Your Bangernomics successes

mr_harris

Still looking more Sheds (rough cars) than B&Q for sale at the moment.

GunJack

mr_harris wrote: »

Still looking more Sheds (rough cars) than B&Q for sale at the moment.

I have a quick look every now & again on Autotrader, and I must say it does seem a bit of a quiet market at the moment...it happens, it'll pick up again

mr_harris

True Gunjack your not passing South Lincolnshire need your Jedi Bangernomic Skills :beer:

Just had a look at a 1.6 Astra out of despair big oil leak and rough gear changes on an auto box not to mention a weird engine noise thrown in free!

Stoke

mr_harris wrote: »

True Gunjack your not passing South Lincolnshire need your Jedi Bangernomic Skills :beer:

Just had a look at a 1.6 Astra out of despair big oil leak and rough gear changes on an auto box not to mention a weird engine noise thrown in free!

Avoid like the plague lol

GunJack

Stoke wrote: »

Avoid like the plague lol

LOL, too right....not with someone else's bargepole let alone mine

GunJack

mr_harris wrote: »

True Gunjack your not passing South Lincolnshire need your Jedi Bangernomic Skills :beer:

A quick look on Autotrader throws up 225 cars under a grand within 30 miles of Spalding police station A lot of them in Peterborough area....

Happy memories of gigs in the Mucky Duck (Black Swan) in Spalding

Good luck h

mr_harris

GunJack wrote: »

A quick look on Autotrader throws up 225 cars under a grand within 30 miles of Spalding police station A lot of them in Peterborough area....

Good luck h

Cheers GJ having another look at the weekend will report back

rev_henry

James2k wrote: »

*registration

Are you from New Zealand?

mr_harris

Well abit for a waste of time

1st car was a 207 1.4 went to have a look alot of leaking oil round the gearbox and all the tyres needed changing just been through an MOT hmm wanted £950 just walked away poor car.


2nd Phoned about a focus and guy was quick to tell me sold as seen did not fill be with much confidence.

3rd 206 HDI abit tatty and found out it was a write off guy never stated this on his ad or phone.

Oh well keeping looking!

andygb

@Worried Jim - so good to see this thread still going.
Never bought a brand new car, but back in 2011, the missus fancied a Mazda 3 - 2 years old. It cost around £5.5K, and was the worst car we have ever had, so in 2012 we bought a 2005 Skoda Octavia with 93K on the clock. We sold the Mazda for around the same as we bought it for and pocketed around £3K after buying the Skoda.
The Skoda last week passed 170K miles and has been a real workhorse. We ahve taken it on four long continental holidays and it has never let us down - fingers crossed.