£10,000

[Zonda]

If u had £10k to spend on any motor.. what would you go for? new or used? and what car? smallsh sports car.. nothing with 4 doors. Cant decide on anything, after some ideas.. cheers.

 

[Pete]

ITR

 

[Smokey]

Escort Cosworth

 

[andy_leitch]

3 yr old mini cooper s

 

[Zonda]

Thanks for your ideas everyone.. all good.. some quite different from others.. but all good.. cheers.



Anymore thoughts?

 

[BillyBhoy]

RX7

http://www.neweraimports.com/carDetails.jsp?carId=139http://www.neweraimports.com/carDetails.jsp?carId=139

You know u want to


[Edited by BillyBhoy on 02 July 2005 at 2:19am]

 

[Clarkie172]

scooby

 

[Dan##]

Give it a month, then a trophy!

 

[Day]

3 106 GTIs

 

[Guilbert]

Quote: Originally posted by Smokey on 02 July 2005

Escort Cosworth

For sure!

Ive just bought a BMW 323 convertible for about that price (on a P reg)

I would of bought my uncles 450bhp cosworth from him, had the insurance not been so f**king high! They wanted over £2k for a standard cossie, let alone a tuned one, and i wasnt prepared to pay that much for it. So i went for the beemer, but its all good as i still get to drive the cossie, and sh*t is it quick.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y5/Guilbert/PIC000015.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y5/Guilbert/PIC000016.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y5/Guilbert/PIC000017.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y5/Guilbert/PIC000018.jpg

 

[Tom]

M3 e30 evo

 

[Bryan]

series 2 peugeot 106 rallye and then fit a supercharger to the engine

blistering performance in one of the best handling hatches ever made

 

[Mondial172]

Audi S3

 

[silvercup182]

my 182 wanna buy it

 

[edde]

Skoda fabia VRS or Seat Ibiza Tdi.

Or a 172/182 and some money to spend on it.

 

[davyboy]

944 turbo

Clio 2.0 Sport

 

[Andy GDI]

audi S4!

2.7 V6 Bi-Turbo!

FAST!!!!

 

[MaLicE]

nissan 200sx s15 silvia, be original and have a rare car... only about 15 in the country, plus they are quick handle well look mint and u can drift them

 

[cat171]

10k would get you a well ropey escort cosworth!
they are still around the 14k mark for good ones.

 

[CraigM]

Merc C43 AMG 4.3 V8 or the CLK 430 AMG

 

[Zonda]

Thanks for all ur suggestions.. so many different ideas.. great.. Ill have a look thru and see.. if there are any other ones in this price range that are worthy.. please let me know.. cheers.

 

[Daz]

Id like to see anyone get a decent Escort Cosworth for less than 10k..

Id be looking at spending a few more thousand and getting an Impreza WRX STi myself.. or a P1.

 

[1.2_Clio]

Drift Spec Corolla AE86 outa Japan.

 

[Guilbert]

Quote: Originally posted by Daz on 02 July 2005


Id like to see anyone get a decent Escort Cosworth for less than 10k..

Id be looking at spending a few more thousand and getting an Impreza WRX STi myself.. or a P1.

I can have that one ^^^^^^^^^^^^ for £8k

Fair enought that is family rates, but still. And although the paintwork is a little chipped and scuffed (nothing a good polish with a PC wont fix) the rest of the car is mint, the leather still looks good, and seeing as most of the engine bay has been replaced with uprated parts, there isnt any problems there. There are no rattles (like you get on a 1 year old clio), it passes MOTs with no worries, and it will easily do 170mph.

 

[Andy GDI]

still say s4.... they are fast..... with a chip at least.

 

[Ben H]

I cant believe that no-one has mentioned a S1 Lotus Elise yet. Surely at the top of any £10k sports car shopping list.

As a package of performance, practicality, economy and safety though - a 172/182 is hard to beat.

 

[Lloyd v]

04 Plate 182

 

[Zonda]

Quote: Originally posted by Andy GDI on 03 July 2005

still say s4.... they are fast..... with a chip at least.




cheers for the idea of the S4.. I did look at that after u mentioned it... but there are a few probs... its not a smallish car and is a family 4 door car.. all S4s in my budget have very high mileage of around 100k, but agree...its very quick.

http://rds.yahoo.com/S=96062883/K=audi+s4/v=2/SID=w/l=IVI/SIG=14b2t4ej7/EXP=1120479089/*-http%3A//a137.g.akamai.net/n/137/3538/20040323220130/www.cars.com/features/2004overview/sportscars/images/audi_s4_230.jpg">



Thanks for all the help with options.. all good.

 

[eugegall]

get an s3 mate. well nice and quick

 

[Jono_GTi]

MR2 Turbo?

 

[BigChris]

Impreza STI Type R

 

[Zonda]

Quote: Originally posted by Jono_GTi on 03 July 2005

<SCRIPT language=javascript> MR2 Turbo?





I know the MR2 has never been a big hit with many people.. but this one I really like... and it has a turbo..easy tune to under 6 secs.. if its not already..

http://atsearch.autotrader.co.uk/WWW/CARS_popup.asp?modelexact=1&lid=search_used_cars_full&make=TOYOTA&model=MR2&variant=&keywords=turbo&min_pr=75&max_pr=&mileage=&agerange=&postcode=ss11+8pa&miles=200&max_records=200&source=0&photo=1&sort=5&ukcarsearch_full=SEARCH&start=4&distance=181&adcategory=CARS&channel=CARS&id=200520192571019MR2

 

[cat171]

what about an m3 (e36 shape) but i think they cost a lot to insure & run.

 

[AliasOmega]

SLK

 

[jonnyboy]

later this year youll prolly pick up a 6 month old 182 for about 10k

 

[bill]

Quote: Originally posted by Zonda on 03 July 2005

Quote: Originally posted by Jono_GTi on 03 July 2005

<SCRIPT language=javascript> MR2 Turbo?






I know the MR2 has never been a big hit with many people.. but this one I really like... and it has a turbo..easy tune to under 6 secs.. if its not already..

http://atsearch.autotrader.co.uk/WWW/CARS_popup.asp?modelexact=1&lid=search_used_cars_full&make=TOYOTA&model=MR2&variant=&keywords=turbo&min_pr=75&max_pr=&mileage=&agerange=&postcode=ss11+8pa&miles=200&max_records=200&source=0&photo=1&sort=5&ukcarsearch_full=SEARCH&start=4&distance=181&adcategory=CARS&channel=CARS&id=200520192571019MR2

very good cars mate, a mate of mine had one around 280bhp,good performance,a bit tail happy,supprisingly there very nice to drive too,couldnt fault it to be honest and the ladys love em

 

[JoelDee]

A Cup for 7k and then 3k for the insurance!

 

[BRUN]

if i had 10k id pay off my debts !

 

[cat171]

Quote: Originally posted by JoelDee on 04 July 2005

A Cup for 7k and then 3k for the insurance!

the dude already has a 172
plus any one thinking of paying 3k to insure a cup must be either mad, or loaded.

 

[Zonda]

Quote: Originally posted by jonnyboy on 03 July 2005

later this year youll prolly pick up a 6 month old 182 for about 10k



That is very hard to beat for an almost new car...has to be said.