mouseflakes Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 Nice early-style ZX with MOT 'til next February! 73,000 miles. £200!Needs exhaust work - take a bean tin, some jubilee clips and plenty of gun gum.http://www.gumtree.com/p/cars-vans-motorbikes/citroen-zx-1993/1075117639 beko1987 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beko1987 Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 Avantage too so not quite pov spec! A whole exhaust from euro car parts for that probably wouldnt be more than £70! 1.4 is quite nippy too if you give it some revs, mine felt like it had no more at 95 though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inspector Morose Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 Hmm. £495 I paid seems quite extravagant now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bren Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 It's sexy, it's glamourous, it's... a grey Escort. But it is a mere £175 with a bit of T&T and no obvious problems, other than the rather large one of being a grey 1991 Ford Escort. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ford-Escort-GLX-1597-1991-Project-/301261265665?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item4624921b01 An investment maybe? OMGSCENE TAX surely just around the corner for arguably the shittest ever model of escort. laser wheels, Wilko220 and beko1987 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bren Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 $_80.JPG 'We bought this car last year with a full MOT which turned out to be questionable to say the least. Don't buy a car from the person who put the MOT on it.' Now they tell me. http://www.gumtree.com/p/cars-vans-motorbikes/citroen-zx-19-d-sx-5-door-provisionally-sold/1074959173#photo-contentI'd pay for this purely to reward the sellers honesty. laser wheels 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twosmoke300 Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 With the Suzuki swift and it's 8 days mot . If it has a failure then it has no mot . Most people don't realise that these days once a failure has been issued your off the road. The vehicle has been deemed unroadworthy and is all logged on the system as such. Be careful out there . phil_lihp and saucedoctor 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
londonm Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 About 15 years ago I recall many new/nearly new Puntos knocking about at good prices. I was told there had been too many imported apparently. There were shed loads knocking about, now they're at the end of their life and there's still a glut. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 MOT is still valid for the full year regardless of who declares it a deathtrap. colino and alf892 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twosmoke300 Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 I disagree . Mot is valid for the hour of inspection . A gov approved vehicle inspector has inspected the vehicle and deemed it unroadworthy and told vosa about it . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parky Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 Be like me about 8 years ago http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1993-TOYOTA-COROLLA-EXECUTIVE-Automatic-1-6-/121394899435?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item1c43b329eb These things are mega reliable and smooth but be prepared for people to mistake you for an unlicensed Minicab if you stop at traffic lights in East London....... 180 quid, one day to go.... saucedoctor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parky Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 But if you want a mildly face lifted and shorter version of the above with fewer doors, this has 8 hours to go and sits at 124 of your earth pounds http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/toyota-corolla-1-4-vida-/261543023515?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item3ce52dd39b Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssDeeWon Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 Shirley the above wont finish at £200 or less though? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sloth in a bowl Posted July 30, 2014 Author Share Posted July 30, 2014 You get the odd T and T auction car that sticks below 200 but most break that barrier in the last day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parky Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 Shirley the above wont finish at £200 or less though?Yeah, very possibly, slightly misinterpreted the aim of the thread. I think the first one will struggle to bust the 200 barrier but the other looks fairly tidy and I would think some lucky* teenager will get this as their first wheels for around 350 or so. Very sensible choice too If we include spares or repairs in this thread then around half of the Clios and Puntos on the bay will qualify! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Partridge Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 An investment maybe? OMGSCENE TAX surely just around the corner for arguably the shittest ever model of escort.How long before people start chasing after two door versions for Cossie replicas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parky Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 I think they already do (or did). Sure a guy in Romford had a 1300 base model with full body kit but couldn't afford the wheels at the time so it rolled about, booming exhaust and stereo with 155's providing the traction. Might have been a fiesta, either way it was bollocks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Lord Sward Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 You get the odd T and T auction car that sticks below 200 but most break that barrier in the last day.Yeah, but how much do you pay to lift it out of the auction house? £50 +VAT? £100 +VAT? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazoli Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 Another cheap Fiat... http://www.gumtree.com/p/cars-vans-motorbikes/punto-2000w/1074906633 That's my neighbours old car, it used to live in Kendal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parky Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 Both my toyota selections busted through the two fifths of a monkey barrier....... I haz failed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sloth in a bowl Posted July 30, 2014 Author Share Posted July 30, 2014 £99 Skoda Felicia!!, it doesn't mention tax but you can get 6 months and still be under £200 http://www.gumtree.com/p/cars-vans-motorbikes/skoda-falicia-14/1075169822 brickwall and mouseflakes 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sloth in a bowl Posted July 30, 2014 Author Share Posted July 30, 2014 The good news, it's a Peugeot GTIThe bad news, it's a 207 http://www.gumtree.com/p/cars-vans-motorbikes/peugeot-206-gti-spare-and-repairsproject/1075207853 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sloth in a bowl Posted July 30, 2014 Author Share Posted July 30, 2014 Another Peugeot at the top of the budget, but has long MoT and Tax till October http://www.gumtree.com/p/cars-vans-motorbikes/1994-pegeout-106-11-tax-mot-reliable/1075187453 Parky 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sloth in a bowl Posted July 30, 2014 Author Share Posted July 30, 2014 South Asian shite is proper shite http://www.gumtree.com/p/cars-vans-motorbikes/matiz-v-reg/1075140058 Inspector Morose 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pillock Posted August 1, 2014 Share Posted August 1, 2014 I disagree . Mot is valid for the hour of inspection . A gov approved vehicle inspector has inspected the vehicle and deemed it unroadworthy and told vosa about it .If you fail an MOT 11 months after getting a cert, you still have a month left. Type your reg into the gov site and it'll tell you as such; that's the same database the plod use so you won't get pulled. That's why you can drive it home, book it in for some repairs, and still drive it around for a bit. I've never heard of anyone getting into bother doing that. Worst that can happen is you get pulled for something else, police inspect the car and find it to be unroadworthy - that has nothing to do with the recent MOT fail, that could also happen the day after it passes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorfolkNWeigh Posted August 1, 2014 Share Posted August 1, 2014 I like the bit in the Matiz ad ,that says; 'Currently parked in South West London,hence low price'Is SW London that bad? Or is it a treasure hunt, you get the keys and have to find the car?I think I'd rather pay the £200 and leave it in SW London. skattrd, EssDeeWon, laser wheels and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twosmoke300 Posted August 2, 2014 Share Posted August 2, 2014 If you fail an MOT 11 months after getting a cert, you still have a month left. Type your reg into the gov site and it'll tell you as such; that's the same database the plod use so you won't get pulled. That's why you can drive it home, book it in for some repairs, and still drive it around for a bit. I've never heard of anyone getting into bother doing that. Worst that can happen is you get pulled for something else, police inspect the car and find it to be unroadworthy - that has nothing to do with the recent MOT fail, that could also happen the day after it passes.Its up to the individual of course but when I did my tester training I was told that once a failure has been issued the old cert is invalid but you can still drive it home etc. Imagine having an accident and plod finding out it had failed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pandamonium Posted August 2, 2014 Share Posted August 2, 2014 http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C522972 Sloth in a bowl, Jim Bergerac, urpert and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colino Posted August 2, 2014 Share Posted August 2, 2014 The MOT has always been valid from its issue for 12 months. If your car fails, say because your sensible and present it a month early to allow for work, the original MOT is still valid. VOSA/DVSA have always danced around the issue, but their training is and always has been, that the MOT is still in force, though the driver may be deemed to be driving an unroadworthy vehicle (by the Police) if he is later involved in a collision. Even a Cat C or Cat D write off still retains its current MOT status (no matter what certain Insurance companies may tell their customers). KruJoe, mouseflakes, alf892 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UmBongo Posted August 2, 2014 Share Posted August 2, 2014 First up is this beauty complete with all Vauxhalls are shit credibility, possibly in its ultimate form. http://www.gumtree.com/p/cars-vans-motorbikes/vauxhall-nova-12-mot-n-taxed-new-tyres-bargain-very-low-price/1075034631 It's a Nova with a boot therefore it's worth minus £50 and is utterly shite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DVee8 Posted August 2, 2014 Share Posted August 2, 2014 That Volvo is very nice.Would'nt mind one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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