Fast, cool and five grand

[louismchuge]

No need to commute, so it's purely a toy

Don't mind what age, as long as it looks good

Must have some shove and either RWD or 4WD for £5k

Turbo / NA / diesel / petrol / 4 door / 2 door / estate - don't care

Suggestions?!

[LordGrover]

986 boxster?

A few on autotrader.

Not fast, fast - but great fun. Had one last year, now caught the bug.

Edited by LordGrover on Friday 12th April 14:14

[Herbs]

Z4

[Prinny]

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...

Because I really can’t justify a third, but I really want it.

Edit: Actually, the price has gone up £1k this week, so apologies.

[Horsey McHorseface]

Golf R32, maybe.

[louismchuge]

Prinny said:

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...

Because I really can’t justify a third, but I really want it.

Edit: Actually, the price has gone up £1k this week, so apologies.

Thought it was ambitious, a very handsome car though!

[terry237]

If I had a spare 5k to spend on another car I'd be looking at another 350z. Reliable, ok handling for a hefty car and that V6. Not particularly fast but has some poke and likes to rev. Seem to be nearing the bottom of the depreciation curve too

[Jamescrs]

LordGrover said:

986 boxster?

A few on autotrader.

Not fast, fast - but great fun. Had one last year, now caught the bug.

Edited by LordGrover on Friday 12th April 14:14

Whats reliability like on the boxster at that kind of age/ price bracket?

[LordGrover]

Good and bad abound... they can produce some big bills, but if you get a good one you won't lose much if anything at this price point.
I bought at a little over £6k last April and had an epic topless Summer in it. To fix everything on the Porsche 111 point checklist would've cost thousands so I cut my losses and sold for a small loss - but it was well worth it.

However, like I said above, I loved it so much I now have a much newer Boxster which I find difficult to justify, but I love it.

[Elesmart]

I am biased, but.... Toyota MR2 Turbo.

ETA - Sorry, scrap that. I didn't realise how much they had gone up in price!

[wjb]

If you're feeling particularly brave, how about something like this.

[Garemberg]

A minter of a B6/7 S4 with history of camchains being done, bonus points for an Avanat.

[Herbs]

wjb said:

If you're feeling particularly brave, how about something like this.

Run........ run for the hills!!

[Michaelbailey]

S4 B5?

[joe1145]

Might be able to pick up an MSport e92 335i for that kind of price. however a lot of possibility of things to go wrong at that price (turbos)

[coldel]

You could do a lot worse than a 350z, buy a slightly modded one with suspension & breathing mods done and you got a good 280-300bhp GT car.

Fiesta ST150?

Astra VXR?

MK7 Civic Type R?

Focus ST?

[wjb]

Herbs said:

wjb said:

If you're feeling particularly brave, how about something like this.

Run........ run for the hills!!

I did say brave

[ZX10R NIN]

I'm bias but my first choice would be a CLK350/500

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...

SLK350

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...

Honda S2000

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...

Nissan 350Z

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...

Mazda RX-8 R3

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...

[Weekendrebuild]

Keep saving or buy something as a project !

[Horsey McHorseface]

ZX10R NIN said:

Mazda RX-8 R3

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...

The last time I read one of those many RX8 threads on here, they were going for £2k. I do see your logic ZX10R, but those two appear overpriced compared to eBay auction prices I just checked.