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Mase

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21st Mar 08 at 13:14

I've got to get a car for this summer and I've got to start looking around now, because come may etc. i'll be doing exams so won't really have the time.....

SO, can anyone recommend a car, for around £1500 - £1800.

I'm after something as new as i can get for the money really, insurance isn't a major issue, but i don't want anything that'll cost me a small fortune to run. My commute is only about 15 miles or so a day, and i'll only probably be keeping it for the summer....

So far i've looked at:

Saxo VTR / VTS - but i've never been a big fan of the pedal arrangement, same goes for the 106 really.
Xsara VTS - plenty for your money
Corsa's - but i've had two already and driven both of my mums corsas so fancy a change
Pug 206 - 1.4 maybe, or a high mileage GTI or HDI
Pug 306 - dturbo, but tend to be higher milers....
Astras??
And last, but not least..... a rover 25! Seems like these are going for penny's now, i know about the head gasket issue, but i've seen some close to home for around 1300 notes with only 45,000 on the clock.

Question is, would i be rediculed for the rest of my days by going for a rover?

Can anyone think of anymore I could look at?

Cheers

[Edited on 21-03-2008 by Mase]

Mase

Scotty C

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Registered: 6th Nov 05
Location: Kidderminster Drives: 1.6 16v Sport
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21st Mar 08 at 13:18

Mk3 Astra GSi

[Edited on 21-03-2008 by Monster]

mk4_astra

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21st Mar 08 at 13:56

xsara vts, 306 gti6 engine iirc and for the reason you stated in your post

Ryk

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21st Mar 08 at 14:16

Get a Paxo, you can spend all your hard earned cash keeping it running and all your free time stoping it from leaking

Carl Gillespie

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Registered: 15th Feb 08
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21st Mar 08 at 15:06

YES, you would get forever bullied for buying a rover.

Get a megane coupe...there was one near me with 75k, it was 1.6 16v, black with full leather and it was an x reg for only...£1595!! Bargain!!

Mase

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21st Mar 08 at 15:42

I hadn't thought of the megane, cheers!

Mase

Carl Gillespie

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21st Mar 08 at 18:56

No problem.

I think they are really nice, well specced and cheap aswell but the clutch may feel a little bit heavy if your not used to renaults.

[Edited on 21-03-2008 by Carl Gillespie]

Sunz

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21st Mar 08 at 19:07

Tigra maybe.

carey

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21st Mar 08 at 19:08

my bf had a rover coupe and had done nearly 90000 and only had one head, and he thrashed it everywhere! Everyone took the p*ss for buying a grandad car but soon took it back when he got it slammed on 17s, looked mint imo!

Carl Gillespie

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21st Mar 08 at 19:17

My uncle replaced the head gasket on his 1999 416 saloon FIVE TIMES, then he sold it and the guy had to fit another one - which only lasted 3 days before expiring again. The car was then just scrapped with only 76000 miles on the clock.

carey

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21st Mar 08 at 19:19

ha ha asif well must bin lucky then!!

Carl Gillespie

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21st Mar 08 at 19:22

i think my uncle was probably just unlucky tbh - thats what you get for buying a rover lol.

he has a corsa vegas now though so all is well again.

mac1976

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21st Mar 08 at 19:26

rovers got a problem called head shake where the dowels that hold the head in place are plastic and they start to move cauing head gasket to go

Carl Gillespie

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21st Mar 08 at 19:40

So if these were tightened and maybe made of metal 1000's of rovers may have been saved??? lol

harrisp

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22nd Mar 08 at 01:36

quote:
Originally posted by Carl Gillespie
So if these were tightened and maybe made of metal 1000's of rovers may have been saved??? lol

Yep but rovers accountants realised they could save a few pennies per engine by doing it with plastic ones.
Same with the K series engines in freelanders too.

Adam-D

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22nd Mar 08 at 07:18

my mondeo estate

mac1976

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22nd Mar 08 at 21:22

quote:
Originally posted by Carl Gillespie
So if these were tightened and maybe made of metal 1000's of rovers may have been saved??? lol

when doing the head on these you buy a kit that had metal collars and a water pump , got to get the head skimmed to cause with it shakin about damages it and it wont start .

Mobby

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22nd Mar 08 at 21:32

i been in the rover 216 16v
and that was kinda nippy

LeeM

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22nd Mar 08 at 22:12

sure k series changed to brass dowels from factory at some point to solve hg problems?
my insurance quotes are going down by the day on the run up to my 21st so im getting a saxo vts. my mate has a vtr which hes never had a single problem with and no leaks at all. he's also upgrading to a vts soon

WU-TANG- DAN

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22nd Mar 08 at 22:35

its the rover k-series that have the head gasket issues.

other rovers and especially from the era of the Honda collaboration are just as reliable as most other cars out there.

RioVerde

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Registered: 23rd Apr 06
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23rd Mar 08 at 12:01

Proton,my mate from work has one 110,000 on the clock and never had a clutch in it hardly spent anything on it had since nearly new and he drives it like he stole it!!

Nismo

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23rd Mar 08 at 12:36

Civic

Twiggy

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23rd Mar 08 at 12:44

rover 200 Vi/Brm or Rover 25 GTi

My brothers Vi was fucking rappid!

davey_jack

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Registered: 28th Jan 06
Location: Horley, Surrey Drives: Clio 182
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23rd Mar 08 at 13:24

whats wrong with the car you got? surely for that sort of money you arent going to get anything much better than what you already have?

Mertin

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23rd Mar 08 at 14:05

Id go for the saxo vts, Iv just been in the same situation as you. Mk3 astra gsi's are becoming hard to find a good example and alot of the arches on them are rotten

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