Need an advise : Need to buy one of these 3

[userman7788]

Hi, I have made up my mind about a car I am interested in. I dont have any budged I may spend up to 5 grand for car.

I am deciding between a post 2004 corolla t sport or a celica t sport zz20 engine. asking is about spare parts does the price stay the same considering the celica is higher end car. third place goes to mazda 6 mps post 2004 again. now, i personally know that mazda is superior but is highly dependent on original parts and who knows what you get these days. any of these wont cost me more than 2.5k and spend another 1.5k on parts rather than buy a total lemon bmw for 10k.

what's your thoughs please. Thank you!

Edited by userman7788 on Sunday 6th January 18:04

[Steve91]

The Mazda would probably be the top of my list, if it wasn't for the £540 VED. I don't think you'd get an especially good one for £2,500 either. That seems to be bottom money.

Corolla wins for me. Completely bombproof and I think a good one will only appreciate if looked after.

Hope that helps (I struggled to understand your actual question if I'm being honest)

[userman7788]

corolla wins my heart any day of the week, i need to know why i will not take the celica instead.

mazda is hit and miss these days, too late to buy one unless i know someone ofcourse.

[talksthetorque]

Get the corolla. More choice, less chance of being ragged ( loads of posh old people bought them just because they were the top of the range Corolla)
The boot with the seats down is great for a car of that size.
30-35mpg if you stay off the lift, 20 if you're there all the time.

[Ian Geary]

The Celica might handle better than the Corolla, but to me the practically would outweigh it. Some (Celica 190 shed of the week) would say the Celica does 90% of what a Honda Integra Type R does. I've not seen comments that the Corolla t sport does 90% of what a civic type r does...

No direct experience of Mazda but I recall that era did suffer from rust.


Ps

My New Year's resolution was to be less pedantic, but I'm finding it hard...

userman7788 said:

Hi, I have made up my mind about a car I am interested in. I dont have any budged I may spend up to 5 grand for car.

Edited by userman7788 on Sunday 6th January 18:04

So, your budget would be up to £5k?

[userman7788]

hi .i can pay 5k for a car yes, whether I do it is something else. but yes i would buy and look after a fun car. the cheeper being obviously the better.

[ZX10R NIN]

The Mazda MPS are known for being a bit fragile on your budget I'd go for the T Sport Celica as long as it's the best option.

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...

You can get the same age Corolla but they're not as sharp as the Celica above:

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...

[userman7788]

ZX10R NIN said:

The Mazda MPS are known for being a bit fragile on your budget I'd go for the T Sport Celica as long as it's the best option.

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...

You can get the same age Corolla but they're not as sharp as the Celica above:

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...

Hi. I looked them cars up they are all look like a good choice. thank you.

i didn't know about the fragility of the mazda. i have oned a 6 and would have thought that the mazda team would invest big in their supposed to be a leading auto mazda 6 mps. may be you're right on this.