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[HMC]

4 minutes ago, Datsuncog said:

Even as a serial Toyota-licker I'm struggling to see the appeal - but I'm somehow very glad this has been rescued!

I doubt you'll lose much on it, even if Lagos may eventually be in its future...

Oddly enough I’ve often been sniffing around these for a few years but most advertised are out of my comfort level on price. There needed to be a crashed  and ruined one going cheap.

[junkyarddog]

I always thought these were actually quite funky looking.

Good little practical  run about,

[Cookiesouwest]

Even though we are all on AS for broadly similar reasons, I'm starting to think an intervention may be required

 

[Six-cylinder]

1 hour ago, HMC said:

 

Hopefully @Mrs6C will now realise my buying choices are not so bad!🤣

[grogee]

This is... an interesting purchase.

I mean, if it was free, well ok it's fine to go to the tip. But wasn't there a slightly less mouldy one available? Shirley they're all about £500ish now, whether they're ripped to pieces or still respectable?

There is no more Which? Best Buy vehicle than a Yaris Verso. Welcome to Old Age.

[wuvvum]

Fucking hell.

[mk2_craig]

That’s spectacularly awful. Also it is identical to the one my father in laws 96 year old mother in law still drives. Excellent purchase!

What the hell are you planning to do with it? 

[HMC]

Idles beautifully, everything works , I’ve binned the remaining seat covers and thrown a blanket over the  rear seat backs.

Im probably easily pleased, but I love it 😂

[gadgetgricey]

Never driven a Verso, but used to rent Yari (Yes I'm classing that as plural for Yaris) from Easy rent a car when they were a £1 a day, for no other reason than they were a £1 a day.
Great cars and loved the central pod for the speedo /rev counter. Astra GTE esque.

Did you know about the space saver, as did not notice that in the pics or description of ebay ad?

 

[S2000]

Reminds me of Keith Laird from Phoenix Nights who was spotted in the back of his car with a blanket and a terrier.....

[Datsuncog]

Is that a cassette/ CD combo fitted?

Great to see this pressed into immediate use - when they first appeared on the roads I thought the Verso was truly gopping in appearance, but two decades of BMWs seems to have redefined this for me...

Practical, reliable, cheap. Definite winnermobile.

[HMC]

9 minutes ago, Datsuncog said:

Is that a cassette/ CD combo fitted?

Great to see this pressed into immediate use - when they first appeared on the roads I thought the Verso was truly gopping in appearance, but two decades of BMWs seems to have redefined this for me...

Practical, reliable, cheap. Definite winnermobile.

I did a quick check over and the only thing that doesn’t seem to work is the CD player. I found a cd compilation in the glovebox but doesn’t want to give me choons 

 

[loserone]

It's been said before but I must concur.

 

 

Fucking hell.

[timolloyd]

You’re giving the Shadow a run for his money.

[AnnoyingPentium]

Holy fuck. This is disastrously excellent.

[NorthernMonkey]

Just when you thought the bar couldn’t be set any higher…. 😳

[NorthernMonkey]

Back in the 90s, a fellow motor trader from Leeds left his newish RR Vogue in the car park at Hunslet auctions with his rescue St Bernard in the back.

He came out after 30 mins to find practically every piece of leather eaten…

[Marm Toastsmith]

5 hours ago, HMC said:

Oddly enough I’ve often been sniffing around these for a few years but most advertised are out of my comfort level on price. There needed to be a crashed  and ruined one going cheap.

Same here. Dibs when you get bored, assuming it looks a lot worse than it really is.

[HMC]

12 minutes ago, Marm Toastsmith said:

Same here. Dibs when you get bored, assuming it looks a lot worse than it really is.

Noted. Yes to be honest its quite fun to drive (an auto so a bit like a go kart) I shared with @RobT  some screenshots the vendor put on the listing of other users messages. Sort of could have been ill advised to deal with. I was hammered anyway. But actually I met him today and he was a  really decent bloke. He sends a lot of stuff to Nigeria, and Tavistock as it turns out.

[outlaw118]

5 hours ago, wuvvum said:

Fucking hell.

WHS^^

Just in from work, thought I'd see the Big Reveal. Holy fuck, that's mullered. Much more suitable for tip-runs than a Bentley though. Well done.

[Marm Toastsmith]

26 minutes ago, HMC said:

auto

double dibs

[hairnet]

8 hours ago, HMC said:

it is when you punt it up the arse

with the space saver on how borked is that corner (im late im busy )

 

[brownnova]

8 hours ago, Tubbo said:

Rip those back seats out and you have a cheap van=winnar! Micro camper

FTFY

[chaseracer]

FUN FACT: you can fit several timpani in one of these.

[RobT]

9 hours ago, HMC said:

Oddly enough I’ve often been sniffing around these for a few years but most advertised are out of my comfort level on price. There needed to be a crashed  and ruined one going cheap.

Same here, must admit I find these and similar bilge like Mazda Demios quite appealing.

Can't go wrong at the price you paid either. It's been a good week for you, keep it up!

[Dick Cheeseburger]

 

10 hours ago, Joey spud said:

Sadly Fox's Toyota Badgers mount (just off the M25 j4) is now expensive houses.

 

11 hours ago, HMC said:

That looks like foxes badgers have indeed mounted, and then some. They must have been hungry.

[somewhatfoolish]

Some god-level shiteing going on here. That is terrible; well bought.

[HMC]

Got a part worn to go on tomorrow the OSR corner to replace the space saver…..

 

And I’ve been vigorously wet-wiping the interior to reduce the dog stain/ odour. Turd polishing? Absolutely 💩 

 

[mk2_craig]

I am out on my works Christmas meal RIGHT NOW, and unfortunately I have shown my colleagues this thread. They are now egging me on to drunkenly buy something to surpass this, despite the fact I already have a shagged Renner 19 in stock. 

[gadgetgricey]

Cos I'm sad, messaged a local bloke on Facebook whose breaking a verso. £50 for all three back seats. 

But collection for you might be an issue, and you'd be doubling the value of the car 😁😁