wuvvum Posted June 15, 2022 Share Posted June 15, 2022 11 hours ago, Metal Guru said: The diesel was awful. I remember a manager at work had one that also acted as a pool car. It soon got known as the Massey Ferguson. My dad had two as company cars when they were new - I always thought they were pretty decent tbf. BeEP 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted June 15, 2022 Share Posted June 15, 2022 Is £2.5K cheap these days for a rough 635? I can't keep up anymore. LT84, cort16, J W Pepper and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OM646 Posted June 15, 2022 Share Posted June 15, 2022 13 hours ago, AnnoyingPentium said: Nope, worse. 1.4 petrol auto. All the saloon models in the UK came in Classic (base) trim. Skoda missed a trick by not making them for the other trim levels, IMO. If there was an Elegance TDI 130 auto, would be a damn fine Fabia AnnoyingPentium 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeEP Posted June 15, 2022 Share Posted June 15, 2022 18 minutes ago, wuvvum said: My dad had two as company cars when they were new - I always thought they were pretty decent tbf. Agreed. Although based on the humble (and slightly naff) O-series petrol and somewhat agricultural, they were ahead of most contempories with direct injection. Whilst the XUD is undeniably more refined, it struggles to match the Prima for performance and lags some way behind on economy. I may be biased, I have a Prima in my Maestro van! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoverFolkUs Posted June 15, 2022 Share Posted June 15, 2022 https://www.facebook.com/groups/800374753347450/permalink/5371856446199235/?sale_post_id=5371856446199235 Can't go wrong with a car with 9 months ticket for £300! wuvvum, AnnoyingPentium and D.E 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poweredbyhopealone Posted June 15, 2022 Share Posted June 15, 2022 2 hours ago, wuvvum said: Is £2.5K cheap these days for a rough 635? I can't keep up anymore. I think people are going to be biting the sellers hand off at this. Half decent ones are 10k and up LT84 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cort16 Posted June 15, 2022 Share Posted June 15, 2022 The issue with those 6 series is they rot like total bastards and are complex and expensive to repair. I bet that's hanging underneath. LT84 and Poweredbyhopealone 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoverFolkUs Posted June 15, 2022 Share Posted June 15, 2022 18 hours ago, AnnoyingPentium said: Misery. Absolute misery. https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202206146768965 If only it were an 8v 1.4 Auto! Edit - 17.0 second 0-60. That'll do! 😂 AnnoyingPentium 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnnoyingPentium Posted June 15, 2022 Share Posted June 15, 2022 16 minutes ago, RoverFolkUs said: If only it were an 8v 1.4 Auto! Edit - 17.0 second 0-60. That'll do! 😂 Good candidate for a 1.8T... 🤪 RoverFolkUs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.E Posted June 15, 2022 Share Posted June 15, 2022 https://www.gumtree.com/p/mg/mg-zs-1.8/1435045355 Dan29 and J W Pepper 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob88h Posted June 15, 2022 Share Posted June 15, 2022 This would be a terrifying collection mission: https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/747955116205553/ …lost temper and ended up taking it out on the car… jmsguzzi, Wilko220, face and 12 others 10 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted June 15, 2022 Share Posted June 15, 2022 2 hours ago, AnnoyingPentium said: Good candidate for a 1.8T... 🤪 Nah, you want a Peugeot 403 estate for that. AnnoyingPentium, Split_Pin and Kringle 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rustybullethole Posted June 15, 2022 Share Posted June 15, 2022 2 hours ago, rob88h said: This would be a terrifying collection mission: https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/747955116205553/ …lost temper and ended up taking it out on the car… And that is why you should avoid getting caught shagging in the next caravan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3VOM Posted June 15, 2022 Share Posted June 15, 2022 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/185464549284?mkevt=1&mkpid=0&emsid=e11021.m43.l3160&mkcid=7&ch=osgood&euid=f8085a70c2a94c22835453e9190424b9&bu=43184927288&ut=RU&osub=-1~1&crd=20220615080210&segname=11021 Semi-C, Wilko220, MorrisItalSLX and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rustybullethole Posted June 15, 2022 Share Posted June 15, 2022 7 hours ago, wuvvum said: Is £2.5K cheap these days for a rough 635? I can't keep up anymore. Plate must be worth serious coin to Wilf from 57 squadron or something mind. I don’t know man my pocket and I seem to way out of touch these days with the price of fish though the Iceland three packs for a tenner deal is the exception. Not getting me another shark nose bimmer any time soon though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wibble Posted June 15, 2022 Share Posted June 15, 2022 7 hours ago, BeEP said: Agreed. Although based on the humble (and slightly naff) O-series petrol and somewhat agricultural, they were ahead of most contempories with direct injection. Whilst the XUD is undeniably more refined, it struggles to match the Prima for performance and lags some way behind on economy. I may be biased, I have a Prima in my Maestro van! Back in 1994 I think, the utilities company I worked for had a Montego Countryman TD estate leant for a month by Rover as a demonstrator. The day before it was to be returned, the lease fleet manager realised it hadn’t been driven at all and would go back with zero additional miles on the clock. She rang me and asked if I’d take it for the night and try and put some miles on it. Incentive was a fuel voucher. Always keen to try anything different, I agreed. I didn’t think it was bad, quite nice even. It was small tactile things that let it down for me. Like interior door release handles that felt like they’d snap if used in anger and keys which felt small and shitty compared to all other makes. Drove some great stuff back then! BeEP 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metal Guru Posted June 15, 2022 Share Posted June 15, 2022 14 minutes ago, Wibble said: Back in 1994 I think, the utilities company I worked for had a Montego Countryman TD estate leant for a month by Rover as a demonstrator. The day before it was to be returned, the lease fleet manager realised it hadn’t been driven at all and would go back with zero additional miles on the clock. She rang me and asked if I’d take it for the night and try and put some miles on it. Incentive was a fuel voucher. Always keen to try anything different, I agreed. I didn’t think it was bad, quite nice even. It was small tactile things that let it down for me. Like interior door release handles that felt like they’d snap if used in anger and keys which felt small and shitty compared to all other makes. Drove some great stuff back then! Well I had a Mondeo 1.8TD and a Laguna 1.9 dti. at the time. Both were much better than the Montego. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.E Posted June 15, 2022 Share Posted June 15, 2022 E430 https://www.gumtree.com/p/mercedes-benz/mercedes-benz-e-class-saloon-1998-other-4266-cc-4-doors/1435071036 Vantman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.E Posted June 15, 2022 Share Posted June 15, 2022 https://www.gumtree.com/p/fiat/fiat-uno-1.0-petrol-/1432441078 Tenmil Socket, J W Pepper, neil1971 and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meggersdog Posted June 15, 2022 Share Posted June 15, 2022 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/394111731598?hash=item5bc2e3c78e:g:IKkAAOSwiFhipcYn J W Pepper, face, Remspoor and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meggersdog Posted June 15, 2022 Share Posted June 15, 2022 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/295036753749?hash=item44b18f9755:g:JasAAOSwrOpip5mO Flat4, Disco Fever, Supernaut and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meggersdog Posted June 15, 2022 Share Posted June 15, 2022 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/165528273238?hash=item268a410156:g:nlUAAOSwXCNipMpD D.E, Tenmil Socket, face and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.E Posted June 15, 2022 Share Posted June 15, 2022 https://www.carandclassic.com/car/C1466890 J W Pepper 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wibble Posted June 15, 2022 Share Posted June 15, 2022 52 minutes ago, Metal Guru said: Well I had a Mondeo 1.8TD and a Laguna 1.9 dti. at the time. Both were much better than the Montego. I drove them too when new. I agree, they were better, just didn’t think the Montego that bad apart from what I said before. Oh and the rattles… Took a Montego 1.6L from Reading to Glasgow and back. Went well, performance was ok although range seemed below par but Mrs W had feet on dash most of the way to stop it rattling😂 Must have been about 1991, car was H reg and beige!Was stuck with it for about 6 months before I got back in a Sierra 2.0GLS. Loved that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meggersdog Posted June 15, 2022 Share Posted June 15, 2022 off grid van life right here get yourself down to Appleby fair for a one horsepower engine and away you go https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/354105771004?hash=item52725943fc:g:lvYAAOSwzHtipjWy 11001010 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meggersdog Posted June 15, 2022 Share Posted June 15, 2022 high starting price for such a tatty one. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/185464876495?hash=item2b2e916dcf:g:Ot0AAOSwwXBiqO7p grogee, Austat, J W Pepper and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorfolkNWeigh Posted June 15, 2022 Share Posted June 15, 2022 1 hour ago, Metal Guru said: Well I had a Mondeo 1.8TD and a Laguna 1.9 dti. at the time. Both were much better than the Montego. No shit Sherlock, two cars introduced in 1993 were better than one from 1984. I’m a fully fledged Montego apologist that chose to have a 2.0 Gti estate then a2.0 TD Countryman as company cars in the 90’s, I was fully aware thatMondeos , 405s , Primeras and Xantias were better cars , but as a family car they couldn’t be beaten. I’ve since owned so many , a lot rented out as cabs , that I can’t actually remember how many I’ve had. In the mid 90’s I’d always choose a Montego over a Cavalier or Sierra to buy in auction for resale because there were never any hidden problems, a good clean, wob up the arches and sills, quick rattle can of Hurricane Grey on the bottom half and an easy £2-300 profit in the paper that weekend. It helped that for any given price you could get a 2 year newer one. The people that bought them were always straightforward, sensible types wanting a roomy reliable workhorse, I kept a stock of towbar s and on more than one occasion fitted one on my drive whilst my Mrs was counting the tenners and doing the paperwork, very popular as caravan tugs. Yoss, Lankytim, Skcat and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meggersdog Posted June 15, 2022 Share Posted June 15, 2022 don't know if it'sthe same one I posted a few weeks ago but who cares the money shot https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/374128002856?hash=item571bc44728:g:TM0AAOSwtSVipw-m grogee, garethj, MorrisItalSLX and 2 others 2 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meggersdog Posted June 15, 2022 Share Posted June 15, 2022 ooh K.reg and massive miles. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/325228802599?hash=item4bb925b227:g:rHcAAOSwdOFip5Z1 Remspoor, adw1977, Brodders and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morrisoxide Posted June 15, 2022 Share Posted June 15, 2022 Bluebird Reminded me of this. Wilko220, face, Shite Ron and 4 others 4 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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