Ford Streetka and all smallish soft tops. Now considering Chevrolet or Suzuki,instead of Nissan

[screenman]

[QUOTE 4910258, member: 76"]Who me? No. Why would being VAT registered mean it was less convenient to make a quick sale?

Sell something for 900 today or keep it for 3 weeks and sell it for 1000, when the space could have housed 4 or 5 other cars each turning £300. Lose £1200 to make £150?

Fast turn around with a £300 profit 5 times a week rather than keep your stock static and make £450 twice a month is the business model of 2nd car dealers [/QUOTE]

I like your theory, you do not buy and sell cars for a living I guess, buying stock now is extremely difficult. That VAT bit would have taken 20% off of his margin.

 

[Piemaster]

What I can't understand is why people pay all that money for a convertible, roadster, cabrio or folding tin top, and then drive round with the roof up when it is sunny.

I rarely have the hood up at any time.
Not raining =hood down
Raining = leave in garage, use other car.

I am biased but if not for the 'new driver' thing I'd say a 916 Alfa Spider (or MX5). Nice to drive, look good and are probably about as cheap as they'll get as they head into enthusiast owned territory as weekend cars so a chance the survivors will be being looked after.

 

[Accy cyclist]

How about this? http://www.motors.co.uk/car-45843012/?i=1&m=sp

 

[AndyRM]

Micra with a fancy body kit.

Also considerably more expensive than the Ka...

 

[Accy cyclist]

Micra with a fancy body kit.

Also considerably more expensive than the Ka...

Which brings us round to this.http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2004-54-F...olet-Convertib-blue-57516-miles-/182696694940 I'm tempted. Like i said earlier in the thread, it's only a grand.

 

[gbb]

Anyone thought Peugeot ?
My daughter had the 206cc and loved it. 2 ltr mind, very gutsy but.maybe not so cheap to insure.
I wonder how 307cc's compare ?

She's on a Renault Megane convertible now, loves that too but it's heavy and particually economical...mind neither is my Astra hatchback.

 

[Drago]

The 307cc is not nice. Unreliable (remember when the one Clarkson bought on Top Gear caught fire?), the roof is prone to expensive problems, and there are no driprails so if you open a door in the rain you get a sheet of water rolling off the roof into your lap.

206cc roof also prone to issues, albeit the rest of the car is better.

 

[Bonefish Blues]

Which brings us round to this.http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2004-54-F...olet-Convertib-blue-57516-miles-/182696694940 I'm tempted. Like i said earlier in the thread, it's only a grand.

Tidy car. Buy it.

 

[Accy cyclist]

Tidy car. Buy it.[/QUOTE

It's a 105 miles from here to the seller though. How would i get there? Maybe he could meet me half way? It has a 10 month MOT,so that's a good selling point

 

[Accy cyclist]

Tidy car. Buy it.[/QUOTE

It's a 105 miles from here to the seller though. How would i get there? Maybe he could meet me half way? It has a 10 month MOT,so that's a good selling point

 

[Accy cyclist]

Tidy car. Buy it.[/QUOTE

It's a 105 miles from here to the seller though. How would i get there? Maybe he could meet me half way? It has a 10 month MOT,so that's a good selling point

 

[Bonefish Blues]

Only one way to find out.

 

[vickster]

Train? A lift? How would the seller get back. TBH if I was selling a cheap car and someone asked me to meet 50 miles away, I'd tell them politely no. Too many time wasters and crooks out there

 

[Bonefish Blues]

Train? A lift? How would the seller get back. TBH if I was selling a cheap car and someone asked me to meet 50 miles away, I'd tell them politely no. Too many time wasters and crooks out there

Indeed. 4 hours on the train from accrington to Mansfield. I did similar from Bicester to Scunthorpe to buy my current Volvo.

 

[vickster]

I travelled to Hull to buy a car in the past. My brother got his from Dundee, flew to Edinburgh, train to Dundee, drove back...that said I believe there were only something like 7 of that model made for the UK market!