Need a new car after mine blew up

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A loan for how much? What's your maximum budget, why even make a thread when you don't even know what the max amount is that you want to spend.
 
He had £5k, but could get a loan for £10k, so £15k. But now he has £10k. Or something, and wants to do this to avoid spending £1k fixing his car.
 
I could go as high as £15k if needed. £10k should buy a nice car.

Would you honestly spend over £1k fixing a car thats worth £2k? I have been thinking about changing for a while.
 
mr_x_plosion said:
These look great inside, trouble is the 3.0 is slow and the 4.3 is a bit heavy on fuel.

Tempting though, will road TAX be crazy high on these?
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At 220 odd horsepower I wouldn't exactly call the 3.0 slow. I struggle to see how we're going to get you something significantly faster with going over your fuel requirement?

If speed is a concern there is always the Aristo, same car, just with the same 320BHP Twin Turbo unit they stick in the MKIV Supra ;).

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/2000-LEXUS-AR...s_UK?hash=item4a999dac4c&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14
 
My brother has a Supra, it does 12mpg, no thanks lol.

The GS300 I looked at said 0-60 in 8.2, the newer ones seem to be quicker but are more like £12k and I'd be worried it will depreciate badly.
 
mr_x_plosion said:
I could go as high as £15k if needed. £10k should buy a nice car.

Would you honestly spend over £1k fixing a car thats worth £2k? I have been thinking about changing for a while.
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It's not worth 2k now, it's worth about £900, if you can sell it that is.

[TW]Fox;14724940 said:
Gosh that really is nasty. Dont know whats worse, the random collection of no-name tyres, the shabby looking brake calipers, the fact he's casually hidden away the fact its a Category C writeoff or the deadful interior with shiney leather.
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Haven't you heard of Bridgestone? There seems to be a matching pair of those at the front. That does however look rubbish and it appears to be parked in some sort of housing estate, instant snob alarm goes off there.
 
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Janesy B said:
It's not worth 2k now, it's worth about £900, if you can sell it that is.



Haven't you heard of Bridgestone? There seems to be a matching pair of those at the front. That does however look rubbish and it appears to be parked in some sort of housing estate, instant snob alarm goes off there.
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I know it isn't worth £2k now, I meant working.

I would be happy to take £900 for it to save the hassle of repairing it.
 
Lose £1,000 and lots of effort selling it, or, lose £500 (assuming the total repair is £15,000) if you get it repaired as you'll actually have a sell able car worth market value, if not more with the new engine.
 
[TW]Fox;14724324 said:
So its utterely silent as you drove around at 30mphish over bumps and stuff?
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My car has been lowered so i can't do 30mph over big bumps. Speed bumps can be a nightmare! :p

But no, it's doesn't make any strange noises.

God bless Toyota!
 
Well it is obvious from reading most of the thread that recommending an ST220 is a big no no, which is indeed the most logical choice for the criteria given, thus I suggest a Jaguar X Typre 3 litre V6 :) ...same sort of size (well a tad smaller actually), comfortable, better interior, pretty decent turn of pace, reasonable running costs, although a bit more than the ST220 and 4 wheel drive to boot.

Lets see how deep the Ford 'hatred' really goes shall we :D
 
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