and i ended up with a vw polo
the vulva broke down in bath, and with 2 of us, lots of luggage, and no way of getting home at 6pm on a sunday, i popped into the first newsagents i found and got a free-ads paper. underlined all the cars under £200 in bath, phoned them up and got a polo for £100. its got 5 months tax on it, 6x9s in the parcel shelf, but only 1 months mot. the front wheel bearing is gone, and went from noisy to plane dangerous on the jouney home (more of that in pitstop forum), but she runs quite nice and is surprisingly quick for just a 1l car. a bit of a mess mind, but i recon if i sort the wheel bearing and i'm able to get an mot on it, someone will give me £150 cos its a cheap reliable run-around...
there were loads of other cars that were suitable in the paper, but each one was discounted for some reason - bimmer 520i which has a h/g problem (shame, it woulda been mint for £200), mondeo with a gearbox fault (had gone), a fiesta (dont like festers), and a granada 2.8 (which had a failed starter). if i'd had access to ebay i'd have done much better, but i didnt, so i didnt..