:
Thats a good price for the Defender . Discovery even :exclamation:

i wish disco was mine but its my landlords i have picked up a renault megane coupe for £250 on a 02 plate :slight_smile: and a t reg focus for £100 my driveway is getting full lol

I have a 2.2 petrol b vectra on a 2001 plate. 147,000k, automatic + sport mode. Just click the button and plant my foot. cost me £250 and goes like the proverbial excrement of a spade. Comfy, massive boot, heated seats, autochanger etc. What’s not to like? Bought it from my father in law who got it from an auction.

Cheap cars/bangers can be massive fun. My first car was a 1.0 mark 2 Fiesta. Underpowered, 4 gears = great fun. I always wish I could have a garage full of all my old cars :wink:

Most of my cars since 1998 have been sub £500, not out of choice mind, just need a car to get me to work, then I get bored etc.

Had a Mazda RX-7 that stood me at £150 a few years ago, that was amazing fun.

Current car cost me over a grand, but no idea on it’s value now, 171 thousand miles makes most people run for the hills :laughing:

Prior to this though, I had a Nissan Tino 2.2Di that cost me £260, an Audi A6 estate that cost £285, A Peugeot 306 cabriolet that cost £185… Not going to list all as I’ve had well over 100 cars now and I’d say at least 90 of them were sub £500

Probably 1 of my best was a Nissan Sunny 2.0d with 10mths mot and 5mths tax and a full tank of diseasal that I gave my boss £200 for to get it out of his way, 5 door, leccy’s all round, alloys etc and only 35,000 miles on the clock. Bargain.

well my mg zs went throu mot after new handbrake and windscreen now owes me £450 including buying it

i had a gander on facebook this morning and bought this for £100 with 4 months tax and no mot
unfortualy what i didnt know was the car is a cat c so im undecided what to do with it

on facebook where are the cars ■■?

pigpen:
on facebook where are the cars ■■?

type in something along lines of cars for sale followed by your area i.e surrey or hampshire etc etc something will appear

peewee:
well my mg zs went throu mot after new handbrake and windscreen now owes me £450 including buying it

i had a gander on facebook this morning and bought this for £100 with 4 months tax and no mot
unfortualy what i didnt know was the car is a cat c so im undecided what to do with it

If you decide to break the focus I may be interested in the headlights. providing they aint gone opaque like mine.(on a T plate estate) PM me if u decide to break and let me know how much you want for the lights…cheers

Take it you have traders insurance? Is it hard to get these days . Used to mess about buying and selling and tinkering with cars years ago and had it then. I was told it’s a lot harder to get these days.

kr79:
Take it you have traders insurance? Is it hard to get these days . Used to mess about buying and selling and tinkering with cars years ago and had it then. I was told it’s a lot harder to get these days.

piece of ■■■■ to get no harder than a normal policy and cheaper was getting quotes on a ■■■■■■ gti at £8-900 fully comp enquired about trade policy and came back fully comp at £625 im limited to 10 cars and up tio 3.5t in size

er yeah i bought something else :smiley:

52 plate vauxhall combo 1700di bought this as a mate is losing his storage and isnt allowed commercial vehicles outside his house and i need a van at mo as im helpin my dad next week building some stairs bit of a bargain for £500 :slight_smile: its high miles 212k but has mot till jan and tax till end of this month

I didn’t know vauxhall milometers go as high as 200,000! Does it still go alright?

£500 it’s yours focus 1.8, 1999, 127k tax and MOT

peewee:
well my mg zs went throu mot after new handbrake and windscreen now owes me £450 including buying it

i had a gander on facebook this morning and bought this for £100 with 4 months tax and no mot
unfortualy what i didnt know was the car is a cat c so im undecided what to do with it

What is a cat c :question: :blush:

Insurance repair that has been written off and repaired it the needs to have a full mot some bits done before it can go back on the road

Cat C needs an MOT plus a VIC check
Cat D just needs V5 applying for

My car is a cat C . Brilliant,one of the best cars I’ve had. 1999 Seat Toledo LSI.11OBHP Turbo diesel. Basically a Golf.
Got loads of spec, brilliant on fuel, drives superbly. 0nly 95000 miles. I did 35000 myself in it and never skipped a beat.

Thank you for the info :grimacing:

mucker85:
I didn’t know vauxhall milometers go as high as 200,000! Does it still go alright?

yeah needs a cank shaft sensor but still goes you wouldnt know it done the miles i may be part exing the vectra for a 51 reg seat leon turbo :slight_smile: