used car problem

JustinR1979

OddballJamie wrote: »

Lets face facts, if the car was any good originally, the 'dealer' would've put 12 months MOT on it and got more for it.

It's probably come in on a part ex and they just wanted rid of it.

So maybe that's why it was £600, because that's what it was worth.....


After allowing for scrap value, it's cost £70 a month, much cheaper than depreciation or hiring a car.
Take your chances at £600 and half year mot.

JustinR1979

darkmatter101 wrote: »

You should have spent that £600 on an old small 1 litre car.

Maybe he wanted to overtake?

OddballJamie

darkmatter101 wrote: »

OP you were on a budget, so why did you opt for an older BMW? Probably higher insurance, less mpg and not as reliable as Japanese cars.

You should have spent that £600 on an old small 1 litre car.

Maybe they felt like a driving god in it.

BeenThroughItAll

darkmatter101 wrote: »

OP you were on a budget, so why did you opt for an older BMW? Probably higher insurance, less mpg and not as reliable as Japanese cars.

You should have spent that £600 on an old small 1 litre car.

Well f**k me sideways, is that an admission that in some cases BMWs are NOT the answer?

Never thought I'd see that happen. Gather round people, the boy has become a man.

(said in jest - for once, I agree with you. That might actually be twice in one day).

burlington6

Decent bicycles start at that cost now

AdrianC

Umm, the OP hasn't said it's a BMW. OddballJamie was the first to mention marque.

OddballJamie

AdrianC wrote: »

Umm, the OP hasn't said it's a BMW. OddballJamie was the first to mention marque.

In the previous thread the OP mentioned it was a BMW. (weirdly deleted now though)

Cyberman60

I'd put it down to experience and move on. 600 quid for a car is peanuts so you got what you paid for really.

colino

So when the original post and replies were lost, did it become a BMW too? That probably accounts also for the, "anti roll bar linkages" needing replaced transmogrifying into, "anti roll bar seriously corroded". Drop links are cheap and a five minute job, I have never seen a BMW roll bar rusted away at all. Poor MOT testers fail struts with a light misting of oil, BMWs do it when they are 7-8 years old and often pass at least one further MOT.
Funny that some posters believe a trader (I use the word ironically as no genuine trader would retail a sub-£1k car to the public), would waste their time stripping the front end of a car to substitute some breaker, or found in the street, strut. The bits are very cheap now, the cost would have been in an hours labour and why bother doing such a pantomime to save a few pounds?
Let us know what model and age it is and I'll make you an offer.

AdrianC

I'm presuming the "mountings corroded" means that the area of body the ARB is mounted on has rotted.

A quick google suggests it's common on E36s, and not a huge job to fix. Although I'd be wondering where else a £600 E36 was rotten...