Best fun DERV for £10K

[Matt Wills]

Morning all I'm after some advice about what's the best fun DERV for £10K.

I fancy something that can soak up the miles, tow my race car and be fun on a B road..............

So far I've thought of the Seat Leon FR, BMW 330d touring, Skoda Fabia or Octavia VRS and Volvo V50 but any other suggestions and potential issues with any of those cars would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Matt

[HellDiver]

Got to be a vRS. The FR will fall apart, the 330d will bore the tits off you, and the V50 has rubbish engines unless you go for the D5 which is a heavy, thirsty brute.

Edited by HellDiver on Tuesday 27th July 08:59

[mattman]

You can have my 55 plate passat sport TDI for £6500 and spend £3500 on a mx5/caterham rep/etc!

[HellDiver]

mattman said:

passat sport TDI

He said fun...

[phil1979]

Ta-Daaaaa!

[mattman]

HellDiver said:

mattman said:

passat sport TDI

He said fun...

ahh bugga - have the fun in the 3500 grand he has to spend on something silly!

[mattman]

phil1979 said:

Ta-Daaaaa!

a vw camper? surely thats not a diesel or very fun???

[HellDiver]

mattman said:

3500 grand

!?! 35 million?!?

[10 Pence Short]

How many miles are you going to do? Diesel may end up being a false economy. Especially if it goes wrong.

[Matt UK]

HellDiver said:

mattman said:

passat sport TDI

He said fun...

And he also said spend the change on an mx5/caterham...

Passat looks about as much fun as the others listed IMO...

[briSk]

on the basis of having the other fun car i'd go for this:
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/1897101.htm
i like these!

[briSk]

doogz said:

One of these?

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/1755780.htm

Not that one, obviously.

that would be hilarious with a towbar!
didn;t they do a some estates too? (i might have imagined that).

[briSk]

doogz said:

Oops, missed the towing part.

..now - i actually think that would be brilliant if it has sufficient towing capacity..!

[HellDiver]

Matt UK said:

HellDiver said:

mattman said:

passat sport TDI

He said fun...

And he also said spend the change on an mx5/caterham...

No, YOU said spend the change. The OP's post mentioned nothing about spending change on anything. He said £10k for a fun diesel to tow with.

[Matt UK]

HellDiver said:

Matt UK said:

HellDiver said:

mattman said:

passat sport TDI

He said fun...

And he also said spend the change on an mx5/caterham...

No, YOU said spend the change. The OP's post mentioned nothing about spending change on anything. He said £10k for a fun diesel to tow with.

Ah, missed the towing bit

[ritch]

new shape lancer diesel - has way more grip than a FWD should have ;-) responds well to remaps too having a VAG lump

[HellDiver]

ritch said:

new shape lancer diesel - has way more grip than a FWD should have ;-) responds well to remaps too having a VAG lump

Shame about the suspension made out of scaffold poles, the rear visibility made out of a letter box, the interior made out of Yoplait packaging, and the brakes made out of 10p pieces.

I had an '08 GS3 saloon, mapped to 170hp. Went very well, but couldn't live with the thing due to the items I mentioned above.

[300bhp/ton]

Matt Wills said:

Morning all I'm after some advice about what's the best fun DERV for £10K.

I fancy something that can soak up the miles, tow my race car and be fun on a B road..............

So far I've thought of the Seat Leon FR, BMW 330d touring, Skoda Fabia or Octavia VRS and Volvo V50 but any other suggestions and potential issues with any of those cars would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Matt

One of these would seem to tick all boxes. HUGE HUGE fun




They can do all sorts:

[HellDiver]

Your Corvette pics aren't working...

[Dunclane]

What about a Mondeo ST TDCI?