Was all set after the sale of my Ph1 to get hold of a E34 M5. The old man went and had a look over a silver 1991 M5 and reported back it was in good condition and all in all a solid car. Great i thought id swing by Saturday and have a look at it with the intention of buying. Im not too sure what my dad had been smoking when he went to view it but the thing was a s*****r TBH. would of needed i reckon about 2k just to get it up to a level id be happy with. Went and looked at another that night and was in the same state really. To be fair i was a bit naive to think a sub £6000 M5 was going to be anything but a lot of work. Come Sunday after having lunch with some friends one reminded me im still to pay off a fairly sizable holiday that's due next month. So picking up any decent car at this point was a no no
So decided to save a bit of money over the coming months and for the time being buy a cheap runabout to keep me going. Car had to be under £1k have as much Tax and MOT as i could find, anything after that was a bonus. Looked at a couple of Fiesta's and a Focus, don't know why i only limited my options to the blue ovals but i knew with past experience the majority of them are fairly decent. Everything i looked at either was rusted to s**t or had no tax. Was driving round work and saw a silver Mondeo ST24 drive past with a sheet of paper in the back windows. Chased him down and had a good look round the car before phoning the chap. All looked very promising, 4 months Tax, 5 months MOT and only on 940000 miles. Better still he only wanted £900 for it. Phoned him up, took it for a test drive and offered him £800 and a deal was done
Its no minter, needs a proper wash, there bird dirt marks and a few dents and what would a Ford be without rust !
Needs a new front badge, the drivers seat needs looking at but what with the prices of a full interior on ebay being what they i might just buy another one and change the door card as that has started to come away. The IMRC needs moving as there are problems with them overheating and the brakes are woeful ! Needs a service and AC needs re-gassing.
For £800 its a hell of a lot of car. Its even got heated seats
So decided to save a bit of money over the coming months and for the time being buy a cheap runabout to keep me going. Car had to be under £1k have as much Tax and MOT as i could find, anything after that was a bonus. Looked at a couple of Fiesta's and a Focus, don't know why i only limited my options to the blue ovals but i knew with past experience the majority of them are fairly decent. Everything i looked at either was rusted to s**t or had no tax. Was driving round work and saw a silver Mondeo ST24 drive past with a sheet of paper in the back windows. Chased him down and had a good look round the car before phoning the chap. All looked very promising, 4 months Tax, 5 months MOT and only on 940000 miles. Better still he only wanted £900 for it. Phoned him up, took it for a test drive and offered him £800 and a deal was done
Its no minter, needs a proper wash, there bird dirt marks and a few dents and what would a Ford be without rust !
Needs a new front badge, the drivers seat needs looking at but what with the prices of a full interior on ebay being what they i might just buy another one and change the door card as that has started to come away. The IMRC needs moving as there are problems with them overheating and the brakes are woeful ! Needs a service and AC needs re-gassing.
For £800 its a hell of a lot of car. Its even got heated seats
