Turbo Pez

I need to get a run around car/van due to new job being out of bike distance,

Got about 1500 to spend, but looking for something around a 1000!!

Must be pretty cheap to run and insure, and very reliable i gota leave at 4am so need it to start and go, because its to earlier to sod about!! needs to get me to and from work bout 10 mile trip each way and do tip runs/ Pic up crap from wickes etc while im doing up me house! (roof rack would could be a deal breaker)


Much help is needed!!

DeanRS

a 1.8 petrol mk3 mondeo is a bloody good daily runner, surprisingly good on fuel (well mine is anyway) reliable, comfy and nice to drive...your opinions might be different to mine but i find it excellent- and you can pick them up for £1k

Turbo Pez

I did have a look at one of them today, 1250, but had 182k on mileage put me off a bit!!

Keep looking at saxo vtr's, Can get them for 900, bit smaller than i wanted but the insurance in cheap, what they like?

Elvis

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VW passat.

BM08

Seconded, its nice and roomy to chuck whatever in, vw build quality/reliability, probably ideal for you

Saxo? dont be daft, not the type of car your after by the sounds of it, it would probably be the last car id recommend for you

Madbradz

Love my 306 dt daily hack.... Good on fuel, cheap to fix, reliable and I paid £500 for mine 3 years ago and not spent a penny on it since!

jammerrs

get a mk2 golf, paint stripper on the bonnet and a roof rack. can go to ed38 on the way back from wickes then

i actualty quite like the rat look thing

24vcossiemat

i just got an old 406 diesel, mega on diesel though. and there suprising good to drive. should get a decent hdi for a grand. most have air con and are cumfy as anything

m4tt274

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i would have said a 306 HDI. i got a 307 and i must get about 60mpg and its done 180K and runs fine. think u can get 306s pretty cheap.

just quickly had alook.
saw this one
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1997-PEUGEOT-3...d=p3286.c0.m14

maybe better maybe worse. just the first diesel estate for a grand i saw.

jundy

Dont think the passat would be in price range for you but a good car for run around.

Ive got a corola for £550 and in 2 years ive done 1 oil change,its got over 120k on it but its never let me down and bar tyres passed mot ist time. Not thirsty either and 1.6 so not too bad with insurance.

Defo recomend a jap car for run around. also acord estae n civic saloons, spacious and minimum maintanance. cant go wrong.

timrud

Volvo

Lambchop

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Glad you said it first

I had a vts as a daily runner for 2years and it was brilliant. Good cheap clean motoring! I used to hate and slag saxo's and it was really good

orionmojo

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Audi A4, Old shape.

we've got one with 192k on the clock, and its just (last month) gone through another mot, not a single advisory

dazoriginal

fiesta van
i've got a tddi one
great on diesel and nippy

RichieST

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If you don't mind looking like a bellend, then get a micra. A friend of mine used to have one, he ran it on pennies, it had done 150,000 miles when he bought it and he owned it 2 years, never spent a penny on it apart from servicing, ragged the tits out of it every day, i was tempted to buy it off him actually when he sold it

mozzy

cant go wrong with one of these , alot of car for the money and in 2 years it will still be worth the same http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/2000-FORD-MOND...d=p3286.c0.m14

or this, miles a little but they go on forever (but if you were to go for it ask if fuel pump been changed, they usually die at about 100k but once fiixed there bullet proof http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/FORD-FOCUS-GHI...d=p3286.c0.m14

this is very good
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/2000-Ford-Focu...d=p3286.c0.m14


i guess it depends if your after a diesel though lol

CRAIG HAYTER

mk4 golf gti might not best the best but still a very good car or an audi as i really think they are great cars

LHD220Turbo

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Peugeot 406 hdi

Mike C

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MK2 Mondeo Estate

RUPERT THE BIG HAIRY BEAR

escort van

dunketh

I'd vote for my old Escort mk4 (or similar as mines not for sale.lol)
Never brakes down or fails to start. HCS variant is coilpack so immune from shitty weather.
Maintenance is piss - air filter, oil, plugs , discs, pads, etc.. all pennies.
Only issue is rust so make sure you check.

It literally costs me fuck all and is 100% ready to go whenever I am.
I always chuckle when I pass a recovery truck with a new motor on the back.
If you can find an estate or combi - all the better. Low load space with no lip so you can move appliances and shit with ease (they slide in and out). Fold flat rear seats so you can fill it with bricks and a proper roof guttering for a cheap rack.
I often have mine sat on the stops and she still makes it home.