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Haha, well I'm thinking about doing it in July/August.
That would be awesome if you could help with that kind of stuff. Where in Germany are you?
Well, I was looking at something rather cheap, like a Ford Escort or something else from that era! I looked at them on mobile.de and there's many for just a few hundred Euros. Info is in German but I would assume they are roadworthy? I would something old and simple like that which can be easily fixed. I had some unfortunate experiences with the silver 2003 Ford Mondeo TDCi. I paid only £230 for the car in an ebay auction and it ran fantastic until the clutch went in Krasnodar in Russia. I was hit with a £700 bill to fix the clutch, which I had no choice but to just pay. Then I bought bad quality diesel fuel in Uzbekistan which damaged the fuel injectors and nobody there could fix it. So next time I thought I'll just go for something older and more simplistic. The Mondeo is still quite valuable in those countries so that means big bills when something goes wrong, unfortunately. Other cars that are popular in those areas I would consider like 90s Opel Astra, Vectra, Audi 100/A6 and VW Passat. There are so many of those around there that parts will be in abundance.
Haha I do indeed know that used cars in UK are some of the cheapest in the world, but unfortunately because we're so throw away, it's hard to find anything that's old and simple to fix here nowadays. I figured that a cheap flight to Germany and buying a car there would work out cheaper.
Thanks
P.S I found the rotting remains of a VW K70 here in the Scottish countryside. First one I've ever seen here to my knowledge.
That would be awesome if you could help with that kind of stuff. Where in Germany are you?
Well, I was looking at something rather cheap, like a Ford Escort or something else from that era! I looked at them on mobile.de and there's many for just a few hundred Euros. Info is in German but I would assume they are roadworthy? I would something old and simple like that which can be easily fixed. I had some unfortunate experiences with the silver 2003 Ford Mondeo TDCi. I paid only £230 for the car in an ebay auction and it ran fantastic until the clutch went in Krasnodar in Russia. I was hit with a £700 bill to fix the clutch, which I had no choice but to just pay. Then I bought bad quality diesel fuel in Uzbekistan which damaged the fuel injectors and nobody there could fix it. So next time I thought I'll just go for something older and more simplistic. The Mondeo is still quite valuable in those countries so that means big bills when something goes wrong, unfortunately. Other cars that are popular in those areas I would consider like 90s Opel Astra, Vectra, Audi 100/A6 and VW Passat. There are so many of those around there that parts will be in abundance.
Haha I do indeed know that used cars in UK are some of the cheapest in the world, but unfortunately because we're so throw away, it's hard to find anything that's old and simple to fix here nowadays. I figured that a cheap flight to Germany and buying a car there would work out cheaper.
Thanks
P.S I found the rotting remains of a VW K70 here in the Scottish countryside. First one I've ever seen here to my knowledge.