3 Grand on the table. What would *you* buy?

[Lopéz]

I'd consider the following:

Vauxhall Sportshatch

AE86 Corolla

S14a 200SX

 

[Howard]

Vauxhall Sportshatch

There's something you don't hear about everyday!

 

[Overlag]

shares in banks.

 

[ste_bla]

Ford Galaxy the facelift (00) models are just falling under 3k for sensible choice

or

95 900 CBR (or similar) & 2.6/3.2 Facelift Omega

I suck at nice cars

 

[Marf]

AE86 Corolla

For 3k?

 

[rypt]

For 3k?

Will be in crappy condition, but yes you can find them. That's what my mate paid for one a year ago

 

[Lopéz]

For 3k?

Aye, they are coming back down to reasonable levels now (slowly!) if you don't expect a minter.

 

[Lopéz]

There's something you don't hear about everyday!

Yeah, hope nobody thinks I'm on about a new Astra Sportshatch!

 

[Jez]

Yeah, hope nobody thinks I'm on about a new Astra Sportshatch!

I did for about half a second

 

[CliffyBiro]

Toyota Supra

 

[Howard]

Yeah, hope nobody thinks I'm on about a new Astra Sportshatch!

I had one of those as a hire car recently. With a 1.4. I somehow don't think it's quite captured the spirit of the original sporthatch

 

[mattyprice4004]

A ZS 120. God damn I'd kill for one

 

[Scania]

a £3k E39 would annoy me so it would need to be something a little different but not that different.

http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/sales/873464.htm

Would be fine were it not for the wrong engine. Ok so it obviously has 200k miles but never mind.

I don't think miles is the issue with that one........

None the less, my £3k would go on something similar.

 

[Ed]

If I was an inexperienced 19 year old like Procter with £3k to spend on a car, I'd probably get a 1.8 Focus or something largely similar. S14's and the like = death for a n00b.

 

[aproctor]

If I was an inexperienced 19 year old like Procter with £3k to spend on a car, I'd probably get a 1.8 Focus or something largely similar. S14's and the like = death for a n00b.

 

[Vigoro]

Golf GTi mk2
Classic mini

either one

 

[yantorsen]

I would get a Classic. A pretty decent MG/Spitfire, or maybe a mint Hillman Imp. Possibly something else, I don't know.

 

[snowdog]

Mondeo...

Only reliable ish car of the size I want which is affordable.

A the absolute cheapest mk1 run down focus 2.0l is still 4+k here ( 1.6l start from 2.5k for the worst models, 3.5k for a decent condition one) . A ghia is 6k .

 

[saitrix]

mk1 mx5, preferably turbo'ed.

 

[Skeeter]

£3k is an annoying amount. Its just to little to buy something big an nice, and slightly to much to spend on "just a car"... If it was to go to an from work and had to last a while, it would probably end up being a Diesel Mondeo Zetec S... annoyingly.

In reality id buy something cheap and save for a year untill I had £4500 which buys you so much more.