21 Year Old, £9000, What Would You Buy?

[STIfree]

I shall shortly be in a position of buying my next car. I'm 21 so insurance does still pay a reasonable part in decision making.

I'll have a max of £9000 to spend.


Criteria:

£9000 max
Anything considered, no children, no long distances to travel.
Preferably RWD although not essential
Do around 300 mile per week
Anything above 25mpg preferred



Also, I will be purchasing a second car shortly after buying a daily. I will be selling my 2004 Subaru Impreza non turbo and putting this money together with my dad to buy some sort of weekend/project car, thinking along the lines of an Integra DC2.



Things I've looked at so far are -
BMW E9x 330d
BMW Z4 3.0
Honda Civic Type R (2007 age ish)



So, what would you suggest?

[N Dentressangle]

STIfree said:

So, what would you suggest?

Not spending £9000 on a car.

At the age of 21, there are far more exciting things to do with that kind of money.

And if you're sensible, far more sensible things too.

Still, youth is wasted on the young...

[folos]

I had a little more (10k) but I got a mk5 R32 and love it to bits!

[Magic919]

Get a nice watch.

[Mastodon2]

A house.

[TheThing]

I would suggest not spending £9000 on a car at the age of 21. I would probably get some rwd fun in the form of an MR2 or an MX5 and keep the change until my insurance was low enough to be able to insure something a bit better/quicker for much less than you would be able to now. Just my opinion.

[STIfree]

N Dentressangle said:

STIfree said:

So, what would you suggest?

Not spending £9000 on a car.

At the age of 21, there are far more exciting things to do with that kind of money.

And if you're sensible, far more sensible things too.

Still, youth is wasted on the young...

I imagined comments like this would arrise. I'm a petrol head, I spend 95% of my days thinking of cars and bikes. I'm saving for my own house, going out with makes at weekends, going on lads holidays once a year so I think I have everyting else covered.

So getting back on topic, this is a what car thread, not what would you do with the money.

Cheers.

[STIfree]

folos said:

I had a little more (10k) but I got a mk5 R32 and love it to bits!

Intresting. I am a vag car enthusiast but I prefer the Mk4 32 (god nothing beats that sound does it) but having the money, I just wouldn't buy one. Not sure why, I just think its a lot of mpg spent on a lot of noise but not that much performance.

[Ozzie Osmond]

STIfree said:

So, what would you suggest?

Phone your insurance company and talk through what cars they have in a rating category you can afford. Often pleasant surprises in there if you're willing to look outside the obvious. In other words if kids don't usually buy 'em and crash 'em the rating will be lower.

[Greengecko]

STIfree said:

I imagined comments like this would arrise. I'm a petrol head, I spend 95% of my days thinking of cars and bikes. I'm saving for my own house, going out with makes at weekends, going on lads holidays once a year so I think I have everyting else covered.

So getting back on topic, this is a what car thread, not what would you do with the money.

Cheers.

Picked up my Focus ST at the same age, and never looked back. Within a few months all my mates started buying them too, strange that . Might not fit all your criteria, but worth a test drive.

[TheThing]

STIfree said:

N Dentressangle said:

STIfree said:

So, what would you suggest?

Not spending £9000 on a car.

At the age of 21, there are far more exciting things to do with that kind of money.

And if you're sensible, far more sensible things too.

Still, youth is wasted on the young...

I imagined comments like this would arrise. I'm a petrol head, I spend 95% of my days thinking of cars and bikes. I'm saving for my own house, going out with makes at weekends, going on lads holidays once a year so I think I have everyting else covered.



So getting back on topic, this is a what car thread, not what would you do with the money.

Cheers.

Blimey, you sound like your doing ok for 21 years old!

[mike9009]

Vx220.

[STIfree]

TheThing said:

Blimey, you sound like your doing ok for 21 years old!

Thanks I've worked hard to get a decent job and build up a bit of money by saving (have a look at my previous car history and you'll see I'm about due something a bit more PH'ish!)

[parabolica]

I bought my 645 for £9k 3 months ago. Just saying

And for the record it does 25 to the gallon, even around London town.

[Bear Phils]

Mazda Rx-7 FD. Be amazed as you get a quote for it

£1300 for a year for me with one year no claims @ 21.

You won't get the 25mpg though...

Edited by Bear Phils on Thursday 22 August 18:11

[balls-out]

Are you old enough for classic insurance?

If so, a Corvette

[STIfree]

balls-out said:

Are you old enough for classic insurance?

If so, a Corvette

As a daily? Doing around 300 miles a week in?

[balls-out]

STIfree said:

balls-out said:

Are you old enough for classic insurance?

If so, a Corvette

As a daily? Doing around 300 miles a week in?

Olooks like you spotted the flaw in my argument.

Ok - A grands worth of Nissan Micra AND a corvette. You didn't say sensible suggestions.

[hedges88]

You mentioned Civic Type R in your OP. It's worth noting that insurance is really high on all Honda models (Type R or Not) so at 21 that may need to be a consideration.

There is a lot more power to insurance group ratio outside of the Honda marque I must say from experience

A BMW E39 Touring was cheaper for me to drive (£400 less insurance) than a bog standard Civic that doesn't even have VTEC

[HurricaneABC]

Focus RS mk1 perhaps its something a little different or maybe a Mazda 6 MPS! Thats something you dont see many of and proper rapid