I'm looking at buying a project car!
Discussion
Hello, first time poster here!
I'm looking at getting a project car.
I'm 21 (driving around a year), working as an apprentice electrician with no other expenses.
I currently have a mk5 04 1.4 petrol Golf, it's fine... there's a couple of dings, the seals aren't great, the clutch feels very temperamental but it's still fine to drive.
My plan would be to plan would be to keep the Golf until the project car is drivable and then sell it and put the cash into the project!
I've currently got around €1.5k to spend right now, but I want to do some research regardless.
It has to be sub 2 Litre, I'm from Ireland and road + insurance is a pain, so anything over 2L is going to cause issues.
Ideally not too expensive or difficult to find parts..
Everything seems to be stupidly expensive to insure...
So I'm now looking at a Miata (Mx5)!
Someone is selling a running one for €750, it's a 1997, hasn't been on the road in a year or so, would need a new battery and jump leads at the very least but the engine and clutch are working fine by his account.
But it's high mileage at 170k miles..
Main thing I'd be worried about is rust, and of course the mileage.
I think in general a Mx5 would be ticking all the boxes for me, but I'm open for suggestions.
What do you think?
I'm looking at getting a project car.
I'm 21 (driving around a year), working as an apprentice electrician with no other expenses.
I currently have a mk5 04 1.4 petrol Golf, it's fine... there's a couple of dings, the seals aren't great, the clutch feels very temperamental but it's still fine to drive.
My plan would be to plan would be to keep the Golf until the project car is drivable and then sell it and put the cash into the project!
I've currently got around €1.5k to spend right now, but I want to do some research regardless.
It has to be sub 2 Litre, I'm from Ireland and road + insurance is a pain, so anything over 2L is going to cause issues.
Ideally not too expensive or difficult to find parts..
Everything seems to be stupidly expensive to insure...
So I'm now looking at a Miata (Mx5)!
Someone is selling a running one for €750, it's a 1997, hasn't been on the road in a year or so, would need a new battery and jump leads at the very least but the engine and clutch are working fine by his account.
But it's high mileage at 170k miles..
Main thing I'd be worried about is rust, and of course the mileage.
I think in general a Mx5 would be ticking all the boxes for me, but I'm open for suggestions.
What do you think?
I've been lucky enough to have a neighbour who's restored a mk1 mx5 before go down and check out the one I'm eyeing up!
He said looks fine for rust, because the roof isn't in the best shape, the carpet and seats are somewhat wet.. I was told to just strip the interior when i get it, to air it out and see what else would need to be done.
The sills and arches are apparently fine which is a big plus.
He said looks fine for rust, because the roof isn't in the best shape, the carpet and seats are somewhat wet.. I was told to just strip the interior when i get it, to air it out and see what else would need to be done.
The sills and arches are apparently fine which is a big plus.
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