Looking at cars for the girlfriend, Clio had no oil/coolant and nothing but mayo, micra had no coolant and failed power steering and just saw a corsa which had just had it's sump gasket changed, cam cover was weeping badly, loud tapping over the sound of the usual corsa tap which could've been injector and all pulleys were wobbly and cracking. I know she's asking a lot for a max budget of £1250 but how can people keep cars in such bad shape?