Agila

New fleet addition. I am taking a gamble here, and I've broken a few of my usual rules, but my thinking is that even if I spend £1000 fixing the damn thing, I could still break even.
2009 Espace, sadly not the extended Grand, but seven seats nonetheless. We'll be mainly using it with the 3rd row removed so it's basically a giant estate.
2 previous owners, seemingly some good stamp action going on in the service book and only 80 odd thousand on the clock. "Nothing for one of these" as they like to say. Which sort of checks out - our old one had 130k on when we sold it and was still largely behaving. 
Known knowns: condensation in headlight, scratches on body and rear bumper, scabby alloys, and a slight 'clonk' when mounting the drop kerb. Hopefully just drop links, but I've done ARB bushes on these and they're do-able but fiddly.
Full set of motley ditchfinders. I've given up caring about this; it's a family bus not a GT1 Le Mans car.
Battery looked too small, I'll change it.
Unknown unknowns: Ours used to use a bit of coolant, and eventually I replaced the thermostat housing (plastic). This one had a high level of coolant suggesting it may have been topped up, but it didn't 'smell' leaky.
It also used to shit its EGR from time to time, I think a replacement cost £50ish. Again, not a horrible job.
Good: no (big) dents, interior seemed ok, has sat nav, sounded exactly the same as our old one - quiet and civilised. Except the turbo was quieter than ours. Air con works. 12m test. 
Bad: vendor was a chippy c__t. This breaks my usual rule of 'buy from someone nice'. But there were so many plus points, it outweighed this 'issue'. And, unless I take him to court, I'll hopefully never see him again. 
It's got a private plate. Meh, don't care. Won't change it.
Shook hands on £2500, collect this weekend. 

I have a somewhat irrational hatred of these. 
1. The woman who ran off with my Dad when I was 3 had one. 
2. Together they had a son called Alex  (which is basically the reg of your car) 
I can see the funny ironic side of this now. (37 years later #not bitter) 
In fairness yours looks lovely. 

Rip those back seats out and you have a cheap van=winnar!

Sad news for the Bentley. It’s a bit of a heap. An opportunity if you feel brave. Panhard65 is kindly handling the sale if you fancy it
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/225175407681?hash=item346d800c41:g:hTAAAOSw7s5jLZsU&amdata=enc%3AAQAHAAAAoHzdLllDKbs3jHYsfgaR2puvBxebMbI2r04cRCZ515Px4C9jR9JubjdvkIDDI%2BR3Jfs0CjzMXuWGK%2FWgIHppRYWQUA6aBHUsaJbCB3URV9f3dmkkmis%2B2l5%2FnJ9xP7izG1w3ciruNe0wFKH9eGbsc8jISbO%2FB1uOSx0QN%2BbNLiBlR5m4vTnLJE0PU4G7QOvtPurPavPnvpSQgPJxSFA7orc%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR8aw7bDtYA

Be sure to check the air bags and the chassis for suspicious rot.

Be sure to check the air bags and the chassis for suspicious rot.

Be sure to check the air bags and the chassis for suspicious rot.

Personally I'd fuck the wheel up driving it 1 mile to safety.
Hazards on and drive as quick as you safely could.

Personally I'd fuck the wheel up driving it 1 mile to safety.
Hazards on and drive as quick as you safely could.

Personally I'd fuck the wheel up driving it 1 mile to safety.
Hazards on and drive as quick as you safely could.

Check the boot opens and closes ok and comes pre-velcroed. Knock 50%  off if it's velcro-less, velcro costs a fortune to replace.

Check the boot opens and closes ok and comes pre-velcroed. Knock 50%  off if it's velcro-less, velcro costs a fortune to replace.

Pizza collection in the mister2 

Got a mk4 Astra but want an Audi?
Have this stylish transformation for minimal cost.

Salman Rushdie stabbed. 

@Tubbo @sims00
 
Forum famous avensis from furious driving.
 

@Tubbo @sims00
 
Forum famous avensis from furious driving.
 

@Tubbo @sims00
 
Forum famous avensis from furious driving.
 

As well as regular roof use. I'd also suggest gummi pflege on the seals all round.
Picked mine up from here 18 months ago for a grand and it's an excellent way to spend a sunny Sunday afternoon. 

Got it before I even looked at the reg plate. 
 

There's this BX for sale on Facebook. 
I'm quite annoyed nobody got my joke as I was quite proud of it. 

Or maybe its just because its not funny. Although the Citroën Car Club probably aren't my target audience with this one. 
https://www.facebook.com/groups/citroencarclubuk/permalink/5219031518142416/?sale_post_id=5219031518142416

"I've hardly spunked in your mouth. It's buying some cunting fucking wheels. Grow some bollox and either buy them or don't. Somebody with some bollox and more importantly some fucking cash turned up and got them. Next time do the same. 
*I'd personally recommend Listerine for the bad taste"
Harsh response?

I'm out. 2.0 n/a with an auto box.
All the drawbacks of Impreza ownership without any performance. 
Nothing used to attract other knobhead drivers like an Impreza.
 

I'm out. 2.0 n/a with an auto box.
All the drawbacks of Impreza ownership without any performance. 
Nothing used to attract other knobhead drivers like an Impreza.
 

After 5 months fucking about I've managed to flog my transhit on Tuesday. Got a not unreasonable £11250. I owed £5k finance so it still but a few quid in my bank. I'm very happy to see the back of the cunt and I feel sorry for the poor fucker that will eventually end up with it. 
Ford? Never ever fucking again.