Ok, so I have bought cars for £500 or less but they turned out to be bangers and was so long ago that the £500 would be a lot more in todays money.
In 2016 our local Nissan dealership got hold of some unregistered Nissan Notes and offered them for £9995 plus a £500 fuel voucher. The condition was that they had to register the cars for 1 day. The list price was £16k but of course there were discounts. Still, a true cost of £9,500 was a bit of a steal.
10 years later we still have the car. Apart from normal consumables - fuel, tyres, wipers and servicing etc, the only extra we have had to spend on was one light bulb and one ball joint dust cover.
The car is worth about £3,000 so £650 per year so far isn't too bad.
Cheap motoring in what is quite a driveable small car.
Shame they don't make them any more.
Hope it lasts a while longer - touch wood.
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Not quite that good...
Bought a Kia Venga from a neighbour whosw wife had her licence taken away.
June 2022 £2000
Plus 4 new tyres, new track rod ends and rear shock absorbers all done immediately.
They lived down a very rough lane,,
1 brake light bulb and 1 brake light switch.
3 mot's since and 1 oil change and 1 oil change with a service.
Excluding the maintenence about the same cost. Brilliant second car for SWMBO and great for recycling tip runs.
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Bought a Austin Maxi years ago from a old boy for £20.! He sold it because it ran rough, turned out to be a totally clogged air filter, I ran it around for a couple of years with no trouble, think I part exchanged it for a mk2 granada?
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Nissan Note - Our cheapest car per annum in real terms - ORB>>
