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you have a £3,000 budget max to buy another car...

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By *ightkitty4u OP   Woman
over a year ago

Epsom

Ok, You have a £3,000 budget max to buy another car...

What do you buy, what colour and why? ??

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By *Man1263Man
over a year ago

Stockport

Skoda Octavia Estate, derv, silver.

Silver because Black and White are a mare to keep clean.

The estate because I sometimes carry alot of things.

Skoda because it's VAG but cheaper.

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By *ire_bladeMan
over a year ago

Manchester

Focus no question. Only thing you need to decide is the mileage you do. Lots of long runs diesel lots of short runs and odd long journey petrol. End of thread

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By *Man1263Man
over a year ago

Stockport


"Focus no question. Only thing you need to decide is the mileage you do. Lots of long runs diesel lots of short runs and odd long journey petrol. End of thread"

Thats not the end of the thread.

I wouldn't get a Focus.

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By *ire_bladeMan
over a year ago

Manchester


"Skoda Octavia Estate, derv, silver.

Silver because Black and White are a mare to keep clean.

The estate because I sometimes carry alot of things.

Skoda because it's VAG but cheaper.

"

I'd agree except for the price of parts and the many many variants of the same parts. Most need programming in the ECU and vag diagnostics are a cunt. Even snap on diagnostics which I concider to so most cars best won't told to the ecu

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Saab 9-3

Or honda crv

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By *ire_bladeMan
over a year ago

Manchester


"Skoda Octavia Estate, derv, silver.

Silver because Black and White are a mare to keep clean.

The estate because I sometimes carry alot of things.

Skoda because it's VAG but cheaper.

I'd agree except for the price of parts and the many many variants of the same parts. Most need programming in the ECU and vag diagnostics are a cunt. Even snap on diagnostics which I concider to so most cars best won't told to the ecu"

Talk to ecu

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I’d buy a car that costs no more than £3000, if it didn’t have unmatched paintwork I’m not interested

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By *den-Valley-coupleCouple
over a year ago

Cumbria

Toyota Avensis cheep to buy and run will do 200k with no problem £35 tax on the diesel..

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By *ire_bladeMan
over a year ago

Manchester


"Saab 9-3

Or honda crv"

Love sab but parts are a twat. Vauxhall won't even do much on them now

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By *irth.Minge.FireMan
over a year ago

Seen in far off places

I'd buy a Matchbox car and blow the rest on champagne, gin, and women!

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By *Man1263Man
over a year ago

Stockport


"Skoda Octavia Estate, derv, silver.

Silver because Black and White are a mare to keep clean.

The estate because I sometimes carry alot of things.

Skoda because it's VAG but cheaper.

I'd agree except for the price of parts and the many many variants of the same parts. Most need programming in the ECU and vag diagnostics are a cunt. Even snap on diagnostics which I concider to so most cars best won't told to the ecu"

TPS, cheap.

VAGCOM, sorted (Mate has it)

Hence sticking with Skoda.

I have a mk1 octavia estate VRS, other than the standard bits like brakes, just keeps going.

Now looking for a 1.9 dirty to replace it as I have a plan for later this year, early next year.

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By *ire_bladeMan
over a year ago

Manchester


"I'd buy a Matchbox car and blow the rest on champagne, gin, and women!"

Tranny van and a mattress. Job done

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Parts are easy to find

Neo brothers and online sellers

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By *den-Valley-coupleCouple
over a year ago

Cumbria


"Saab 9-3

Or honda crv"
3k for CRV I will have one...

Saab you got the factory for that and you need it as it will never work..

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Ok, You have a £3,000 budget max to buy another car...

What do you buy, what colour and why? ??"

I'd buy a car for £1000 and squander the rest!

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By *ire_bladeMan
over a year ago

Manchester


"Skoda Octavia Estate, derv, silver.

Silver because Black and White are a mare to keep clean.

The estate because I sometimes carry alot of things.

Skoda because it's VAG but cheaper.

I'd agree except for the price of parts and the many many variants of the same parts. Most need programming in the ECU and vag diagnostics are a cunt. Even snap on diagnostics which I concider to so most cars best won't told to the ecu

TPS, cheap.

VAGCOM, sorted (Mate has it)

Hence sticking with Skoda.

I have a mk1 octavia estate VRS, other than the standard bits like brakes, just keeps going.

Now looking for a 1.9 dirty to replace it as I have a plan for later this year, early next year.

"

What year. Mail me I've a shit loads of parts in my garage just in my way

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By *ire_bladeMan
over a year ago

Manchester


"Parts are easy to find

Neo brothers and online sellers "

For sab you mean. Not heard of them

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Personally bmw 330d

Even a high miler would drive fantastic

All the mod cons and creature comforts

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By *Man1263Man
over a year ago

Stockport

Any car, the best thing to do is find a decent owners forum and facebook page.

After that, finding local owners who help.

Any work on my car gets done by mates and I help machine polish their cars.

So, buy what suits your needs, then join clubs and ask for help when if it goes wrong!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Volvo C70, second gen with the folding metal roof.

4 seats, big boot (when roof is up) and every look good imho

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By *2000ManMan
over a year ago

Worthing

Ford Focus. 1.6 Mk2/3low milage. Cheap to insure and maintain. In any colour.

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By *den-Valley-coupleCouple
over a year ago

Cumbria


"Parts are easy to find

Neo brothers and online sellers "

There was a reason why Saab are no longer in business..

Vauxhall and Saab are unreliable will big problem with car fires and engine management problems which require factory reset that £900 a shot..

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By *ire_bladeMan
over a year ago

Manchester


"Any car, the best thing to do is find a decent owners forum and facebook page.

After that, finding local owners who help.

Any work on my car gets done by mates and I help machine polish their cars.

So, buy what suits your needs, then join clubs and ask for help when if it goes wrong!

"

This guy talks a lot of sence. Any car you fancy because an expert on it all cars have fault find out what they are are and cost to put right. Sadly I'm carist I love my fords but I deal in them

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Ok, You have a £3,000 budget max to buy another car...

What do you buy, what colour and why? ??"
a small white van, i could be a white van man

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By *den-Valley-coupleCouple
over a year ago

Cumbria


"Ford Focus. 1.6 Mk2/3low milage. Cheap to insure and maintain. In any colour. "

3k Ford is Finnish just burn it..

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Saab 9-3

Or honda crv 3k for CRV I will have one...

Saab you got the factory for that and you need it as it will never work.."

Plenty around but they are mega high mileage 200k+

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Volvo V70 diesel,silver if I could get it

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Parts are easy to find

Neo brothers and online sellers "

What he said, parts are still being made for Saabs and can be bought through a company called Orio. Never had a problem finding bits for mine.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Ford Focus. 1.6 Mk2/3low milage. Cheap to insure and maintain. In any colour.

3k Ford is Finnish just burn it.."

Didn't realise Ford made cars in Finland... Still you learn something new everyday

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Parts are easy to find

Neo brothers and online sellers

There was a reason why Saab are no longer in business..

Vauxhall and Saab are unreliable will big problem with car fires and engine management problems which require factory reset that £900 a shot.."

IV had a vauxhall and a Saab

Owned both for 4 +years barely any maintenance on either needed and both were abused by me

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By *Man1263Man
over a year ago

Stockport


"Ok, You have a £3,000 budget max to buy another car...

What do you buy, what colour and why? ??"

Thinking, I have seen this from a man's view point (surprise) and being practical.

However, you havn't actually said why you want a car!

So mx5

Any colour you want!

Just enjoy driving a small nippy "sports car".

If I didn't need the room for stuff, I would actually go for that or a later mr2

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Mazda RX-8, because it's awesome for the money and blue because it happens to be that colour..

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By *ire_bladeMan
over a year ago

Manchester


"Ford Focus. 1.6 Mk2/3low milage. Cheap to insure and maintain. In any colour.

3k Ford is Finnish just burn it..

Didn't realise Ford made cars in Finland... Still you learn something new everyday "

Rubbish

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By *LUKCouple
over a year ago

Loughborough

Honda Civic mk8 2.2 CTDi.

Get one with decent mileage (less than 90k) for about 2k. That thing will be still going strong, long after humanity has disappeared from the planet.

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By *ire_bladeMan
over a year ago

Manchester


"Parts are easy to find

Neo brothers and online sellers

There was a reason why Saab are no longer in business..

Vauxhall and Saab are unreliable will big problem with car fires and engine management problems which require factory reset that £900 a shot.."

Saab because very unreliable when Vauxhall brought them out

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Robin reliant yellow because I'm del boy

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Parts are easy to find

Neo brothers and online sellers

There was a reason why Saab are no longer in business..

Vauxhall and Saab are unreliable will big problem with car fires and engine management problems which require factory reset that £900 a shot.."

Yes there was a reason Saab went out of business, GM badly mismanaged them to the point they were losing money on each car they sold. Then when GM decided to block the sale of Saab onto a Chinese firm there was no alternative except for Saab cars to cease to exist. However that didn't stop GM selling selling on the patterns and intellectual property to allow parts to be continued to be made.

I'll be honest I've had several Saabs, not one has spontaneously erupted into fire, nor has the ecu done anything daft. I will admit that the coils are made of chocolate, buy other than that I've had no issues with mine. I'm running one of the last 9-3 sportwagons with a "healthy" remap and some tweeks to the plumbing and its always been reliable.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Ford Focus. 1.6 Mk2/3low milage. Cheap to insure and maintain. In any colour.

3k Ford is Finnish just burn it..

Didn't realise Ford made cars in Finland... Still you learn something new everyday

Rubbish "

It's a joke... Previous poster wrote 'Finnish' instead of what I presume he meant 'Finish'. The English language pedant in me couldn't resist. If you don't get it I suggest you Google it...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

A Beatle. A pre 2010 one as I prefer the old shape

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I really fancy a raptor quad

£3k budget wouldn’t stretch to it unfortunately

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

How much do i get to buy the first one ?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

ford focus cheap to repair

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By *anda and CatCouple
over a year ago

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Would buy my daughter the little yellow mini she's got her eye on but sadly can't afford.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Mercedes CL500 2003-2006 low as miles as possible.

100k car in it’s day.

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By *ampshirehotwifeWoman
over a year ago

Hampshire

Jeeze you bunch of Muppets.

Honda civic all day long.

In red or electric blue.

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By *dam_TinaCouple
over a year ago

Hampshire


"Jeeze you bunch of Muppets.

Honda civic all day long.

In red or electric blue."

At the risk of hijacking the thread.

Wowza

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

BMW Z4

Its a sexy convertible!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Skoda Octavia Estate, derv, silver.

Silver because Black and White are a mare to keep clean.

The estate because I sometimes carry alot of things.

Skoda because it's VAG but cheaper.

I'd agree except for the price of parts and the many many variants of the same parts. Most need programming in the ECU and vag diagnostics are a cunt. Even snap on diagnostics which I concider to so most cars best won't told to the ecu"

You need an autel ms908 elite mate works wonders, can program new ecus and keys its best bit of kit ive bought.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Also id buy a broken 2011-14 range rover and fix it

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By *dam_TinaCouple
over a year ago

Hampshire


"BMW Z4

Its a sexy convertible!"

For 3k ? Is that possible ? That was the car I had before we left for Spain.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Yes you can get one for 3k. Its an old car now but still sexy! 2003/2004 plate

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Broken Range Rover for about 10k, just buy a proper one for 20-30k. If you dont the money under your bed, drop a deposit of 3k and finance the rest.

Ps. Can we use the 3k as a deposit as that would open up more options.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Broken Range Rover for about 10k, just buy a proper one for 20-30k. If you dont the money under your bed, drop a deposit of 3k and finance the rest.

Ps. Can we use the 3k as a deposit as that would open up more options. "

Ive bought 2 in 3 years and fixed them for less than 3k, its all about finding the deals. Find a car you can fix that someone else is sick of spending out on

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By *elvet RopeMan
over a year ago

by the big field

Scruffy Porsche Boxster 2.5 or 2.7 - don’t think a running 3.2 is feasible on that budget.

Just sport it round for a bit until it breaks then sell off the working parts and buy something else fun like an old MX5 with tatty bits

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By *tella HeelsTV/TS
over a year ago

west here ford shire

BMW z4

Black

Red leather

To match my red outfit

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I would buy a pink one

My old van is pretty good, its sort of grey with patches of brown, but needs new tyres for the next MOT so that will probably double its cost...

I dont know, can I buy something nice instead?

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By *eoeclipseWoman
over a year ago

glasgow


"Mazda RX-8, because it's awesome for the money and blue because it happens to be that colour.. "

Rx8 but in black & a diagnostic kit cos electronics are not fun.

All the cars I have just now didn't cost 3k to buy (& that's bundled together)

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I'm not too bothered about the colour but it needs to have cruise control and air conditioning at a minimum, and be reliable to run. That's pretty much all I'm after

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

For a sensible everyday car that’s reliable it’s got to be a Honda.

If I was buying though it would be an old BMW 3 series, petrol, In black with added black. All practicality out the window, a z3 or z4 of mgf

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By *urls and DressesWoman
over a year ago

Somewhere near here

A beetle again because I bloody miss mine!

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By *0something1965Man
over a year ago

Belfast

A6 avant with leather & all the stuff. Mine was only £2400 and 88k Sweeeeeet

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By *oruseandabuseCouple
over a year ago

chichester

My neighbour swears by ten year old silver e class (Mercedes) estates. He has two of them. Both £3k

I think he is nuts. It's all about total cost. You can buy a brand new E class for under £30K. Just look at Drive the deal.

Keep that for ten years and it will be the cheapest real car you have ever owned.

But I do understand there are quite a few people who don't have £30K in their bank and borrowing money would screw all the calcs.

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By *0something1965Man
over a year ago

Belfast


"My neighbour swears by ten year old silver e class (Mercedes) estates. He has two of them. Both £3k

I think he is nuts. It's all about total cost. You can buy a brand new E class for under £30K. Just look at Drive the deal.

Keep that for ten years and it will be the cheapest real car you have ever owned.

But I do understand there are quite a few people who don't have £30K in their bank and borrowing money would screw all the calcs."

27 grand loss over 10 years? How on earth is that "the cheapest real car you have ever owned."

Thst makes no sense at all!

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By *eavenNhellCouple
over a year ago

carrbrook stalybridge

kia rio or no frills reliable car 7 year warrenty go for the crdi

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By *nsert user name hereMan
over a year ago

Manchester

Was in the same situation recently bought a Honda accord for 2.5k then spent the rest on service and tidy up

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Disco TD5 any colour except silver.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Some terrible advice given out in here

Depends on your needs tbh.

You can’t go wrong with a tdi Audi/vw/seat ect

1.9tdi at that not a fan of the 2.0 tdi.

But as long as you can get a car with decent service history miles aren’t really an issue.

Mr

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

No point buying mercs,BMW,any pricey car that's come down to this level,1)might be chesp,but still has high running costs,2)by the time it's dropped to this level,passed through hands that couldn't afford to keep up the maintenance,I'd spend half the three grand on Astra 1.7 cdti run it few years till it's not allowed

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"I'd spend half the three grand on Astra 1.7 cdti run it few years till it's not allowed "

100% esp Isuzu engined Astra. I have access to one with serious miles and it’s the most reliable car in the fleet

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By *ocothumpaMan
over a year ago

Herts

A piece of shit BMW E21 3 series and enjoy the rest of my time with it doing it up.

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By *oruseandabuseCouple
over a year ago

chichester

Try explain that to all those who are buying new Fiestas every 3 years on PCP or £3k on knackered old 'premium' German cars.


"My neighbour swears by ten year old silver e class (Mercedes) estates. He has two of them. Both £3k

I think he is nuts. It's all about total cost. You can buy a brand new E class for under £30K. Just look at Drive the deal.

Keep that for ten years and it will be the cheapest real car you have ever owned.

But I do understand there are quite a few people who don't have £30K in their bank and borrowing money would screw all the calcs.

27 grand loss over 10 years? How on earth is that "the cheapest real car you have ever owned."

Thst makes no sense at all!"

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"My neighbour swears by ten year old silver e class (Mercedes) estates. He has two of them. Both £3k

I think he is nuts. It's all about total cost. You can buy a brand new E class for under £30K. Just look at Drive the deal.

Keep that for ten years and it will be the cheapest real car you have ever owned.

But I do understand there are quite a few people who don't have £30K in their bank and borrowing money would screw all the calcs."

A 10 year old car lasting more than one year would also screw the calculations, let alone investment potential of the balance.

I have only once bought a brand new car, they are not worth having in my view.

Now new motorcycles on the other hand, yep bought lots of them

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Hubby has just bought an mr2 for less than two grand. Best time of year to buy one. It’s 16 years old full service history and less than 90k. Guy he bought it off was retired and got it new claiming it was “the last car he’s ever buying” so looked after it accordingly. Then his wife retired and convinced him to buy a camper van ......

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