2 heaps of shite required

[whitevanman]

as per the title, the dunc fleet needs to be updated...........I need 2 motors at least one has to be a very cheap to run peice of shite the other can be a bit better as it will probably need to do a lot of miles in the next six months or so...............got about a grand between them..........any ideas or offers ??

[r.welfare]

405 TD estate is my stock answer to this question - should cover both criteria! If not, how about a bubble Micra for the cheap-to-run bit and a Primera for the long-distance bit?

[whitevanman]

405 TD estate is my stock answer to this question - should cover both criteria! If not, how about a bubble Micra for the cheap-to-run bit and a Primera for the long-distance bit?

funnily enough I've been let down on a 405 D estate and a bubble Micra this week alone................hopefully going to look at a TD mandingo estate tonight

[CortinaDave]

Given up on the orion then? I'll keep my eye out.Couple of snotters on ebay...Scirroco?http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1988-VOLKSWAGEN-S ... 286.c0.m14Triumph 2000?http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Triumph-2000-Mk2- ... 286.c0.m14Shite KA?http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ford-ka_W0QQitemZ ... 286.c0.m14Mondeo?http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1996-FORD-MONDEO- ... 286.c0.m14

[Father Ted]

405 TD estate is my stock answer to this question

Thought that went the way of the'bay?

[Albert Ross]

How about this for the top price one............http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1999-FORD-FOCUS-G ... 286.c0.m14Not everyones taste, but cheap at the mo.

[whitevanman]

How about this for the top price one............http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1999-FORD-FOCUS-G ... 286.c0.m14Not everyones taste, but cheap at the mo.

Hmmmmm !!!!! that could be an ideal motor

[Mr_Bo11ox]

That focus is great! I like the saloon ones, theyve got real shite credibility, and a 2.0 Ghia ones's got to be pretty zippy.

[Albert Ross]

Thing is, I'm looking for one myself, as a keeper, but it's too far for a view, so let you know as it might be right up your street. I'm on my 2nd Focus. 1st was an X plate 1.8 petrol Ghia estate, current is a 2006 1.6 toyed up Ghia with Leather and park sensors etc! Good motors, never been so impressed with a FWD ride and handling.

[MrRegieRitmo]

so let you know as it might be right up your street.

I doubt it is, the Focus is in Wales but whitevanman is in Scotland!

[Richard]

I like the shape of the Focus saloon and would choose one over a hatch.

[Albert Ross]

Yeah, but very North Wales. You never know at that price........

[r.welfare]

405 TD estate is my stock answer to this question

Thought that went the way of the'bay?

Yup (well, a bloke on R-R offered me a fair price so I pulled it once I had the readies), but there are others out there...plus I'm a long long way from Scotchland.Mk1 Focus saloon has got to be a good bargain, ungainly styling but when it drives so well - and costs so little - who cares?

[whitevanman]

the focus aint that bad to collect as my mates in Wigan and could collect it next week, and I am in Blackpool for thr Ford day the following week.......... off to see a TD Mondeo estate tomorow night

[whitevanman]

P reg Mk1 mandingo TD estate now in my possecion...one more to go

[MrRegieRitmo]

P reg Mk1 mandingo TD estate now in my possecion...one more to go

When you first mentioned mandingos I assumed you were talking about Montegos! But not at P reg, esp a MkI at P reg, A or B reg maybe!

[Milford Cubicle]

[MrRegieRitmo]

esp a MkI at P reg

[mk2_craig]

How bizarre that they were still knocking out Muntegoes in 1996! Almost as bizarre as the fact that DVLA registered that one as an Austin for some reason.

[MrRegieRitmo]

What should it have been?

[whitevanman]

confusion alert......I've always refered to Montegos as montenegro and Mandingos are Mondeo, hence a mk1 on a P plate.though I do know where there is a Montego herse

[AnthonyG]

Some Montegos were produced for the MOD at the time production ceased, perhaps these were never used or registered until they were released for public sale in the later 90s. There used to be a R reg taxi in Cardigan until it got written off. Montego production ceased in 94 or 95, some registered on N plates, there is a white N reg saloon still going strong round here. I think all these late ones were diesels.Maestros kept on being registered well into this decade due to various sets of CKD kits (orginally for export to a factory in Bulgaria) being built up and sold in the UK..newest is a 51 reg, I thknk.

[wuvvum]

My dad had a brand new Montego TD estate as a company car in 1994. It was called a GTD, and it was basically a Countryman with steel wheels. It did have aircon though - the only Montego I've ever seen to be thus equipped.

[CortinaDave]

That P reg montego is in fantastically crappy condition. I want to own it.