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My skyline still being off the road atm, my daily shit box has decided to blow the headgasket (well the new gasket didnt reseal) again, and i CBF pulling it down again to redo my stuff up.

Quick n easy - Does anyone know of a cheap (like im talking ~$500) runabout that is reliable - yes there are reliable $500 cars out there.

I just need something to get me to uni n back 3x a week, so not expecting a XU1 thats been stored for the last 40years in mint. If you know of anyone who may have one, or have one yourself, then let me know asap.

Area doesnt matter, i cant get to most places, as long as it aint outback.

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There used to be a thread here with cheap cars going, but its died....wish it was still active...

Thanks for any help.

:P

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My family has an Escort that they would like to get rid of. I was driving it when my line was off the road. It's a 1300 Auto- Euro slow as #### but better than walking.

PM me if you're interested

http://www.nissansilvia.com/forums/index.p...howtopic=289662

cheap daily + u can slide slide slideeeeeeeeeee

that already sold bud, i tried to buy it for winter :P

have you tried a chemi-weld fix on you hack, it does amazing things my stanza went for at least another 10 months after using it!!

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