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General => General discussion => Topic started by: luke on 24 June 2012, 20:52
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after a car on a budget of £600 (£700 at a stretch)
have been looking at mk2 saxo vtr's and also 306 d turbo sports, even mg zr's, any suggestions welcome :wink:
(located close to le10 as possible, will travel around 100 miles)
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:smiley:
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so far:
clio rsi 1.8
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/251089343457?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649 (http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/251089343457?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649)
bit of a wild card
http://retrorides.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=bugmot&action=display&thread=131548 (http://retrorides.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=bugmot&action=display&thread=131548)
or a mk3 gti 16v
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what's your guys thoughts on this
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201226476809865/sort/default/usedcars/price-to/500/model/306/make/peugeot/postcode/le10/radius/1500/page/1/quicksearch/true?logcode=p (http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201226476809865/sort/default/usedcars/price-to/500/model/306/make/peugeot/postcode/le10/radius/1500/page/1/quicksearch/true?logcode=p)
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Loved my 306. Didn't owe me a thing when I got rid of it and was fairly cheap for parts.
Check electrics are ok, windows sunroof etc.
A comon fault is water getting into the alarm housing which keeps setting it off at all hours. Check if its got the original or aftermarket one.
Easy fix anyway.
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Loved my 306. Didn't owe me a thing when I got rid of it and was fairly cheap for parts.
Check electrics are ok, windows sunroof etc.
A comon fault is water getting into the alarm housing which keeps setting it off at all hours. Check if its got the original or aftermarket one.
Easy fix anyway.
I get bored of my cars easy as they rinse fuel and feel slow after a while, so I'm hoping a D Turbo will be decent on fuel and have a bit of poke if the fuel pump and turbo have been wound slightly
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My first car was a 1 year old Saxo VTR way back in 1999! Since then I've had about 5 other saxos.
Cheap to buy, cheap to run, easy to work on and cheap to fix when they do go wrong with an abundance of 2nd hand parts out there
Should be able to take your pick of quite a few up to around 100k for the budget.
Things to look out for: worn rear beams (camber on rear wheels), rust under boot floor and under ECU tray and battery tray under the bonnet, knackered seats that rock and usual wear and tear.
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306 DTurbo and keep it.
Otherwise there is a Passat VR5 in the for sale section :lipsrsealed:
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My first car was a 1 year old Saxo VTR way back in 1999! Since then I've had about 5 other saxos.
Cheap to buy, cheap to run, easy to work on and cheap to fix when they do go wrong with an abundance of 2nd hand parts out there
Should be able to take your pick of quite a few up to around 100k for the budget.
Things to look out for: worn rear beams (camber on rear wheels), rust under boot floor and under ECU tray and battery tray under the bonnet, knackered seats that rock and usual wear and tear.
had a vtr for my first car, it lasted 5 months in my hands :grin: brakes, driveshafts, tappets and power steering all kaput so sold to my neighbour, was looking at vtr's again but I'd want a mk2 and they're all usually ragged about by chavs with 2 exhausts on it
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going to look at the d turbo tomorrow and hopefully coming away with it
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Do you buy a different car every other week or something? :rolleyes: :huh:
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Do you buy a different car every other week or something? :rolleyes: :huh:
this will be my 11th car, taking bets now on how long this stays for :grin:
I only bought the escort and corsa to make profit, which I did :smiley:
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Untill you get something decent,
You will never appreciate.
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Wait until September and you can buy my BMW for £500. It's a LOT of car for the money.
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Wait until September and you can buy my BMW for £500. It's a LOT of car for the money.
was looking at bmw's :lipsrsealed: just insurance at the moment, when I'm back working which will be soon I'm hoping, I'm going to look at either a mk4 GTTDI 130 or fabia vrs or something similar, good on fuel with a bit of poke when I want
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It's all about the 520i Touring :wink:
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It's all about the 520i Touring :wink:
it's an auto isn't it? I'd love some sideways action
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going to look at the d turbo tomorrow and hopefully coming away with it
Good choice - and a bargain price by the look of it.
Recently bought one for my Mum and it's a cracking motor, was tempted to get one myself until I saw the ad for my GTI. There was no going back then...
Good luck with the viewing.
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Spirita di Punto...................... :lipsrsealed:
On a serious note, anything 2 litre and upwards thats over 12 years old is going for absolute peanuts atm. Soot chuckers too! A4 diseasel with a remap ftw!
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Spirita di Punto...................... :lipsrsealed:
On a serious note, anything 2 litre and upwards thats over 12 years old is going for absolute peanuts atm. Soot chuckers too! A4 diseasel with a remap ftw!
A4??? under £700???
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got it :grin:
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pics?! i need a laugh :laugh:
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Spirita di Punto...................... :lipsrsealed:
On a serious note, anything 2 litre and upwards thats over 12 years old is going for absolute peanuts atm. Soot chuckers too! A4 diseasel with a remap ftw!
A4??? under £700???
my a4 appears to be worth fack all i skint as well so can only buy something else what i get for it, this might be 1st car lost money on in a while, shame as they drive nice
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pics?! i need a laugh :laugh:
there's some on the autotrader link on the second page I think, will get some better ones, it pulls well, interior is clean and smells nice, that's about it :grin:
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got it :grin:
Result (http://www.bandit127.com/oof_stuff/images/thumbs-up.gif)
A good looking motor - put coilies on the bottom of the list for it for the moment- it sits fairly low anyway and it has good suspension - a shame to ruin it. Put some new high quality oil and filter in it. Change the diesel filter often - if they get blocked it can cause odd problems that are hard to diagnose and can be expensive replacing stuff you didn't need to.
Sort the pump and turbo actuator for more power - but don't go silly or you will take the clutch out.
If it gets difficult to start in the mornings it is the glowplugs. (Wait for the glowplug light to go out before you try. That's easy - ignition on, put seatbelt on, then hit the starter).
Enjoy! A cracking motor IMO and a good buy. Well done.
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Spirita di Punto...................... :lipsrsealed:
On a serious note, anything 2 litre and upwards thats over 12 years old is going for absolute peanuts atm. Soot chuckers too! A4 diseasel with a remap ftw!
A4??? under £700???
Have a look on Autotrader, hundreds of em under a grand, 30 odd under £700. :wink:
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I did and funk me...how why??? Shocked to be honest. Seen a good few A3s as well
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got it :grin:
Result (http://www.bandit127.com/oof_stuff/images/thumbs-up.gif)
A good looking motor - put coilies on the bottom of the list for it for the moment- it sits fairly low anyway and it has good suspension - a shame to ruin it. Put some new high quality oil and filter in it. Change the diesel filter often - if they get blocked it can cause odd problems that are hard to diagnose and can be expensive replacing stuff you didn't need to.
Sort the pump and turbo actuator for more power - but don't go silly or you will take the clutch out.
If it gets difficult to start in the mornings it is the glowplugs. (Wait for the glowplug light to go out before you try. That's easy - ignition on, put seatbelt on, then hit the starter).
Enjoy! A cracking motor IMO and a good buy. Well done.
gonna give it a service next weekend, and wind the turbo and pump out a little bit, I feel like james bond putting in the immobiliser code every time I start it :grin: need to fit a boost gauge but unsure where to place it
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better give this a bump :huh: :laugh: :laugh:
£350 budget for a cheap runaround
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All your gonna get for that is a clapped out Corsa, or a mk3 in need of a bit of work. :undecided:
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All your gonna get for that is a clapped out Corsa, or a mk3 in need of a bit of work. :undecided:
not fussed about any work needing aslong as it isn't bad or expensive to sort and tax and mot, only need it as a runaround until end of year when i shall be purchasing a mk3,
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I picked my mk3 up for £300, but had no MOT. Took a leap of faith as I didn't actually see it before I bought it. Needed a sill welding, and two tyres to get through. A mate with a MIG later, and a couple of part worns, and I had a pretty good nick and solid based car for only £20 more than your budget. :wink: