what if i want the car more then 5 years lol. i drove a modified 172 once for about 2 hours, i dont know if it was the mods or the car but it was horrible to drive :/ (he had fully ajustable suspension and some horrible alloys onit, was from that ford dealer in bury manchester if by on the massive off chance you know where that is and know about what car im talking about) it would have been about this time last year
new car £8000 to play with what to get?
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what if i want the car more then 5 years lol. i drove a modified 172 once for about 2 hours, i dont know if it was the mods or the car but it was horrible to drive :/ (he had fully ajustable suspension and some horrible alloys onit, was from that ford dealer in bury manchester if by on the massive off chance you know where that is and know about what car im talking about) it would have been about this time last year
Because its an absolute con. I don't understand why some people can't see that others are just not prepared to pay so much in road tax.
If I had £8K to spend on a car then I would only be looking at Impreza STI and I would take an 05 over an 07 (or whatever year it changes) because I wouldn't be paying £460 a year in tax. In fact I'd probably hunt down an import thats been registered on the old system (they are a few around)
Even if I had £20K to spend, I'd resent every penny of the increase in tax.
Never driven a Vtec engine but having to rev the bejesus out of an engine to make it work doesn't sound like my COT. Forced induction for me
If I had £8K to spend on a car then I would only be looking at Impreza STI and I would take an 05 over an 07 (or whatever year it changes) because I wouldn't be paying £460 a year in tax. In fact I'd probably hunt down an import thats been registered on the old system (they are a few around)
Never driven a Vtec engine but having to rev the bejesus out of an engine to make it work doesn't sound like my COT. Forced induction for me
yea the 03-05 impreza's have such nice headlamps, they bulk up the car very nicely, also on the honda it doesnt feel like ur revving the **** out of it. it just feels like the car is really going for it. not like red lining a corsa lol
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Buy my A3 3.2 V6 Quattro Sport (or get an R32 if you want the boy racer version)
I don't know of anyone who enjoys paying car tax.
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Not all RX-8's are £450 or whatever to tax.
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This seems a rather odd and impulsive thread and I'm therefore finding it hard to recommend anything. I mean you've gone from maybe wanting an E46 M3 as long as the tax is cheap, for purchase next year, to being dead set on a Honda Integra, in the space of about 3 hours having test driven nothing.
Eh?!
Eh?!
in here.
The bigger concerns are:
- Insurance (M3 are quite expensive, even for me)
- Maintenance & reliability
Whats the point working all week if you need to spend the weekend working on your car? Waiting til the next weekend only to find it doesn't work still...
- Insurance (M3 are quite expensive, even for me)
- Maintenance & reliability
Whats the point working all week if you need to spend the weekend working on your car? Waiting til the next weekend only to find it doesn't work still...
OP is more worried about the yearly tax bill though. :\
i cant see why you cant get it in your head that some people dont wana pay out massive road tax bills, fair enough insurance and every car needs maintained but high road tax bills would be just like paying another insurance premium. I'd rather just avoid it.
What are the top 3 requirements for the weekend toy?
Lets try and get this back on track, Your original list is a little crazy. You will have been in the V70 R and you should know it's no weekend car! M3 for £8k? hmm.
Lets try and get this back on track, Your original list is a little crazy. You will have been in the V70 R and you should know it's no weekend car! M3 for £8k? hmm.