Vauxhall Omega Estate

[anonymous-user]

I’m looking to buy a cheap estate for tip runs, taking the dogs the park and shopping trip. I’ve found an Omerga that looks okay. Any advice:

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202208138...

[randlemarcus]

I'm usually approving of a shed estate, but that's verging on too cheap. Once the trader costs in a flimsy warranty, and a quick sponge, there's no point selling it, unless he inherited it from his grandad. Eyes wide open.

[SlowV6]

Maybe, just maybe if the seller put 12 months MOT on it. It has a short MOT (Feb next year) and the recent tests are pretty woeful. It is clearly rotten and I would be doubtful it would pass another one.

I would pass on that personally unless the miraculous-backstreet-garage-clean-MOT-on-a-rustbucket fairy waves her wand over it.

[Roboticarm]

It's literally rotten along one side, there are better sheds out there

[anonymous-user]

Roboticarm said:

It's literally rotten along one side, there are better sheds out there

Any you would recommend? Around £1500.

[757]

Mr.Nobody said:

Any you would recommend? Around £1500.

Vectra estate

[fflump]

Mr.Nobody said:

I’m looking to buy a cheap estate for tip runs, taking the dogs the park and shopping trip. I’ve found an Omerga that looks okay. Any advice:

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202208138...

You'll spend the same again on fuel every 2000 miles if you use it for driving round town.

[LayZ]

2005ish Accord estate Petrol. Cheap, big and simple.

[anonymous-user]

I’ve found this Honda:

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202210090...

Subaru:

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202208188...

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202206206...

[LayZ]

Stop looking on autotrader for £1500 snotters. FB Marketplace, eBay and Gumtree is where it's at.

[MattyD803]

[quote=Mr.Nobody]I’ve found this Honda:

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202210090...

If you want to pop dogs in the back and do the occasional tip run, you wanted the tourer, not the saloon.

If you can find a nice low owner 2.0 petrol tourer within budget, you are laughing.

[757]

LayZ said:

Stop looking on autotrader for £1500 snotters. FB Marketplace, eBay and Gumtree is where it's at.

Not necessarily, picked up a proper good "snotter" Vauxhall on AT, part ex to clear for £1k from dealer, so not always bad.

FB is the pits sometimes, dealing with utter oddballs, but may get lucky, part the reason I ain't on there no more.

[anonymous-user]

I’ve seen the rust. You would have to see it in person to look at how bad it is. You don’t see many of them and it’s basically a cheap mode of transportation for work and weekends. I’ve also found a Saab 9-5

https://www.gumtree.com/p/saab/saab-9-5-estate-200...

[SlowV6]

Pretty sure post March 2006 9-5 autos are high VED. Manuals are still the lower rate.

[ingenieur]

Mr.Nobody said:

I’ve seen the rust. You would have to see it in person to look at how bad it is. You don’t see many of them and it’s basically a cheap mode of transportation for work and weekends. I’ve also found a Saab 9-5

https://www.gumtree.com/p/saab/saab-9-5-estate-200...

And they drink like a sailor on shore leave

[anonymous-user]

SlowV6 said:

Pretty sure post March 2006 9-5 autos are high VED. Manuals are still the lower rate.

They are. Hard trying to find a manual. I wouldn’t mind an auto tbh.

[LayZ]

Here you go, found it

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/394289544425

[anonymous-user]

LayZ said:

Here you go, found it

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/394289544425

That’s nice tbh.

[PurpleFox]

This is what you need:

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202210140...

[anonymous-user]

What about a Subaru;

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/204071279205?mkcid=16&a...