WTB: Cheap Diesel Estate

[WildCards]

The 405 D Estate that I had bought suffered head gasket failure a couple of days ago, so all weekend i've been arguing with the guy I bought it from to get my money back. I eventually have and I'm now on the look out for something diesel, in estate form and CHEAP to buy(up to £800) and run (fuel & parts).

I'm searching in all the usual places but if anyone knows anyone, or sees anything around that might suit my needs i'd appreciate a heads up.

[ritch_w]

The 405 D Estate that I had bought suffered head gasket failure a couple of days ago, so all weekend i've been arguing with the guy I bought it from to get my money back.


Thats pants Steve..../Grrr

hope you get some or all your dosh back

have you talked to trading standards or Citizens advice bureux?

[g6acb]

I spy with my little eye.... a grey VW Passat M reg estate 1.9TDi on autotrader in Leicester - 115k £795

I'd post a link but Autotrader is playing silly bugger$.... you should be able to find it from description above

I ran a petrol J reg Passat Saloon for over a year - picked it up for 300 squid - it was the cheapest car to run I have ever owned , yes things went wrong with it, German/Swedish/French and a load of independent specialists around.... car was a great learning experience in terms of DIY mechanics and dead easy to work on

Masses of space (especially legroom in the back - used to put Mountain Bike in the space between front and back seats)


Would also see if you could squeeze and audi 80 estate out of your budget

[WildCards]

Cheers Adrian, i'm onto it.


oh, good holiday?

[g6acb]

Cheers Adrian, i'm onto it.


oh, good holiday?

Cracking thanks, although you've not been having such a good run by the sounds of things:5shots:

[WildCards]

err, no.


Ritch, I managed to get £275 back, for some reason he wouldn't let go of the final £25. So i'll be superglueing all the locks, and putting some water in the tank before he takes it back tomorrow.

Arguing over £25 FFS, I was gobsmakced this afternoon.

[ritch_w]

err, no.


Ritch, I managed to get £275 back, for some reason he wouldn't let go of the final £25. So i'll be superglueing all the locks, and putting some water in the tank before he takes it back tomorrow.

Arguing over £25 FFS, I was gobsmakced this afternoon.

at least u got that back and its his problem now!, £25 for a weeks use aint bad - u wouldnt get a hire car for that!

[WildCards]

2 days use unfortunately, plus a tank of juice of which most is left, a replacement coolant pipe and i'll incur admin fees for cancelling the insurance. I stand to lose around £100 for this bloke being an arse.

I had been quoted £400 to get the gasket replaced and all the surrounding work, I asked him to pay half which would have been ideal for me TBH but he wouldn't do it.

[zafUK]

Hi

i have a 2001 Y reg peugeot 306 1.9 diesel meridian silver estate if interested. slighly higher then your budget, thought i'lle ask anyway. has half leathers full electric pack and has long tax & test. pm me if interested..



The 405 D Estate that I had bought suffered head gasket failure a couple of days ago, so all weekend i've been arguing with the guy I bought it from to get my money back. I eventually have and I'm now on the look out for something diesel, in estate form and CHEAP to buy(up to £800) and run (fuel & parts).

I'm searching in all the usual places but if anyone knows anyone, or sees anything around that might suit my needs i'd appreciate a heads up.

[bradc]

At least a 2001 model is nice and new for you Steve :)

Bummer your 405 screwed up, but hopefully you'll find something better out there.