[Closed] Big, daft, stupidly cheap cars: Recommendations please!

alfa 166

No.

Old, expensive to fix. It might be reliable, but probably isn't. If you want it as a gamble of a grand you can afford to lose on some fun, do it and join the AA. If you want cheap reliable cos you're skint, look elsewhere.

XM for me. A barge worth paying the upkeep on.

Ohhh Alfa!

Not sure about the parts prices, but very cheap to buy.
Old Jag's might be on the shortlist too.....

Jag XJ - just make sure the tyres are sound

Citroen CX

Has The Mighty Omega died?

I'd get the Merc and drive around pretending to be Idi Amin.

FSH Merc for a grand? I'd take it

No Harry, the Omega lives, but just once in your life, cruising around in a huuuuge gold Merc appeals so much. I might even put flags on the wings. I could arrange to have people assassinated too, any suggestions?

I could arrange to have people assassinated too, any suggestions?

There's one on here that needs bumping off.

There's an Audi A8 on Autotrader for £875, and a BMW 540 for a grand...

is the 500 the v8 or the v12?

old mercs, bmw 7 series, or for a left field choice, caddilac sts (v8 fwd??!). all had for under a bad of sand.

LS430

Any V8 Range Rovers in good nick within budget? Mate just bought a lovely Vogue diesel, 1996 for £1500

I was offered a mid 90s Mazda 6 type car with V6 for free. I said no 🙂

V8 5 litre saloon, 4 door, in gold as far as I know. Looks ti
dy, four owners and cheap.
S class, as far as I'm aware, slightly larger than Macclesfield.
Will do some research and report back, after I've bought it of course.

you can have my 850 t5 estate for 800 quid.

I bought a 1990 "Classic" XJ6 for £160 when I needed an automatic after some knee surgery.

Was wicked, but yeah, the rear tyres took a pounding, and the first gen back wheel only ABS was a bit twitchy on wet roads.

The only car I have literally doubled the value of by filling with fuel

I like your style and will wave if I see you. To be fair you'll be hard to miss.

Is 5 litres big enough?

About 10-15 years ago I looked into buying a 750 bmw, £50-£70,000 of car for £2000. I was going to buy one until a seller made the mistake of telling me it was £1000 for a set of tyres! They are a nice idea until something wears out or breaks which it will do sooner rather than later on a 30 year old car.

Buy the merc, don't be daft. Reliable? Have an Inbred.

What sort of mile are you thinking of doing ? a motor like that could up your weekly fuel bill from say £30-50 to £100/150 😯

Rusty, have you ever met my cousin Richard? he's the king of stupid cars, he's had just about everything in the sub-grand bracket - as it turns out he had an old merc recently, he got rid because of the price of repairing merc specific stuff...

I've had stupid cheap stuff, you may be able to get a V6 xantia if you do some research 🙂 or the peugeot did a coupe with the same engine

9-5 loads about & Vauxhall Parts.

molgrips -
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I was offered a mid 90s Mazda 6 type car with V6 for free. I said no

Xedos 9?

Maybe, not sure, don't remember.

You'll get an E39 535i for that money - like mine 🙂

My dad bought one of these in the 70s as the fuel price rocketed to about ten bob a gallon. Eventually ran it on Land Rover crossplies. 4.5litre V8, 220bhp with disc brakes all round. Limo dragster.

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Today I'd have an XM. 3 litre 24v V6.

Bez - Member
XM for me. A barge worth paying the upkeep on.
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Another Vote for Alfa 166 here 😉

A late production 2.9 Granada, has the 24 valve cosworth engine in it and if you can get hold of one of the 4x4 ones it handles and brakes really well for what it is, you can get bits everywhere as well.The Scorpio has stiffer,lower suspension and thicker anti-roll bars than the ghia, which is like trying to drive a mattress.

Don't get the 2.8, it's a lot less powerful and harder to tune up.

But I'd also happily buy the merc as well. I'm a bit daft for big old smokers.

Old jag XJs are brill till something in the engine block or top end goes wonky and those xk series engines can be a nightmare to sort if you don't really know what you're doing.

If you just want big then maybe think Van, MK1 Transit? If you want it to appreciate get the Diesel as the engine bay is big enough to take a straight 4 or the V6 from the post above.

MK 1 Transit?? can you still get them?

Rapidly becoming a classic, diesel bonnets seem worth their weight in gold (or at least copper)!

Sorry, but Alfa 166 or failing at a 156 v6. The latter I owned once before and it's much missed.

Rapidly becoming a classic, diesel bonnets seem worth their weight in gold (or at least copper)!

I had a campervan version of the MK I, but a petrol V4, so no lump in the bonnet.

Old Mercs rock! FACT.

You can pick up a nice V6 2.5 ltr Ford Cougar with x-pack/full leather interior for less than a grand. Most of the parts are interchangeable with a Mondeo.

Huge boot, reasonably quick, good handling. Great car.

Woody the cougar may be cheap but it looks horrendous, the merc has quite a bit of style about it.

Senator 3.0 v6

+1 XM

Renault Savnnah was that their luxury barge?

I like mine a lot - looks too + Jezzer Clarkson loved it and recommendation doesn't come any higher than that 8)

Some quite bizarre replies to this thread. Ford Cougar? 😯

If I was at a different point in my life I'd jump at an S500 for a grand.

Hmmn, Ford Cougar......

The fact that JC recommends it rules it out immediately.
The fact that no one bought one, it's as ugly as a hat full of monkey's bums and has the spares availability of one of these:
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also rules it out immediately.

I've currently got an Omega 2.2TD, so it has to be better built (difficult), just as reliable, bigger (if possible) and make me look like I run a stable of classy hookers.

Surely an Okha shares some spare parts with a Fieseler F103?

Get the Merc these people are mental!

A Merc of that age has a lot of parts to go wrong...and Merc parts ain't cheap.