My new wheels :)

[Bofh5]

£400 lighter but 1 previous owner 3 months tax + 9 months mot and had nearly a grand spent on it in the past 6 months so fingers crossed
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[cal91]

Engine?
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[Bofh5]

no just an elastic band

1.4 so cheap tax after my 2.0 litre mondeo days.
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[cal91]

lol goood.
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[OssY]

Dagenham dustbin seems to be riding a bit high.

[Flip]

A grand spent on it in 6 months just to keep it running and then sells it for less than half what it cost to run? Oops.

[Bofh5]

from the paperwork it was a woman owner who spent out getting all the usual bits replaced on a car that age.
Cam belt
clutch
bushes
etc
etc

even if it only lasts 6 months then it will be cheaper than leasing one.
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[cal91]

You guys are missing the point.

£400? with MOT, maybe tax and its a motor that is big enough for a familt and has cheap insurance?

You can't go wrong, even if it does breakdown in 6 months.
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[Flip]

Had my cynical head on. I know a lot of people that do that and if they get 6-12 months from it they're happy. Could actually be the best way to run a car.

[Bofh5]

i looked in to several ways to get another car as my mondeo was going to cost hundreds to pass the next MOT.

i tried the scrappage scheme but its a bit of a con and even for a tiny citroen c1 it would have been £195 a month !

Leasing was £500 + £99 a month so not worth it either.

This way i got a car with 3 months toad tax and 9 months mot. So even if it fails the mot in 9 months i'm quids in.
Plus i only use the car once or twice a week to go shopping and drop my son off at the my ex's sometimes.

The fact that this has had most of the major consumables replaced is a bonus.
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[Flip]

Don't get me wrong I hope it's a little gem. I just naturally see the bad in everything to begin with.

[Bofh5]

No offence taken i kept thinking the same but i have some mechanical knowledge and went over and under the main points for anything serious.

Its a gamble buying cars this way but i then when i bought my first car after moving to Reading 10 years ago it was brand new and developed an engine management fault 3 weeks later and kept trying to kill people !

Will keep the BCF updated on how i fair and if you dont hear from me then you were right and i'm in a morgue
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[JonB]

I dunno why but I still find that shape Escort really attractive. IMO the older Focus looks more dated than that.
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