Ossy Osbournes 745i Schnitzer

  Rob you are definately sick!, but you are in good company

Edited by Hiabboy

Absolutely!
When a running car owes you £60, it's got to be
good news.

N.B - the N reg Laguna went into the crusher the
same day as they collected it. What IS the world
coming to?

I almost feel guilty, and a bit sorry for the thing. I
would have thought they would have let other
Renault owners pick some bits off it. What a waste.

schnitzer wrote: My friend buys cars for his own use for around £300, he calls them disposable cars as he runs them for as long as they last, with the most minimum repairs, then scraps them. He works in the construction industry and spends alot of time on building sites hence the need for a banger. However from a business point of view (you may sell cars for £300 as a business) then this would worry me. (Note this weeks new laws governing the sale of goods....). £300 car sales + sales to the public + sale of goods act = for me this equals a great deal of trouble...Do think very carefully. Take your buying cost out of the £300 sale plus your overheads then you need to sell quite a lot of cars to make a decent living...the more you sell the more trouble you may get...

£300 cars are invariably dodgy (a rule than an exception, before you start blabbering) -- cooked up MOT,  choking emissions, bits and bolts loosely held together, perhaps stolen or even "rescued" from scrapyard by a wannabe "ethusiast" and patched up arbitrarily.  Hence the tightening of laws to get rid of this menace and save the environment and protect our lives !

problem is, there are many that can't afford to go and buy a car for a few £1k's so have to resort to buying and maintaining 'cheap' cars. Are they (the laws) then saying that you have to spend a fortune (loan, finance of some sorts) in order to have a car? And if you can't do this, you cannot have one? I know many people that buy and run a 'cheap' car, and maintain it purely by themselves. Perhaps they need to tighten the yearly checks to ensure the cars that are on the road are 100% roadworthy! Despite the licensed MOT stations, it is still quite easy to get a dodgy Mot!

 I' ve made a profit in an e23 related deal !!!!!!!. A friend of mine runs a garage in south east london and loves a challenge , a bahama beige 745i (the one with Hartge bits that was in one of the bmw mags a few years ago) was dropped off to him barely running. The car had been at a specialist for nigh on 2 years trying to cure a running(not) problem. I went mob handed with an afm, ecu and a turbo ecu, when my turbo ecu was fitted it roared into life and ran. A new ecu from bmw is £480+ and backorder, i told him i'd sell mine but only if i found another, wo behold 6 injectors turn up in germany on ebay, i pm the seller and ask has he by any chance a turbo ecu and an afm, he replies that he has. A deal was done and now i have all the mechanical bits (and 4 spare injectors) for my blue car . I sold the ecu to my mate for the bahama beige turd and the price i got paid for the ecu, afm , injectors and shipping and left me change for some water based lubricant for when i go 'cruising' in my z3.......

Edited by Hiabboy

LOL Hiabboy,

I never thought the day would come when someone would surpass me in the "pecking order" of bu*lsh*tting!

I bequeath thee altar to thy supreme...hail Haibboy the supreme

M3AG wrote: problem is, there are many that can't afford to go and buy a car for a few £1k's so have to resort to buying and maintaining 'cheap' cars. Are they (the laws) then saying that you have to spend a fortune (loan, finance of some sorts) in order to have a car? And if you can't do this, you cannot have one?  quite easy to get a dodgy Mot!

"The law" is saying your life is worth more than £300: dont go around filling the pockets of dodgy traders of your hard earned money and get a junk piece of metal that might be lethal !

I dont think the law has a problem with wannabe enthusiasts ...as long as they know how to stack bits of metal on four wheels  that will hold together sensibly!

Stringent roadworthy test, perhaps...meanwhile a deadicated lane for £300 quid motors might be a compromise

Steady on chaps... sit yourselves down with a pot of tea and a packet of ginger nuts because here is an example of what can be achieved with £300 .....

I can think of no better chick magnet than this, its a Low Rider with shaved door handles and full custom job. Whoever customised this car should have been on medication. BTW, the owner of the house in the background has gone into hiding.

http://www.topgear.com/content/fun_stuff/carbage/carbages/31 /04/

Have a look at Skoda's version of the Chelsea tractor as well....

suspension mountings failed the MOT Horsey?

Oh dear! Perhaps some hydraulic suspension to lower it to the ground? Waste of money personally!!

Paul