stevebubs
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| posted on 7/11/11 at 12:14 AM |
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Cheap Small runabout
My sister-in-law has just passed her test and is looking for a cheap small runabout (she appears to like French cars  (citroen saxo / renauly
c,lio))
anyone got anything suitable close to the reading area?
cheaper the better - she doesn't have a large budget (approx £500 for the car), and the first year's insurance is looking like
£100/month
(Any hints on where she can get cheap insurance would be good, too - she's just turned 28 and passed her test last week)
[Edited on 7/11/11 by stevebubs]
[Edited on 7/11/11 by stevebubs]
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rayward
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| posted on 7/11/11 at 12:43 AM |
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i've got the wifes Citroen C2 for sale, would take £2k, but in east yorskhire so a fiar trek
Ray
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britishtrident
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| posted on 7/11/11 at 08:07 AM |
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Clio best avoided, Peugeot/Citroen much better bet but if you are prepared to buy at auction under a grand will find a nice low mileage cheap to
insure MG-Rover 25 or 45 1.4 I picked an immaculate one at the end of September.
[I] “ What use our work, Bennet, if we cannot care for those we love? .”
― From BBC TV/Amazon's Ripper Street.
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stevebubs
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| posted on 7/11/11 at 08:31 AM |
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Hi Ray, unfortunately, her current budget is right at the bottom end of the market - c. £500....
[Edited on 7/11/11 by stevebubs]
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stevebubs
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| posted on 7/11/11 at 08:32 AM |
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Thanks, BT - will discuss that option with her...can you recommend any auction houses localish to us?
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Greenie
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| posted on 7/11/11 at 12:44 PM |
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My (now at Uni) daughter is giving up her Fiesta 1.25 Finesse 03 plate for 1400?
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stevebubs
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| posted on 7/11/11 at 02:28 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Greenie
My (now at Uni) daughter is giving up her Fiesta 1.25 Finesse 03 plate for 1400?
Nearly 3 times her budget. If she had more to play with it would be relatively easy...
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damien
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| posted on 7/11/11 at 06:09 PM |
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got a ph1 306 xsi 6 months tax, 11 months mot for £500ono
could be abit high on the insurance tho
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Topaz gti6-tb 205 Gti (ph1.5)
Sigma 2.0 8v 306 XSI (ph1)
Provence 1.9 8v dturbo (ph2)
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stevebubs
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| posted on 7/11/11 at 06:53 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by damien
got a ph1 306 xsi 6 months tax, 11 months mot for £500ono
could be abit high on the insurance tho
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Yup! Great car but Insurance is closer to £170/month. Ideally looking for something with a smaller engine...
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neo2
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| posted on 8/11/11 at 11:53 PM |
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Ive a nice 106 pug on a 51 plate with genuine 57k miles full history and tax and test till august 2012 in light blue metalic, 3 door all new tyres abd
recent service £800
Its not £500 but its not too far away...
09527995726 Rob
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gingerprince
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| posted on 9/11/11 at 07:54 AM |
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Can you buy owt worth having for 500? I bought my first runabout in 1995 and it was a 10 year old maroon 1l fiesta. That cost me 800. 500 quid would
have bought nothing more than ferous oxide on wheels!
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stevebubs
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| posted on 9/11/11 at 10:14 PM |
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We just picked this up...appears extremely clean and managed to get him down a bit further than the advertised price...
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert
/201144426288585/usedcars?atcide=emgm6&logcode=emf
[Edited on 9/11/11 by stevebubs]
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stevebubs
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| posted on 9/11/11 at 10:21 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by neo2
Ive a nice 106 pug on a 51 plate with genuine 57k miles full history and tax and test till august 2012 in light blue metalic, 3 door all new tyres abd
recent service £800
Its not £500 but its not too far away...
09527995726 Rob
Rob,
If I could have persuaded her to wait a couple of weeks, this would have been ideal. As it is, she's got a Mk 2 Golf in drag 
Having said that, I reckon she will probably be able to sell the car for what she paid for it should she decide to upgrade in a year...
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stevebubs
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| posted on 9/11/11 at 10:23 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by britishtrident
Clio best avoided, Peugeot/Citroen much better bet but if you are prepared to buy at auction under a grand will find a nice low mileage cheap to
insure MG-Rover 25 or 45 1.4 I picked an immaculate one at the end of September.
BT - we looked at a R25 tonight but it wasn't quite as clean as the Skoda...if we hadn't seen the Skoda first then it could have been a
contender.
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Johneturbo
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| posted on 9/11/11 at 10:59 PM |
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for £500 i'd go for a ford Ka( i did for a cheap runabout) not french but great little cars and plenty of them on the road so parts a plenty
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