15k ish, quick, 25mpg, reliable?

[kambites]

300bhp/ton said:

Vx220 Turbo and a couple of tweaks?

I'd imagine most will come pre-tweaked, these days.

[spud989]

300bhp/ton said:

Vx220 Turbo and a couple of tweaks?

Went to view one a while back and wasn't taken by it. Don't know if it was the car itself or the model in general. I know I should like them a lot and I do like them in theory. Didn't drive it, though: just had a passenger ride.

[Vulgar LS2]

spud989 said:

Aren't Monaros horrendous on maintenance/brakes etc.? Or is that just an unfair rumour?

Quite like the look of the M3 CS, the more I look at it.

The brakes used to be expensive but they have come down in price quite a bit. As for usual maintenance, just an oil change whenever I remember and in 56k its been fine.

[007 VXR]

spud989 said:

Aren't Monaros horrendous on maintenance/brakes etc.? Or is that just an unfair rumour?

£150 a year serivce, brakes are not cheap, but pads are.
and how often do yoou change the brakes? 30/50K ?
Will return 26-30MPG on motorway runs
with AVG18-22MPG

Plus they are great fun

[007 VXR]

this one looks like a bargin
nice mods and a S/C
£1.5k more but, worth it

[kambites]

The Monaro seems pretty good as long as you avoid going anywhere near a Vauxhall dealer with it. If you want a laugh, go and ask a Vauxhall dealer how much they'd want for a set of HT leads for one.

[300bhp/ton]

Something slightly different.


http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/3220840.htm

Can be remapped too.

[007 VXR]

kambites said:

The Monaro seems pretty good as long as you avoid going anywhere near a Vauxhall dealer with it. If you want a laugh, go and ask a Vauxhall dealer how much they'd want for a set of HT leads for one.

True £80 at Monkfish

[spud989]

The car above looks weird.

[SBN]

This this this

Not a coupe... well almost but has 4 doors... ok its a saloon, but you can get one from a Audi dealer for 17k

http://www2.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...

[V88Dicky]

007 VXR said:

this one looks like a bargin
nice mods and a S/C
£1.5k more but, worth it

This is up for sale by a forum member on here, and having seen and heard it in the flesh, I can confirm it's an absolute beasty, with well over 500hp!


http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/3101063.htm


Oh, and the maintenance costs are not even in the same league as BMW!

[007 VXR]

V88Dicky said:

This is up for sale by a forum member on here, and having seen and heard it in the flesh, I can confirm it's an absolute beasty, with well over 500hp!


http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/3101063.htm


Oh, and the maintenance costs are not even in the same league as BMW!

Very nice car

[muthaducka]

M3 CS - Bargain £13.5k would get my money http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/3306373.htm
S2 Exige - £16.5k seems to be the starting price but if you are ready to pounce and barter a bit I reckon one of these would be very close to the ultimate drivers choice: http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/3209592.htm This hung around for 2 weeks or so before it sold. I agree about the elise vs exige - I like the presence of the Exige.

Both these cars would hold their money exceptionally well. You could have fun in both on the road or track without huge bills and both are quite economical with 25mpg easily achieved. If you fancy doing a couple of tracks days, Exige for me. More on the European road trips, M3 CS for me. Even just a standard M3 would be great value.

Those are my top two choices on that budget.

[spud989]

Do many people running those Monaros change the steering wheel? Looks like something out of an early 90s parts bin. Impressive figures, though, certainly. Worth considering.

Those M3 CS are enticing - keep checking the classifieds to see what is appearing. But I can't help thinking that most of them are still a little overpriced bearing in mind the original CS surcharge wasn't very much.

http://www.northfieldcars.co.uk/used-cars/bmw-z4-3...
That Z4M Coupe also looks nice and the mileage isn't too bad. But it's overpriced considering there's no nav. Anyone know what the trade book on that is/roughly what their margin is going to be? Might be a worth an offer.

Still gawping and browsing!

[Bonefish Blues]

Leftfield - how about an Impreza RB320?

[spud989]

No Impreza I've ever known has achieved 25mpg with a back wind down a hill

[TX1]

Very smart colour on that cs.

[spud989]

Any suggestions from anyone else?

[Groober]

How about one of these?

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2800426.htm

[spud989]

I will admit, I have thought about that. But I just thought that it be too samey in terms of power and, especially, underwhelming in terms of sound.

Never had an engine with real 'character' yet (Fiesta, RX-8, diesel A3, 3 litre Z4), so the pops and the bangs are a real draw.