Buying a cheap ass banger

Dopey

I need a cheap ass car for four months. I don't want the hassle of buying and then trying to sell it on in five months time. I want one that will do 200-300 miles a week.

I had a look at carzone but if I filter by price I get 20 pages of price on request. I don't know where to start. Any ideas?

Cheap is the name of the game. I'd consider a car, van (even a three wheeler :cool:) as it would only be me in it.

Lastly, how much does it cost to dump a car? I presume I can't drop it down to my bring centre and walk away.

inforfun

Set year of built to prior 1998, price to under 1000 on carzone and you ll be left with 300 results. Filter location and there will be even less left.

keane2097

The thread title had me thinking asianbrides.org straight away tbh...

inforfun

Of the ladyboy kind?

Gumbo

i know where there is a rover 110 going for 200 euro!




sorry, just realised it sold this evening

Max_Damage

Can't go wrong with a good ol' K10:

http://www.carzone.ie/search/Nissan/Micra/1.0/200902191410696/advert

keane2097

inforfun wrote: »

Of the ladyboy kind?

Why not...

burberry

I have a 99 hyaundi accent running well 200 euro.

Hal1

^Interesting, but found you a banger here give him €300 cash or walk away. NCT'd until march:p

bazz26

A few suggestions:
http://www.driving.ie/usedcars/index.cfm?fuseaction=car&carID=1288081

http://www.driving.ie/usedcars/index.cfm?fuseaction=car&carID=1279425

http://www.driving.ie/usedcars/index.cfm?fuseaction=car&carID=1283442

http://www.driving.ie/usedcars/index.cfm?fuseaction=car&carID=1284700

http://www.driving.ie/usedcars/index.cfm?fuseaction=car&carID=1281440

http://www.driving.ie/usedcars/index.cfm?fuseaction=car&carID=1286289

http://www.driving.ie/usedcars/index.cfm?fuseaction=car&carID=1290484

Hal1

A few pavey mobiles there, that mazda looks cold.

E30i

Check out adverts.ie also as ther may be a few cars on there not on Carzone.

Rowley Birkin QC

Was working with my uncle over Christmas down in Monkstown outside Cork City. Young fella there on the farm had a 1998 2.0 Mondeo Ghia with tax and NCT.

He had bought it for the princely sum of €400 from an indy garage in the city, sold as seen.

Brabus

Personally, I'd stick with good 'ol Buy and Sell or some kind of local trader mag.
I bought a banger for a few hundred squid late last year just to keep me going. NCT is up in february so i'll let it on to the scrappie then.

eringobragh

I'll throw 2 into the hat:

Toyota Carina II & III
Nissan Primera 1991 - 1999 are a rock solid yoke (my 1995 has 190,000 + and doesn't burn a drop of oil!)

Max_Damage wrote: »

Can't go wrong with a good ol' K10:

http://www.carzone.ie/search/Nissan/Micra/1.0/200902191410696/advert

Thats a minter its been looked after!

bazz26 wrote: »

A few suggestions:
http://www.driving.ie/usedcars/index.cfm?fuseaction=car&carID=1288081

http://www.driving.ie/usedcars/index.cfm?fuseaction=car&carID=1279425

http://www.driving.ie/usedcars/index.cfm?fuseaction=car&carID=1283442

http://www.driving.ie/usedcars/index.cfm?fuseaction=car&carID=1284700

http://www.driving.ie/usedcars/index.cfm?fuseaction=car&carID=1281440

http://www.driving.ie/usedcars/index.cfm?fuseaction=car&carID=1286289

http://www.driving.ie/usedcars/index.cfm?fuseaction=car&carID=1290484

^ Some excellent suggestions

marzic

go to an auction, great value to be had there now. if you can get a toyota with NCT on it, mid/late '90s, especially the carina E 1.6/1.8, big car cheap to run, corolla if you want smaller engine, and no probs getting rid of it after! make sure it hasnt been a taxi tho!

Flesh Gorden

Ive seen 91 to 95 Fiestas being sold for 300 with nct

granted they don't have a rev counter and the gearstick looks like it came from a pickup truck

I know someone who has one with 170K on the clock

alias no.9

Flesh Gorden wrote: »

Ive seen 91 to 95 Fiestas being sold for 300 with nct

granted they don't have a rev counter and the gearstick looks like it came from a pickup truck

I know someone who has one with 170K on the clock

Thats interesting considering the clocks on these fiestas only go to 99,999. For a car that's between 14 and 18 years old, you could have no confidence in the mileage unless it's a very rare example with that's been passed down through a family or a rarer still example with verifyable history. Anyway at that end of the market, mileage means nothing, it's all about condition. Give it a thorough look over and test drive. Forget about the cosmetic stuff and concentrate on how it drives, listen for any strange noises, etc... Good tyres, current NCT and a few months tax are all bonuses.