Does this seem a bit too cheap?

[Hendry]

https://www.gumtree.com/p/vauxhall/vauxhall-astra-for-sale-1.6-/1133150384

 

I know its effectively a 10 year old Astra with 140k on it but I thought they were worth a bit more than that, theres others on gumtree, less miles but treble the price, I'm not clued up on older cheaper car prices, I think maybe I'm blinded by the fact I paid £5500 for an similar one 5 years ago (same age, spec, 5 door etc) but a blue 1.8 with 48K.

 

Seems a cracking buy for the money but part of me thinks if something looks a good buy on gumtree it usually isnt and is usually cheap for a reason, usually loads of problems.

[Tamworthbay]

Sounds about right, there are thousands around, no one wants them, so they are super cheap. If you go for it I bet you will be the only call he gets.

[Rusty_Rocket]

Lots of late car for your money.. but I reckon you'll find the body work is pretty well pasted!

[hairnet]

dent in door and cant open it - hmmmm and no pic

 

if youre good at that then fine but how toasted is the rest of it

[hairnet]

astras are cheap - been looking at 09/10 plates and even the new shape ones are under 4k

[DeeJay]

Mate in work bought 53 plate for £200. 

10 months MOT and half a tank of petrol.

[greengartside]

Blimey that makes mine overpriced!

[trigger]

I wouldn't even pay £500 for it. Looking at the photo the door suit gap looks too wide, so how big is this dent?. To me it says the door is bent, also holes in the seats and high miles.

 

 

No thanks.

[John F]

I agree with Trig, wouldn't touch it.

[HH-R]

These could never be too cheap, even with cash your way.

[twosmoke300]

It surprises me how cheap these are , still think they are new . But as said there are millions about so only really good ones make decent money . They aren't shaping up badly as an older car to run tho .

[Bren]

So common no point in buying a shit one unless someone pays you to take it away.

[strangeangel]

There's a thread just south of here where you can buy a whole running & legal Proton for £250 so, yes, this is definitely too expensive.

[sierraman]

The age is irrelevant, the big fuck off dents suggest it's uncared for. No doubt 'lyn' resented every penny she spent on it. Had an oil change every 5 years whether it needed it or not, one year it really let her down when it wanted some tyres and the pads were like wafers. Unfortunately Astras like this seem to attract folk who just want 'a car', they then tend to expect faultless reliability whilst thrashing it into oblivion.

 

If you want a box, with some chairs in it to sit on powered by a selection of awful engines, then here it is...

[Angry Sheep]

I suspect it's shagged. But yeah, it's fairly cheap. Hope this helps.

[Hendry]

Only reason I'm tempted is I loved my Astra H and had no real bother with it in 2 years/25K miles, it needed some tyres, a timing belt kit and water pump, servicing, a couple of track rod ends, which is all wear and tear/consumables/maintenance items, it was adequately powerful and did better mpg than my 1.2 Clio, it was smooth and refined to drive and had plenty of toys (alloys, half leather, auto wipers, auto lights, all round electric windows, heated mirrors, air con, multi function leather steering wheel, on board computer)

 

As someone said further up, they still seem new to me hence why I'm surprised its this cheap, you are all saying this is the going rate and this one is too dear, wouldn't touch it etc but every other one on bumtree is 3x the price, next cheapest I saw was £1495 for a 54 SXi.

[Angry Sheep]

Only reason I'm tempted is I loved my Astra H and had no real bother with it in 2 years/25K miles, it needed some tyres, a timing belt kit and water pump, servicing, a couple of track rod ends, which is all wear and tear/consumables/maintenance items, it was adequately powerful and did better mpg than my 1.2 Clio, it was smooth and refined to drive and had plenty of toys (alloys, half leather, auto wipers, auto lights, all round electric windows, heated mirrors, air con, multi function leather steering wheel, on board computer)

 

As someone said further up, they still seem new to me hence why I'm surprised its this cheap, you are all saying this is the going rate and this one is too dear, wouldn't touch it etc but every other one on bumtree is 3x the price, next cheapest I saw was £1495 for a 54 SXi.

 

Buying the cheapest on the market is never a good idea. That looks an absolute dog.

[Hendry]

Buying the cheapest on the market is never a good idea. That looks an absolute dog.

I'm not particularly fussed on getting a brilliant example, I just want a cheapy for going to work and back as my brand new Corsa is starting to get stone chipped to buggery with all the idiots on the motorway cutting you up or pulling in after an overtake right infront of you, and if I get a runaround in decent nick I know what I'm like I'll start pampering it and trying to keep it good, whereas if I buy something that's already scruffy I won't care about keeping it nice (other than keeping it in good mechanical fettle and clean)

[Cavcraft]

Don't you need to have all the doors opening/closing for an MOT? Or let me guess, this mysteriously only happened after it was tested?

 

Also, and I always think this is a clue, have a look at the keys in picture 4: One key ring, one snap tag and no house keys. That always makes me think people have just bought the car and you'd want to know why.

 

 

 

*Edit: Ps, offer him a swap for a Focus/307/similar a year newer and see what he says. If he goes for it then you've disproved the old 'need a bigger car' bollocks.

[Angry Sheep]

I'm not particularly fussed on getting a brilliant example, I just want a cheapy for going to work and back as my brand new Corsa is starting to get stone chipped to buggery with all the idiots on the motorway cutting you up or pulling in after an overtake right infront of you, and if I get a runaround in decent nick I know what I'm like I'll start pampering it and trying to keep it good, whereas if I buy something that's already scruffy I won't care about keeping it nice (other than keeping it in good mechanical fettle and clean)

Buy it, then. I'll be surprised if it gets you to work and back without letting you down, but anything to keep stone chips off a new Corsa...

[Felly Magic]

'Door doesn't open so we tried forcing it with a bar and bent it' seems more likely. Car also straight off the auction floor with an MOT benter than Julian Clary perhaps?

[Lacquer Peel]

What's the point of having a car, particularly a dull mainstream one, if you're averse to using it?

[trigger]

Buy a cheap shagged car and spend a fortune getting it up to scratch or spend a extra £500 and get a decent usable car that still feels like it has many years of good service left.

[Lacquer Peel]

"I need to buy an old fridge freezer to reduce the wear on my new fridge freezer."

[twosmoke300]

Giving the guy a hard time ! Isn't he just after a wbod?

[Cavcraft]

Genuinely no idea what WBOD is, but according to Google it's between

 

Waterfront Bluff Overlay District

 

World Bank Office, Dhaka

 

Western Book Of the Dead

 

or

 

Weed Boys Or Die.

[Aston Martin]

Theres nothing wrong with buying a banger to get to work, its the Autoshite way.

[Richard]

Genuinely no idea what WBOD is, but according to Google it's between

 

Waterfront Bluff Overlay District

 

World Bank Office, Dhaka

 

Western Book Of the Dead

 

or

 

Weed Boys Or Die.

 Winter Beater Of Distinction. A Junkman invention I think.

[EssDeeWon]

Its quite simple from me, Don't buy this car!

 

For £500 you could buy something *epic off of here.

[DeeJay]

For £500 you could buy almost any 14/15 year old non supercar/classic car from anywhere.