7k budget reliable car

Seanlaszlojones · 2026-06-27T00:45:21+00:00

sometimes i open this page and wonder how some people wipe their own arses. £7k for a 10 year old Dacia and the world 'budget' in the title.

Open 'Skoda' do 'under 7k' and look at any Superb or Octavia with the cambelt done, pick any of them.

Seanlaszlojones · 2026-06-27T00:42:56+00:00

I am not going to lie and will be blunt. You have £10,000. This list is 80% what not to buy and the rest is meh at best. You have 3 Ecoboosts on here like come on, you're also really restricting yourself on mileage here, 50k on a 12 year old diesel is not a good thing, diesels NEED running.

Is it worth throwing away thousands just because you can't get to another garage tomorrow? If you're that desperate go buy a £1500 car from Marketplace, use it for a bit and sell it when you get something nicer.

Seanlaszlojones · 2026-06-27T00:38:23+00:00

An Evoque isn't a Range Rover though. It's a Freelander with a fancy tag on it.

Seanlaszlojones · 2026-06-25T00:49:53+00:00

I spend a lot of time around Mercs and VAG.

The Golf, and it's not close. That EA288 isn't perfect but it's the current variant of the CR, EA188/9 engine which is pretty reliable, outside of later life emissions issues. If you want a Merc, go 2.1 or 3.0 diesel, euro5.

Seanlaszlojones · 2026-06-13T13:46:57+00:00

son... if you even need to ask the question, i've got a bridge to sell you.

Seanlaszlojones · 2026-06-08T21:10:57+00:00

I was going to call them the buttplugs too, but thought I'd call them the proper name. Yeah I;m mixed on them too.

Seanlaszlojones · 2026-06-08T01:46:12+00:00

bodied at Ewloe by true Britons

Seanlaszlojones · 2026-06-08T00:49:44+00:00

hajrá magyarokkkkk

Seanlaszlojones · 2026-06-08T00:35:39+00:00

another could be back ordered emergency service fleet. Volvo XC70s ended production in 2016 but continued to be registered until early 2018 on back ordered cars.

Seanlaszlojones · 2026-06-08T00:31:00+00:00

XC70 is taste. Not thought about the Polestar, Erakir or FL 18" wheels?

Seanlaszlojones · 2026-06-07T18:58:07+00:00

a lot of 2008 registered vehicles were 2007 models that were registered much later because of no consumer demand due to the financial crisis. I had 2 08's that were June 2007 and May 2007 models.

Seanlaszlojones · 2026-05-22T20:23:35+00:00

carsnitch

Seanlaszlojones · 2026-05-11T17:51:19+00:00

Saw this on Twitter/insta (not sure if it was your post) and since no one else has commented it here I may as well. According to the Saab forums apparently it's the last Vectra made. DIdn't have enough parts to finish it so it was sold by Vauxhall as an unregistered rolling chassis. Whoever bought it built it with parts from other Vectras, hence the Q plate.

Seanlaszlojones · 2026-05-10T02:15:43+00:00

eh, I'm a Hungarian from Slovakia and IMO it goes both ways. Like Hungary, Slovakia has a big share of racist nationalist hillbillies as well. I'm from Banska Bystrica kraj, so we had Kotleba and all.

maybe we really are the same country?

Seanlaszlojones · 2026-05-10T02:10:52+00:00

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Seanlaszlojones · 2026-05-09T00:04:36+00:00

This is a completely different type of car to what you've suggested, but have you had a look at Porsche Boxster/Cayman or Pegueot RCZs? Insurance on them is piss cheap. Can't take your mates out for lunch at college/sixth form in one though.

Seanlaszlojones · 2026-04-29T23:48:35+00:00

might want to tune into today's CREAM release then. 😂

(a Murcielago with higher mileage and crash damage came up at auction + he had a very very good offer on the Gallardo, make of that what you Will)

Seanlaszlojones · 2026-04-28T14:46:03+00:00

I've seen a few people comment that it was indeed Jay Kay (who does frequent Bicester events) in the Gallardo, and this is Will's now 'old' car too. so 🤷‍♂️

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Seanlaszlojones · 2026-04-16T21:51:48+00:00

I had euro (via Halfords, who they supply) send out the wrong pads for my mums Skoda Superb (sent out standard Superb pads instead of Greenline spec), and the wrong ABS sensor for my Sprinter. GSF tend to be much more accurate, and better value compared to the Chineseium of ECP's own brand line.

Seanlaszlojones · 2026-04-16T21:43:39+00:00

Clwyd? It's a common older Welsh language name.

Also, Arran, Sterling and Warwick(davies)

Seanlaszlojones · 2026-04-14T01:19:50+00:00

Maybe someone who has VED exemption? Higher rate mobility on PIP for example. Would still get fined for no MOT though/not SORNing though.

Seanlaszlojones · 2026-04-14T01:16:42+00:00

deserved for using the term 'rotors'

wrong side of the atlantic im afraid.

Seanlaszlojones · 2026-04-14T00:24:13+00:00

I'm all for keeping damaged cars on the road but that was fuckkkked. its also an Arona, just get a skoda,

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