newbie auction/ebay

Honest John Back Room » Motoring discussion
View Threaded
Fri 27 Feb 2009 10:51
newbie auction/ebay - sooty123
hi, I need to buy a cheap car, £350 max, to use in a charity race. Having never bought at either before what is the best place to buy. I've hunted around on ebay, but I live in the countryside and bangers are few and far between and I work weird shifts so it can be a bit of a problem getting to see them. An auction is obviously risky but I can buy it and be gone in a couple of hours. Oh I've also got my eye on 1990 325 with 170k anyone ever owned one, anything to watch out for?
Reply | Report as offensive | Link
Fri 27 Feb 2009 12:03
newbie auction/ebay - oldnotbold
For charity races think simple cars;

Fiat Uno, Skoda Favorit, older Cavaliers, Mk2 Golf - in fact anything with a carb, not EFI, so that's 1990 or older.

Edited by oldnotbold on 27/02/2009 at 12:03

Reply | Report as offensive | Link
Fri 27 Feb 2009 12:24
newbie auction/ebay - FotheringtonThomas
There's a '95 Cavalier 2.0 on autotrader for three hundred quid.
Reply | Report as offensive | Link
Fri 27 Feb 2009 13:42
newbie auction/ebay - mike hannon
Where will this charity 'race' take place. Not on the road, I hope?
There are so many of these charity rallies these days it must be a cause of congestion in southern England, I should think.
Good luck anyway. I'd try to find an old Honda Accord or a Toyota Carina. Most of the bits are still likely to work and the engine would have to be in a pretty dire state not to function well enough to get you there.
Reply | Report as offensive | Link
Sat 28 Feb 2009 08:44
newbie auction/ebay - sooty123
went down to the auction last, it was hard at first to spot who was making the bids. Seemed a bit odd no-one wanted it be known they had made a bid. It was quite fun in the end, some cars were making very little saab 900 96 plate went for £250. Yes the race will take place on the road, I don't think there are that many races in S. England, we are only traveling through to europe.
Reply | Report as offensive | Link

Real MPG enables you to register the fuel economy you are actually getting against your make and model of car, its engine and type of transmission.

Every time you enter an average consumption figure against your car, the overall average automatically adjusts to reflect it.

Real MPG