Do i keep modding? or get a new car

[jackfm]

Ok so i keep teasing myself with insurance quotes on faster cars but here's the story:

My 1.2 has been in the family from new (my mum for 5 years, probably never saw 4000rpm), serviced every year having only averaged about 5000-6000 mpa, runs like clockwork, all major things done (sunroof, belts, etc.) so it's free motoring, just costs the petrol and the insurance. I never question whether it will break down, or some random fault.
Y reg but a ph2 (see project thread)
Looks great IMO, get a lot of compliments.

Bad points:
Rattles - soo many plastic rattles, sourced them all and none of them seem feasible to fix.
66,000 miles - very low for it's age but it's no baby.
No air con - a luxury I've longed for, means it gets very damp in winter and very warm in summer.
Bumpy - Eibach sportlines on standard shocks make the ride almost laughable a lot of the time.


So basically, do i take this rare opportunity to have very low cost motoring and run this car into the ground?
do some more mods (cheap coilovers, better wheels, take a new direction - a light-hearted one).
Or - despite not being a speed demon - get a nicer faster car?
more insurance, more petrol, more money (i am a student)

 

[swordjo]

Run it into the ground if you are a student. I (and many others) have been down the route of throwing far too much money at a car just for the hell of it. No point in getting yourself into MORE student debt just to have a slightly quicker car.

Get a quicker car when you have a decent job etc.

 

[Marv-C]

Or - despite not being a speed demon - get a nicer faster car?
more insurance, more petrol, more money (i am a student)

Can you afford to get a nicer faster car, and run it? Think carefully before answering though as there is always some unexpected cost.

Answer = yes....do it :approve:

 

[nth]

So basically, do i take this rare opportunity to have very low cost motoring and run this car into the ground?
do some more mods (cheap coilovers, better wheels, take a new direction - a light-hearted one).
Or - despite not being a speed demon - get a nicer faster car?
more insurance, more petrol, more money (i am a student)

run it into the ground, without modding it and when you finish your studies, you'll have more money, thus being able to comfortably afford a decent fast car and not have problems running it. Being a student, for most its financially strenuous as it is, not point in adding to it.

 

[domjolly]

id say keep the 1.2 but if your thinking faster car something like 172/182 keep modding and saving for this but with the intention of moving wheels/headunit/sub/amps/speakers and what not over to the new car??

 

[jackfm]

id say keep the 1.2 but if your thinking faster car something like 172/182 keep modding and saving for this but with the intention of moving wheels/headunit/sub/amps/speakers and what not over to the new car??

I have considered this, not sure i fancy a sport though (controversial for cs.net i know)

Yeh i think I'll keep it and mod it up some more. Those cheap coil-overs in the group buy sure are tempting!

 

[Beef-Mc]

Just keep it till you've finished Uni, especially since yours is well maintained. Then buy something faster when you graduate.

 

[Brett]

I'd upgrade but maybe not to something as expensive to insure as an RS Clio.

I've just sold mine because i'm going to uni in September. I could have kept it but expensive tax, insurance, consumables and repairs meant i'd be much better off financially with something a bit cheaper.

Personally i've had two Clio's now and fancy a move away from them.

 

[Jonny1*2]

run it into the ground and enjoy student life more with the spare cash imo. Even 1*2s aren't the cheapest thing to run/maintain especially when you take everything into account and any unexpected issues (Renaults, what can I say )

 

[Martin_172]

cheap trouble free motoring is good as long as you like the car, i dont mind having a 2nd car so it can sit off the road when im not using it, i use the dci daily costs pennies and never gives me any greiffe! plus ive got a decent suspension setup and uprated brakes all round so its fun lol