Mattp
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A comment in another thread made me smile... Bangernomics... which made me wonder... I'm rolling with the millionaires club here, we all have some association with Maserati, but there is a scary large number of people that seem to have a choice of hand made, exotic weekend toys,
Lets dial it back to simpler days... where whole cars cost less than an oil change! what has been your most cost effective automobile...
Mine is easy! a car I really enjoyed, but which was totally boring - an 80's Volvo 340
I Live in NE Essex, back in the 90's Colchester Car Auctions (as it was known then) had their Thursday night shed night! this was a regular pilgrimage for us cash strapped dreamers - there were some real treats were to be had there! (735i for a couple of hundred quid! but that isn't the car for today)
Towards the end of the night a little white G reg Volvo 340 came rolling in, it had a towbar, MOT and some tax! the bidding started at the heady highs of £50 or so... bidding was far from manic and I ended up buying the car for about £25! after Auction fees I think it workout at between £35-50.
In the cold light of day, the car was amazingly clean, straight and sound, it had sunroof, electric windows and all 4 hubcaps our idea was to utilise the towbar to throw boats in the sea, which it did, It ended up being my daily after my company car went away, the thing just went on and on till one fateful day... someone pulled out of a junction into the side of it - sad times... the insurance man wrote it off for a dent in the door and rear wing. I jumped at the first offer (bad form I know! but it was something ridiculous like £500!) I was also left with the disposal of the thing - the dent was superficial, so it soldiered on for another year or two before, one day, driving along, the engine just stopped working (It had never been serviced in my owernership!) so it went to car heaven, but not before the scrapyard gave me £50! the perfect car circle... I think all in it was several years of driving that actually cost me nothing!
What are your stories?!
Lets dial it back to simpler days... where whole cars cost less than an oil change! what has been your most cost effective automobile...
Mine is easy! a car I really enjoyed, but which was totally boring - an 80's Volvo 340
I Live in NE Essex, back in the 90's Colchester Car Auctions (as it was known then) had their Thursday night shed night! this was a regular pilgrimage for us cash strapped dreamers - there were some real treats were to be had there! (735i for a couple of hundred quid! but that isn't the car for today)
Towards the end of the night a little white G reg Volvo 340 came rolling in, it had a towbar, MOT and some tax! the bidding started at the heady highs of £50 or so... bidding was far from manic and I ended up buying the car for about £25! after Auction fees I think it workout at between £35-50.
In the cold light of day, the car was amazingly clean, straight and sound, it had sunroof, electric windows and all 4 hubcaps our idea was to utilise the towbar to throw boats in the sea, which it did, It ended up being my daily after my company car went away, the thing just went on and on till one fateful day... someone pulled out of a junction into the side of it - sad times... the insurance man wrote it off for a dent in the door and rear wing. I jumped at the first offer (bad form I know! but it was something ridiculous like £500!) I was also left with the disposal of the thing - the dent was superficial, so it soldiered on for another year or two before, one day, driving along, the engine just stopped working (It had never been serviced in my owernership!) so it went to car heaven, but not before the scrapyard gave me £50! the perfect car circle... I think all in it was several years of driving that actually cost me nothing!
What are your stories?!