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CMacC

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Sunday 15th December 2019

I'm currently going through a phase of not knowing what car I want. I have an M2 CS on order, and want something to fill the gap. My commute is varied, some days its 2 miles to the station, others its an 80 mile motorway round trip to the office. Mileage is around 15k miles per year, My budget is ideally £4k max, my shortlist is as follows
ep3 type r 145k miles £1850
Cat D 335d, 91k miles, new injectors, brake discs and pads & lower suspension arms £4000
2001 Accord Type r 120k miles £3500
2006 Nissan 350z 126k miles £3000

To be honest, I'm really not sure which way to go - the 350z is the outside choice due to running costs, but the other 3 have me split. What are peoples thoughts / opinions?

Any other alternatives welcome

stevemcs

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Mk3 Mondeo diesel or something similar from that class, spend £750 or less. There is no point spending 4k on a stop gap car and of those you have listed none will move on quickly so you will be left with 2 lots of tax and insurance until they sell.

Out of your list I would take the Accord, as a wild card C30 T5 or Focus ST.

CMacC

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stevemcs said:

Mk3 Mondeo diesel or something similar from that class, spend £750 or less. There is no point spending 4k on a stop gap car and of those you have listed none will move on quickly so you will be left with 2 lots of tax and insurance until they sell.

Out of your list I would take the Accord, as a wild card C30 T5 or Focus ST.

Thing is, I will probably keep a second car after I get the M2 for site visits etc.
I love cars, and don't want to drive a mundane box - C30 t5 and focus ST are essentially the same chassis and engine arent they?

ZX10R NIN

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Driver101

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ZX10R NIN said:

You're always recommending the Giulietta. I've driven a few of them and after two minutes the lack of where to put your left foot gets seriously annoying. They don't drive well either.

The Mazda 3 MPS you've linked has issues. The EML and lack of any warranty would make me run a mile.

ZX10R NIN

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I think they drive just as well as most other cars in class the lack of footrest has never bothered me, it's only a recommendation I always say test drive cars to see what one suits each persons needs.

hammo19

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Cooper S - fun and smiles

CMacC

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Tuesday 24th December 2019

Went for the accord type r - and what a car!!
Bought off a pair of guys who used it as a track car - mechanically it is 100%, has cold air induction and vtec coming in at 4500 rpm - has track tyres on it now, and a spare set of rims for a set of road tyres. Th bodywork is full of little marks, but there is no rust - Wish I'd taken the jump years ago!!