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It's a pet hate of mine.
I've only come across this weird phenomenon of adding an 'r' to bought on this forum and Ebay.
It's a pet hate of mine.
I've only come across this weird phenomenon of adding an 'r' to bought on this forum and Ebay.
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Cheapest car that I ever brought was a matchbox Datsun Cherry.
Only joking, it was actually a G-reg Escort van that when you went round a corner too quick the indicators went off and if you applied too much pressure to the brakes the radio always seemed to switch off.
All this for the princely sum of £75 and it came with a full tank of petrol, although ten year ago that didn't mean so much.....
Only joking, it was actually a G-reg Escort van that when you went round a corner too quick the indicators went off and if you applied too much pressure to the brakes the radio always seemed to switch off.
All this for the princely sum of £75 and it came with a full tank of petrol, although ten year ago that didn't mean so much.....
My first ever car was the cheapest car that I ever bought, an Indiana red VW Jetta 1500 GLS with a black vinyl roof. It was a tough little car and I ran it for a few years and even shared it with my elder brother who hammered it. It cost £600 and as I pointed out to one of my mates who had foolishly bought a Volvo 760 GLE for £12k at least my VW didn't let in any rain water !
I think it is one of those things that has crept into common useage following the demise of ' the three R's ' from the modern education system. Not to mention the passing of Gordon Jackson who personified in his perfectly measured tones exactly how the English language ought to be spoken .
'Could of' and 'should of' being other fine examples .
Oh , and 'draw' instead of 'drawer' for putting things into or taking things out of .
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Gordon Jackson? Oi, shut it you slaaaaaggg...?? Oops, wrong programme
It was a serious question- I spend a lot of time trawling Ebay, and have come across it so often I could not believe that there was so many people making the same mistake!
My last 3 European jaunts have been in sub 500 quid motors, 1st was a VW Santana GX5, which cost 320 , next was the 200E which was 250, and this year was an Alfa 145, which was 500. All were maxed on the Autobahn, survived the Brussels ring road, did well over 2000 miles in a week- none gave any issues at all, and the only breakdown insurance I had were some tools in the boot. Bangernomics? I've been motoring like this for the last 20 years, been stranded once, had lots of fun along the way and spent a LOT less than buying newer cars.
Keep your new fancy stuff- I spend my life fixing them all day, mostly scratching my head and muttering "why"....
Current wheels are courtesy of Honda- 1999 Accord. Heated leather, ice cold air con, electric seats, the lot. Absolutely everything works, runs like new and is averaging 38MPG. Came with MOT and 6 months tax for 460 pounds. Scrap value up here is 280...
Sorry, work computer and pound sign comes up as #....
Not me, but my dad bought a nissan sunny 1.4 E reg 10 years ago for £100, it kept jumping out of first gear but otherwise it was fine (started it on 2nd all the time). I remember trying to drive it round the post office to 'learn' driving and i bashed it against a wall and he still had the audacity to tell me that he paid money for the car!
It met its demise when someone broke the mirror off (and left some deep scratches on the same door), obviously a right off
It met its demise when someone broke the mirror off (and left some deep scratches on the same door), obviously a right off
I've seen it written and heard it a lot in spoken "English" as well but I think it is a misunderstanding like those Pontoneer suggested.
Very odd.
BoyracerAU
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The cheapest car I ever bought cost me nothing, so perhaps I should be posting this in the other thread??? 
A friend's neighbour had replaced his 1995 Mazda 121 Bubble with a new car and couldn't be bothered selling the Bubble which had run out of rego so he let it be known that the car was available to anybody who wanted it. It was a one owner car with no rust and low mileage, but it had not been looked after. It had dings in every panel and it looked like a lot of drinks had been spilt on the front passenger seat. I'd never seen anything like it!
I 'bought' it sight unseen and had it delivered to my mechanic's to prepare it for rego. I received a call from my mechanic the minute it darkened his doorway. His first words were along the lines of 'Are you sure you want this car???'
To cut a long story short, I got him to change the timing belt, re-gas the a/c, and get it registered. I hired a steam cleaner from the shops and sorted out the interior. I also managed to source a few replacement panels from the wreckers that were conveniently in the right colour. It became a bit of a project which I quite enjoyed.
My other cars are picture perfect and I always suffer anxiety taking anything decent into the city. The Bubble on the other hand was a really cheap knock around car that actually worked out very well for me. It became my little urban warrior that I could take anywhere and park anywhere and not worry about. It gave me a sense of freedom I had not felt in a long time.
There were two funny occasions that stand out.
1. Pulling up at an upmarket restaurant and actually getting pole position parking (right at the door!). That never happens when I actually want to be seen! But the funny part was the look I got from this woman who was about to park her X5 next to me. I could see that she'd taken in the battle scars on the Bubble and the look on her face said, 'Hmmm... I'm not sure I want to park next to you!' and the thought that went through my mind was, 'And you're the reason I've turned up in this!'
And 2. On a three lane expressway, a freshly minted provisional license holder driving a new Toyota cockily tried to push his way into my lane. He actually had three goes at it! In any other car I would've pulled back and let him in, I usually like to keep drivers like him where I can see them. Rather in front than behind! But this particular morning, I realised that it didn't matter if my Bubble copped another ding and, in fact it would be to his cost if it did. So instead of pulling back I started to drift (in my lane) towards him. The look on his face was priceless when he realised I wasn't going to be intimidated and in fact I just didn't care!
I actually sold that car about two years ago because I needed the garage space and have regretted it more than I would ever have thought.
A friend's neighbour had replaced his 1995 Mazda 121 Bubble with a new car and couldn't be bothered selling the Bubble which had run out of rego so he let it be known that the car was available to anybody who wanted it. It was a one owner car with no rust and low mileage, but it had not been looked after. It had dings in every panel and it looked like a lot of drinks had been spilt on the front passenger seat. I'd never seen anything like it!
I 'bought' it sight unseen and had it delivered to my mechanic's to prepare it for rego. I received a call from my mechanic the minute it darkened his doorway. His first words were along the lines of 'Are you sure you want this car???'
To cut a long story short, I got him to change the timing belt, re-gas the a/c, and get it registered. I hired a steam cleaner from the shops and sorted out the interior. I also managed to source a few replacement panels from the wreckers that were conveniently in the right colour. It became a bit of a project which I quite enjoyed.
My other cars are picture perfect and I always suffer anxiety taking anything decent into the city. The Bubble on the other hand was a really cheap knock around car that actually worked out very well for me. It became my little urban warrior that I could take anywhere and park anywhere and not worry about. It gave me a sense of freedom I had not felt in a long time.
There were two funny occasions that stand out.
1. Pulling up at an upmarket restaurant and actually getting pole position parking (right at the door!). That never happens when I actually want to be seen! But the funny part was the look I got from this woman who was about to park her X5 next to me. I could see that she'd taken in the battle scars on the Bubble and the look on her face said, 'Hmmm... I'm not sure I want to park next to you!' and the thought that went through my mind was, 'And you're the reason I've turned up in this!'
And 2. On a three lane expressway, a freshly minted provisional license holder driving a new Toyota cockily tried to push his way into my lane. He actually had three goes at it! In any other car I would've pulled back and let him in, I usually like to keep drivers like him where I can see them. Rather in front than behind! But this particular morning, I realised that it didn't matter if my Bubble copped another ding and, in fact it would be to his cost if it did. So instead of pulling back I started to drift (in my lane) towards him. The look on his face was priceless when he realised I wasn't going to be intimidated and in fact I just didn't care!
I actually sold that car about two years ago because I needed the garage space and have regretted it more than I would ever have thought.
gromit
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I have been given 4 cars for free. 1st was a Nissan Sunny 1.5. Drove it trouble free from Glasgow to Bournmouth and back then sold it to my sister for £100 who then sold it to my cousin then my brother in law got it. The best one was a M-reg Micra with tax but no mot. It was an automatic with power steering which I was told was unusual. I bought another smashed micra for £30 and removed the alloys and seats for the first one and scrapped the remains for £70!!! I ran that wee car for a couple of weeks after I moted it for free as it only needed a small plate welded to the sill that I did myself and sold it for £800.
The others were a Laguna with a snapped timing belt and that cost me £400 in parts to repair it and sold it to my neighbour for £850 and the last was a XR3i that was only 7 years old but was rusting faster than any other car I have owned. I spent ages welding lots of it for its mot and the next year it was needing more welding so I sold it for spares.
The others were a Laguna with a snapped timing belt and that cost me £400 in parts to repair it and sold it to my neighbour for £850 and the last was a XR3i that was only 7 years old but was rusting faster than any other car I have owned. I spent ages welding lots of it for its mot and the next year it was needing more welding so I sold it for spares.
strikemaster
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£80 for a Skoda Felicia which I took straight to the scrapyard and got £130 for it!
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Henry D
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My E class is one of the cheapest half decent cars that I have bought,4 months tax,new battery and four new tyres but the owner couldn't shift it so I paid the scrap value of £250,mind you I took a chance as there was only a weeks mot left on it when i drove it away but it passed with no advisories !!!,previous owner is pleased as well as he didn't want it crushed.My wife thinks I'm mental buying it but she is warming to it now !.
lakhbir singh
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it was a maruti 800 for juz 2.5 lakh
lakhbir singh
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u better go for chevy's cruze.. its indian version of camaero
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I bought a LHD W116 280S from a garage for £150. It was a really basic spec car for an S class; finished in non metallic baby poo brown, it had a manual box, wind up windows, steel wheels and vinyl seats.
I then found up that it was up for sale because they'd failed to fix it. It hiccuped, it farted, it had no power, threatened to stall and generally misbehaved. Something they hadn't told me. I grumbled a bit so he dropped the price to £100. The engine sounded fine, it had a couple of months of tax and nearly a year of MOT.
I decided it was the carb and told the guy I'd pay the £100 if I could use some tools to at least get it driveable? He agreed, so I proceeded to strip the carb. He told me he'd looked at the carb, it was fine and it wasn't the problem.
I just ignored him so he asked "do you want to bet you're wasting your time"?
Fair enough, what do you want to bet?
He asked me how much money I had on me. I pulled out £250 in cash, though in actual fact £150 of that was the money I'd brought to pay for the car. He looked pleased.....I better get this thing to work!
I reassembled the carb, started it up and it ran sweet as a nut. I drove away in a taxed and MOTd Mercedes with £400 in my pocket. I'd arrived by bus with £250 in my pocket. It seemed to be true that a Mercedes gave you social and economic upward mobility!
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