RE: Convertibles for under £10k | Six of the Best

[soad]

pb8g09 said:

Maccmike8 said:

How to pick the worst convertibles for £10k should be the title.

Find 6 better for under £10k on the market now?

Seem both old and overpriced to me? I’m not paying £10k for S2000/MG TF either.

[Guvernator]

Those saying they'd pick the Alfa, try driving one first. Many years ago I too was taken in by the looks and took one for a test drive, I brought it back within 10 minutes. The car literally felt like it was going to shake itself apart over every hump and pothole. The scuttle shake is definitely not overexaggerated, it literally ruined the car.

A few years ago I'd have picked an S2000 for £10k but you unfortunately you won't get a decent one for that price now, I'd pick the Boxster, it will be the best drive out of that lot.

[aestivator]

Plenty of 3.0 Z4s on here for under 10 grand. Not sure if they're any good to drive, mind. But if all you want are looks and sound, haggle £750 off this:

https://www.pistonheads.com/buy/listing/14747904

[928 GTS]

donkmeister said:

The facelift SL350 has the 272PS V6.

350 was also available without complex ABC suspension. Therefore 1st facelift SL350 because of better looks than later headlights or E89 Z4.

[kambites]

aestivator said:

Plenty of 3.0 Z4s on here for under 10 grand. Not sure if they're any good to drive, mind.

Not great, but infinitely better than the Brera-based Alfa Spider!

[J4CKO]

All seem a bit expensive, 350Z are a hard sell with £650 VED, ten grand for one, nah.

[cfin4014]

stickleback123 said:

defonsecca said:

Alfa Spider doesn't belong here. Having owned a Brera 2.2S for about 16 months the novelty of stunning looks soon wears off. You then realise what a slow, heavy, dead-feeling, un-sporty car it really is. And I'm a serial Alfa owner. So the Spider version will be the same mix even with a (non-Alfa Busso) V6 under its snout.

You're better-off to get the 916 version Spider with the 3.0 Busso V6 - GTV version is far superior than the Brera ie) a proper soulful Alfa, and you won't lose any money in it unlike this.

I don't rate the looks either. The detailing is lovely but the overall shape and silhouette is a typical gimpy looking FWD pudding with that ridiculous cab forward stance and a seating position like you're on the bog.

Alfa Romeo have been the grand masters of perfuming a pig with their FWD cars, but it doesn't take long to realise it's got a snout and curly tail.

£10k for an NB is comedy, but with those miles how on earth do you value it? If it was an NA it'd be £30k+ I'm sure, so it does reflect how unwanted that version is.

Edited by stickleback123 on Saturday 18th March 13:17

I've Just gone down the Alfa route myself with a GTV based spider. Brera spider doesn't sound all that great to drive so if getting something nice to look at and drive is the priority, you can get a good GTV Spider for a few thousand.

[Register1]

How about the Volvo C70 ?
Looks quite good 👍

[Wren-went]

Quite fancy the Lotus Elan doesn't seem bad £8500.ok it's got 140,000 miles but it's over 30 years old so it's nothing really but if I was going for a 2 seater I'd go for its relative a VX220..

Built by lotus at Hethel other than badges it's a lotus don't think you would find a decent Turbo for 10 grand even a high mileage average condition 1 but even the NA 2.2 L Engine does 0-60 under 6 seconds at 5.9.is quick enough I've driven a friend's who bought his from a Lotus specialist.who always has 3 or 4 for sale.

Always fancied an MX-5 and this particular car is as good as new but you might as well pay a little more and get the latest generation . You could pick up a reasonable mileage well looked after NB for 2 grandish looks wise not a patch on a NA or NC . I'd rather pay £2000 for a car with 105,000 in average condition than 10grand for this car in the article with 5000 miles in like new condition.

[PomBstard]

PJ_Parsons said:

I like the MX5 myself. 10k for what seems to be a new car. What does 10k get you in new cars these days? It would be painless to own and hold much of its value. Alas, at 6ft2”, I am too tall for it.

I’m also 6’2” and had an NB MX5 for about three years - no prob fitting in with either soft or hard top up.

Of the list, the Boxster and Elan get my vote, and the MX5 as a new/old car would be interesting. Re age/mileage of the Elan, condition is everything.

[TanimAhmad]

No MR2 MK3 on the list is very disappointing, specially when MX-5 MK2 suffers from the rust issue and MR2 is proper mid engine RWD.

[TanimAhmad]

pb8g09 said:

Find 6 better for under £10k on the market now?

Agreed.

[TanimAhmad]

Handles better than most of the cars here on the list, even the boxter is too heavy for tighter roads.

[Unreal]

pb8g09 said:

Maccmike8 said:

How to pick the worst convertibles for £10k should be the title.

Find 6 better for under £10k on the market now?

Yes get on with it Mike. Your list should be entertaining.

[el romeral]

As a long time Boxster owner, I would have to go with one of them, as they are excellent and mine only cost half the budget here and is an S. The 5 liter V8 of the Mercedes would be drawing me in though, were I to be in the market.

[Arsecati]

SimonTheSailor said:

Mercedes for cruising around and nice long comfortable road trips
I have a Elan M100, that's the zippiest/best handling/feel good drive car for a country road blast.

You're the first poster who has matched my preferences! The Elan would be my first choice - I think that is a CRACKING price for that car, as the mileage wouldn't bother me in the slightest if the service history is up to scratch (and fair play for already owning one!), but that Merc looks lovely, and who doesn't like a bit of chilled out wafting every now and again (with the added fun of having a V8 under the right foot when a wee urge for a giggle takes over!).

[biggbn]

TanimAhmad said:

Handles better than most of the cars here on the list, even the boxter is too heavy for tighter roads.

2/3ds of an else for a quarter the price. Love them!!

[Maccmike8]

pb8g09 said:

Maccmike8 said:

How to pick the worst convertibles for £10k should be the title.

Find 6 better for under £10k on the market now?

Ive literally put 10k limit and convertible into pistonheads. I would pick all the cars on the first page over all of these. Some are less than 5k. So challenge accepted and smashed out the park.

[Its Just Adz]

£10k for that MX5???
Hell no.

Would be the Z for me

[ArmaghMan]

Maccmike8 said:

pb8g09 said:

Maccmike8 said:

How to pick the worst convertibles for £10k should be the title.

Find 6 better for under £10k on the market now?

Ive literally put 10k limit and convertible into pistonheads. I would pick all the cars on the first page over all of these. Some are less than 5k. So challenge accepted and smashed out the park.

Funny that, so did I.
I'm giving you the benefit of the doubt and not suggesting that you think a mini convertible is worthy of consideration, but the only stand out is a 73000 mile clk 55amg.
CLK is not nearly as nice as SL and the 500 is probably the sweet spot ( not enough power for me personally)

Nothing else that jumps out at all.