Slaney21

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As the title states. I'm after something in this price range (preferably a ford) to use as a daily drive. Had a look around for the past few days but nothing is jumping out at me.

i know it isn't a lot but it's all i have to work with for now. Any thoughts from you guys would be much appreciated. Cheers

BM08

A 1.4 focus or a Mondeo zetec?

Oranoco

Vectra, loads of ok examples for the money, simply throw it away when it breaks

doga-ot

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This £500

rsmark86

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Mondeo st24
Sierra gls
Fiesta xr2i
Mk2 fiesta
Escort bonus or pop
Puma 1.7
Fiesta si
Fiesta zetec s
Fiesta mk4 1.25 zetec
Mondeo si 2.0lt
Mk1 focus

And I've seen quite a few mondeo st200's in that price range

STeve

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some of the cars you listed above mark would break for 2 or 3 times the asking price

Fil

not a ford, but this is passionBMW remember

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classifi...1500?logcode=p

straight 6, RWD and a good sized boot!

and you'll still have £200 left over

Cossie.jack

Personally i'd go with an escort or a fiesta?

Kevin_Mc

i bought my mk2 Sierra for £650 a few years ago and loved every minute of driving it

I was on the lookout for a mk4 Bonus or Pop at the time but quite glad i went for the Sierra tbh

focusv8

£200 left for driving lessons on how to keep to lane 3 and how not to use indicators..

natehall

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or just remove the optional indicator stalk

Zetec_mk4_XR3i

I'd go for a mk5 Fiesta with the 1.25 Zetec engine, get a good one and they are brilliant little cars.

st220kyle

mondeo mk2 1.8,2.0 or 2.5,

natehall

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every day car - mondeo mk3 tdci... great cars bit of poke and are starting to be found in your price range.

Kevin_Mc

and this is the man i bought my Sierra from, cheers Ross!

Glenn_

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You can buy alsorts of cars for that money.

Rob_DOHC

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Id go for the 328i touring above if you don't need it to be super economical. Mine has nearly 190,000 miles on it and drives really well, well enough that I can't muster the courage to sell it. Handles well enough and has a decent shape/size boot but not nearly as big as a mondeo estate etc.

Years ago when I really needed a cheap car fast I bought/inherited a mk3 1.8 mondeo estate. It was bloody excellent!!! huge boot, drove really well and was very comfortable did a touch over 40mpg on a run and was generally a joy to drive if you aren't overly image concious.

Rob,

rsmark86

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I'd go for a mondeo st200 and have more car for my money, normally in that price range they need rear arches but that ain't going to stop you using it

m4tt274

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I wouldnt go for a scrubber i would go for something that £650 allows you to buy a decent one.

Many will laugh but a saxo 1.4 furio or 1.6 VTR would be a good shout.
50mpg, VTRs are quick and £650 will buy you a FSH 70K good example.

chettle

Xsara VTS or some kind of E30

DazS1Turbo

MK3 Golf GTI

Very reliable cars lots of cheap parts and fairly solid

BM08

Guys you seem to the miss the bit that says preferably a ford lol

But yeah by not wanting any other make he's limiting himself somewhat.

Also forgot to say a mk6 escort zetec. Had a 1.8 GTi for 3 years, was a good car that

Farmer Giles

In your position, if £650 is your max budget, I'd be looking at £500 motors and saving £150 to fix the first thing or two that will inevitabley be wrong with it..

2p

matts1

what sort of car do you needed, big small, commuter, round town, family car or shopping trolley??

Small car - fiesta, big car, personally I would look at the bigger engined petrol lumps that nobody want, full loaded and will do the miles.

Look at cars for around £1k and haggle them down, something with a long mot on is a must.

rallycross

Omega

2.2 decent economy
Or V6 for bit of grunt

CrOwSoN15

An E30 for £650 would be similar structually to a cullinder.

Mk4/5 1.25 Fiesta would be my bet, nippy for what they are.

BM08

To be fair the BMW would probably be in better shape than the mk4/5 fiestas, ive seen some proper shocking examples

CrOwSoN15

Quite true, the arches on my mk4 were terrible!

scoooby slayer

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id say Vectra also, my youngest employee just bought one yesterday, £200 diesel turbo just needed 2 tyres for mot.

Fordmad!

Id say a focus or puma.

Just got a puma for a run around, 12 months mot £400.

Good on fuel if driven properly. Reliable, and surprisingly nippy.

Upset a few bigger cars already that have tried it on

SmudgerByName

any more information on this?

Cossie.jack

I'd be quite tempted by one of these ?

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classifi...ge/4?logcode=p

kosman

i had a diesel focus,v reg,piled miles on it,didnt give a fuck about it,dump it anywhere and not care about it job,cheap to fix it too.

CrOwSoN15

If that's a 1600 Zetec E, I'd stay well clear! Slowest heap of shit ever.

cossie4i+

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Mk2 mondeo 2lt zetec, had ours 8 years and it just keeps going and going

Steve

Cossie.jack

Oh right, never driven one myself. Thought they looked alright for that sort of money

CrOwSoN15

They make good boat anchors

Slaney21

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Can you pm me some more info on this please? very interested

Looks like a bargain there. Will keep that bookmarked. Cheers.

Been trying to look for a 5dr 1.8gti but can't seem to find any which are reasonable. Any make will do it's just i love fords and have missed driving one since the XR2I/RS turbo ownership days.


It will be used as a daily commute for work 30miles and driving around on weekends with 1 child and another due shortly. Did have my eye on a few zetec-s fiestas not far from me but 1 seller hasn't bothered to reply and the other sold for double of what i can afford.


Thanks for all the replies so far guys and keep them coming, i appreciate it

ram

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vectra with a good history. loads about ive had two in my time when ive needed a runaround quickly

Slaney21

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Thanks again for all the responses guys


Looks like i may have sorted out a 5dr v reg diesel focus for £500 with a years mot and a few months tax. Full leather/MP3 alloys etc. Pretty chuffed with it as it drives pretty well and has 130k on the clock.