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I'm a bit suspicious that this one would be a right old money pit after the first week of ownership was over though.

It has a sticker from the garage at the end of the road where I grew up, so I could forgive it a thing or two.

 

(It was a BL garage in those days though.)

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Ladies and gentlemen round up for the bargain of the week (possibly excepting that Volvo 480).

It's a mk1 Laguna with Tax and long MoT, advertised at £225, go wave £200 in notes under the owners nose and drive away happy.

 

http://www.gumtree.com/p/cars-vans-motorbikes/laguna-16-16v-mot-july-2015-tax-oct/1075557070

 

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Certain cars seem to attract sod all money, I'd suggest currently that older Fiestas and Clios for example, are available mostly for peanuts now, along with Mk3 Astras and Escorts.

 

Another way to (usually) score a cheap one is for going for an unfashionable engine, for example a 1.6 in an Astra or Escort as the tax is more expensive and probably the insurance too.

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I wouldn't mind betting this could be had for around the 200 quid mark.

What d'you reckon to the intermittant cutting out fault? I say the fuel pump going the way of the pear,

If I didn't have my V70, I'd be all over this.

 

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http://www.volvoforums.org.uk/showthread.php?t=212194

 

If anyone's interested, I can contact the seller on your behalf.

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Does this count as I paid £225 for it.post-9282-0-34549500-1409984900_thumb.jpgpost-9282-0-52641800-1409984952_thumb.jpgpost-9282-0-56527600-1409985008_thumb.jpg

It's in lovely condition and came with tax and test till January and over half a tank of juice and 4 new tyres.

The reason it was cheap was it was running lumpy but I disconnected the MAF and it now runs a dream.

I'm waiting for a new MAF to arrive and the part was only £14 it's also only done 57000 miles.

 

The old girl also has a very good spec being one of the last B5s with an SE trim so has all the toys such as cruise control and a decent stereo, climate control etc which all work and the seats etc are in fantastic condition.

So I'm treating it during the week to a good clean inside and a full service before I go back to work. :)

 

It was going to be a donor car for my old A4 to retro fit some toys in but that will now be staying as a povo spec car also that is also like new and low mileage and bought it as a stop gap car for a couple of weeks 4 years ago for £281.

 

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I have to stick with Audi now as it seems I have some serious amount of luck finding decent very cheap low mileage examples, and I even rebuilt my garage just for somewhere to keep a couple of hundred quid car lol.

 

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The garage is normally the other way up lol.

If only I could concrete the garden, then I could make a space for another :)

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