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Greetings Guys, Back on the forum after many years (posted a question when looking for a car for my sister ages ago - can't remember my account). I've gone through the existing stuff re my question but most are a little old and bit vague. I'll try to summarize: I'm currently car less having sold the parents family sedan a year back as we do not travel a lot.But with covid I'm really not to keen on public transport OR taxis. Given the current insane prices the idea is to spend as less as possible initially on a car. My budget is less than 1.5 Mil LKR. I'm looking at a car with some character (no Maruti please) I don't drive to work daily or anything mostly weekend medium-short trips. I've noticed Minis for sale right in my budget and the prospects are tempting. BUT some background check I noticed the following: Seems almost all Minis are listed as Year 1960s but seem to be newer with AC and EFI. How are the legal aspects of this? Am I asking for trouble buying one? Are spares and components super rare? Any places bring them down etc. I'm from around CMB. So as long as there are joints in the Western province I'm ok There seem to be EFI and Carb engines both...any specific infos about these? How practical is the car for average usage in 2020? (think getting parts from abroad etc) Good places that handle repairs etc Not looking for mega resale but not willing to sell at 50% off. Other options I considered are the ones mentioned by you guysin some similar threads Mazdas Station Wagons Peugeot etc but these cars are like my backup plans. Please suggest your opinions am I Asking for trouble or what other options do I have?

Hi everybody. I opened a new thread because there where no threads on MG Metro... I recently found a MG Metro in Dambulla. It was in good nick. The body was super. And the interior is OK( steering needs to be replaced along with the AC(not sure what is broken) ) other than that everything is in order. A good detailing on the interior will do... (a polish on the outside will do).. sadly it has a Mini Moke engine replaced. The paint is bright yellow on the body..it has a sunroof as well.. the shocks have been replaced from balloon to gas shocks... and some parts have been replaced mechanically... only thing is the book has a duplicate book..the original was burnt by the wife accidently :/ ... owner says 200,000, but I feel I can get it for even less. What do you guys think? The car is mint..Im in love with it ... Heres a pic(not a good one though)... I wiped the no out beacause the owner might want privacy... oh yeah I forgot. It has a seat set like recaros(not 100% similar)...sorry the pics are in dropbox..pls click on the links to see the 2 pics https://www.dropbox.com/s/n1am2cft29qp7q8/20140602_170822.jpg https://www.dropbox.com/s/4x9xxurzirdsw6n/20140602_170237.jpg