Joe91

Taking my rs turbo off the road for the winter..Looking to buy a cheap run around. Do any of you have any experiences with a nice reliable small engined car?

Wouldnt mind something thats a bit of fun either though.

Thanks, Joe

Robs Frst

Put My Evo in the garage for winter.

Bought a Puma for the winter runaround, for the money and handling not much compares for the money. Cheap to insure, nippy round town, insurance is cheap.

Just watch out for the rust on the arches.

studabear

nissan micra, my wifes was excellent through the snow and ice, cheap as chips to buy and run, relaible, nobodys gonna steal one either

vaughant

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I had a Corsa 1.2 16valve last winter and it was faultless,brilliant little car that took me all over the country.

There's some cracking cheapies on www.retrorides.com.

Glenn_

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Mk 4/5 fiesta 1.25 16v.Cracking car and they go well.

fuzzy

just get yourself a cheapo 106 1.1 for a couple of hundred quid.little fwd cars with little narrow tyres are great in the snow. if someone bumps into it you wont give a fook and if your looking for a bit fun handbrake turn it into a wall or some sign posts.
then after winter rally it down to the scrappy and weigh it in for about £150 ish.
thats what i did the other year as my bmw was a fooking nightmare in the snow and i had the added bonus of someone else sliding into me and writing it off, their insurance offered me double what i paid for it in the first place so it was a win win situation.

Glenn_

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Dont the sub frame rot on these behind the plastic cover.

massivewangers

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Puma, Fez Zetec-S, good shout. Not too mad to run but good fun cars.

I had a Civic 1.6 SOHC vtec last winter, the 125bhp, that was good fun.

zippyobrien

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Fiesta zetec s. Bough mine few years ago as a cheap run around and ended up keeping her lol.

gouch1

here ya go these are great
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/used-car...01125392700610

studabear

Yeah they can suffer from front cross member corrosion, its not structural, and cannot fail the mot, I've spoken to vosa regarding 1 I had in for mot where it was completely rotten through so that the cross member was no longer joining both inner wings

stevos

I bought a little Saco vtr on an 03 plate 50k two lady owners full history and mot and tax for a year.
£900
Great little car for the money and will do the misses to leave at the bus station next year.

Adam.

306 diesel turbo, can run it on pretty much anything if u have the bosch pump, i have the lucas pump, but put £30 in and get 250 miles, and goes very well as u can adjust the fuelling and boosting very easily!, mines done 170k never misses a beat

Mike C

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Subaru Justy, can't get many smaller AWD cars and good fun to drive in wintery conditions.