Jessicus

Does anyone know what to look for with these? I'm strangely interested in it.

Yep - not a converted van, no lowered floor/ramp, uncut rear bumper, standard doors etc. Straightforward van. You might want to investigate boot hoists for a scooter/wheelchair as an alternative to a converted van. Unless you need one converts have some significant drawbacks - small fuel tanks for 1 (mines 20 litres!)

If I could drive a manual I'd be looking closely at this - probably for more rust! https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/234876965773?hash=item36afc2138d:g:j9oAAOSwCiVj1X16

Replies to this have been interesting - I certainly think that the sub-grand cars are becoming fewer and further between, I think that this is mostly due to a combination of inflation and scrap values have meant that if someone has a car that has say failed an MOT, they would rather get rid to a scrap man than spend time trying to sell it on to the public - plenty of horror stories online about selling stuff on Facebook etc. Demographics won't be helping either - I grew up in the 80/90's when cars were mostly reliable, but it was understood that cars needed maintenance. The fact that quite a lot of people don't know the difference between a service and an MOT will man that fewer older cars will be serviceable at 15-20 years old. On the positive side, this does mean that this is probably the best chance that we are going to get to mess about with older cars, so we should make the most of it!

Well, Talbot Horizon had hammer price of £3k, so a little over my bid, but the prices at Anglia seem a bit all over the place today - or estimates are set way out!

Not going to Anglia - but sort of seriously thinking about bidding on the Talbot Horizon - looks pretty good to me.

That listing is so weird - half massive details about the car, half conspiracy about how money is going to be worthless soon - although he's still happy to accept £100K for this ATM. Just reading that would put me off dealing with the owner. He'd end up sending you youtube links for the next decade.

Check engine lights come on in Boxsters for such a wide range of reasons - a one-time cylinder misfire, coil pack slowly going, fuel line causing engine cough etc. that it's not worth bothering with unless there are secondary symptoms. One time many years ago I got a check engine light because I hadn't tightened the fuel filler cap enough!

Reminds me of the Saturday job I had as a teen - cutting new grooves into truck tyres. Used a really hot cutting tool for that though!

In a little village north of Manchester - but have travelled far and wide for random cars - Newcastle and London are two I can remember off the top of my head!

I am far more tempted by that blue Mondeo than i should be - in the Watch List it goes!

Hi All, Joined a while ago but never post much on forums, much more a lurker. Extensive history of shite including Jeep GC's, Passats and a variety of others including the classic MX5 - owned for 2 years, driven for about 30 miles! Due to leg injury now restricted to autos, so currently have a 2010 Combo Tour (basically a Corsa C but van shaped and Easytronic) and probably the cheapest MOT'd auto Boxster in the country.