Opinions please

[skiptontweed]

Im thinking about chopping my year old 200 Cup in for a late V6. Either that or an Exige, but Im leaning towards Clio v6.

Any thoughts?

I walk to work so fuel economy is a non-issue.

Present 200 is on a PCP so I'd have to buy through a dealer and have the finance settled, not a big issue to me.

No flaming please - I know how good the 200 Cup is, part of me just fancies something unusual.

 

[R-Sport.]

horses for courses really-


A totally different car to drive- the vee will be quicker but not quite as nimble - you dont buy a vee for speed though-

You will however lose a fair bit either way- especially on a vee out of a dealer as not many people sell them- WSSC sell a lot of vees' & hes a real muppet- stuck up!

best of luck
S

 

[skiptontweed]

Cheers Steve

 

[Daniel]

Imo, it all depends on what you want the car for. If you want it for track days, spirited weekend driving and all that, buy an Exige.

If you want a car where every journey is an event, people take pictures of you driving down the road and the whole petrol station asking you if its a williams... (knobs) then buy a V6. I've had a V6 and it really is a special car.

 

[Fred@BTM]

coming from someone who has driven EVERYTHING under the sun, Murcielago's, F430, 360, galardos, AMV8, DB9, Vanquish, Atom, 7, Viper, scooby, evo, tvr, KTM, porsche etc etc

NOTHING compares to a V6, its not as fast as the above granted, but form an "experience" point of view there is NOTHING like it! Hard to describe, but i was regularly at the wheel of a murcielago for 2 years.................................the V6 was more memorable!

no 172/182 owner will ever "get" the V6, as they think their car is as fast, its not! I doubt their shopping trolley would keep with a gallardo now would it? Been there done that (ok i had to push HARD! But it was kept in sight!)

 

[skiptontweed]

A passionate contribution Fred!

Im leaning towards the V6 - I'll look at this more seriously in the new year.

I've noticed Phase 1 V6's for less than £8k, are they generally dogs at this price? I guess my budget would be around the £14k to £16k mark - is this realistic to get a good one?

How different is the Phase 2 V6? I read somewhere that the handling was improved over the comparatively edgy Phase 1 - is this bollox or is the Phase 2 actually better?

Cheers

 

[lemonnobby]

ph1 vees are now coming for second cambelt changes, if done by age.

 

[TheEvilGiraffe]

Go drive them both... then make your own mind up. Unless you're asking 'cars I could buy for £5k and I do 30k a year' type questions, no one on here is going to tell you how to make your mind up !

I personally love Exiges and don't really 'get' the V6 but I've driven neither so my opinion is null and void.

:evil:

 

[Gaz_]

Mk2 Vee all the way, I love them. However I'd need some Trendlines and a 197 steering wheel in it

 

[mark smith87]

I'd love a Phase2 V6. They look and sound awesome. I think the Ph2 is probably a better car to drive hard than the Ph1. It's a slightly wider and longer car and better balanced. From what I've been told the Ph1's were very light on the front and had a tendency to understeer when pushed hard. I'd love to get chance to drive both models. Maybe one day.