Yey, a what car thread, slight twist!

[illmonkey]

I'm after a new motor, not a big budget, up to, say, £2500. But here is the twist. I don't care for MPG, not in the slightest.

Basically want a car that'll work when turned on, not to much to fix if it doesn't turn on and is fun. None of this Focus rubbish. I'd also rather not a rust bucket that I won't be able to sell on.

[Disco You]

MX-5.

[Krikkit]

E38 740?

[Bill]

It looks dodgy, but what can possibly go wrong: http://classifieds.pistonheads.com/classifieds/use...

[hidetheelephants]

Wanna P reg Volvo 850 2.5GLT auto? My mate's struggling to give his away. Nearer £500 than £2500 though.

[s m]

If you only want a slight Twist......

http://www.gumtree.com/p/cars-vans-motorbikes/vaux...

[boobles]

Just a few...

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[lunchbox]

[300bhp/ton]

illmonkey said:

I'm after a new motor, not a big budget, up to, say, £2500. But here is the twist. I don't care for MPG, not in the slightest.

Basically want a car that'll work when turned on, not to much to fix if it doesn't turn on and is fun. None of this Focus rubbish. I'd also rather not a rust bucket that I won't be able to sell on.

Are you for real not caring about mpg? really really??

If so, Jaguar XJ12 in 6.0 litre guide would be pretty funky. 12-16mpg though.

XJ-S also pretty cool, 11-15mpg

V8 Range Rover or Disco 15mpg

V8 or S6 Jeep sub 20mpg

Series Land Rover 2.25 - sub 20mpg

[illmonkey]

No on the MX-5 front! Just can't see myself driving one!

Some old bimmers there, good shout, the E39s seem very good value. Needs to be manual though, I'll dig about.

Not a big fan of Jap cars, so I'm ruling those out.

300bhp/ton, really. I don't do loads of miles and the other halfs car is the main car, this is just a run about really.

[Skylinecrazy]

So you don't want focus 'Rubbish' yet you want a BMW and rule out 'japcrap' which are probably the most exciting cars for your budget?

[treetops]

SAAB 9-5 AERO HOT

You will smile daily.

[illmonkey]

Skylinecrazy said:

So you don't want focus 'Rubbish' yet you want a BMW and rule out 'japcrap' which are probably the most exciting cars for your budget?

You're biased, I get that. But, I won't buy one, understand that please.

[Skylinecrazy]

illmonkey said:

Skylinecrazy said:

So you don't want focus 'Rubbish' yet you want a BMW and rule out 'japcrap' which are probably the most exciting cars for your budget?

You're biased, I get that. But, I won't buy one, understand that please.

Not at all biased.


Just curious to what you mean by 'Focus crap'

[BorkFactor]

You could get a nice E36 328i Sport for that money, or a nice E46 328i / maybe 330i.

[illmonkey]

Skylinecrazy said:

Not at all biased.


Just curious to what you mean by 'Focus crap'

I didn't say crap. I meant not a run of the mill car, rather something that has some personality and isn't owned by half of the country.

[Skylinecrazy]

illmonkey said:

Skylinecrazy said:

Not at all biased.


Just curious to what you mean by 'Focus crap'

run of the mill car/isn't owned by half of the country.

Yet you want a beemer?

[illmonkey]

Skylinecrazy said:

Yet you want a beemer?

Yes yes! Reliable though, I also like the idea of a V8.

[Ozzie Osmond]

ilmonkey said:

not to much to fix if it doesn't turn on

lunchbox said:

I don't think you've quite got the hang of this.

[GreatGranny]

GTV

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/search/used/cars/postc...

330 Ci

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2012...