If You Could Have Any Car Under a Grand?

[MrRegieRitmo]

What spec is your Beemer Pog? An eBay purr-chase?

[Guest]

A late MkI Passat is in my top 5 cars.In fact that very car would do, is it on eBay?

Is was on earlier this year-but being close to what I would love to have I saved the pictures. They are so rare-but so right

[pogweasel]

What spec is your Beemer Pog? An eBay purr-chase?

It's a '92 318iS, cranks out about 140bhp, which is adequate enough to hoss it along without being ruinous on the wallet (as my 325i was). I paid just over £500 for it off eBay, though I did get quite a lucky touch with it.

[MrRegieRitmo]

This looks nice for the budget

 

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C106043/

[Dukestar25]

 

Wow that's super tasty, where did you spot that?

I just typed in 'skoda convertible images' on Google, clicked on the link with same title and it was half-way down the page. I think the pic belongs to Car and Classic magazine. The colour of this one is just so Autoshite

[MrRegieRitmo]

A late MkI Passat is in my top 5 cars.In fact that very car would do, is it on eBay?

Is was on earlier this year-but being close to what I would love to have I saved the pictures. They are so rare-but so right

Bugger, what happened with it, did it sell? How much etc? Was it on the eBay thread? I find it so hard to keep up with it...It has the R20/Chrysler Alpine look to it which I love

[Guest]

Bugger, what happened with it, did it sell? How much etc? Was it on the eBay thread? I find it so hard to keep up with it...It has the R20/Chrysler Alpine look to it which I love

If I remember right It sold for about £385. I might have put it in the ebay thread-but it was a while ago.....

[AXrescuer]

Already got my ideal 'under a grand' motor!

 

 

I know what you mean, I think I would struggle to really top my current machine - which I could have bought twice for just over a bag of sand...

 

 

I mean, it's quick, handles well, has just enough toys, perfect driving position, will show 40mpg at licence-losing speeds and costs less to insure than a diesel euroblob. What's not to like?

Of course it's quite 'rational', so I'd also be inclined to waste £1000 on something really old, daft and horrid, like a side-valve ford clinging to an MoT by a thread, just for kicks.

I like your beemer a lot. I almost bought a similar one at the beginning of the year but finally opted for the 900 after some nudging by swmbo!

[MrRegieRitmo]

Just about sneaks in there?

 

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C102882/

[25v6turbo]

For a grandAn Early Y reg 2.3 ghia sierracitreon XM V6ANOTHER 25 V6 Turbo if one existsLate Safrane 2.5 top specnice early MK2 Fiesta ghia...

[155V6]

Alfa 155 V6,Alfa 145 Cloverleaf,Rover 800 Vitesse Coupe,BMW 540

[Mat.T]

rover p6 triumph 2500mercedes w123 jag xj6posh stuff

[Guest]

All of Bollox's 929s, a grand should secure those I would have thought.

[VWPowered]

Golf Mk2 GTIScirocco Mk2

[mnde]

For me a few out of so many potential choices:

 

 

 

 

And I'm not sure I'll ever find one, but one of my all time wants is:

 

 

I saw one up close at a show some years ago and fell in love.

 

Mark.

[shite_meister]

 

And I'm not sure I'll ever find one, but one of my all time wants is:

 

 

I saw one up close at a show some years ago and fell in love.

 

Mark.

Is that the Seat 850 Coupe version? or are you not fussy whether or not its a Fiat or Seat version? I came very close to buying one a couple of years ago, I drove it and despite being an old fiat in need of work it had a lovely snick gear change and felt quite nice for such a small car. I belive Colc actually owned it at some point which is probable as I think Colin has actually owned very nearly EVERY car ever driven in Jersey=FACT!

[Cavcraft]

Hmm. I think I'd plump for another 2.0 8V Cavalier Sri Mk3 but an Astra Mk2 GTE would suffice.

[VWPowered]

would you believe i found this in caen

 

http://www.leboncoin.fr/vi/60505325.htm?ca=14_s

 

[mnde]

 

 

And I'm not sure I'll ever find one, but one of my all time wants is:

 

 

I saw one up close at a show some years ago and fell in love.

 

Mark.

Is that the Seat 850 Coupe version? or are you not fussy whether or not its a Fiat or Seat version? I came very close to buying one a couple of years ago, I drove it and despite being an old fiat in need of work it had a lovely snick gear change and felt quite nice for such a small car. I belive Colc actually owned it at some point which is probable as I think Colin has actually owned very nearly EVERY car ever driven in Jersey=FACT!

Ah, I forgot there was a Seat version - tbh looking at the photo I couldn't tell you which it is! I don't know what differences there are between the Fiat and Seat ones, but I don't think I'd be fussy! I just love how they look from the back:

 

 

and they have a lovely interior as well. I particularly like the late ones with the 903cc engine and twin head and tail lights.

 

Mark.

[Guest]

I would dearly love a Renault 14. I wonder how many I could get for my grand, but doubt that any of them would be RHD

[Pete-M]

Mk2 Escort 1300 Sport.The money spent on restoring it doesn't count, right?

[warren t claim]

A Porsche 924 in either white or silver. The only car I have constantly nursed a semi over for the last three years.

[Rod/b]

I've got a hankering for a Skoda Rapide with a Subaru flat 4 hanging out the back. I wonder if it's been done?

[Rocket88]

A Porsche 924 in either white or silver. The only car I have constantly nursed a semi over for the last three years.

Drove a 924 for the first time last week.............I was distinctly underwhelmed

[alfetta]

 

 

And I'm not sure I'll ever find one, but one of my all time wants is:

 

 

Mark.

we had 2 'in the day', 1 to keep the other going. Great fun, but unbelievably rusty at 8 years old

 

here it's meeting it's maker back in '82 ish...

 

[whitevanman]

under a grand huh !!...well I have the cars I really want to own at the moment, but do feel the need to own an early Volvo 140/240 Saloon and a Skoda 105 or 120 and possibly a Lada Samara but funds and time have conspired against me this year preventing me getting 2 of the 3

[warren t claim]

A Porsche 924 in either white or silver. The only car I have constantly nursed a semi over for the last three years.

Drove a 924 for the first time last week.............I was distinctly underwhelmed

I know it will be a disappointment but I will still have to scratch the itch sometime soon. Quite whether they are up to being used as a daily driver in this day and age remains to be seen.

[strangehighways]

I'm not sure if £1000 would stretch to the estate but what the hell.

 

Alfa 156 estate 2.5 V6. I would not class this as shite by the way, not at all!!

 

 

Or an Alfa 164 V6 (One of the best engines ever). Again, not shite!

 

[VWPowered]

Q : If You Could Have Any Car Under a Grand?A : Never spent a grand on car

[garethj]

And I wouldn't mind a Stage 1 Land Rover station wagon. All the mad old scout troop mecano bodywork but with a Range Rover gearbox and a v8 - detuned to 90bhp!

I had one, it was a good old bus. Take the inlet manifold restrictors out and it's manic, 130ish bhp I think?The best 4x4 S3 109 by far. That doesn't scan too well