Cheap wheels required in Cornwall

[Junkman]

I'm posting this for a friend, jada, blah, rhubarb, zzzz.

 

 

The engine of the car of friends of mine in Almostfranceshire just OMGGRENADIT.

Wifey 8 months pregnant with 3rd offspring, so replacement is urgently required.

Hubby reasonably fit with the old spanners, but the car should be good and have a MoT.

 

Edit:

The borked car is a Vectra (orl Verxilz iz shit) and turns out to be too small for three child seats.

So apparently there is no alternative to a people carrier?

[twosmoke300]

saab 900 ?

[lovejoy]

Orson Cart ?  seriously, across the rd is a nice Honda Accord, Tiptronic, 2000 on a W plate, 

that could be available, good cond, new exhaust system just fitted

cambelt done recently, booted model  ...   I don't think my A to Z I just got here in is big enough for her lot...

[EssDeeWon]

Type their postcode into Mongbay, surely you of all people will have them sorted out with some family size tat before the days long, JM??

[Junkman]

I did that already and the only halfway decent car that turned up is a beige 205 dizzler, which is too small.

Chod commands a hefty premium down there.

 

As for myself, if I had three little shitters, my car would be a Buick Roadmaster Estate Wagon,

but you should see the faces of other people when I suggest that.

[lovejoy]

Hi Junkman  -  I an now IN DE WET COUNTRY near Penzance

as is this Honda family car..... ....   where are they  ?

[Junkman]

It's a place called Par, don't ask me where it is, I never made it past the Dartmoor, and even to that only just.

Whata kinda Honda isa ita? Has a price been mentioned yet?

[lovejoy]

The owner is across the road from me, he's coming over with a starter pack to jump start the Twingo

that's been static for 7 months, in a few mins.

Par is just south of St.Austell  - everything is white there  - they ship out the China Clay at Par !

it's about 30 miles east of here....

here we are, 64K from new, tax & MOT till  Oct,  dark blue,  !.8 LS, leccie windows, sunroof,

cruise control, a/c needs re-charging....   top spec. leccy mirrors, good stereo, etc etc....

[Junkman]

Sounds ace. Please inquire re. price.

[chaseracer]

Would they like a Mercedes?

[Junkman]

Not sure.

Apparently they are looking at a local Shitroen Synershit on Dumbtree at the moment.

[twosmoke300]

Black one with 200k ?

[lovejoy]

I believe it would be available at around 800  -  is that concidered cheap enough ???

[Junkman]

No it wouldn't.

 

Boring back story:

 

They recently bought a Vectra for 300 quid from a dealer, with MoT until December.

After two days, the engine grenaded due to oil pump failure, and it turns out, that the oil warning light was disconnected.

The contract of sale includes the phrase 'spares or repair', and the dealer uses this as a basis to reject any responsibility.

Legal battle in civil right jungle might ensue.

 

The couple is consequently skint and requires some really cheap shite, due to imminent birth givage.

I think even that 200k mile Shitergy hearse is too expensive atm.

 

Sounds like a right old karfuffle to me, requiring circle squarisation.

[lovejoy]

hmmm,  I wish them luck in their quest  -  not so easy to find cheap chod down here.

-in "almost Franceshire"  !!  

[Junkman]

When I did some searches yesterday, I had the impression, that chod down there commands a premium over what we are used to here in Almostnorwayshire.

But when factoring in the Epic Collection Thread, it seems to even out.