292Bhp Chevvy

[Brettles1986]

59k on the clock and a brilliant service history including cambelt and water pump change 2 months ago, still steep?

[josh11490]

Should've kept the vts lol

[Brettles1986]

Originally Posted by josh11490

Should've kept the vts lol

I'm not 18 anymore within reason I don't care what I drive

[josh11490]

Originally Posted by Brettles1986

I'm not 18 anymore within reason I don't care what I drive

You wish you were still 18 though .

Off topic and I cba to go on Facebook cos my signal in work is shit and I can't use the pc, do you think it would be worth organising a saxo/106/clio meet around Cwmbran/aberdare way?

[Pricklep]

Originally Posted by Brettles1986

I'm not 18 anymore

lol, im rolling 23 soon.

age makes no diff.

[Brettles1986]

Originally Posted by Prickle

lol, im rolling 23 soon.

age makes no diff.

I beg to differ when adding other responsibilities, I want a house I actually own at some point before I hit 30 or at least a tidy sum in the bank.

My daughter is not going to be any cheaper as she grows older therefore a car that is cheap to run is becoming more and more essential.

[Gandi699]

why not go the bangernomics route then?

[Brettles1986]

Originally Posted by josh11490

You wish you were still 18 though .

Off topic and I cba to go on Facebook cos my signal in work is shit and I can't use the pc, do you think it would be worth organising a saxo/106/clio meet around Cwmbran/aberdare way?

Cwmbran and Aberdare are like 45 miles apart mate.

I won't be attending any unless I get myself a cheap project tbh, not many people turn up anyway so you are best off joining someone over the bridge.

[Brettles1986]

Originally Posted by Gandi699

why not go the bangernomics route then?

False economy, I buy a cheap saxo for say £1000, not going to find that low a mileage one for starters which inevitably will need more than just maintenance work done to it over the period of 3 years.

Unless of course I buy something like a 306HDI which again are rare as shit to find a decent one (well that is within a reasonable travelling distance from where I live)

[Jizanthapus]

Originally Posted by Brettles1986

59k on the clock and a brilliant service history including cambelt and water pump change 2 months ago, still steep?

Yes, very steep. Considering that in a year or 2 it will be worth about £50.

You wanted a reliable car so you bought a Chevrolet!

I want something roomy, reliable and practical.....Hmmmm...Yes I will buy a City Rover.

[Gandi699]

Originally Posted by Brettles1986

False economy, I buy a cheap saxo for say £1000, not going to find that low a mileage one for starters which inevitably will need more than just maintenance work done to it over the period of 3 years.

Unless of course I buy something like a 306HDI which again are rare as shit to find a decent one (well that is within a reasonable travelling distance from where I live)

But with bangernomics you just chuck it when something major breaks?

[Pricklep]

Originally Posted by Brettles1986

False economy, I buy a cheap saxo for say £1000, not going to find that low a mileage one for starters which inevitably will need more than just maintenance work done to it over the period of 3 years.

Unless of course I buy something like a 306HDI which again are rare as shit to find a decent one (well that is within a reasonable travelling distance from where I live)

Not really. my cheap Saxo has been reliable for 13 months.

been low milages on here for less then 1k Bret. Black one on here with 30k iirc. you're just poor at searching

[Giraffe]

I'd have bought a decent passat for around the 1k mark and just left it at that.

My old one needed 1 shock in all it's life with me, which I can't remember the cost, but it wasn't a lot. I got it on 179k I think, gave it to my brother on 200k and it was running strong, right up until someone rear ended it, upon which it suffered next to no damage, but was written off due to it's age etc. He got £550 for it off the insurance, as well as the £250 off the person he sold it to when it was Cat C.

Cost me £700, and I got 50+ mpg out of it without fail. It was in a state like, bit of a shed in looks, but reliable. Only the boot lock worked, so had to open/lock from there, the boot was fiddly, but it was solid. Hell, I even knocked part of a low wall down reversing, no damage to the car!

Each to their own though, as I've said.

Originally Posted by Prickle

Not really. my cheap Saxo has been reliable for 13 months.

been low milages on here for less then 1k Bret. Black one on here with 30k iirc. you're just poor at searching

Except for anything other than 0 - 60 and maybe the "handling" for when you feel like driving like a tit, it's a shit car, no doubt. They drive shit, they're small, they're noisy, badly built, badly equipped and definitely not a car I'd be putting a child in. Not to mention that low mileage means pretty much fuck all, even more so when you're talking about Saxos...

[Aly]

Originally Posted by Brettles1986

False economy, I buy a cheap saxo for say £1000, not going to find that low a mileage one for starters which inevitably will need more than just maintenance work done to it over the period of 3 years.

Unless of course I buy something like a 306HDI which again are rare as shit to find a decent one (well that is within a reasonable travelling distance from where I live)

Yeah but why does the mileage matter anyway?
I nearly bought a mint Wicked red VTS off here, was 96k but if anything needs replacing it's cheap to fix.

On my 1.0 I replaced both bottom arms that were £80 changed the gearbox that cost me £40 did brakes and other stuff.

Most people who stick with french cars as cheap run abouts is usually because they're handy with the spanner and know the parts are cheap, my 106 diesel only cost me £200, I've replaced a few things and parts are cheap and easy to replace, the only thing you got to make sure is to buy a rust free one because then you're really pissing into the wind.

I'd rather buy a higher mileage Saxo/106 than a reasonable mileage korean thing because the issues are unknown and parts could be expensive.

Also I see that my 106 over time pays for itself so anything I replace doesn't end up costing me anything.

[Pricklep]

Originally Posted by Giraffe

Except for anything other than 0 - 60 and maybe the "handling" for when you feel like driving like a tit, it's a shit car, no doubt. They drive shit, they're small, they're noisy, badly built, badly equipped and definitely not a car I'd be putting a child in. Not to mention that low mileage means pretty much fuck all, even more so when you're talking about Saxos...

I know milage means "fuck all" mines on 81k. Just saying in reply to him about milage.

Its not a car i'd put a child in but people do because its all they can afford. I cant imagine that Kalos will be much better then a Saxo in a crash.

[Jizanthapus]

I picked up my Saxo diesel last month for £350, 86k miles, t+t, same owner 12 years. I've done a good 3,000 miles so far and it hasn't missed a beat!
Will do me a full week to work and back on about £10-15 of diesel. That's cheap motoring.

You just got to find the right one, and make sure you check it thoroughly. Not saying you would want a Saxo D for 3 years, or to carry a child in - but as someone else has said you could get a Passat for half what you paid for the Chev, or even an A4 or mk3 Golf tdi. All of which I can imagine are much, much more reliable cars.

[Giraffe]

Originally Posted by Prickle

I know milage means "fuck all" mines on 81k. Just saying in reply to him about milage.

Its not a car i'd put a child in but people do because its all they can afford. I cant imagine that Kalos will be much better then a Saxo in a crash.

I'd probably be inclined to agree with this point.

Like I say though, if it had been me in his situation, I'd have taken Gandi's route of bangernomics. It's pretty much what I've done since I passed my test, and it's always worked. Worst car I ever bought was a Vectra for £2.4k. Utter shit. Next most expensive car was the Saxo for £1.3k, other than that, most I've spent is £800, and those cars were definitely the best ones I've bought, being the BMW, a Rover 25, Passat and the Volvo.

[LSOfreak]

its just the logic of trying to save money by spending £2k on a car, i can't quite get my head around


reminds me of the time one of my friends wanted to save money, so took out a loan to buy a £10k fiesta diesel! it's ok though, becuase its a diesel and he'll save money lol

[Brettles1986]

I'm bored of justifying my choice of purchasing such a car tbh I have already re-iterated multiple times that it is cheap to run and as far as I can see ... reliable. You are all overlooking the fact that to insure this it has cost me £450 which is likely to be a saving on a furio (in fact a £400 saving on my old vts) or similar due to them being constantly written off.

The bangeromics theory is fine until you look at doing it potentially over 3 years, even if you go through just 2 cars in that time costing £800 each then straight away that is £1600 and I paid £1900 for a car that could potentially last longer.

As for them not being any better safety wise than a saxo, this has airbags on both drivers and passenger side aswell as in the seats and has a higher NCAP rating than a Saxo.

[mattknight1984]

Horrendous - what have you done? Literally hundreds of better choices for 2k. Almost guarantee you won't still have that in a years time.

Hateful little car.