Recommend me a cheap fast car
Recommend me a cheap fast car
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mark_eire

Original Poster:

47 posts

227 months

Sunday 25th April 2010
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My wife is expecting our first child soon and both our cars will be changed to more suitable ones.
Currently I have a 2007 golf Gti 3dr.
I will be buying an octavia vRS for my wife and for family duties but I'll need something myself to get to work etc.
My budget will be approx 5k, I was thinking something like a 2001 Audi s3 (had 2 before) or honda s2000 or something along those lines, I know there 2 completely different cars but you get the idea!! lol
I'm open to any suggestions please....

driverrob

4,847 posts

234 months

Sunday 25th April 2010
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mark_eire

Original Poster:

47 posts

227 months

Sunday 25th April 2010
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I'm in Ireland and due to stupidly high road tax on anything over 2 litre, I'll restrict the search to anything 2 litre or less!! something approx 200bhp is sufficient I think!!

chriis

859 posts

213 months

Sunday 25th April 2010
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200sx ?
Prelude Vti ?

Paul Merrick

24 posts

200 months

Sunday 25th April 2010
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Fellow irishman, how about one of these bad boys?

EDLT

15,421 posts

237 months

mark_eire

Original Poster:

47 posts

227 months

Sunday 25th April 2010
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Thanks for the suggestions lads,
200sx is a good one, although I've heard a lot of them suffer badly with rust.

rottie102

4,033 posts

215 months

Sunday 25th April 2010
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gj88 said:
Wow, that is A LOT of a car for the money...

anonymous-user

85 months

Monday 26th April 2010
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mark_eire said:
I'm in Ireland and due to stupidly high road tax on anything over 2 litre, I'll restrict the search to anything 2 litre or less!! something approx 200bhp is sufficient I think!!
I just looked up how much it costs; bloody hell and we think we have expensive road tax here in England?!

1,566 euros a year for any thing over 3 litres is crazy!

RobDickinson

31,343 posts

285 months

Monday 26th April 2010
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MX5 and turbo itbiggrin

DaveL86

884 posts

208 months

Monday 26th April 2010
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champ54321 said:
1,566 euros a year for any thing over 3 litres is crazy!
Nearly £1400 for just tax? jesus!!!

RobDickinson

31,343 posts

285 months

Monday 26th April 2010
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100 fillups and your ahead though due to cheaper fuel...

mark_eire

Original Poster:

47 posts

227 months

Monday 26th April 2010
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Yea road tax here is crazy partly due to green party in power!
It all comes down to co2 emmissions, basically a 2008 BMW 520d is only €150 p/a to tax however a 2008 M3 or anything with high co2 levels is taxed at a rate of €2000 p/a,
Crazy!! fuel is a fair bit cheaper here than the UK but that is due to change soon with our govt bringing in another silly green 'carbon tax' which will add approx 5c per litre to petrol which is currently €1.33 a litre,

Gold

1,998 posts

236 months

Monday 26th April 2010
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Toyota MR2 Turbo, cheap fast, under 2L and you will get an absolute minter for under your budget. smile

theironduke

6,995 posts

219 months

Monday 26th April 2010
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mark_eire said:
Yea road tax here is crazy partly due to green party in power!
It all comes down to co2 emmissions, basically a 2008 BMW 520d is only €150 p/a to tax however a 2008 M3 or anything with high co2 levels is taxed at a rate of €2000 p/a,
Crazy!! fuel is a fair bit cheaper here than the UK but that is due to change soon with our govt bringing in another silly green 'carbon tax' which will add approx 5c per litre to petrol which is currently €1.33 a litre,
Did i read that correctly..? 2000 euros a year...in RFD...? blooody hell

tuborgman

150 posts

209 months

Monday 26th April 2010
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Gold said:
Toyota MR2 Turbo, cheap fast, under 2L and you will get an absolute minter for under your budget. smile
i ireland myself and have went with this option a few months back and have no regreats,, there very well priced as well.

mikey P 500

1,243 posts

218 months

Monday 26th April 2010
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agree mr2 turbo (rev3 onwards) hard to go faster for less really. £3k upwards should get you a good one.

jbi

12,700 posts

235 months

Monday 26th April 2010
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define "fast"

0-60 in under 6 seconds?

MR2 would be on my list

Edited by jbi on Monday 26th April 18:36

750turbo

6,164 posts

255 months

Monday 26th April 2010
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theironduke said:
mark_eire said:
Yea road tax here is crazy partly due to green party in power!
It all comes down to co2 emmissions, basically a 2008 BMW 520d is only €150 p/a to tax however a 2008 M3 or anything with high co2 levels is taxed at a rate of €2000 p/a,
Crazy!! fuel is a fair bit cheaper here than the UK but that is due to change soon with our govt bringing in another silly green 'carbon tax' which will add approx 5c per litre to petrol which is currently €1.33 a litre,
Did i read that correctly..? 2000 euros a year...in RFD...? blooody hell
Unreal!!!

Also I think the economy has gone from the Tiger it was to a bit of a pussycat recently.

You think we have it bad?