I need a shed / (Toyota Carina E 1.8)

mikey72

bigjl wrote: »

I would be fine with buying an old snotter at Auction, but I would make sure it is a main dealer trade-in, you may also need to look out for WBAC.com selling off turds, somebody mentioned the name they sell them under at BCA, but I can't remember what it was.

I bought the wifes last four cars from the same Auction, Chelmsford. And funnily enough they all came from the same dealer px section, for the life of me I can't remember the name of it.

But if you stick to basic cars with little or no electrical rubbish you should be dandy.

A good indicator of good previous owner maintenance is the tyres, I very rarely buy a car fitted with a set of mismatched budgets for example, as if the owner was cheap on safety items what is the chance that they spent properly on maintenance.

Some may thing it makes no difference but it works for me.


Things like 7 or 8 yr old petrol Avensis are cheap, as are old shape Primeras.

Anything with a diesel engine or automatic gearbox goes for big money anywhere near London. I think this is due to the price of fuel and the fact that a lot probably drive with red diesel, and the simple fact that a lot of people moving into London don't seem to be able to drive properly, I suspect that a lot of them don't have full driving licences, actually after talking about this with more than one copper I think it is totally true. They simple apply for an international permit or get somebody to sit the test for them, there have been several gangs in London caught doing this recently.

Anyway i digress, but that is why autos are at a premium.

I thought you said what a great deal you got on your wife's clio from that car warehouse you were promoting?

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/3110412

Kilty_2

Going to have a nose around a couple of auction houses in Glasgow tomorrow/wednesday I think.

jaydeeuk1

I'm sure I remember reading something a few years ago that carinas were the most stolen cars. I'd check the history.


Edit - sorry, its the camry.

Kilty_2

:rotfl: - fair point however surely they're not worth enough to bother now?

Kilty_2

Bought a banger today - 1992 (K) Peugeot 106 1.0 XN. 77k miles, tax Aug MOT Oct, £250

bigjl

mikey72 wrote: »

I thought you said what a great deal you got on your wife's clio from that car warehouse you were promoting?

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/3110412

Have you always been so stupid?

What a totally pathetic and pointless comment.

Just to make it easy for those, like yourself, that have trouble understanding the written word.

The car you own is your CURRENT car is the one you own.

Your LAST FOUR cars would be the ones you owned before the CURRENT one.


Don't worry you haven't made yourself look too stupid, erm, no actually you have, bit of a smart !!!! post fail there mikey.

bigjl

Another thing mikey, putting up a recommendation for MSE board members to make a considered purchase is not bigging up some car warehouse.

Sometimes i think people like you are just jealous of blokes like the multi millionaire owner of CarGiant.

I don't really care if you like my suggestions or not. However petty posts like your post above simply ruins the forum for everybody else.

Scooby_Doo.

bigjl wrote: »

Have you always been so stupid?

What a totally pathetic and pointless comment.

Just to make it easy for those, like yourself, that have trouble understanding the written word.

The car you own is your CURRENT car is the one you own.

Your LAST FOUR cars would be the ones you owned before the CURRENT one.


Don't worry you haven't made yourself look too stupid, erm, no actually you have, bit of a smart !!!! post fail there mikey.

Wouldn't the last car you bout be your current car?

Stigy

Scooby_Doo. wrote: »

Wouldn't the last car you bout be your current car?

Not necessarily, he might have stolen his current car....Or, more realistically, might be a company car or a lease car...Suppose you could say it's not the car you own, either in that case...Maybe the car you have sitting outside your house, with which you commute to and from work in and fill with fuel every few hundred miles, is your current car?

On-topic though, Carina's are great little cars, if a little bland. I once serviced one with 450,000-miles on the clock which I presume was an ex-minicab. Bullet proof old smokers that's go forever!

Kilty_2

Stigy wrote: »

I once serviced one with 450,000-miles on the clock which I presume was an ex-minicab. Bullet proof old smokers that's go forever!

:eek::D

Picking up this 106 today