If you are looking for a cheap car and have a bit of a passion or experience in fixing engines / bodywork etc. then you may consider buying a car that is advertised as spares or repairs. Even when a car is advertised like this, it does not necessarily mean that it is not running. It can be that the MOT has run out or that it has body damage.

Buying these sorts of cars can be a risky game, especially if you don’t really know what you are doing. Often you cannot find out exactly what is wrong with a vehicle until you have stripped it down meaning that you may end up with a £1000 car that needs an additional £1000 spending on it.

Always be wary of people selling cars stating there is not fault just MOT has run out as an MOT can cost as little as £30 and can add hundreds of pounds of value to a car. If the current owner does not want to MOT it, it probably means they know something you don’t and they are confident it will fail and be costly to fix.