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what car for 4k

Definately shop around, i got my 1991 silver S2 for that price ! it's a high miles car at 160k but has only needed a couple of things needing done straight away - major service, ball joint and timing belts, gear linkage was my own choice to get done, but for £100 was well worth it imho.


Good luck, it's a great time to buy in January, haggle lots.
 
I think I would look for a 2.7 Lux for £3K and leave myself £1K for that first run of things that need doing.
 
Look for one with as little rust as possible (or even non!)

You can fix the oily bits over time, but the tin worm never goes away once it's in there!
 
i would hope no rust at all. is the 2.7 litre better than the 2.5? which gives better acceleration, can a mint example be found for 4k?

thanks.
 
Johm Simms got it spot on, leave yourself at least £1000 to get it serviced and cover any niggles that you will inevitably find, there probably will be some niggles but they need not cost that much to get fixed or fix yourself.

A major service, couple of tyres and a few bits n bobs soon adds up to £1000.

As for 2.7 or 2.5, i'll leave that to those that know as opposed to my opinion.
 
Spend less than 4K and leave money in the pot for things going wrong. A 2.5 is simpler cheaper to fix. My own 100,000 mile immaculate example cost £2500 18 months ago, all bills and MOT's etc.. A balancer belt fell off costing £700 to fix at a specialist, a normal garage can't do this so budget for it on any car you buy. and the clutch delaminated, they are half rubber you know, costing around £1000. The clutch parts alone are over £350. They are not really DIY cars like 924's so keep some money aside.

 
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