bargain car

want2bmortgage3

can anyone beat this...

bought vw golf mk2 1800 petrol, driver model just over 3 years ago

cost £300

does 35mpg

passed MOT every time, only had minor repairs to do every so often

mileage when bought 220,000 mileage now 247,000

Kilty_2

Heh, wish I could find one for £300 now! Love the MK2.

Looking for a bangernomic car at the moment.

mikey72

Skoda favorit, £250 with 9 months tax and 11 months MOT, used it for loads of building work and then sold it nearly two years later for £125 with less than a months tax and 2 months MOT.
Cost me 4 wheels and tryes off ebay for a tenner, a new rotor arm, that was it.

Kilty_2

Wish used cars were still this cheap, I can't find anything with more than 6 months test on it for less than £500.

mikey72

Replacement for the skoda was a peugeot 105 1.5D
£475 with 3 months tax and 9 months MOT.
Still got that one as it's so reliable.
Done over 35000 miles in it, all it's had is new tyres and brakes, radiator and a couple of brake pipes, and two rear shocks, and the cam belt became due.

Kilty_2

Just found a 98 VW Polo 1.6 saloon (didn't even know this existed) for £450 with MOT until jan

Need to shift my current car first though.

want2bmortgage3

mk2 golf still going just turned 249,000 miles. needs new shocks its a bit bouncy!
i think my mindset has changed, i used to wanna drive gti's etc but now i think i'll stick to cheap to run bargain buys.. even the mk4 golf is selling for little more than a grand!

somech

peugeot 406 1.9td saloon no tax no mot £80 106400 miles full service history
checked it over replaced 1 tyre and 1 wiper blade passed mot with flying colours total cost £156

sold it last friday £675

[Deleted User]

Best thing about cheap bangers is you can park/dump them any where with no worries of damage.

Strider590

Ah back in the day when the VW Golf did actually live up to it's name.

want2bmortgage3

Strider - which golf do you have? or have owned?