European road trip - what car?
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My friend and I are hopefully taking part in a European road trip through France, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Italy, Austria and Slovakia to Bratislava over the course of a few days in Summer.
More details can be found here.
So we're after a car, as cheap and fun as possible. By cheap I mean cheap. The plan is either to get to Bratislava then drive back, or scrap it/flog it for whatever we can get and fly home.
I feel like my 106 GTi would be awesome through some of the nice roads we'll undoubtedly encounter however I don't want the worry and risk of taking my own car.
So, open to any suggestions - extra points for fun/classic/banger appeal I suppose....
Cheers!
Edit: The car has to be as close as possible to £250
More details can be found here.
So we're after a car, as cheap and fun as possible. By cheap I mean cheap. The plan is either to get to Bratislava then drive back, or scrap it/flog it for whatever we can get and fly home.
I feel like my 106 GTi would be awesome through some of the nice roads we'll undoubtedly encounter however I don't want the worry and risk of taking my own car.
So, open to any suggestions - extra points for fun/classic/banger appeal I suppose....
Cheers!
Edit: The car has to be as close as possible to £250
Edited by Diabolik on Wednesday 23 February 18:43
Diabolik said:
Bear in mind for insurance reasons - I'm 19 and my mate's 20...
Diesel Shogun, can get them for under £1000 if you look.Should be reliable and ok on fuel. Not the most dynamic drive, but 4x4's have their own charm to drive. But loads of space (esp with a LWB one), you're high up so will see more and it's AWD ability might allow you to explore a few places you'd not try with a car.
raf_gti said:
300bhp/ton said:
JoshuaPage said:
BMW M5 E39?
I'm sorry, but did you miss this bit:Diabolik said:
So we're after a car, as cheap and fun as possible. By cheap I mean cheap.
I'm sorry? In what way would an M5 likely be cheap compared to my suggestion?
Also I think £1k is cheap for a car to go across Europe in and I did say under, so £500-800 would count
Rover 620 / 623 - don't laugh too loud, very comfortable cars and really a honda accord in drag with a honda engine rather than a K series.
I also once bought an L reg mondeo 2.0 with a 143bhp engine in it that was no slouch and shouldn't cost much to insure. Pretty good handling in those mondeos too. Paid £200 for the car, sold it for £120 a year or two later.
Saabs, as mentioned. Also look at volvo V40s - ride isn't brilliant, but they're pretty robust and very reliable. And cheap.
Stay away from old lagunas / 406s. You'll be lucky to get out of the UK before something goes wrong. <Awaits screams of anti-frog abuse from those with french cars, but ALL of my mates with a pug / renault have had major issues.>
I also once bought an L reg mondeo 2.0 with a 143bhp engine in it that was no slouch and shouldn't cost much to insure. Pretty good handling in those mondeos too. Paid £200 for the car, sold it for £120 a year or two later.
Saabs, as mentioned. Also look at volvo V40s - ride isn't brilliant, but they're pretty robust and very reliable. And cheap.
Stay away from old lagunas / 406s. You'll be lucky to get out of the UK before something goes wrong. <Awaits screams of anti-frog abuse from those with french cars, but ALL of my mates with a pug / renault have had major issues.>
300bhp/ton said:
I'm sorry? In what way would an M5 likely be cheap compared to my suggestion?
Also I think £1k is cheap for a car to go across Europe in and I did say under, so £500-800 would count
OP> You don't say how cheap but how bout a Proton Satira GTi? sub £1000, decent handling and reliability?
raf_gti said:
I agree that the M5 wouldn't be cheap but suggesting a Shogun when the OP clearly wants a fun car?!
OP> You don't say how cheap but how bout a Proton Satira GTi? sub £1000, decent handling and reliability?
I think it could still be fun. As said 4x4's have a different charm about them and despite being slower can often be grin inducing to throw about abit. But I guess it's one of those things you either get or don't get. OP> You don't say how cheap but how bout a Proton Satira GTi? sub £1000, decent handling and reliability?
Also they have other benefits too, such as seeing more. The entire trip won't be a non stop hoon, so greater visibility might well be nice. And the ability to leave the Tarmac should you need/want too.
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