gez bay
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 joined the MPG gang yesterday.
Have been looking at getting a cheap runner for the last few weeks
found this local to me.
1.9D, 99k, 13 months MOT, loads of new parts just fitted and a cambelt 
The tow bar was the selling point and 60MPG
its actually nice to drive a car that doesnt drink fuel, and you dont have to worry about it.
Love a work horse
everyone else share their bargain cars 
That is all.
[Edited on 06-11-2011 by gez bay]
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[Edited on 14-11-2011 by gez bay]
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scottyp1989
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How much you give for it?
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AlunJ
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Wtf is that gez? 
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gez bay
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shhhhh
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AlunJ
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And you tell me off for my random crappy car ideas I hate 206's
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AlunJ
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Still if it does the job 
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gez bay
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its actually nice to drive a quiet car that doesnt have a loud exhaust on it and just blends in with traffic. doesnt require frequent petrol stops and is dirt cheap to run.
the 172 was too much to run doing the millage i was, so this is perfect.
wont loose any money on it and i can start putting money away
i'll keep it for a 12 month or a little more then sell it.
[Edited on 06-11-2011 by gez bay]
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scottyp1989
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Not bad for 800 at all, best i had waz a clio i bought for £40 with a bit of accident damage. It had 11 months mot and tax. Spent £80 on parts to fix it, drove it round for couple of months and sold it for 600
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gez bay
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thats a good profit
the only other cheap runner i bought was a clio 1.2 last year. bought it for peanuts, taxed and mot'd it and sold that for 550.
made a nice profit in a week on that. hoping i can make money off this when im done with it
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bigron1988
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Here is my cheap car I bought the other day for winter, 2.0 diesel, just had new starter, new tyres, drop links , and disks and pads, had aircon elect seats windows an mirrors and payed 650
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gez bay
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thats cheap!!!
whats the milage?
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LeeM
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you gettin 60mpg? my mates got the 1.5d in a 106 which is meant to be amazing on fuel and he "only" gets 65ish mpg.
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gez bay
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55-60 its averaging.
supposed to be better than the 1.5d on the motorway, but around town the 1.5 is better. makes sense really.
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AlunJ
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Wouldn't mind one of those mondeos myself if I could find a tidy one cheap, sick of rocking up everywhere in a corsa
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Eddx14xe
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Wish i had a car like this at times. Im lucky to get 28 mpg. Wouldnt mind if it was a decent car with good performance but its a 1.4 corsa.
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bigron1988
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Only 167 thousand lol
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LeeM
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we did 120ish miles on £11 of diesel in his mainly motorway
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Ben G
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quote:
Originally posted by bigron1988
Only 167 thousand lol
bet it sounds like a bag of spanners my dads is still soldering on at almost 200k but sounds awful.
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gez bay
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something around 105 miles on £12 im doing. not bad. maybe a bit cheaper.
its good, 4 new tyres, new disks and pads, 2 new springs, new full exhaust with warrenty, cambelt, a/c working.
its just nice not minding if you pick up a few scratches, dont have to worry about it. and tesco value car shampoo is classed as treating the car
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bigron1988
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quote:
Originally posted by Ben G
quote:
Originally posted by bigron1988
Only 167 thousand lol
bet it sounds like a bag of spanners my dads is still soldering on at almost 200k but sounds awful.
Ha yer It does, it's great being
Able to load it with rubIsh and do tip runs but I now feel like I'm a taxi driver especially when I'm in 5 gear at 25 mph
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LeeM
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quote:
Originally posted by gez bay
something around 105 miles on £12 im doing. not bad. maybe a bit cheaper.
its good, 4 new tyres, new disks and pads, 2 new springs, new full exhaust with warrenty, cambelt, a/c working.
its just nice not minding if you pick up a few scratches, dont have to worry about it. and tesco value car shampoo is classed as treating the car
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bargain! my mates is more of a shed at £110. but he uses walls to stop when he parks, never locks it and it has black tape racing stripes.
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AlunJ
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it's the driving position of the 206 I can't stand, just feels strange. I'd have a 306 though, my mates got an old DTurbo, wish he'd wind the boost up on it though Seems to eat master cylinders mind, fuck knows what he's doing to it.
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gez bay
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i dont mind the driving positions. think its because im on my 3rd french car
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AlunJ
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I've never had a problem with driving a french car, on sitting in a 206 it just feels wrong. 207 feels much better. I still want a 205 1.9 GTi one day
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baxter-staffs
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i got 68mpg from a 406 hdi excutive 
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