**** it, suggest me something fast.

[Piepiepie]

After days and days of browsing exec diesels, looking for something not too thristy but not too slow, i've got a bit fed up of searching cars under £10k that have done more than 324874327328 miles.

I've also had some stty work news today, and it's been a bks week, so im just going to to and buy a fast petrol and fk the ozone a bit more. My st220 is fairly quick, but not quick enough.

No hot hatches or coupes, and nothing older than 4/5 years.

I've had a look at the VXR Vectra which is winning at the moment. I had three vectras before my mondeo and love them, found them far more confortable and a nicer layout inside.

I wanted a VXR8 but the cheapest is about £16k.

[FreeLitres]

E55 AMG Merc.

Or Jag S-Type R. Supercharged 4.2 V8. Check them out!

[Dalto123]

BMW 530i or 330i m sport?

[falkster]

C55 amg or S type R.

[LuS1fer]

I don't get the age limitation thing. A friend's son just bought an 05 Monaro 5.7 VXR with about 50k on the clock for £10k. It will be bulletproof and it will go on forever and it will dump all over a Vectra with alacrity. It will also be cheaper to service being a nice simple all alloy pushrod Chevy engine.

[mollytherocker]

Chip your ST220?

MTR

[craigb84]

E46 M3. It'll be slightly older than what you want but they're pretty amazing.

[sebhaque]

craigb84 said:

E46 M3. It'll be slightly older than what you want but they're pretty amazing.

At risk of sounding like a knob, an M3 is certainly fantastic bang for your buck. I have one myself and it's a cracking bit of kit.

An Impreza STi would be within your requirements too, and it's possibly one of the best handling cars I've ever driven. As would a VX220, Z4M, or even a Mustang.

[Jasandjules]

TVR Chimaera.

[kiteless]

E46 M3

Silly cheap for good 'uns these days.

944 Turbo, maybe? But as a possible appreciating classic, I'd be disinclined to use it as a daily.

[E24man]

Turbo'd japanese stuff or TVR Griff, Chim, maybe a ropey Cerb; failing that AMG or Alpina.

[PoleDriver]

Nobody yet mentioned:-

MX5
335D (mapped)

[Willy Nilly]

GSXR1000

[twazzock]

E46 M3. probably/definitely beyond your age limitation, but almost incomprehensibly beyond your Mondeo dynamically.

So, so many other options, but if you're going to be an age snob you won't want to know.

[vit4]

Would the E46 M3 not fall foul of the 'no coupes' requirement though?

Until I read that to be honest my first thought was 'Monaro', which then grew stronger as I read about your lust for a VXR8! Monaros can be had silly cheap now.

Failing that the suggestion of an S-type R must be worth a look in

[twazzock]

I can't think of many quick 4-door saloons under that money, unless you go E39 M5, which is just a recipe for bankruptcy. Stop being so arbitrary, compromise, get a BIG coupe and you'll be laughing.

[GravelBen]

LuS1fer said:

...A friend's son just bought an 05 Monaro 5.7 VXR with about 50k on the clock for £10k. It will be bulletproof and it will go on forever...

With the stories I heard from a mate who worked at a Holden dealer I wouldn't be so sure about that! Mind you a lot of the worst cases were straight from the factory so an 05 might have been sorted out by now.

[Rsohyes]

Silvia S15 Spec R?

[obscene]

Elise

[Mr Dave]

Mazda 6 MPS
Impreza
Evo
R34 skyline 4 door
Volvo T5
M3
Jag XJR