£1500 to play with, what shall I get?
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hondansx said:
Clio 172 Cup (with the belts done). Pretty much the greatest hot hatch; lightweight and an actual homologation special. Unbeatable at that price bracket IMO.
This has been very high up in my shortlist of possible next cars. The 172 & 182 is one of the greatest B road warriors I've heard. Where I live is mostly tight backroads with random sharp corners. Would be amazing in any hot hatch really. parabolica said:
I would find the cheapest, most interesting/left-field car on ebay/gumtree/etc and start a project to restore to factory finish if possible, assuming said car was fixable.
I have seen an FB RX-7 barn find pop up for sale on ebay (£1500 i think). Doesn't get much more left field than a rotary from the eighties! JoshRoss. said:
hondansx said:
Clio 172 Cup (with the belts done). Pretty much the greatest hot hatch; lightweight and an actual homologation special. Unbeatable at that price bracket IMO.
This has been very high up in my shortlist of possible next cars. The 172 & 182 is one of the greatest B road warriors I've heard. Where I live is mostly tight backroads with random sharp corners. Would be amazing in any hot hatch really. I think you'd be very lucky to get a 172 cup for your budget that doesn't need the belts doing , ordinary 172/182 is more likely .
The alternative is get a saab aero but there very different cars , handling vs power.
JoshRoss. said:
Hoofy said:
Give you have a Honda with a VTEC engine, I'd opt for something that's the opposite in nature eg with a V8 lump if possible.
Yeah going to the opposite end of the spectrum would be good. What cheapo V8's are out there? 535i? LS400? 
Hoofy said:
I think you need to look at the running costs.
I do like 2 miles a day. Only big issues are insurance and tax. That said in my area insurance rates are absolutely superb. I'm 18 and the kinda cars I'm looking at are stupid cheap to insure (for my age that is) I budgeted £2k for insurance but even stuff like MR2's, RX-8's & 330Ci's are around the £1000 insurance mark for me. (compared to £2000 for my civic?) Assuming it's because of some insurance companies broken algorithms. Computer sees less 18 year olds wrecking RX-8's compared to Civic's must mean they're safer. When actually theres just more 18yo with civics to crash. So essentially if the car is a bit left field and uncommon. For me it'll be cheap to insure
Edited by JoshRoss. on Tuesday 31st July 09:40
baconsarney said:
Just (over the weekend) bought a £1500 addition to the fleet, near mint low mileage Volvo 850 T5 Estate 
Picking it up on Wednesday... Serious amount of car for the money...... 150mph shopping trolley 
Those Volvos are deceptively quick. Like a car that big and boxy shouldn't be able to corner and accelerate the way a T5 does. Volvo definitely pulled some physics bending magic with that one. Picking it up on Wednesday... Serious amount of car for the money...... 150mph shopping trolley Am I right in thinking those engines appeared in the old Focus RS?
egor110 said:
Or £500 on the fabled rust free puma and pocket the other grand .
I think you'd be very lucky to get a 172 cup for your budget that doesn't need the belts doing , ordinary 172/182 is more likely .
The alternative is get a saab aero but there very different cars , handling vs power.
A rust free Puma? Don't think I've seen the "Rust-free" trim level before I think you'd be very lucky to get a 172 cup for your budget that doesn't need the belts doing , ordinary 172/182 is more likely .
The alternative is get a saab aero but there very different cars , handling vs power.
Met a few Puma guys, odd breed. They do praise it's handling and reliability however. It's a very marmite car looks wise, some love it, some hate it.
Seem to find the Saab's a bit mundane to me, very good price wise though for the car.
JoshRoss. said:
Hoofy said:
I think you need to look at the running costs.
I do like 2 miles a day. Only big issues are insurance and tax. That said in my area insurance rates are absolutely superb. I'm 18 and the kinda cars I'm looking at are stupid cheap to insure (for my age that is) I budgeted £2k for insurance but even stuff like MR2's, RX-8's & 330Ci's are around the £1000 insurance mark for me. (compared to £2000 for my civic?) Assuming it's because of some insurance companies broken algorithms. Computer sees less 18 year olds wrecking RX-8's compared to Civic's must mean they're safer. When actually theres just more 18yo with civics to crash.
I really meant in terms of things a V8 might need, like 8 injectors vs 4 or the cost of brakes with the Lexus/Mercedes tax.
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