What new car from 1990 would you run as a DD?

[milu]

Cavalier GSi. Had one as DD in '95

[Baz Tench]

Swift GTi or a Corolla GTi I think.

Those twin cam 16v engines were a revelation to me back then.

[Crafty_]

milu said:

Cavalier GSi. Had one as DD in '95

+1, it'll cost pennies to run and will go on forever.

[theboyfold]

DKL said:

None of this going back lark. Some of us still do run a 1990 car as a daily. Just passed another MOT without any advisories and should pass 250,000 in the next month or so.
Can't fault it really, quick, comfortable, surprisingly practical and it still looks good.

Who says Guards Red is the wrong colour for a Porsche? This is lovely, such a nice shape. I almost bought one, but ended up with a Boxster instead.

[Hugo a Gogo]

964 Carrera 2 please

[Justin Case]

Saab 900 Carlsson, or a Rover 416 with Honda engine and all the trimmings if funds didn't run to the Saab.

[vournikas]

robemcdonald said:

Unquestionably a W126 for me also.

[lightthefuse]

Already (just about) been mentioned, but I'd have a 900 Carlsson as well.

Alternatively, since I loved my 2.0 DOHC, I'd happily take a Sierra XR4x4.

[carinaman]

99t said:

Drove this as a daily for 50k miles when it was fairly old and high mileage and it was superb even then, so I would happily drive it new as a daily today...

That's a lovely colour. I didn't know they came in that shade.

carlingofblack said:

Well, as I posted a few days ago a £250 banger rally challenge from Paris to Montecarlo has seen a glorious 1991 Rover 216 GSi arrive. I'm using it daily until we go later this month to see how she goes.

So far, very well indeed.

I heard a traveling sales type say how much harder the suspension was in a Honda powered GTi one around that time, saying he could drive over cats eyes in his Sierra without it making so much fuss and noise about it.

[carinaman]

Primera 2.0 eZX, probably a 4 door saloon even though the 5 door hatch would be more practical.

[okie592]

BUY A NEW CAR AND FACE ALL THAT DEPRECIATION??

NO THANK YOU I WILL TAKE A 10 YEAR OLD SHED

[Klippie]

Big bumper MK2 Golf GTI 8v

[Vaud]

Honda NSX or Renault 5 GT Turbo.

[0a]

A well specified merc w124 300e of course - I am building a 'new' one from 1991

[white_goodman]

okie592 said:

BUY A NEW CAR AND FACE ALL THAT DEPRECIATION??

NO THANK YOU I WILL TAKE A 10 YEAR OLD SHED

I never said you had to pay for it!

Here's your 10 year old shed (it's 1990 remember)!



I'll stick with this!

Edited by white_goodman on Monday 11th August 20:13

[Hub]

A 205 1.9 GTI please. Or, for more practical purposes an E30 BMW 325i touring probably.

[sawman]

Did this recently (didnt actually time travel, and it was an'89, but close enough) - the chap who bought it off me has since renovated the bodywork, I see it about sometimes, looks great and I kinda wish I had done it up!


I also ran this '88 until last year as a daily

[williamp]

Or the 944, with the hunter green collection in the garage..

[Vaud]

williamp said:

I wonder what happened to 905...?

[E30M3SE]

Willy Nilly said:

jas xjr said:

mk2 golf gti 16v , in oak green please

+1

+2, in 3 door guise please.