93 Cavalier Auto 1.8 LS

it is just too old, the only way that you should buy a car of that age is if you knew the last owner really well. The car itself was a good model in its day. If the car has a guarantee, an mot and is about 150 - 250 quid then buy it, but be prepared to throw it away. I would steer clear.

As long as the rear inner arches are OK, the mechanics sound, it's a cheap motor but I'd not want to be paying more than a couple of hundred quid. Should top 200,000 miles without much trouble but as I said, beware the rear arches. You need to get your head up in the wheelarch or pull back the boot trim to look.

Mehhhh. I've been smokin' about in a '72 Rover P6 and I didn't know the previous owner, it's fine! (But it's only done 81,000 miles...)

Agree with both previous posters.

I bought a 93K Cavalier 1.8LS manual as a stop gap in September 2006 for £175 from a work colleague who had owned it for over 10 years and bought it straight from the lease company at 3 years old. (She was offered £175 as a trade in price, but the dealer was going to send it for scrap!)

It had covered 200,600 miles when I bought it and came with 9 months MOT and

3 months tax and a recent radiator, clutch and cambelt and 6CD stacker. We used it for 3 months and sold it for £175 to a friend who used it for 18 months until the MOT ran out in when the leaking petrol tank (rusty at the top) and wheel arches finally killed it.

I put a second hand battery on it, changed the oil and filter and gave it a good checkover. It was a very comfortable and reliable car.

If you know about vehicles then the situation is a bit different, if the OP needs to ask.......

Cheers, for all advice>

Arthur