DannyB
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I recently bought a T reg Focus, 5 door in blue, mint interior with a few tiny rust spots on the exterior as expected  100k, 9 months MOT and 5 months tax. £450  going for around double that at the minute. I needed a run around after I sold the 106 and an old boy at work was selling it ( I work for Ford ) so it's been looked after well. Anyway, show us your bargains, what have you got and where did you get it, and for how much?
I've decided to buy a cheap Corsa as a project as I've always wanted a c20LET so this is the plan, use the practical Focus as a daily and use the Corsa for fun at weekends or what ever. Have you managed to get any cheap as fook Corsas? There must be plenty of them out there 
[Edited on 15-02-2011 by DannyB]
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Tomnova16
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Bought a 206 end of last year for £200. Spent £150 and sold for £700 
http://www.lemass.co.uk/ for all your automotive/bodyshop needs
Located in Chalfont st Peter
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BluKoo
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Well i'm sure most of you know about my 44,000 mile LPG converted 2.8 V6 Passat 4Motion. With cherished plate worth about £600.
All for £1900.
The wheels are now a whole lot cleaner...
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DannyB
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I want a Passat TDI soon, might stick the Focus on Swapz next month and see if I can get one.
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stan_the_man
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K reg Cavalier GLS with 32k miles, bought for £70 with plenty tax and MOT. Ragged it through winter and sold it for £500. Cashback.
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Tomnova16
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Chi ching
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am4nf
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Registered: 27th Jul 08
Location: South Ayrshire Drives: Corsa Sport
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Kano will own this thread tbh
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AlexW
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I haven't spent more than £400 buying a car to start with for a few years. Most of the time ive spent more money on the car after though.
Tigra with snapped cambelt, £150, Spent £250 on the engine and then sold it 6months later for £800, Nice profit in that.
Corsa Sport black £400 needing MOT, Done a bit of work and sold it for £900, Couple of hundred quid in it for me.
Corsa Sport Green, Bought to break it (See projects), cost me £240.
Nova 1.2 Miami blue, Bought with no mot/tax and had been sat for a while, £120, Completly mint it was.
Prob some others but cant be arsed now lol
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Darryl H
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Got my Corsa for £17 because the head gasket had gone
when I got it:
and now:
[Edited on 15-02-2011 by Darryl H]
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tom_simes
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I reckon Mike B had a very cheap bargain with his newest Corsa 
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Cole
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I just got an S reg astra Sri full irmy kit it's got 150k but it's got reicepts for a full rebuild £1.5k in the last yr and it's only done 200'miles since the rebuild all for £200
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Ian
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quote:
Originally posted by Darryl H
Got my Corsa for £17
Strange figure to arrive at, did you haggle him down from £20 or something
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Stuart H
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Cost me £70 tax and mot'd as well
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Darryl H
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quote:
Originally posted by Ian
quote:
Originally posted by Darryl H
Got my Corsa for £17
Strange figure to arrive at, did you haggle him down from £20 or something
Nope, It was free but that's how much some beer and flowers cost me for them so that's pretty much what i paid for it 
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Mike
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quote:
Originally posted by tom_simes
I reckon Mike B had a very cheap bargain with his newest Corsa
I reckon so too 
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adiohead
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fixed 
[Edited on 15-02-2011 by adiohead]
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Jamie-C
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My XE donor Corsa cost me £200, with some nice parts too , I've made about £100ish selling bits too, almost free now
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DannyB
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£17 fucking hell that's ace, I'm watching a few on fleebay now, they don't even have to run as we could probably drive the flatbed down and it will be garaged until it was ready for a new engine anyway, would like a decent shell though.
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Archie
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Ohhh where to start....
MK3 Astra, Local lad selling it with 'big ends away' i went had a look he said it only started a few hundred mile after having the belts done, i put 2 & 2 together, concluded it needed a waterpump and took the gamble @ £300, £20 waterpump and a couple hours it was running sweet, sold it for £800,
Combat 2 Kitted Corsa - £300 with 10 days MOT, sold to my mate Rab 4 days later for £600, he then sold it on for £1200
Nova GSi, my mate bought it cheap off a local lad, it had been stood up for years, i gave him £80 as a non runner, found 2 broken wires and had it running in 3 hours, sold it to a mate for £400 to buy my Black XE, although i really wish i kept the Nova.
Black XE Corsa - £800 needed a box, fitted a £30 box, advertised at £2,000 - Got a
VTS & £400, sold VTS for £1400.
Corsa GSI (Caribic Blue) - £150, Stripped it got about £900 back.
Silver XE Corsa - Cost me £900 to buy car, engine, do conversion, got that back and a Corsa in P/X that i swapped a mate and sold his car for £750.
BMW 325i w/ M3 kit, Leather etc - Paid £700, advertised for £1900 and straight swapped for my 172.
Had a few other good purchases over time, i suppose
being a mechanic makes it easier to tidy up and move on cars.
Also know a lot of people locally so usually hear of such bargains.
[Edited on 15-02-2011 by Archie]
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AndyCorsaSport
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In 2009 i bought a 52 plate Astra 1.6 8v for £600, put £100 into it, sold it for £1,300 a week later.
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pow
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Got given an Escort van, K reg 1.8D with 6 months MOT and 10 days tax, t-cut it and unlocked the stereo (mornings work) and sold it 2 days later for £350. Nice.
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AndyCorsaSport
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Oh and in 2009 i bought my 54 plate Corsa C 1.8 SRi with 45k for £2,000, had it a year, put £400 worth of coilovers on it, sold it for £3,700
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Mertin
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Last year I bought a smashed ep3 civic type r for £100
Sold engine to a guy from beford for £1200, he drove to north east scotland during the night in a berlingo for it Got £250 for i interior and then all the other bits came to over £2k im sure. Then weighed the shell in for scrap.
In november I got an R reg mk4 1.6 8v ls astra for £400 with 9 months mot and new headgasket and timing belt and 79k. Rear arches are bit rusty and few scuffs here and there but runs spot on and still got it. May keep or might sell if someone comes along with some cash
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vaux.dan
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got my 1st corsa for free-scrapped it for £80
bought a corsa to break for £250 made 500-600 ish back.
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Norcy91
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Bought an X plate Punto for £200 with a head gasket problem, spent £150 on parts, fixed it with my brother and sold it 2 weeks later for £900
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