Looking for a cheap fun car

[joehirth]

As the title says really, I'm looking for a cheapish car, sub £2,000 that is not going to make me look like a little boy racer. I want it to be reliable and ideally fun, but not expensive to run, going the drifting route is not what I want either however I would take a RWD car!

The car that stands out to me the most so far is the Toyota Celica...

Any other ideas please?

[Rushmore]

MX-5 in red?

[anonymous-user]

e36 328i

[Rushmore]

MR2 in red? Great FUN (giggles)

[Schuey M]

Focus st170, golf mk4 gti

[firman]

duckhunt said:

e36 328i

This! Maybe even in touring guise, I picked one up earlier this year and it is a great car

[Fantuzzi]

Can you pick up a decent RX8 for 2k now?

Ive seen a few for that price, but not sure they are the runts of the litter.

[welaye]

I've also been looking for something similar, and yes RX-8's can be picked up for around 1500 quid with moderate miles on. I guess people can't afford to cope with 15mpg...Some of them I have seen had the typical rx-8 engine troubles, mind.

Hyundai Coupe 2004ish model? 2.0 16v 39mpg, 147bhp.

[TameRacingDriver]

Clio 172 as long as its had the cambelt/dephaser done.

[Liquid Knight]

£2,000 is a fortune. You can practically have any car you want.

Rear wheel drive fun and not an MX5?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mgb-gt-/170879145838?pt=...

Add £20 for a set of legal plates and you're away.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/TVR-Tasmin-FHC-/28092309...

Rover V8 instead of the Cologne V6.

Plenty of 924's or 944's.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Alfa-Romeo-GTV-3-0-V6-24...

Wrong wheel drive but pretty and pretty bloody rapid.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VOLVO-144-custom-chopped...

Fun in a different way.

There's a world of opportunity out there for £2,000 enjoy.

[Hollywood Wheels]

Schuey M said:

golf mk4 gti

A mk4 Golf?! He said he wanted to have fun, not be bored to death! A mk3 MR2 would be my choice.

[Rushmore]

Downpayment for a Dacia Duster?

[Steve_F]

Was going to suggest a T5 Volvo with a remap or a t-5r having had one but I probably preferred the far slower 1.8 celica st with wide wheels and 114bhp as a standard daily. Celica was a phenomenal handling car, rwd might have been better but I'd certainly love to give the 4wd or faster fwd ones a go. Lovely predictable lift-off oversteer in a car cheap enough to enjoy it!!

306 GTI-6 would also be on my potential shopping list. At that price I'd set the 2k limit on autotrader and see if there was anything I fancied.

[Rickyy]

Puma

[Jasandjules]

MR2 that has not had the Max Power treatment.

[Gdgd]

Rickyy said:

Puma

YES!

[cthcolin]

Why would anyone go Golf when for 50% of the price* one could go Alfa 147? I'm in a 2.0 twinspark and it does EVERYTHING! A proper handling hot hatch when you want and cool cruiser when you don't

C

*you'll pay the difference in Selena oil, but who cares? It's an Alfa. So it's not as well screwed together as an equivalent VW, but IMESOH, goes better.

[joehirth]

Interesting thoughts guys,

Thanks for the replies. I have set a 2k limit on autotrader but there's so much rubbish to sift through I thought it would be best to come to you lot first

Think I will have a look around, the Alfa's did catch my eye, but I worry about the reliability? Anyone have any input on that?

[PSJ]

Can't beat a Renault Sport 172cup, great value for money!

Could be classed as "Chav" mind..

[joehirth]

PSJ said:

Can't beat a Renault Sport 172cup, great value for money!

Could be classed as "Chav" mind..

This is the problem I'm facing, I work in a office and get the impression people are laughing at me when I drive in