Tell me about the Toyota Celica....

For 7K mate, id buy one of these;

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http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/229716.htm

I have one myself, and my god are they fun to drive and sound awesome when the VTEC kicks in.
 
Honda Integra Type-R DC2 if you like high reving engines and want a smallish car. Infact for 7k you could start to look at EP3 civic Type-rs.

While the civic posted above is nice, being an import the insurance will be really high.
 
I drive a Celica T-sport quite regularly as my mum has one. As already said, great fun past 6k rpm and the noise is intense!

They look great in my opinion, and the driving position is really sporty (helped by the racing style seats, small steering wheel and the dash and centre console is all around you)

I also found the brakes to be poor (in comparison with my older Xsara VTS) and got her to take it back to the dealers - but apparantly they are all like this.
 
Ah ok, I guess mmm is pretty ambigious. Would rather have one in white but I couldn't be bothered looking any further down for pictures :)
 
I had a 2002 Celica 140 for a year. The engine is pretty much identical to the 190 but only revs to 6500rpm. I found it a fun car to drive being pretty light and had a good amount of feel through the steering wheel. As excaliborg said the brakes aren't great but didn't feel dangerously so. In the 190 I wouldn't expect it to feel that much faster than a Focus or Mondeo if you kept it under 6,000rpm as there's very little torque you really need to rev it to make decent progress. Over the year I had it I found it to be 100% reliable. Towards the end of my ownership I did look to see what options there were for more power but it would have cost around £5k for a turbo conversion so in the end I replaced it for a Leon Cupra R.
 
I don't know about either.

What I will say is that I love browsing the cars at WRC Sales.

They are all so shiny and awesome.

(I'm not affiliated with them btw)

I'm for the DC5 Integra. I've never driven one, I just like the looks.

Same goes for the NISSAN 300 ZX TWIN TURBO on their site.
 
Booner! said:
B.) I don't know where to start on them... I would love a 330i (whats the difference with a 330ci and 330i?), but wouldn't know what to look for! The only experience I have had in a BMW is a 1997 318i, a 318 estate (1999) and a 2006 330D (passenger). The 330D was amazing, but the others were crummy..
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330ci is the coupe version, looks like this:

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Commands a slight price premium over the 330i saloon but arguably looks 'cooler' because it's a 2 door etc. Personally I'd go for a 330i saloon (well I wouldn't, I'd go for a 530i) but if you're looking at coupes... :p
 
iBot said:
poor mans supra
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How so? if the celica is nearly double the price?!

I can afford a Supra and love them (driven 2 different types and my cousin has had a fair few). However, I do not like the size of the car and the fact that most people frown upon it in my area... Plus insurance is higher...
 
OllyM said:
330ci is the coupe version, looks like this:

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Commands a slight price premium over the 330i saloon but arguably looks 'cooler' because it's a 2 door etc. Personally I'd go for a 330i saloon (well I wouldn't, I'd go for a 530i) but if you're looking at coupes... :p
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Loving that BMW, easy to insure? I was about to say that BMW saloons are just not sporty enough - but this coupe really does the trick!

Just seen that it is insurance group 17, which is the same catagory as a VX220 2.2NA and Honda Civic Type R
 
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