What car for under £8k?

[turbotongue]

Im early 20's, had an old banger for a while and think I need an upgrade. Can't really be above 1.8 because of insurance. Any ideas?

[LDN]

turbotongue said:

Im early 20's, had an old banger for a while and think I need an upgrade. Can't really be above 1.8 because of insurance. Any ideas?

MX5.

[richcorsavxr]

clio 197, it is a 2.0 but insurance isn't to bad.

can you be more specific with what your looking for

Edited by richcorsavxr on Sunday 25th April 00:39

[turbotongue]

richcorsavxr said:

can you be more specific with what your looking for

Edited by richcorsavxr on Sunday 25th April 00:39

Just looking to gather ideas. Im in the brainstorming phase and the moment. Like the A3's, Mini's and Golf's but very much open to ideas.

[The Riddler]

Buy my A4.

Rest goes on insurance, coke and hookers.

[Dick_Phallus]

318?

[cheadle hulme]

Buy my Z4 for 7k and have 1k for insurance, hth.

[DennisTheMenace]

LDN said:

turbotongue said:

Im early 20's, had an old banger for a while and think I need an upgrade. Can't really be above 1.8 because of insurance. Any ideas?

MX5.

And my snot rocket is for sale.... bonus !

[traffman]

A mint Clio Williams and spend the spare cash on a track day special .

Leon Cupra they have a 1.8 ?

Honda integra the original one , 1.8 litre with a fizzing vtec.

The teg can be bought for 4 grand , leaves 4 grand to cover the thing.

[BAKS42]

MK 4 Golf GTI 1.8T then remap, miltek, koni suspension all for under 8k, now just under 250bhp

[Gad-Westy]

Lotus Elise's are 1.8s.....

But all that goes to show is that the engine size isn't what you need to worry about with insurance. Just pick a few different cars and run them through an online insurance quote and get an idea for what might be affordable. Sometimes bigger cars (old BMW's, Mercs, Volvos etc) come in at suprisingly cheap levels despite big engines.

[LDN]

Gad-Westy said:

Lotus Elise's are 1.8s.....

But all that goes to show is that the engine size isn't what you need to worry about with insurance. Just pick a few different cars and run them through an online insurance quote and get an idea for what might be affordable. Sometimes bigger cars (old BMW's, Mercs, Volvos etc) come in at suprisingly cheap levels despite big engines.

+1. Use something like Confused.com so that your details are saved and you only have to change the car make / model / reg each time for a new quote.

[Jasandjules]

MR2, MKII. Good fun, T-Bar (if you get the right one of course!), nice to drive, reasonable fuel economy etc and air con/electrics.

[Ry_B]

I insured an mr2, rx8, celica etc at 19 20 and 21, so can be done, engine size aint everything.