A car for shitefest, with shite now bought and collected

[Sloth in a bowl]

So I have a quandary on what to bring for shitefest, the options are basically:

 

the Skoda which is modern, quick, reliable and can carry 5 of us to the museum on Saturday night

the Datsun which currently has no working tail lights so could be a liability on night journeys as well as having a mega leak between 5 cylinder and the exhaust manifold

or for me to buy a random piece of chod (funding limit £400) so I can fit right in and you can laugh at my epic fail car purchase skills

 

 

Cast your vote and I will try to abide by the group consideration of the autoshite community.

[twosmoke300]

Do what I did and buy an old shitbox for the job but mine was only 275 and came with a working lpg kit

[dollywobbler]

What manner of Z is it?

[Sloth in a bowl]

What manner of Z is it?

 

260Z, 1974 vintage

[Ghosty]

Do the Shitpeas Challenge!

[hairnet]

fix the z with the 400 quid

 

bring z

[Cavcraft]

C. http://autoshite.com/topic/16571-popular-small-car-for-sale/

[Jim Bell]

£400 or lower. A not-cool point for every pound you come in under budget.

[Sigmund Fraud]

Z is far too nice for Autoshite, Octavia far too grim.

 

It's Sunday evening, you have £400 burning a hole in your pocket and you need a vehicle to bring you to shitefest... If you want to do things properly* you must get very drunk and proceed to buy yourself a rotten Jag XJ40 that has been abandoned in a rough pub car park in Elgin since about 1996.

[catsinthewelder]

When the £400 shitter detonates next week start getting the Z ready for a trip to Wales.

[Guest Breadvan72]

Buy my 205?

[Junkman]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/261448568252

[catsinthewelder]

I'm very tempted by that myself but I imagine that I'd have to say goodbye to by bollocks if I turned up at home in it.

 

Car share?

[Sloth in a bowl]

I currently have half an eye on this beauty at http://www.gumtree.com/p/cars-vans-motorbikes/kia-pride-11l-1993/1056874983

 

but I have counted the pennies and need to wait till payday (the 25th) before splashing out on anything.

[cms206]

Remember that buying a car purely to attend Shitefest allows you to compete for the Philibusmo trophy, him having done just that for the last two years.

[AnthonyG]

I voted for the Z, only because I haven't seen one in the wild for a long time. However random £400 shite just as welcome. I will be coming in a newish car, unless I ask a friend nicely and borrow her metallic pink Honda Jazz...

[phil_lihp]

It has to be the 260Z.

[Guest Breadvan72]

... ask a friend nicely and borrow her metallic pink ... Jazz...

 

 

Just wanted to relish that one more time. 

[Guest Breadvan72]

If you buy the 205 I will cut you a deal and leave all the bird shit and moss on it and all the Bounty Bar wrappers and questionable sticky stains on the mats, so that it projects massive WIN at Shitefest and ensures that you are declared Shiteist Supreme of the Universe (unless someone turns up in some Totes Amaze bag of shit Nissan or something).

[sporty-shite]

Obviously, you should go out armed with £400, and buy something specifically for the job. Extra points if it's totally impractical and inapporpriate.

[twosmoke300]

Does that mean that me and the gold Saab are in the running for a trophy ?

[Inspector Morose]

Right how about a little extra on the challenge? If a shiter is to be bought, it is only to be bought on the day of travel to shitefest. Not only will there be no time for fettling into a reasonable state but tales of hilarious* breakdowns en route could ensue.

I can bring spannaz!

[philibusmo]

I have turned up to the last two Shitefests in something I have bought or no more than £500 while drunk on eBay.

 

The Hyundai Pony I picked up the morning before Shitefest 2012 and drove directly there after picking it up with Krujoe. The tyres were the 1989 originals and made the car incredibly dangerous to drive.

 

The Vauxhall Frontera I drove all of 16 miles to test it out before traveling up to Shitefest 2013 in Yorkshire from Devon. The clutch pedal got stuck down on the outskirts of Exeter, the drivers seat collapsed (fixed with packing peanuts) and a dodgy rear wheel bearing was on its very last legs.

 

Both times I made it there and back without serious injury or death, so wcpgw?

 

This time I will not be going to Shitefest in a car I have just bought, I will be taking one that has been off the road for 2 years.

[Sloth in a bowl]

If you buy the 205 I will cut you a deal and leave all the bird shit and moss on it and all the Bounty Bar wrappers and questionable sticky stains on the mats, so that it projects massive WIN at Shitefest and ensures that you are declared Shiteist Supreme of the Universe (unless someone turns up in some Totes Amaze bag of shit Nissan or something).

 

I'm being picky at the moment but, that Peugoet is a diesel and me and diesel just don't get on. I need revs in a motor.

 

This means I will probably be pinging you a message in 3 weeks time asking if the 205 is still available.

[Micrashed]

https://www.facebook.com/PracticalClassics?fref=photo

 

£400 Bluey - FTW

[andy18s]

I'm being picky at the moment but, that Peugoet is a diesel and me and diesel just don't get on. I need revs in a motor.

 

This means I will probably be pinging you a message in 3 weeks time asking if the 205 is still available.

If you need a Pug that revs then I have a 306 Xsi 16v sitting here,5 months tax and test and with enough "characterful" faults to be interesting but will get you anywhere !lol

[PhilA]

£400 Bluey - FTW

 

 

Problem with that is, it'll get there and back with the fuel that's in the tank when you buy it, not break down and be thoroughly pleasant to drive.

 

Where's the fun in that?

 

 

--Phil

[Guest Breadvan72]

https://www.facebook.com/PracticalClassics?fref=photo

 

£400 Bluey - FTW

 

 

"How much more blue could it be?  And the answer is none.  None more blue."

[HillmanImp]

Why would you not bring the Datsun? Datsuns are perfect for it. No airs and graces here.

[PhilA]

"How much more blue could it be?  And the answer is none.  None more blue."

 

Part of me wants to tint the windows reflective blue, get clear lenses with those chavvy bluish indicators, ditto the rear lights and paint the wheel trims blue with a black pinstripe on the NISSAN logo. Also, squinting at my screen, I just know that it has the total-blue interior.

 

BlueBlueBird.

 

But then again, I'm strange.

 

--Phil