looking to spend £2k, opinions and advice

[superguybrett]

Just like to say hi all first.

I was looking to spend £2k on a 2000-2001 celica 18vvti, but with a bit of nosing through forums that the early engines are prone to oil consumption faults and can't stretch to 02 upwards model.
Really looking for reliable jap car that has decent performance and reliability, and looks.
My 1996 vw 2.0l gti died, so improved performance over this be nice, any ideas or suggestions of diferent jap cars worth looking at.

Thank you

[micron750]

Legacy GTB i have one its quick and like the Impreza very easy to MOD it uses the STi engine but with twin turbos,try here uklegacy.com great bunch too

[japgt]

Impreza, end of!!

[TotalControl]

Are we taking consideration of insurance here?

Civic mb6, prelude, 200sx, gto, fto, starlet, MR2, Celica...

[superguybrett]

nope im 36 with 15years no claims, insurance not a bother

[the chav]

go for a honda good strong cars

if you have more money my friend is selling his dc2 with a fully forged engine

[superguybrett]

not looking for big power, i have been driving the worlds slowest ever made vw gti lol.
Also noobish i kow, whats a dc2?

[TotalControl]

A Honda Integra. Coupe of the late 90's. I suggested an mb6 as it has the same engine with a different gearbox.

Alternatively, MR2 turbo?

[the chav]

this one

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Honda-Integra-Type-R-For...

[SMcP114]

Suggesting a £4800 car to someone with a budget of 2k, how random...

[Ali_T]

Something like this would be my starting point. The H22 in the Prelude and Accord Type R was a bloody strong engine.

http://pistonheads.com/classifieds/3192073.htm

[Crazysteve]

japgt said:

Impreza, end of!!

"Ditto"
and still play in the snow

[Decky_Q]

I have a 2001 celica vvti with the engine that is reportedly prone to the oil problems, and I wouldnt be put of buying or reccomending another at all, I have serviced it regularly -oil and filters every 6-10k and it has covered 60k in 2 years and not one thing has gone wrong at all, not one prob.
I have been reliably told aswell that the fault you are talking about with the vvti will manifest immediately in lots of smoke, so if theres no smoke on test drive the problem hasnt occurred so you can prevent it then with reccomended servicing.

subaru turbo cars are pretty hard on fuel so if you have a limited budget (we all do) you will loathe to take it on daily commutes or long drives imo

[madal]

accord type r

[lg2002ukuk]

I say a GT-B. But convert from a twin turbo to a single turbo. You will get loads of power also it has loads of room.

[the chav]

SMcP114 said:

Suggesting a £4800 car to someone with a budget of 2k, how random...

i did say if you have some more money then go for a honda good strong cars

got to be better then spending 2k on a jap car witch will probobly be a shed

[cheesesliceking]

For what reason will a 2k car probably be a shed?

Doesnt matter how you look at it, offering up a car double the budget is an odd thing to do.. and kinda pointless.

[superguybrett]

£2k will buy a solid car as long as i not rushing into it, i think a scooby be far to juicy to run.
I will deffo have a look at a few celicas though