What Car thread 21 yo

[Tomm1992]

Hi, Ive been a member for a while on this forum. Im looking for a new car at the moment, and im wanting to get somthing quickish. Im 21 so insurance has come down a little bit but i had a claim when i first passed (big mistake I know).
Ive got a budget of around 3000 and insurance is a big thing Still!!

Ive ran a few cars through the insurance site and a few have come up at an afforable price:
2002 Astra SRi Turbo, Im not sure on this car Ive got mixed opinions about it, just about how it drives really and how reliable the z20let is?
mk4 golf gti, Again mixed opinions on this car, i find they look really boring unless loads has been spent to get it looking nice
Fiesta ST, my favourite looking of the three, but ive heard that theyre quite slow for what they are?

Any other opinions, not bothered about age.

[Chalk]

Mk1 Seat Leon cupra
Toyota Celica T sport

[Gad-Westy]

Tomm1992 said:

Any other opinions, not bothered about age.

Glad you say that. Makes a refreshing change to the 'must not be more than 9 minutes old' what car threads.

Got to say, nothing on that list sounds terribly exciting to me. You obviously like your hot hatches, have you thought about dipping into the rich seam of hot hatch greatness that was the late 80's and 90's? Some great cars can be had for peanuts now, or you can blow your whole budget on mint examples.

Peugeot 205 GTi
Peugeot 106 GTi or Rallye (or an XSi which I think is a bit of a forgotten gem and worth nothing these days)
Peugeot 306 GTi or Rallye
VW Golf GTi MK2 16v
Honda Civic Type R EK9
Renault Clio Williams
Renault Clio 172
Nissan Almera GTi (better than you'd ever believe)

No idea on insurance for any of them but you may be surprised.

[wilbo83]

Don't just use the comparison sites. Yes, they are easy to use but they make a load of assumptions and usually give prices way above what you will get if you spend a few minutes on the phone to a broker. Also useful to find out which broker specialises in each car, a quick search on relevant car clubs/forums will find this out. You will be surprised what a difference it will make to the rubbish quotes from gocompare etc.

[Tomm1992]

yeah i hate new cars, they dont really do much for me looking wise.
Ill look at those cars that youve suggested, i originally wanted a civic type r and have done for some time now! just the insurnace is so expensive on them.

Ive only really looked at the comparison sites for prices as when i go to the main sites for them its always really expensive.

[Gilhooligan]

Well this is PH so.... Mx5? I bought a mk1 when I turned 21 and insured it for just over 500 quid. So with your budget you should have enough to buy/ build a quick little car.

[Andy665]

At the risk of sounding like an old fart - at 21 you are still very much in the learning stage, if I was in your position I'd be concentrating on learning about car control

An MX5 and some professional tuition will set you up really well for the rest of our driving life and won't break

Edited by Andy665 on Sunday 31st March 12:50