moff

Volvo 850R

s2konroids

I have always had a thing for Rover 75 CDTI's, i like them

Surely they should be available high mileage for around 1k?

jakesalter

Ooh no terrible cars. I had the unpleasant experience of having to drive one of those for a year with work. It still gives me nightmares now, just about everything you could imagine going wrong with a car, it did it in that year!

Nottm_S2

a couple of previous employers used to get 75s as hire cars back in the day.

they aren't very good at all.

my previous employers that is, the Rover is a deathtrap.

jakesalter

Pass on my deepest sympathy!

Bassoctopus

I got a 97plate Mitsibushi Galant 2.0l auto for

Guzzie

I bought a 4 door civic ek 1.5 and it gives great mileage (

MB

I think a Civic would be a very good bet.

Some thing Jap will be cheap to keep.

gaddafi

the value is in bigger engined cars

they are also more likely to have lots of toys and be a generally nicer place to be than a hatch

a small, cheap car is not somewhere I would want to spend much time

GarethB

That's kind of what I was thinking Pete.

Have my eye on a Saab 9000 Turbo at the minute.