Right after lots of searching for a nice condition car at about 2k I gave up, most were pretty used, patchy history if at all, in need of a service or tyres, most at some kind of dealer or another, but not the nice warm feeling of a warranty kind, just a bloke dealing from a lockup…
So I changed tack a little I went for a real cheap one (cheapest on Autotrader at the time), its a bit bashed about, but with a real nice history including a whole heap of bills and receipts, not just stamps in the book, a nice private owner that had run it for the last 4 years..
£900 got me this one, leaving me lots of breathing space for a few bits and bobs on it to tidy up. Now I just got to keep my fingers crossed and the breakdown number in my wallet!!
PS, this is just my runabout to work, not the main family car, so budget was important.