Driver focussed car with a sense of occasion for £10k

[grenpayne]

Two years ago, I sold my Caterham 7 R300 spec car as we found our forever house and needed the money to buy it. I did however manage to buy a lovely little 205 GTi to have in its place which has been fun to own and is great to drive. However, I miss the sense of occasion and focussed nature of the 7 and as it's going to be another couple of years before I can justify the expense of another 7, I'm looking at selling the 205 and buying something that'll keep me entertained in the meantime as well as doing the odd track day.

Budget is £10k, possibly a little more but not much. I'm after something that is fun to drive and will offer a sense of occasion, something that has great handling and adequate performance (6-7 seconds to 60). It would also be great if it had strong residuals as it will eventually be sold to pay for the 7.

After a lot of classified surfing, I'm learning towards an N/A VX220. Anything else I should be thinking about?

[Johnny 89]

Surely this has TVR written all over it?

[Lefty]

S1 Elise all day long.

[Blaster72]

Lefty said:

S1 Elise all day long.

+1 or the VX220 as you say. It'll be a stretch to find a sorted one of either for £10k though wouldn't it?

[grenpayne]

Johnny 89 said:

Surely this has TVR written all over it?

I had looked at TVR, but I don't like Chimaeras and a decent Griff is way over £10k. But it's a good shout nonetheless so I'll have another look!

Blaster72 said:

Lefty said:

S1 Elise all day long.

+1 or the VX220 as you say. It'll be a stretch to find a sorted one of either for £10k though wouldn't it?

S1 Elise was admittedly my first thought and I'd love one, but it seems to be out of reach for £10k unless it's a Cat D which I don't want. But a nice VX220 is within reach at that price, it may have 50k miles or more but I'm not too worried if it's in good condition, been well loved and got a good history.

[Blaster72]

Yep I'd stretch a little to get into the Elise over the VX220 for sure. They are getting on a bit now though and you can easily buy a money pit so be careful.

[Johnny 89]

grenpayne said:

Johnny 89 said:

Surely this has TVR written all over it?

I had looked at TVR, but I don't like Chimaeras and a decent Griff is way over £10k. But it's a good shout nonetheless so I'll have another look!

There's always V8 Wedges

[Lefty]

I dunno, I bought a nice original s1 Elise for 7500 in August 15 and there were a few available at the time at that price... have they really gone up that much that quickly?

[jonah35]

How can you look further than a westfield megablade?

[grenpayne]

Thanks all, you've got me thinking now....there's not that many S1 Elises for sale now so I'll get the 205 ready to be sold and keep an eye on the classifieds.