Reccomend me a car- 4/5 door, ~3k, nippy

[raymanh]

Hi,

Looking for a 'new' car to take to uni this October, when I will be 19 with 1 years driving experience (I say 1 year of driving, it was actually more tinkering than actually driving).

It needs to be:
4/5 door
around 3k max
manual
quick enough(getting close to 200bhp would be nice)
preferably RWD

I do like an unusual car, so please post what ever suggestions.

Some of my thoughts:

Audi 100
E30, E36 3 series
E34, E39 5 series(-some E39's are so cheap)
Mondeo ST24

[Mr2Mike]

Impreza WRX
Mitsubish Galant/Legnum VR4
Toyota Soarer
Lexus GS300
Jag S Type

[43034]

Audi 80 2.8? OK it's 4wd not RWD and 172 v 200bhp but should be fun, no? Certainly under £3k as well...

[matthias73]

I was looking at various cars out of curiosity. A volvo v70 2.4 came up rather cheap to insure for me, and it does 0.60 in 8 seconds and can fit a house in the back.

But as top gear discovered, volvo is not cool

[kodos]

Have you looked at insurance.

Speaking from personal experience a 318is (i owned a coupe when i was 19) and they even do a saloon that would fit your needs and is very nice (if you can find one which isnt borked or rusted)

Its something a bit different.

[davepoth]

Volvo 340, drift like a sir.

[SirVandru]

Mr2Mike said:

Impreza WRX
Mitsubish Galant/Legnum VR4
Toyota Soarer
Lexus GS300
Jag S Type

His 19 mate...


I would say mx5. Girls will love it

[MGZRod]

MG ZS 180?

[SirVandru]

MGZRod said:

MG ZS 180?

Shut up you can get a ZS180 for under £3k?

[Mr2Mike]

SirVandru said:

Shut up you can get a ZS180 for under £3k?

The vast majority of them will be way under 3k. He can have my 53 plate one for £1300 if he wants.

Worth him getting quotes on the large barges as well, they can be surprisingly good on insurance.

[zaphod42]

Volvo 960 or 850 for barge...
Saab 900 GM for leftfield choice

[AndrewSV]

SirVandru said:

I would say mx5. Girls will love it

Yes, those well known 4 door MX5s...

[otolith]

OP said:

4/5 door
200bhp

Pistonheads said:

MX-5

[zaphod42]

I just re-read the OP.

Off to uni?

Barge. Esp if it will be street parked. You'll be popular (supermarket runs). Easy to get home in. Ideal for escapes for weekend events. Bigger the better.

Oh, and double check your uni allows them if you have halls of residence.

[66comanche]

£2,995
1993 Jaguar XJ Series 6.0 Sovereign V12 4dr

[raymanh]

zaphod42 said:

Barge. Esp if it will be street parked. You'll be popular (supermarket runs). Easy to get home in. Ideal for escapes for weekend events. Bigger the better.

EXACTLY what I was thinking, I might go down the barge route

[Morba]

ST220?

[jezhumphrey75]

honda accord type r

[m44kts]

jezhumphrey75 said:

honda accord type r

I was getting all excited when I saw nobody had mentioned an ATR.

Thanks for ruining my big moment

In all seriousness though, I'd take the Accord over most that have been mentioned. Insurance shouldn't be too bad, an ATR was half the price of a CTR when I had mine.

[.:ian:.]

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2012...

Who said Volvos aint cool :P Remap will see 280+

ETA Auto? FFS who specced that, :lol:

Edited by .:ian:. on Monday 6th February 18:53