Hi all

I have £500 to buy me a car to get me to work and back everyday, what would you choose that'll make my 12 mile commute at 5am a laugh.

Criteria is simple, must not cost a bomb to run/maintain.

Inspire me passionford.

Ta

 

Anything tax n tested

 

Xsara VTS, as bomb proof as a french car will get

 

1.7 Puma

 

nowadays £500 does go far, you simply need to set your sights on something you fancy within reason of course and start trawling the web and small ads

 

I'd say fiesta mk4/5 or a French hdi

 

E36 bmw 325i

 

I got a mk1 focus 3 door for less than £500

 

There's all sorts about if you look hard enough!, I got offered an mk4 Astra 2.0sri t&t 125000 miles £300, I bought my puma with t&t £275 look hard enough and there's bargins to me had I always look at what part exes traders are trying to get rid of

 

Sierra twincam. Plenty of sideways fun

 

Plus 1

But weld the diff up for extra fun

 

this. my mate bought one for just over 400 with 70k and runs perfect and is shockingly fast for a citroen

 

Ford puma or a focus.

 

I just brought a mk3 golf vr6 good bit of fun n sounds awesome

 

Focus/Mondeo

You'll get a Mazda 6 or Lexus IS200 for £500

 

Mk6 Escort tdi, Cheap and cheerfull and when you get more funds set of escos wheels and lower it

 

Mk4 fiesta they don't rot as bad as mk5s as far as I've seen

 

Bmw and weld the diff

 

Does it actually go into reverse? Last mark 3 golf gti 16v I had it had issues going into reverse, first, second most of the times. Once had to be pushed backwards out of a car park as I couldn't get reverse ended up selling it

 

buy a saxo vtr

 

Ford Puma,Escort,Pug Diesel

 

£500 ford will have rust and lots of it, pumas are rough as fuck now, mrk1 focus is great car but could be a bucket its kust your luck looking lol

buy french diesel probably rust free and cheaper than cheap to run

 

A little 1 litre French turd will cost you less than 500 .if its just a cheap run around to get you to work it'll do the job very cheaply.

 

Alfa 147 Diesel.

 

Can't believe nobody's suggested an MX-5! Most fun you'll ever have for less than a grand - as long as you can get over the image.

 

Ford Ka 1999 1.3
Ford Fiesta 1997 1.3
Ford Focus 1999 1.4
Ford Mondeo 1999 1.8

Cheapest fords your going to get over all.

Over all the focus is the cheapest for tax fuel and insurance..

If you want it really cheap i know something that will only cost you £50 insurance £20 tax and a thrid of a cost in fuel save you loads of ££££ does 100 miles to a tank which only costs £8 a little 50cc moped

 

There is a Vauxhall Astra up the road from me for sale on a 53 plate 116k for £575 looked tidy imo pretty reliable little motors

 

http://www.pistonheads.com/classifie...-8-vti/1440099

http://www.pistonheads.com/classifie...ti-3dr/1437313

 

Robin reliant.

 

I picked up a 2001 Puma 1700 for £400, needed a spring and tyre, then taxed it and now I love it, quick, good spec and great on fuel

 

When I bought cheap daily car, I chose Honda Accord '93. Cost me 850 euros here, I don't know how much they cost in UK or if you get better cars for that money over there. It was realiable and with 290 000 km on the clock I didn't need to do any kind of fixing or maintenance. It was even pretty good car to drive for a jap car. Only bad thing was that it had only 110 hp (2 litre engine) and had fuel consumption of a V6. And yes, they do rust.

 

Nissan micra 02 reg ish, run it a year or more and sell it for same price in two years...

 

my volvo s70 t5 260bhp 2.3 turbo £375 quid sir

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1110942520...84.m1558.l2649

 

Peugeot 306 Hdi