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Offline luke

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one for you bargain hunters
« on: 24 June 2012, 20:52 »
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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Re: new car on a budget, help..
« Reply #1 on: 24 June 2012, 20:54 »
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Re: new car on a budget, help..
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Re: one for you bargain hunters
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Re: one for you bargain hunters
« Reply #4 on: 29 June 2012, 11:55 »
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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Re: one for you bargain hunters
« Reply #5 on: 29 June 2012, 12:41 »
Quote from: logeyboy on 29 June 2012, 11:55
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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Re: one for you bargain hunters
« Reply #6 on: 29 June 2012, 12:51 »
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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Re: one for you bargain hunters
« Reply #7 on: 29 June 2012, 13:23 »
306 DTurbo and keep it.

Otherwise there is a Passat VR5 in the for sale section  :lipsrsealed:
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Re: one for you bargain hunters
« Reply #8 on: 29 June 2012, 15:59 »
Quote from: craig180 on 29 June 2012, 12:51
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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Re: one for you bargain hunters
« Reply #9 on: 29 June 2012, 22:07 »
going to look at the d turbo tomorrow and hopefully coming away with it
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