Advice/Comments on Used Car

[Muck]

Peugeot 306 is dieing Things wrong:

• Stereo doesn’t work.
• Drivers side window doesn’t work.
• Central locking remote doesn’t work.

I put up with all this but the rust around the windscreen is causing it to crack, which is just going to keep happening so I’ve decided to finally replace it.
It’s a shame I do love it incredibly cheap to run and fast too for a diesel.

I’ve got £4K to spend so thinking of:

1.6 – 1.8
Ford Focus ZTec
70K – 90K miles
2001 - 2002

or

1.6 – 1.8T
Skoda Octavia
70K – 90K miles
2001 - 2002

What do people think?

Current feeling is to go with the Focus because there’s so much choose out there. But also have it on good authority that the Skoda is a smart buy.

[Dave B]

Man, 4k pounds is like $8,000 no? For that kind of money you could get something similar with 1/2 the miles and 3-4 years newer here.

How much is shipping?

[Muck]

Man, 4k pounds is like $8,000 no? For that kind of money you could get something similar with 1/2 the miles and 3-4 years newer here.

The manufactures have been f**king the UK for years on the pretence the extra cost comes from building only “a fewâ€

[Phil14312]

Octavia- cooler name.

[Dave B]

Well, if you are willing to pay 4,000 pounds for a used piece of junk, then you can certainly afford those gas prices.

[Muck]

Octavia- cooler name.

LOL seeing the word cool in anyway refering to a Skoda is a first for me

In the UK they used to be the car equivalent of the blonde joke. [i]“Why do Skoda’s have heated rear windows? ...To keep your hands warm as you push it homeâ€

[Muck]

Well, if you are willing to pay 4,000 pounds for a used piece of junk, then you can certainly afford those gas prices.

Junk? This car and my current ones are the nicest I've been lucky enough to own. Before now I've owned 4 cars that lasted 1 year each, those were junk.

Short of public transport (which isn’t viable with my job) I can’t see any alternatives. If you can think of one let me know because there would be a big market for it.

[supafrey]

I know a guy that could ship you a used scooter.

[UrAteUp]

Options for Muck.

* Buy the VW.
*Go beat up Geno and take his car.
* Buy a Right handed drive and learn to deal with it like the normal countries in the world.
* Move from the UK to the US.
* Get a scooter (Ensano is an expert and can give you advice on becoming badass scooter rider).
* Get a bike and plenty of redbull.
* Get a bike and marry an older asian lady.
* Have Dave buy you a car in the US and ship it to you.

[tame_deuces]

Skoda is good but boring. Not too much engine under the hood but the Focus is still a nice little driver's car in disguise, w good handling and transmission.

[Kemics]

buy a motorbike

or a vw golf would be cool.

[Felting]

I'm partial to fords, owned a few. Don't remember ever have a major issue with any of them. Even the Pinto.

[UrAteUp]

I'm partial to fords, owned a few. Don't remember ever have a major issue with any of them. Even the Pinto.

Pinto's were cool. A few friends of mine and myself once took a 76 Pinto and switched the front clip of it with a 79 Mustang2 front clip. After reworking the letters we named the car a poontang...

[Felting]

Yeah I'm rather fond of the Pinto too. It was my very first car. Had a white station wagon with a v6 and mag wheels. I was stylin'.

Poontang? Priceless

[UrAteUp]

My first car was a 77 Ford Maverick. After that a 76 Ford Torino, 2 door, hard top with chrome wheels. It was red and white. Looked something like this....



Wheels looked similar to these...



I got to stop talking cars...it makes me want to cry going from these wonderful classics to my 04' Oddesey...