Suggestions for cheap car due to MoT fail of current one

[mangocrazy]

Hondas are definitely also in the frame, for the same reason as Toyota. At this stage in my life boring reliability is king. And big load area. Because...

[weeksy]

Hondas are definitely also in the frame, for the same reason as Toyota. At this stage in my life boring reliability is king. And big load area. Because...

Errrrm you have a van?

[mangocrazy]

Hondas are definitely also in the frame, for the same reason as Toyota. At this stage in my life boring reliability is king. And big load area. Because...

Errrrm you have a van?

The van carries motorbikes, plasterboard, car engines, sofas, beds etc. But as I replied to KFB, Sheffield doesn't like vans at their tips, so a car with decent load area is an advantage.

[KungFooBob]

I've had scan my car v5 and send it to the people who run Barnsley and Doncaster tips to get registered, if you don't register you can only visit five times (before you have to register). They do lets vans in, but you have to apply for passes and you only get five van passes a year.

[weeksy]

How many times do you go to the tip? I'd guess I'm once a year at the most

[KungFooBob]

How many times do you go to the tip? I'd guess I'm once a year at the most

I've been four times this year. I'll probably be going again this weekend with some garden waste (the council don't start collecting it again until the end of March).

[weeksy]

How many times do you go to the tip? I'd guess I'm once a year at the most

I've been four times this year. I'll probably be going again this weekend with some garden waste (the council don't start collecting it again until the end of March).

Lol wtf, it's only Feb. I'm not even sure I've been for a shit that often

[Mr. Dazzle]

Honda Civic and/or Toyota Avensis.

Boring as fuck, never breaks.

Well, except for Mrs. D's Civic we just got rid of 'cause it was broken.

What have you replaced it with?

GR Supra?

Another Civic.

With less power.

Fair to say my car is doing the big 4 heavy lifting.

[Dodgy69]

With the older Japanese stuff, check out mot history, corrosion may be an issue again. However, a nice honda 2.2cdti diesel would be worth looking at. No dpf but think 2011 was the end of them.

Tax on the bigger petrol is an issue aswel. My 1.8 petrol civic is £255 . Also tax can vary on different models even with same engine, fknose why.



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[KungFooBob]

Winner!

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/365356232650

[Count Steer]

Mk4 Golf, or Passat 5.5. Petrol or TDi. Old but go on for ever, parts are cheap and everywhere.

I was also thinking of Skoda Octavia/Superb or Volvo V70 estates. I'm open to all suggestions.

But not SUVs. They can fuck off...

Volvo V70? Hmmm. I had one (2.5T) from new to 190k miles. Cheap to maintain it was not and not just when it got to the higher mileages. (I spent £2k on it the year I finally 'scrapped' it. I say 'scrapped' because I gave it to my local service boys for scrap value and they tore up the last bill. It then appeared to run for another 3 years but was probably being used by a mechanic).

Great load lugger but....spendy.

[mangocrazy]

Winner!

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/365356232650

A supercharged V6 3.2L with an auto box. That'll be cheap to run and insure...

[KungFooBob]

Winner!

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/365356232650

A supercharged V6 3.2L with an auto box. That'll be cheap to run and insure...

and cheap to fix when it goes wrong, AMG parts are buttons!

[Mr. Dazzle]

That era of Merc famous for its rust resistance too.

[Dodgy69]

Dacia logan 1.2 petrol. Massive boot. Decent cheap motor. Bloke at work loves his.

[Le_Fromage_Grande]

Mondeo

[KungFooBob]

Mundano

Efa

[demographic]

That era of Merc famous for its rust resistance too.

Ha, good job we're not looking for a van though eh?
Older Sprinters and Vitos were fucking rustbuckets.

[mangocrazy]

Mrs Mango is currently looking through a varied selection of estate cars. It's like watching a semi-sentient random number generator in operation.

[mangocrazy]

She's now looking at Porsches.