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Looking for a car for under £100

As long as it works and has four wheels/four doors/seatbelts/airbags and is more than 1.2L with less than like 100k miles.

Which one should I go for?

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That's a bit steep for the price range
Reply 4
Guys lets be serious for a moment. `I am not looking for a toy car. Surely there are some really old cars for less than like £100?
Original post by 24kmagic
As long as it works and has four wheels/four doors/seatbelts/airbags and is more than 1.2L with less than like 100k miles.

Which one should I go for?

You are expecting a lot from 100 quid car. Remember adding all the costof insurance will be high for any type of car. Get at least a decent car for 1000 Quids or even 500 if you want to spare some change for insurance . get a Toyota Yaris or an old Lexus Ls400 like 1996 one, which you can easily accuire for 1000 bucks.
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Reply 6
If you stretch your budget a little, maybe go for a year 2000 ford focus
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Original post by Rexar
If you stretch your budget a little, maybe go for a year 2000 ford focus


What sort of money are we talking about? £130 or like £500
are you thinking straight
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Original post by 24kmagic
What sort of money are we talking about? £130 or like £500


Idk like £300
But the thing is, if you are looking for a car under £100 it is bound to be very old. With this being said, old cars will have a lot more mileage (problably over 100,000 miles) so you may have to decide whats more important, cost or milage
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Original post by Mr. Petrol Head
You are expecting a lot from 100 quid car. Remember adding all the costof insurance will be high for any type of car. Get at least a decent car for 1000 Quids or even 500 if you want to spare some change for insurance . get a Toyota Yaris or an old Lexus Ls400 like 1996 one, which you can easily accuire for 1000 bucks.


£1000 is totally out of my price range though :frown:

I was just planning to drive without insurance tbh so I have that bit covered.
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Original post by Rexar
Idk like £300
But the thing is, if you are looking for a car under £100 it is bound to be very old. With this being said, old cars will have a lot more mileage (problably over 100,000 miles) so you may have to decide whats more important, cost or milage


Ah ok £300 is possible but difficult. Isn't the car basically worthlesss after 100k miles? I have never seen a single car with that many miles lol
Original post by 24kmagic
£1000 is totally out of my price range though :frown:

I was just planning to drive without insurance tbh so I have that bit covered.


How about a 90s Honda Civic , these are dirt cheap and reliable. You can get a good beater for 200 or so.
Reply 13
Original post by 24kmagic
Ah ok £300 is possible but difficult. Isn't the car basically worthlesss after 100k miles? I have never seen a single car with that many miles lol


Yeah I would not go for one over 100k miles lol. Probably stretch to £300 if you can
Original post by 24kmagic
As long as it works and has four wheels/four doors/seatbelts/airbags and is more than 1.2L with less than like 100k miles.

Which one should I go for?


gumtree for cars between £80-£120; https://www.gumtree.com/search?search_category=cars&search_location=uk&q=&min_price=80&max_price=120

I couldnt find much but thats where Id go if i wanted a car at £100, maybe youll get lucky and find a car from a drug addict who is forced to sell cheap.
Original post by 24kmagic
£1000 is totally out of my price range though :frown:

I was just planning to drive without insurance tbh so I have that bit covered.


Watch this Carthrottle video, you will love it!
https://youtu.be/cU6Ulg5Wvac
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Original post by DylanJ42
gumtree for cars between £80-£120; https://www.gumtree.com/search?search_category=cars&search_location=uk&q=&min_price=80&max_price=120

I couldnt find much but thats where Id go if i wanted a car at £100, maybe youll get lucky and find a car from a drug addict who is forced to sell cheap.


Are they not £80-120 per month?
Original post by Rexar
Are they not £80-120 per month?


yea most are, i couldnt see how to only search for buying the car for £80-£120 but if you flick through the pages you find the odd car to buy eg on 2nd page "too good to scrap" https://www.gumtree.com/p/renault/too-good-to-scrap-/1215617310
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Original post by DylanJ42
yea most are, i couldnt see how to only search for buying the car for £80-£120 but if you flick through the pages you find the odd car to buy eg on 2nd page "too good to scrap" https://www.gumtree.com/p/renault/too-good-to-scrap-/1215617310


Hey that's a good find! Meets all of the OP's specification points

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