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Well, to each their own I guess. £300 is good price for it.

t. Mike Brewer

Old diesels aren't worth the hassle.

normally I wouldn't want such a shit car but I need something and it's the only cheap car around at the moment in my area

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>never have meets and shut the slack because you make us look like copy cats
t. Fagwave

>£300 for 11 months motoring with £50 from scrapman after that time isn't worth the hassle
Well not if you don't have any work to do with the car

>escort
>diesel
>estate

These are red flags when it comes to buying secondhand. Escorts are badly made and most have since rusted away. Estate means it's been owned by some chav builder and not looked after it. Diesel means expensive repairs compared to a petrol equivalent. It'll probably break down within a week. I'd be interested to see the reg plate to see its MOT history and possible advisories.

t. Benchmechanic

do you not think I might have had at least some sort of look at it before deciding that it's worth buying?

>my £300 come with full service history and aftershave in the vents
Fuck off

Enjoy your motoring nightmare.
You buy a small Japanese petrol car if you're on a shoestring budget.

>just chuck a dog and an engine in the back of a Toyota Starlet
Please tell me you're under the age of 12

It's not cute but I luv it.

She's lovely. Simply Lovely.

if it's got 11 months mot on it then its a good buy he can scrap it after that and he's got almost a years motoring for 250 quid

>expecting it to be in pristine condition

are you 12

are you not?

I bought a £900 Fiat that had 12 months MOT, and it exploded after a month, I put more money into it than I paid for it. Having an MOT means nothing. I wouldn't touch a thing that old for that little money, especially not an Escort.

>buying a fiat

I've had two, actually
Three if you count the Abarth I had for a day before my employer fucked my finance up

>AW11
>not cute
what did he mean by this?

That's because you don't know anything about cars

100% Correct

>11 months mot on it then its a good buy
You do know an MOT isn't a warranty? He could buy the bag of shit and after a week, have to deal with the inevitable coolant problems these cars are plagued with. In those 11 months, he's likely to end up spending more than he paid trying to keep it on the road. He needs to save up and spend a £1000 minimum on a car.

are you seriously this thick

you don't spend any money on it that's the point the only reason for the mot is to ensure it's road legal, it doesn't matter if it's a clapped out pile of shit that hardly runs at the end of the 11 months because you just take it to the scrap yard and get your £50 pounds for it

I'm the guy that's looking to buy the shitbox tomorrow, I've been passed it a few times and have stopped to give it a couple of look overs on dry, sunny days. It's not a looker but it does appear to be solid.

I'm going to view it while the owner is there so I can hear it run and possibly run up and down the road in it just to make sure it actually drives because that is all I really care about as long as I can actually drive it, then it is fine

>if it's a clapped out pile of shit that hardly runs

But it does matter if it hardly runs. There's literally no point in insuring and taxing something that hardly runs. He might as well spend the money on taxi fares. And if it stops running, the you'll have to pay a scrap yard to take it away, not the other way around.

.t someone who's bought and sold second hand cars for over 12 years

>.t someone who's bought and sold second hand cars for over 12 years

so of course you want people to buy cars for around the 1 grand mark stop shilling and go back to poland

Just trying to save the user a lot of ball ache.

Is the meet autismo or do you guys have a decent laugh

There's both available. The autismos discuss the horns on Will's Micra while us cool guys rail lines of gear off Danny's spoiler

It's a good laugh and most people are pretty chill

Is there a group photo of the Brit/o/ boys?

It's banter and booze

Who else 196,000 mile astra/equivalent shit box racing here?

Also anybody fancy a meet Lincoln way, I'm so alone.

Rockingham? what series?

Yeah Rockingham on one of the summer social evening sessions, just a blast around nothing serious. Fun passing mx5's and 182 Clio's all evening though.

Oh right thought you meant one of those racing series like the trackday trophy
Went there in my MX-5 for a trackday last year, good fun but very slippery in the wet

>no pics of euros cutest trap
Shit thread

That glorious beard

I love it

Nah it's just my DD/touge curve attacker and yeah it's a fairly technical track even when it's dry, I don't think I'd try wet even with rainsports, it slides about as it is.

Moar

I reckon for 300 quid you could get a lot worse than a 300 escort diesel desu.

If its the same asthmatic one from the escort van they're fucking incredibly reliable engines. Don't listen to people who've bought a fucking fiat. If it runs fine, and the sills are mostly metal, you can't see ground through the floorpan - it'll be a great bus m8. Don't let the haters piss you off. I drove a £250 1.9D XUD-engined 405 for two years while my mates struggled to pay off shitheap 5k dealer cars as I got tyres for a tenner at the scrappies and carted mates engines in the back haha

how easy is it to get tires from a scrap yard?

Just buy wheels and sell them your old one. If you can, get a wheel and tyre under your jumper and simply exchange the wheel and tyre with the one on the vehicle

I will be the best looking guy at the Welsh togue meet

I used to get 4x100 14/15" scrap car wheels with the best tyres you could find in the place for 10 quid a pop! Depended what dipshit was at the counter. Couple of years ago got one for gfs micra for 13 quid so its not went up much

Fresh OC

One of the reasons I never go to facebook clubs for advice. Full of fuckwits.

N O T true

Y E S true

I will be the most stainless steel guy at the Welsh Touge meet

Newtrips go home

Too shy

I mean I've been tripping for a good five years now, just not frequently. I think I'll stay thanks ;)

10/10s all round

Running in the '10s

did you guys meet up at some gypsy shanty town or something?

>has never camped at a race track
Why am I not surprised

I've never even been to a race track, I don't have a huge interest in motorsport to be honest

Well, to answer your question without sarcasm, people travel an awful long way to race their cars/bikes and the people who do it either professionally or even just often as a hobby tend to bring big caravans and creature comforts to the track as they're camping so often.

I understand that aspect of it, people with too much money to spend bring along kitted out race trucks that hold everything they could ever need, I didn't realise the meet was on the grounds of a race course

Ah I see, yeah we try to keep events car-centric but still cater for WAGs and people who don't like cars all that much but are part of the Veeky Forums community. We're in a kind of weird position where everyone who had a POS double digit horsepower shitbox has moved on to bigger and better things too quickly to establish a proper shitbox racing series lel so if you drive a Micra or something come along

Look at those shitboxes. I'm so proud, Brit/o/ns.

>not making fun of me for being ugly
Ty guys i love you all

I don't even know which one you are and why would I do that anyway?

was this like that inbetweeners episode where people go to a caravan park to have (homo) sex

>memebetweeners
Kill yourself

t. mr i fuck kids

It's almost Thursday again, so here's the usual thing. Mid-week meets consist of a few of us just getting together, socialising and going for food & drinks. It's not too autistic, I promise.This week we'll be heading from the car park meeting point to be in Infamous Diner in the Northern Quarter for about 7PM. It also happens to be my birthday so, that's a thing.

I'll be there senpai

>instantly reaches for the pedo card
Mad much?

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Who /0.9 Corsa/ here?

'Enjoying' 1.8k a year for insurance like I am?

fuckin theives

youtube.com/watch?v=pis7Ls9OMTA

They do 0.9 Corsas? I thought the smallest was a 1.0 Turbo?

Most of the 1.0's are actually 998c but muh rounding

I drive an '04 active 1.0

Why would I get a joke of a shitty show I don't watch?

>Infamous Diner in the Northern Quarter
What town?

Manchester

What's the most cost-effective car for a beginner?
I'm not adverse to driving around in a joke.

Find a 90's or 2000's Toyota RAV 4

Micra, Starlet

That will probably be the 1.8 Endura diesel engine, they are tough as anything. Not like the modern (2000 ish onward) ones with high pressure fuel pumps etc. Almost impossible to kill one of them

Come to Liverpool, lads.

I used to have a mint Astra 2.2 SRI in that colour, really wish I hadn't sold it. That was a great car

Actually this. I drove a 2004 rav 4 and its grip is surprising, pedal layout is good and it has enough feedback.
It is quite fun to drive.
Just lower it and lighten it and make most of the engine.
Rav4's are surprisingly good enthusiast cars.

>that 90's aesthetic upholstery

Maybe some day, but Manchester is pretty middle in the North, so it's easy for the majority, it's an hour to Manchester for me

corolla or civic