Cheap & Easy Car for working on

[Maxfly]

As title says going to have some monies to play with after selling the house so looking to spend a couple of hundred on a wee runabout that would be roadworthy, cheap to run and easy to work on. just fancy something that doesnt drink petrol (or diesel) like i drink pints and i can tinker with as i please was thinking metro, mini or even montego or the like recommendations and anything spotted for sale would be apprecitated

[wullie-zs180]

would you consider a cavvy?

[Maxfly]

Originally Posted by wullie-zs180

would you consider a cavvy?

maybe, never thought bout cavvy's. was thinking more kinda quirky like the monty and that but suppose it would depend on the car and i do like the old cavaliers

[wullie-zs180]

the gid old cavvy eh?

ma pals got 2 and hes gona be sellin 1 and there both clean with good engines.

[Maxfly]

Originally Posted by wullie-zs180

the gid old cavvy eh?

ma pals got 2 and hes gona be sellin 1 and there both clean with good engines.

oh aye, you got any piccies handy, whats engines have they got??

[wullie-zs180]

naw al get sum tho.

1s white m or n reg 2.0 ecotek wi a bit of surface rust (its solid) on the arch. a old mans had it 4 about 5 years.

the others a black 1.8 single point good engine but no much ooooomph lol
both saloons

[TjP]

I've been thinking about getting something to work on myself...

We've got a Cavalier 2.0 16v SRi going to rust on the yard (well, not really rusting but it has flat tyres and could use a daaaamn good wash)! Hasnt seen any use in the last year - cant even remember why! I know it had a major problem that was fixed (costing about £1k - bad move considering the value of the car). I would offer to buy it off Richard, but it would be a bit of an insult to offer a few hundred for it, after that large bill! Also insurance for me on the SRi would probably be too high for a second car at my age.


I dont know why Clarson hates Cavaliers so much, theyre not bad cars IMO.

[Craig]

I had loads of cavvys, a mk2 lx, mk2 lxi, mk2 sri and a mk3 sri. The mk2 sri was seriously fast, dunno what had been done to it but it revved off the clock 1st 2nd 3rd and 4th gear. Great in a straight line but it did have a tendency to not like going round corners lol.

The last shape can look really nice as long as they're not chavved up IMO

[Stephen]

My Montego's up for sale!

[Maxfly]

cheers guys, did notice the monty estate, but think it would be, or should be out of my price range mind am wanting this car to be pretty good on the go go juice per gallon