New Car..... Inspire me!

[Gibbo]

Get a Mustang, apart from the fuel you'll find it veyr cheap to run. Massively undertuned simple engines means nothing ever goes wrong and when it does, it's cheap as chips to fix.

You don't see many either and they have 4 useable seats.

Plenty of room in the back!

They don't break, when they do they cost peanuts and any monkey can fix them, afterall I did so much on mine myself in the drive. Such jobs were supercharger fitment, intake manifolds, plugs, injectors, air intakes, all rear suspension, some front suspension, brakes. Was all easy!

What I had garages do, mainly Powerstation as needed a ramp was:-
Shocks and absorbers, springs.
Ball joints (uprated ones)
GEO setup
Uprated fuel pump
Exhaust Headers / Manifolds!

 

[Batf1nk]

Always thought 350z's were 2+2! You right though. Fail.

Jag S-Type R? http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/3229703.htm

 

[Gibbo]

Always thought 350z's were 2+2! You right though. Fail.

Jag S-Type R? http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/3229703.htm

Lot of car for the money, but by no means special or going to stand out in a car park.

 

[Gonzo0]

Would you be after a standard car or not bothered if one was modified?

 

[Dr House]

ok a little over budget but you may be able to get them down 1.5 to 2k

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2926990.htm

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/3550372.htm

Sl350?
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/3485142.htm

SL500
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/3556147.htm

They are all a little more then you want to spend but just an idea

 

[[TW]Fox]

He doesn't want something with big bills and you suggest a Mercedes-Benz with a suspension system known to be weak that costs over 5 grand to fix?

He doesnt care about fuel economy but he doesn't want epic bills and ridiculous servicing costs. This means he needs something a bit old-school with a big V8 up the front rather than ageing technofest from Germany.

Mustang, Corvette, Monaro, that sort of thing.

 

[alex24]

Wow, I like that mustang. No mention of economy though.....

 

[Gibbo]

Wow, I like that mustang. No mention of economy though.....

Having owned a very leary more or less 600BHP Mustang, the figures are:-

Town = 11-13MPG
Motorway = 25-30MPG
Combined = 16-18MPG.

A standard one might be 2-3MPG better on all the above.

Service them every 10,000 miles with oil and filter, spark plugs every 60k, that is literally about it, hugely reliable, simple and run forever.

 

[alex24]

Good post Gibbo.

I think I could handle that, considering all the awesome.

Over to you Ace.

 

[RedvGreen]

Lotus Carlton - The car the Police wanted to ban.
It makes perfect sense...

 

[[TW]Fox]

Lotus Carlton - The car the Police wanted to ban.
It makes perfect sense...

You'd have to buy tyres for that, surely he's better off with a brand new car?

 

[RedvGreen]

You'd have to buy tyres for that, surely he's better off with a brand new car?

TROLLOLOL etc.

 

[Fr0dders]

C5 Corvette every day of the week.

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2570749.htm

Granted its sold, but that gives you an idea of what sort of corvette £14k buys you.

oh and that borla exhaust ....

 

[JediFragger]

Glad you started a thread Lee, I was pondering it tbh as I'm also looking to switch very soon

I suggest a Supercharged DC5, wicked thrills and good on the running costs;

http://www.itr-dc5.com/forum/index.php?/topic/26816-sinbads-rotrex-dc5/

I'm looking at a few, inc a Supercharged Civic

 

[RedvGreen]

C5 Corvette every day of the week.

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2570749.htm

Granted its sold, but that gives you an idea of what sort of corvette £14k buys you.

oh and that borla exhaust ....

Don't you find LHD off-putting at all? I'm a lefty, yet it would feel quite odd on our roads, at least at first.

 

[Bluelion]

Left field suggestion which almost meets the requirements: > 250hp, 4 seats, little bit different, don't care about the fuel economy - bit over budget:

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/3430776.htm

No idea how much they cost to fix, possibly uber amounts.

 

[Brookert]

You'd have to buy tyres for that, surely he's better off with a brand new car?

I think my fiesta is a write off, rear tyre looks a bit old!

 

[hurfdurf]

Nothing like a spec me thread to bring out the retards

 

[panthro]

Lotus Carlton - The car the Police wanted to ban.
It makes perfect sense...

A sub 10k Lotus Carlton....no thanks; they cost horrendous amounts of money to keep on the road, if you can find the parts for them.

911 rear seats are ridiculously small.

My money would be on an E46 M3 CS.

 

[rs1800]

What Monaro do you have?

Just an original 04 CV8 with map, intake and exhaust change.

ill post some pics in the 'pic of your car' thread soon.