21 yr old What car 15k

[christofmccracke]

I'm turning 21 in June and fancy a new car have 15k tops to spend the less the better tbh,
I'm looking for something quick around200bhp
57 plate onwards I have a private plate
Will need to be practical to an extent, so no stripped out racer but I do intend to do some track days in it tho
I test drove a fiat 500 abarth and it was great but looks a little bit girly
Top of my list is a corsa vxr
Not keen on the clio200


Oh and before anyone says save my money etc, I have and this won't put me in any financial problems

Chris

[christofmccracke]

Lambo FirstBlood said:

+1.

Have you really looked at what is out there for this money. Bundles of 911s, Ferrari Mondials, Escort Cosworth, all with well over 200BHP and all in another league to a VXR.

I'm going to be 21 I would kill myself

[christofmccracke]

Regiment said:

Why do you prefer the Corsa over the Clio 200? The Clio is a much nicer, better looking car and would murder the Corsa on track days.

Clio would be too hardcore as a road car for long journeys

[christofmccracke]

I have decided to buy a boxster it's cheaper to insure that the vxr lol as I have bought a wee Clio too for runs to the tip and for when the winters bad, so can buy something totally impracticable

[christofmccracke]

jsg612 said:

Where do you chaps get these insurance quotes from? I think I'm missing a trick...

Elephant, and admiral same company but because I have two cars I'm with admiral at the moment going to call some specialists too and see if I can get it cheaper

[christofmccracke]

george h said:

I'd forget about the 57 plate onwards personally, and get something like this:

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2602247.htm



Private plate will cover the age, and 4k left over to spend on insurance

Had a look at m3's but can't get insured until im 21 whereas I can get the boxster now! So will be ringing round this week
:
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[christofmccracke]

Just a wee update I ended up buying an evo 8 in august/ September.
Wasn't really impressed with the boxster tbh

[christofmccracke]

StottyZr said:

With a couple of yrs NCB, insured for 5000 miles and grandparents as additional drivers. I think 10months on an Elephant policy would fall short of £2000 at 21.

Its not extreme enough to call for a custard test

I pay less than 1800 and the policy is in my name

[christofmccracke]

StottyZr said:

With a couple of yrs NCB, insured for 5000 miles and grandparents as additional drivers. I think 10months on an Elephant policy would fall short of £2000 at 21.

Its not extreme enough to call for a custard test

I pay less than 1800 and the policy is in my name

[christofmccracke]

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

Need to take some better pics but there's a few

[christofmccracke]

Jimslips said:

How did you afford such a vehicle?

Hard work probably

[christofmccracke]

treetops said:

Why do you need to spend £15k?

Why not spend £8k and bank the rest for something else / saving / investment / paydown your mortgage / add to a house deposit etc...

I ended up "spending" 8500 with some finance on very managable payments and put more money into my new business

[christofmccracke]

Jimslips said:

Out of interest, what business are you in/own?

Many is the simple answer, used to do a lot of investing on the ftse, some importing exporting.done lots of things but I'm moving into a new business but I'm bound by corporate disclosure so can't say much about it sorry