?2000 budget - what car would you buy?

[Joe_Fox]

Ok, final stab at this.
If you had £2000 to buy a car, what would you buy?

The most important things are, in order:

1.) reliability
2.) speed/power
3.) style
4.) miles
5.) age

 

[homer]

Something German

 

[Macky]

Ford Hairdryer

 

[Biffa Bacon]

Toyota MR2, Audi Coupe both worth looking at.

 

[Steven]

ebay

www.ebay.co.uk/2004-VOLVO-V40-1-9-D...oryZ9872QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

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[Shents]

VW golf or Polo

 

[Beliall]

a 1 litre ford, blow the rest on parties

 

[Steven]

Honda with a VTEC engine. :icon_wink

 

[Nottingham Fox]

ebay

www.ebay.co.uk/2004-VOLVO-V40-1-9-D...oryZ9872QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Page not found :icon_roll

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Ebay

 

[Steven]

:icon_wink

Ebay

Ebay

What technical incompetent I am. :icon_bigg :icon_wink

 

[M17TT C]

For that money go for a Golf GTi Joe!!!

Or a MkII MR2 would tick the boxes for speed, power and style, not too sure on reliability but the Japanese are pretty good.

Obviously age and how many miles it has done will vary from car to car.

Try and get a car with as few previous owners and as much service history/receipts as possible as that will give you an indication as to it's reliability and how well it has been kept!!

 

[Richie_d123]

Ill sell you a 98 hyundai coupe se for that joe

 

[City Fan]

For that money go for a Golf GTi Joe!!!

Agreed, it will cover 1, 2 and 3. But for 2K it may be quite old with quite heavy mileage but they are at the bottom of the list.....

 

[M17TT C]

Also Joe, ask when the cambelt was last changed and find out at what intervals it should be done.

That is one of the most important parts of servicing and if that bad boy snaps you'll be looking at around £500 to repair it. It happened to two of my mates so check it out or allow for a cambelt change in your budget. Should cost you around £200 possibly less to get it done. I'm getting mine done when I have the money and will let you know how much I paid but it varies on the size of the engine as it is the labour costs that hike up the price!!

 

[Biffa Bacon]

Mammoth Motors in Lutterworth has a ford mondeo ST24 going for £1875 on ebay, 1998 car with 67,000 miles.

 

[spionfox]

For that money go for a Golf GTi Joe!!!

That has probably had a boy racer type at the wheel for most of its life?
No thanks!

 

[Hazzman]

That has probably had a boy racer type at the wheel for most of its life?
No thanks!

He previously drove a Ford Fiesta......that's the 'just passed female' car.

 

[Han]

He previously drove a Ford Fiesta......that's the 'just passed female' car.

Than what would you call a corsa? :icon_wink

 

[Hazzman]

Than what would you call a corsa? :icon_wink

The Corsa manages to toe the line of being a 'just passed unisex' car and a 'wife's middle-class family' car. My boss used to have one and he earns loads but now drives a Rover 100 from the 50s.

There is also a term for a smashed up Rover....'useless' car.

Half expecting myself to find a touched car now in Goals this evening.

 

[Han]

The Corsa manages to toe the line of being a 'just passed unisex' car and a 'wife's middle-class family' car. My boss used to have one and he earns loads but now drives a Rover 100 from the 50s.

There is also a term for a smashed up Rover....'useless' car.

Half expecting myself to find a touched car now in Goals this evening.

:icon_lol::icon_lol:

Cheeky bastard.

Will be in the girlfriends car tonight so won't be touching anything in that! Stay away from the black puma :icon_wink