BeEP

A pair of many mpg, £30 tax small diesels for £500 each... https://www.gumtree.com/p/fiat/06-diesel-panda-mot-28-10-£30-a-yr-tax/1378306552 https://www.gumtree.com/p/ford/ford-fiesta/1378281477

Not being a facebook user I'd never have seen this. But thanks to @Mr LaurenceI've just put a deposit on it. I've used man maths/logic to justify, which I might explain on my cars thread once it's been delivered (end of next week). Or I may just be sobbing quietly in the corner!

Beta 1.3 saloon! https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Lancia-Beta-1-3-BARN-FIND/264789533139

Crusty old Jag with a tractor engine. Watchlisted! https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Jaguar-420g-1967-manual-restoration-project/203042254860

Very cheap Saab 900 with Boris MOT to December. There was a buy-it-now of £200 before the opening bid was placed... https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Saab-900-S-Drives-brilliantly-but-listed-for-parts-or-spares/274419114509

2010 Laguna DCi estate with MOT to Jan 2021 for only £450... https://www.gumtree.com/p/renault/renault-laguna-1.5-dci-diesel-/1377676976

Active (1.1), Dynamic (1.2) & Eleganza (1.2). Plus specials like the Mamy & Alessi. I'd avoid the Eleganza purely due to the heater/climate control set-up. The spindle from the motor through the side of the heater box WILL break. It's part of the heater assembly (not available separately), which is over £1000 and involves taking the dash out, which in turn means taking the doors off. There is a company which says it has a workaround, or you can do what most do and bodge it to permanent max or min heat! There are worse cars, but I pretty much agree with that. No feel from the steering (no worse than most of its contemparies though), clunky dash mounted gearchange etc.....

Yes, that's just how they work!

I've never understood why the need for a tacho depends on mgw/train weight. The chap who picked up the 1800 I've just sold with a 3.5t truck said he'd have done nearly 600 miles that day by the time he dropped it off, with four stops around the country to load/unload but probably no decent stop for rest.

Be like @Mr_Bo11ox with this S80 D5. There are more photos of the history than the actual car! https://www.gumtree.com/p/volvo/volvo-s80-d5/1377249161

£500 buys this 08 Renault Clio 1.5DCi estate with MOT to Oct, £30 tax and can't have been too unreliable over the past couple of years given the mileage it's been racking up (40k 2017-18, 32k 2018-19) https://www.gumtree.com/p/renault/renault-clio-estate/1377350495

Renault 25 in Northern Ireland. Converted to diesel eons ago... https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Renault-25-TX-1991/164271591793

At least the sender is on the side of an Allegro (um, sorry, I mean VP) fuel tank so nothing else needs to be moved to replace it. Initial test would be to pull the wire off the sender and earth it; if the gauge goes to full the sender is dead (which is probably the case). Depending on corrosion levels it's then 'just' a case of knocking the locating ring round with a hammer and screwdriver to release the sender.

Tidy looking Xantia XUD turbo with full MOT and 103k for £695..... https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C1241001

Fiesta 1.4 Ghia with 46k and decent length MOT for £300ono... https://www.gumtree.com/p/ford/1999-1.4-ghia-ford-fiesta-only-46-thousand-miles-/1377118281