La vache espagnole Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 [serious] Do you think this would be a good car for me to consider buying? It just squeezes into my budget and should require a minimum of fettling (a Good Thing considering I am mechanically dyslexic).* People are trying to dissuade me (or at least make me have second thoughts), it's for my own good, they think . I know if there is anywhere that I can be sure of a sensible, rational answer, this is the place. [/serious] * It is also green and clammy, which seems rather appropriate... nothing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Area Representative Golf Juliet Tango Posted January 28, 2008 Area Representative Share Posted January 28, 2008 [serious mode]Yes, why not? You do not need vast power reserves to have tremendous fun on the roads of the UK. You will be able to keep up most of the time. OK there will be times, when there is a hill and an open road when you will get left, but that would also be true for me in GJT (SuperSprint may have been true in 1996 or before...) Ready to use is a very good qualification in any car. [/serious mode] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
La vache espagnole Posted January 28, 2008 Author Share Posted January 28, 2008 Serious *eek* Did I really write that? Must be unwell, got to have a lie down... nothing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Area Representative Golf Juliet Tango Posted January 28, 2008 Area Representative Share Posted January 28, 2008 Yes Mark - you started it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTD Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 Seems a bit pricey to me at 10k for a 5 owner car? He doesn't give an age for it - must be well over five years old? Am I just being grumpy after a long day travelling? I refuse to be pigeon-holed - well, not on the first date anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Debert Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 The PH ad link says it's 1995 - so 12 y/o £10k for a 1400 cheese monster seems a fairish price with all the boxes ticked (FIA, billies, minilites, new battery & starter, etc) Wish i had £10k hanging around *arrowright*Get a Mosaic Poster of YOUR car and help Nuke the Leuk here *arrowright*Pictures here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Village Idiot Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 If you like it buy it, I've never thought that these cars should be bought with a 'serious' mind. The two times I've bought a 7 I wasn't even really looking it was just something that I fancied and thought would kinda fit in with my life, both times I made one phone call saw the car and knew within 30 seconds of seeing it I was going to buy it without even driving the thing. Both times I have ended up with the perfect 7 for me at that time 😬. Don't worry about the market/depreciation you won't loose bucket loads on a second hand 7 just make sure the condition is right and it has had some TLC. Now when you get it don't drive like a loony and end up in court and locked away from your friends and have the weasels take over Toad Hall Dickie PS just to add I think I still have one more 7 to buy, when funds/driving skill allows Dickie Every dirty job dirty dick does!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wile7 Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 Flared wings......... 🥰 .......it would be rude not to take the plunge 😬 Dave Ardley. White Xflow with Clams The Bearded Clams King Clam Of Clam Hill! NEW Updated Photos here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Mav Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 Go for it Meeeesta. Great starter car for you Great to see you back here 😬 Viv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CageyH Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 Someone mentions flared wings, and Wile appears 😳 Only dead fish go with the flow....! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claire Voyant Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 I agree with GTD - car fine, price a bit high. Nothing to loose by negotiating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
La vache espagnole Posted January 28, 2008 Author Share Posted January 28, 2008 Thanks for the encouragement Not exactly told you everything - I was in the area yesterday so I had a brief look at the car (well, it was after dark so it would be truer to say I had a feelof it - and very lovely it felt too 🥰). Like Richard I wasn't looking for one at all, when I came across one the other week and couldn't resist arranging to see it. But it went before I got there ☹️, 5 days after going on sale. Now was that car underpriced at £11k? (1996 1.4K SS, 26500 miles, 6sp, LSD, 13" 8-spoke alloys, c/f front wings, quick rack, QR wheel, S-type trim, with outdoor cover and a half-hood)... ...Or is this one overpriced at £10k? (1995 1.4K (non-SS), 42000 miles, 5sp, 14" minilites, flares ( ), new battery and starter motor but fewer goodies). Seller seems 100% genuine which is a big plus. Have told him I'd call back about returning at the weekend for a proper look. Looking for an everyday-usable touring/blatting car with 100-140bhp that isn't going to demand more than the usual maintenance. Not got lots of dosh 😳 however, I could liberate £10k from what I have been saving for a sunny day. nothing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
La vache espagnole Posted January 28, 2008 Author Share Posted January 28, 2008 Oh, missed Rollbar's message. Food for thought, thanks . Talking of food for thought, where did I put those chocolate Hobnobs...? Ooh, missed Viv too! Hello Viv (must read a bit slower and stop missing out the important bits!) nothing... Edited by - MisterToad on 28 Jan 2008 22:08:41 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StEVEN Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 Mister Toad, your first return post was in a 2005 thread.. the person you posted after in that thread was a Rich Watson and it just so happens that his car is for sale and exactly what your looking for how about a 2004 for 11k here Spooooooooooky Edited by - StEVEN on 28 Jan 2008 22:09:21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wild bill Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 i thought this was nicely put together here decisions decisions toady Starngely my nickname in my village is Mister Toad.........can't think why Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
La vache espagnole Posted January 28, 2008 Author Share Posted January 28, 2008 Spooooooooooky [shudder]Cripes *eek*![/shudder] That's a jolly nice 🥰 car StEVEN and great value, but I'd prefer one with a few nods towards touring/comfort (like a windscreen)... Likewise the blue crossflow is rather tasty. Just a bit too focused (I think I prefer them a little bit fuzzy round the edges 😳) nothing... Edited by - MisterToad on 28 Jan 2008 22:37:53 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 MisterToad - find a little bit more and go for this one 😬 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
La vache espagnole Posted January 30, 2008 Author Share Posted January 30, 2008 😬 😶🌫️ Hello Lee nothing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
La vache espagnole Posted February 2, 2008 Author Share Posted February 2, 2008 😬 😬 😬 😬 [pause for breath] 😬 😬 😬 😬 nothing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Village Idiot Posted February 2, 2008 Share Posted February 2, 2008 Have you got one then 🤔 Every dirty job dirty dick does!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
La vache espagnole Posted February 2, 2008 Author Share Posted February 2, 2008 Poop-poop 😬 Not quite yet. Drove it, negotiated a price, now counting pennies. 😬 Poop-poop nothing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
La vache espagnole Posted February 2, 2008 Author Share Posted February 2, 2008 La la la la la la la la... Fingers in my ears, can't hear those Welshies blethering about being better at chasing people round a field... La la la la la la la la... Anygrin you can grin I can grin better: 😬 😬 😬 😬 😬 😬 😬 😬 😬 😬 😬 😬 [gasp] nothing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delbert Posted February 2, 2008 Share Posted February 2, 2008 😬 😬 😬 😬 😬 😬 Eng 19 Wales 26 ... EAT MY DRAGON RED SHORTS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Village Idiot Posted February 2, 2008 Share Posted February 2, 2008 Well what spec is it 🤔 How well did it go 🤔 How well did it steer 🤔 Have you measured how big your grin was 🤔 Tell me more Every dirty job dirty dick does!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
La vache espagnole Posted February 2, 2008 Author Share Posted February 2, 2008 Oh it's a little one, with a small cheesy engine and sticky rubbery tyres and the shiny bits are nice and shiny and the engine goes vrooooooom and when the bloody traffic stopped holding me up it was a hoooooooooooot and it was like nothing I ever drove before and I love the way it squirmed when I powered out of a roundabout and... [breathless] 😬 It's green (like a toad) 😬 The wings are kind of clammy (like a toad) 😬 It catches flies (like a toad) Which is: I am no good at describing tecknickle things, but it was the one I mentioned at the beginning of the thread. And we agreed on £9250 which I think is a fair price nothing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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