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cheap bx wanted 300 pound would be good

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My 406 supsion went at the frount. The springs and strut went. i sold it for 300 pound. I have 300 pound in cash must have mot on it
It would have cost 300 plus to fix it
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1991 h reg 1.7tzd hatch in black 159.000 miles had
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You might have more luck looking for a ZX for that money - a mate of mine picked up a turbo diesel estate for £250 last year and so far has given him 12,000 odd trouble free miles.
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Here's a TD ZX with a couple of easily tidied cosmetic problems but good mileage and neat. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 0674779940
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im getting desprate now. Wheres the yorkshire riper when you need him lol.
Evern if it lasts me for 6 months or so. Till i get my money sorted out
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1991 h reg 1.7tzd hatch in black 159.000 miles had
1992 k reg 1.7 txd hatch in red 179. 000 miles had
Renaul laguna exspessin 02 plate 1.8 16v 75 k had
cosa 1.2 brezze 150 k had
406 glx 1.9 td 170k s reg white got
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PAUL JACKSON
1991 h reg 1.7tzd hatch in black 159.000 miles had
1992 k reg 1.7 txd hatch in red 179. 000 miles had
Renaul laguna exspessin 02 plate 1.8 16v 75 k had
cosa 1.2 brezze 150 k had
406 glx 1.9 td 170k s reg white got
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PAUL JACKSON
1991 h reg 1.7tzd hatch in black 159.000 miles had
1992 k reg 1.7 txd hatch in red 179. 000 miles had
Renaul laguna exspessin 02 plate 1.8 16v 75 k had
cosa 1.2 brezze 150 k had
406 glx 1.9 td 170k s reg white got
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PAUL JACKSON
1991 h reg 1.7tzd hatch in black 159.000 miles had
1992 k reg 1.7 txd hatch in red 179. 000 miles had
Renaul laguna exspessin 02 plate 1.8 16v 75 k had
cosa 1.2 brezze 150 k had
406 glx 1.9 td 170k s reg white got
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And?......... :?

I get the impression you are after a shed which will give you trouble. I wouldn't give any of those eBay cars you've listed the time of day. If you are hunting based on price go for locality (ie close to where you live), if it's a runner and reliable, if it's got any MOT and Tax, diesel or petrol/economical to run and parts easy to find - and then, MAYBE, consider what it is - Citroën/Ford/Skoda, whatever...

Paul. Nobody doubts your enthusiasm but you need a reality check, mate. :)
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should i offer him a low price take a chance. And get it moted taxed ?
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1992 k reg 1.7 txd hatch in red 179. 000 miles had
Renaul laguna exspessin 02 plate 1.8 16v 75 k had
cosa 1.2 brezze 150 k had
406 glx 1.9 td 170k s reg white got
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Crossed posts... OK Paul which car are you referring to?
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the xantia Its only 20 miles away
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1992 k reg 1.7 txd hatch in red 179. 000 miles had
Renaul laguna exspessin 02 plate 1.8 16v 75 k had
cosa 1.2 brezze 150 k had
406 glx 1.9 td 170k s reg white got
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Scrap mate. Walk away.
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Lincolnshires not the best for buying cars. But in the past ive seen tones of cars with mot and tax for 300 pound. There was that bx with mot for 200. Then on the french car fourm. A xantia 1.8 easte for 300.

And now i want one theres nothing
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1991 h reg 1.7tzd hatch in black 159.000 miles had
1992 k reg 1.7 txd hatch in red 179. 000 miles had
Renaul laguna exspessin 02 plate 1.8 16v 75 k had
cosa 1.2 brezze 150 k had
406 glx 1.9 td 170k s reg white got
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I sympathise. But in reality, unless you are really lucky you will not find a car for sale on eBay or Gumtree or whatever for £300 that does not need another £500 plus spending on it to make it at least reliable and worth further investing in. Take my daughter's Fiesta. On the face of it a steal at £250, plus tax. Excellent. (Thanks Tim!). But it needed a new tyre, an oil/filters service, new wiper blades and a bloody good clean. So even though it is a superb bargain because I got it from a mate in the trade, without trying it's cost £500 including the cost of collecting said Ford.

Take the 'free' BX I have at the moment. It cost £35 to collect and over the past few months has cost over £600 in bits and bobs to get sorted in time for the Challenge and the MOT that's up before it. So a £300 BX (or anything) will end up costing you maybe £700-£1000.

You need to choose wisely.


As a final point my Xantia cost a tempting £500. By the time it was sorted but I had to get rid to make way for the aforementioned Ford, I had spent a further £650 on it.

I sold it for £585.

Not a good business plan, Paul! :roll: :oops:

Take my advice spend £300 by all means but triple it to get a good idea of what it'll cost you straighaway to get sorted.
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Philip Chidlow wrote:I sympathise. But in reality, unless you are really lucky you will not find a car for sale on eBay or Gumtree or whatever for £300 that does not need another £500 plus spending on it to make it at least reliable and worth further investing in. Take my daughter's Fiesta. On the face of it a steal at £250, plus tax. Excellent. (Thanks Tim!). But it needed a new tyre, an oil/filters service, new wiper blades and a bloody good clean. So even though it is a superb bargain because I got it from a mate in the trade, without trying it's cost £500 including the cost of collecting said Ford.

Take the 'free' BX I have at the moment. It cost £35 to collect and over the past few months has cost over £600 in bits and bobs to get sorted in time for the Challenge and the MOT that's up before it. So a £300 BX (or anything) will end up costing you maybe £700-£1000.

You need to choose wisely.


As a final point my Xantia cost a tempting £500. By the time it was sorted but I had to get rid to make way for the aforementioned Ford, I had spent a further £650 on it.

I sold it for £585.

Not a good business plan, Paul! :roll: :oops:

Take my advice spend £300 by all means but triple it to get a good idea of what it'll cost you straighaway to get sorted.
Philip Chidlow, go to the top of the class! :D That is a very fair appraisal of what buying a 'cheap' car means in reality. My TGD cost 300 quid - a 'cheap' car - but I'd have been an idiot if i'd thought that that was 300 quid for years (or even months) of budget motoring. It needed welding (inner wing and pedal box) general servicing; oil and filters la la la etc. It will need rear arm bearings shortly, the height correctors are servicable but will need attention soon and a suspension pipe shot it's bolt yesterday (bugger!). That's about parr for the course to get a 'cheap' car up together and reliable (I'm not even going to do the sums about what it will finally cost - I'll just get depwessed! :D)

If someone offered me the choice of that white Xantia or a Lincolnshire Road Car season ticket - I'd be familiarising myself with bus timetables right now! :D

Isn't there anyway you can put a little money aside Paul and wait until you have enough to get something that won't inevitably let you down? I'm sure there's nobody here that wants to see some monkey take your 'hard earned' and leave you with any old shed - again. And if you had a more realistic plan there are a few that would be happy to keep their eye out for something you'd be happy with and more importantly could rely on.
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