Which car do I go to from here?

[Jonty_11]

The initial message was deleted from this topic on 19 April 2019 at 07:50

[Fleckers]

VXR8 ??

[FazerBoy]

Toyota GT86

[Mike335i]

Sub £15k, RWD and manual:

BMW E90 335i / 330i / E86 Z4 3.0si / E87 130i / E46 M3 / 330i etc
Vauxhall Monaro / VX220
Nissan R34 GTT / 350z / 370z
Toyota Supra / MR2
Porsche Cayman / Boxster
Toyota GT86 / Subaru BRZ
Honda S2000
Mazda MX5
TVR Chimeara
Lotus Elise
Chrysler Crossfire (cheap enough to mod)

I went for the 335i and am chuffed with my choice!

Edited by Mike335i on Sunday 25th June 01:10

[Hotel India]

If you're considering an Elise, you can do 2 seats/minimal storage.

Of cars I've owned/driven, I would say Chimaera or Elise for involvement overload. Compared to BMW saloon/coupes anyway, which I have a lot of time for, but are nowhere near as involving. But massively better for real life driving.

The trouble is, involvement is inversely correlated with practicality, IMHO.

[Cold]

What's an S3? Because I'm thinking it's an old Land Rover or perhaps an Esprit from the 1980s.

[Mr Tidy]

Cold said:

What's an S3? Because I'm thinking it's an old Land Rover or perhaps an Esprit from the 1980s.

Doh, it's an Aldi (did I spell that wrong maybe)?

OP might get into a Z4MR in budget - very old school RWD!

[Cold]

Mr Tidy said:

Doh, it's an Aldi (did I spell that wrong maybe)?

Makes sense now you've said it! Silly me.

[northwest monkey]

Jonty_11 said:

Is there anything else I should be considering?

The 350Z is very popular at the moment. But only if you're a retard it would seem.

[PomBstard]

944S2/968 - I think a 944 Turbo might be over budget.

[doogle83]

I've had an S3 for the past 9 months and feel exactly the same.

I need rear seats and am down to two choices now:

GT86
Megane 265

[e8_pack]

M135i/M235i

[doogle83]

I'd have a Cayman if I didn't need the rear seats ;-)

2.7 base spec for me

[Mike335i]

Jonty_11 said:

This could well be the more practical answer! Had a long look at the M140i before the S3 and really did enjoy it.

Are they down to 15k?

[SidewaysSi]

Elise is the best driver's car of the lot. By a mile.

[Mike335i]

Jonty_11 said:

As yet, no, but not far off.

If you can stretch to one or wait, I think you have the best all round day answer then.

[ZX10R NIN]

If involvement is your main priority the I have to say don't look past the Megane RS has it in spades also a Trophy takes it onto another level all the BMW products would need a trip to ACS/Birds for some suspension work to get them to be involving that's not to say they're bad but they're a bit of a compromise set up.

Also if you don't mind 2 seats the Nissan 370Z is well worthy of consideration.

2011/12 Megane Trophy 40k

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2017...

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2017...

2014 Megane RS265 Lux with the Cup Chassis 10k

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2016...

Leftfield:

These are underrated & a fun steer R32 Golf

R32 Golf

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2017...

The DSG are good too in terms of involvement but need to be looked after

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2017...

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2017...

Nissan 370GT

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2017...

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2017...

[willfmair]

I picked up a GT86 a few months ago - 2012 with 16,000 miles on it, main dealer purchase and full main dealer service history for just under £14,500 with gloss black wheel refurbishment thrown in before I picked it up too. As a lot of people seem to experience it can take a while to bond with them, but when you do...

That said the straight line performance won't be touching the S3 - but not sure if that's such a bad thing with these new speeding regulations (assuming you're UK based). Also achieves 40mpg on my commute if that's of any interest.

That's my 2p anyway!

[Pistonheader101]

Possibly M3 E92