the "£250" locost...
Kwik - 7/4/10 at 09:11 PM
when i first heard it i thought wow !! a car like that for £250 !!
then, five minutes later and a bit of google i saw kits start around £6000 and i though ****, i better start saving 
the last moneth or so i have been trawling around the internet looking for cheap cars, unique cars, fun projects etc etc and came across this on the
american locost forum...
http://www.locostusa.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=7162
the saudi arabia team of 3 built there car for 850 riyals, which is £150 !! which i thik is quite a bargain...
ok, things out there are cheaper, but still, its £100 less than the £250....
p.s. though reading the initial post again, im not sure if he says 850 riyals a week, month, year or total budget... non-the less its still a great
project....
MakeEverything - 7/4/10 at 09:37 PM
Gotta admire their confidence getting the shocks out at this stage!!
boggle - 7/4/10 at 09:50 PM
im going to keep it shut
Mr G - 7/4/10 at 10:12 PM
Interesting viewing, reminds me of the types of thread we used to get on here, before the £600+ for a digi dash brigade moved in 
Admittedly along with SVA,IVA,IVF & IRA
se7en - 7/4/10 at 10:19 PM
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Originally posted by Mr G
Interesting viewing, reminds me of the types of thread we used to get on here, before the £600+ for a digi dash brigade moved in
Admittedly along with SVA,IVA,IVF & IRA
What have Irish terrorist organisations got to do with kitcars? 
Mr G - 7/4/10 at 10:21 PM
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Originally posted by se7en
quote:
Originally posted by Mr G
Interesting viewing, reminds me of the types of thread we used to get on here, before the £600+ for a digi dash brigade moved in
Admittedly along with SVA,IVA,IVF & IRA
What have Irish terrorist organisations got to do with kitcars?
About as much as In vitro fertilisation 
ashg - 7/4/10 at 10:37 PM
repost
LBMEFM - 8/4/10 at 05:23 AM
Car for £150.00 eh, then how much did the tools cost, they also don't look short of a riyal or two so maybe not quite as locost as it first
appears.
speedyxjs - 8/4/10 at 06:17 AM
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Originally posted by LBMEFM
Car for £150.00 eh, then how much did the tools cost
I dont think many people count tools into their build cost. I maybe wrong though!
cd.thomson - 8/4/10 at 06:23 AM
they have actually posted on this site before. great lads
Bluemoon - 8/4/10 at 08:05 AM
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Originally posted by cd.thomson
they have actually posted on this site before. great lads
Yep. No harm been a while!.
It is possible to build on the cheap, we could do a with a few more like that on here again. If you have the time, and tools and re-use as much of the
dooner as you can... Thing is with the IVA costing nearly as much as the locost it seems you should spend more on the car.
You could set yourself a more realistic budget of 1K, that would be a good challenge... I think that would be possible if you had the time+patience
and tools...
Dan
[Edited on 8/4/10 by Bluemoon]
omega0684 - 8/4/10 at 08:13 AM
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Originally posted by Kwik
when i first heard it i thought wow !! a car like that for £250 !!
Such a Rookie Mistake! All the best with saving though
Kwik - 8/4/10 at 08:32 AM
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Originally posted by omega0684
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Originally posted by Kwik
when i first heard it i thought wow !! a car like that for £250 !!
Such a Rookie Mistake! All the best with saving though
i'v learnt now things arn't as good as they first seem
i was thinking of a 1.5k budget for my build, whatever it might be....
dhutch - 8/4/10 at 09:48 AM
I like that.
- However, as said, its not going to pass IVA is it, and i think thats half of it.
- Equally, there appears to a fair bit of steel in the body work my thinks!
But no, not a bad call.
TimEllershaw - 8/4/10 at 10:20 AM
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the donor vehicle was a 98 nissan cedric
{childish smirk} Don't know what a Cedric is, but I want one
[Edited on 8/4/2010 by TimEllershaw]
RK - 8/4/10 at 12:34 PM
I believe the 250 pound car idea came about when drugs were fashionable.