What's the Best Used Car U can get for £3000-£4000 ?

itaa

Must be 6-10years old and in that budget range and reliable, Not interested in riced out subarus or vauxalls or any french crap.
Currently looking at these 2, CLK 270

images.autowest.co.uk/vehicles/mercedes-benz-clk-coupe-270-cdi-avantgarde-2dr-auto-63116379-640x480.jpg

and chrysler crossfire
is03.thegumtree.com/image/big/157132015.jpg

(only 2 seats and cant mount trailer hitch
both can be had for like 3k.

Anyone got more suggestions? Insurance class doesn't makes difference for me.

forgotmyname

Absolutely mint 2007 MK3 Mondeo and plenty of change?

CLK for under £4000 will it have more than 200,000 miles?

They can be had for £3000 but do you know enough about cars to know what to look for and not end up with something that will need a £3000 service.

Even small items can empty your pockets very quickly.

itaa

forgotmyname wrote: »

Absolutely mint 2007 MK3 Mondeo and plenty of change?

CLK for under £4000 will it have more than 200,000 miles?

They can be had for £3000 but do you know enough about cars to know what to look for and not end up with something that will need a £3000 service.

Even small items can empty your pockets very quickly.

what's the point from mondeo?
I can fix pretty much everything myself on a car and you can have clean & OK Mile example of clk for 3.5k

forgotmyname

Best car you can get for £3000 - £4000 to me is a Mondeo. Thats the point.

It could be a high miles MK4 but personally i would buy a mint MK3 and have plenty of cash left over.

Buying a CLK for that money it would have to be from a one owner Doctor or Managing Director or similar with a full MB service history.

If you can fix everything yourself then no worries, Buy the 1st one you see.
Replacing the radiator and torque converter and gearbox wont be a problem.

What car said it all "Build quality is not that great, Trim often comes loose"

"The days of the legendary high Mercedes quality are long gone, and CLK owners appear to experience a number of problems."


Something to expect from an old £500 citroen or fiat, Not a modern car costing lots more.

Horizon81

forgotmyname wrote: »

Absolutely mint 2007 MK3 Mondeo and plenty of change?

I'm always intrigued by these comments. Show me a couple of examples of these mint 2007 mk3's for £4k with plenty of change.

wba31

Honda Accord.

leosayer

BMW 330/530/730
Audi TT 3.2
Jag S-Type
Lexus GS

Lots of good stuff at that price range!

Splott

Horizon81 wrote: »

I'm always intrigued by these comments. Show me a couple of examples of these mint 2007 mk3's for £4k with plenty of change.

https://www.autotrader.co.uk

I only paid £8k for a 2010 MK4.

forgotmyname

Horizon81 wrote: »

I'm always intrigued by these comments. Show me a couple of examples of these mint 2007 mk3's for £4k with plenty of change.

Autotrader and ebay... Find my previous posts.. I had links to some in those.

How about a 2007 2.2ST TDCI for under £2000 with 53,000 miles?

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201212224714435/sort/default/usedcars/maximum-age/up_to_7_years_old/price-to/4000/maximum-mileage/up_to_60000_miles/seller-type/trade_adverts/model/mondeo/make/ford/onesearchad/used/onesearchad/nearlynew/onesearchad/new/radius/1501/page/1/postcode/sw111aa?logcode=p

I will let you trawl through the details and the hundreds of others.

SCO

forgotmyname wrote: »

Autotrader and ebay... Find my previous posts.. I had links to some in those.

How about a 2007 2.2ST TDCI for under £2000 with 53,000 miles?

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201212224714435/sort/default/usedcars/maximum-age/up_to_7_years_old/price-to/4000/maximum-mileage/up_to_60000_miles/seller-type/trade_adverts/model/mondeo/make/ford/onesearchad/used/onesearchad/nearlynew/onesearchad/new/radius/1501/page/1/postcode/sw111aa?logcode=p

I will let you trawl through the details and the hundreds of others.

Not what i would call a mint example, it states turbo problem and cat c which i can only assume means it was written off.

wba31

Once again, Honda accord...