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New Sun 4 Apr 10 14:43 
 The best? bargain used cars for £2000 - Dog
uk.cars.yahoo.com/30032010/36/bargain-cars-pound-2-000-0.html
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New Sun 4 Apr 10 18:02 
 The best? bargain used cars for £2000 - Stuu
I would have to say, my Charade is pretty good value at £2k :-)
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New Sun 4 Apr 10 20:12 
 The best? bargain used cars for £2000 - spamcan61
"The Ford Ka is possibly the ultimate best used car buy around. "

No way! well overpriced due to new / learner driver appeal, never mind the rust issues.

Doest the 1.8 rover 75 have the infamous K series in it? If so that'd be off my list tout suite.
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New Sun 4 Apr 10 20:17 
 The best? bargain used cars for £2000 - RattleandSmoke
The 1.8 is a K series. My customer bought one was quite delighted with it. The first thing I thought was he has been had. A few weeks later he was faced with a £2k bill for a new engine because the head gasket had gone and the head had already being skimmed so it could not be reskimmed.

The Ford Ka is quite a good buy but I would have thought a used Panda would make more sense because they don't rust.

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New Sun 4 Apr 10 20:23 
 The best? bargain used cars for £2000 - spamcan61
Ok I can't be bothered to go and check on Autotrader but I would think you'd get a better spec, Astra or similar for less money than a Ka, for that matter my last Vectra CDX cost about the same as a similar vintage Ka - but then the Vectra is hardly popular with learner drivers.
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New Sun 4 Apr 10 20:37 
 The best? bargain used cars for £2000 - Stuu
The Rover 75 to have is the diesel or if you must have the 1.8 petrol, you get the modified gasket put in so it doesnt happen again.
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New Sun 4 Apr 10 20:42 
 The best? bargain used cars for £2000 - spamcan61
This daft list specifically mentions the 1.8 turbo, probably the worst possible choice for reliability; maybe whoever wrote the list hasn't worked out why they're so cheap.
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New Sun 4 Apr 10 20:44 
 The best? bargain used cars for £2000 - Bellboy
i reckon the person that did this piece has a lot full of unsold lemons
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New Sun 4 Apr 10 21:29 
 The best? bargain used cars for £2000 - Dog
>>> i reckon the person that did this piece has a lot full of unsold lemons <<<

But ... The MX5 is a Peach you narner :)
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New Mon 5 Apr 10 10:13 
 The best? bargain used cars for £2000 - movilogo
The list is pretty much useless. I could only vouch for Astra (also MX5 to certain extent) if you're spending £2000.

£2k mark is no way near banger territory. Where are Nissan Sunny/Micra, Honda Civic/Accord, Ford Mondeo etc?

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New Mon 5 Apr 10 13:03 
 The best? bargain used cars for £2000 - madf
You can buy a FSH immaculate 15 year old Lexus for under £2k.

Far better than Autocar's list - written by an ignoramus or 23 year old spotty numpty?
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New Mon 5 Apr 10 13:37 
 The best? bargain used cars for £2000 - Dog
>>> You can buy a FSH immaculate 15 year old Lexus for under £2k <<<

But! How much would it cost to service & repair the damn thing compared to most of the cars mentioned
by said 23 year old spotty numpty?
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New Mon 5 Apr 10 14:20 
 The best? bargain used cars for £2000 - spamcan61
Probably less than a head gasket / engine for the 1.8 Rover.
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