shite cheap "biker cars"

[ocatoro]

I gather that a lot of bikers only have a car in case of emergency or dire need...

what cheap shitboxes do you all have and why?

I'm basically only using the bike these days and want something economical and all round cheap without being too small and too shit as a back up if the dog is ill or something or if the mrs makes me drive us somewhere
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CBT - 17/09/12 * Theory - 23/10/12 * Mod1 - 05/03/13 * Mod2 - 25/03/13 * BOSH!
Current - None but shed project H100 (first bike )
Past - ER5, '93 ZZR600, '92 CB400 SF, ZZR600 (again), yellow Monster 620, Blackbird - black Monster 620ie - '96 ZZR600

[FlightRisk]

K11 Micra
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Honda CB500S

[Musketeer]

For last six years a 2004 Vauxhall Astra 2.2 SRI 3 door.

It's not economical. On average 25mpg
Big enough for me, wife and 2 kids.
Expensive tax and insurance.
But.. I love it. Currently 74k miles on the clock. I bought it with 41k miles. I don't drive it enough.
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Current Bike: Yamaha XSR900 Previous bikes: Honda CBR1000RR Fireblade, Kawasaki ZX-6R Ninja, Aprilia RS125 2-stroke

[Polarbear]

Ford C-Max. Big enough to take the kids, grand kids and dogs out. Big enough to tow a trailer. Cheap to buy and run. Actually not that bad to drive
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Triumph Trophy Launch Edition

[MC]

https://towerscj.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/oyster-card.jpg
Or regional equivalent.
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Yamaha MT-03 '08 (crashed)
Honda XR-125L '04

[Wonko The Sane]

[Rogerborg]

[The Wobbly Orange]

Ford Mondeo ST24 V6

It was free
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People tell me I am lovely. How wrong they are!

[iooi]

[Knacker]

Paid a little over a grand for this Beauty with Full years Mot and 6 months Tax, Electric everything, masses of space...Really lazy car just get in and go anywhere.

https://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb259/Squeaky_86_2007/imagejpg1-29.jpg

22mpg would be bad as an everyday car but I use this once a week sometimes not even that.

Favourite car Iv owned.
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Current: Gsxr 600 Srad - GS125 - DT125
Previous: K1 GSXR 1000

[Nope.]

[Knacker]

[DrDonnyBrago]

I seem to have amassed a collection of ford focuses. The 1.8 seems to be a good compromise between power and economy. 1.6 are gutless. Interior on the Mk2+ is very nice, mk1 is a bit retro. I avoid modern diesels as I don't want to be lumped with paying out on a new turbo, DMF etc etc etc and I don't do many 4 wheeled miles.

Not the greatest built cars in the world, but mine have been absolute bargains, been reliable and consumables are much cheaper than for the equivalent Jap/german cars. I'll be track daying a mk1 when I get some spare time/moneys, handles very well for a FWD shitbox.

[chickenstrip]

[Ol]

Banger toy fun...

https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/v/t1.0-9/10606026_10152618306673351_6573292566024857433_n.jpg?oh=9a2568cad6ca0b1519efb012d7a66e20&oe=54CEC021&__gda__=1418127117_4e40b0fd2fc10f8c57ac692ba055e8db
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Previous: Cub50, NRG50, TS50, YB100, CB125, NSR125, ZZR600, CBF1000, SV650s, ZX6R B1H, XT250, Mito Powered Crosser, WRF450, , FZ600, VN800, GSXR600 - Currently CB1000R

[MC]

[Clanger]

MkIII Micra.
Its not a shit-box. It's actually one of the quietest, most dependable car I've ever owned, and about £4k cheaper than the car I would have liked to have bought instead...
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[stinkwheel]

For personal transport, I had a sucession of shitbox rusty white vans for moving big stuff like motorbikes and going camping in.

Last one was a Vauxhall Midi which I paid £500 for, drove for 2 years, got a cheeky MOT for and sold again for £350.
https://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f216/stinkwheel/van/CIMG0734.jpg

Now I have a company van.
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I did the 2010 Round Britain Rally on my 350 Bullet. 89 landmarks, 3 months, 9,500 miles.

[Tamsin]

Currently 1993 VW polo 1.0. It needs to be on 2000 revs before it has the guts to move itself and struggles to hit 70 but it was cheap to buy and classic insurance.

I have agreed to buy a low mileage (for the age, 60,000) 1998 Pug 306 on Thursday though. 1.8 petrol, so the largest engine I've ever owned in a car and amazingly its in a cheaper insurance group than the 1.3 hyundai thats going to the tip soon...

[Ste]

[Tristan.]

I have a Mitsubishi Delica, Daihatsu Sportrak and Eunos Roadster.

Yet to meet anyone who knows what all three are.

[Ste]

[angryjonny]

[P.]

Honda Accord 1.8 with like 43k on it.

If you want a boring car, get one of these.

[N cee thirty]

had a Peugeot partner van, was alright...
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'00 Aprilia RS50 > '92 Honda CG > '99 Yamaha Fazer > '91 Yamaha RXS > '79 Suzuki X5 > 01' Honda Cg > 07' Honda Cg > 82' Kawasaki Z200 > suzuki gsxr 400 gk73a > honda vfr 400 NC30 Mod 2 Passed 09/06/2011

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