New game: You've got £1.5k to spend on a car...

[NVP]

...which has to be:

- fun.​

Link me your choices, go.

 

[Stephanie Peterson]

Fun
Not a lot of money

......er MX5, infact MIATA is always the answer... well it usually is when the fun word appears.
Or an old hot hatch but fun = RWD, mostly.

 

[geekman]

MK2 MR2. Can be tricky finding a non rusty one but that applies to most fun cars at that price range. My N/A one was the most reliable car I’ve ever had, my turbo one wasn’t but then you’d never get one in your budget anyway.

 

[Mobius 1]

Probably pick up a k20 engine from eBay or a scrapyard and shoehorn it into an EG civic. Or something.

 

[loltim]

Honda Civic of some description.

Probably pick up a k20 engine from eBay or a scrapyard and shoehorn it into an EG civic. Or something.

Not for 1.5k

 

[Jester*]

RX8....run it till it dies. Enjoy 9000 RPM of rotary goodness.

 

[wedrum]

Honda jazz

 

[Armageus]

Fiesta ST - job done

 

[paradigm]

MK1 TT convertible. Sure it depends on your definition of "fun", but unlike an MR2 or MX5 a £1500 TT won't be a pile of rust.

I find the "fun" of my TT (granted mine was outside of budget) is just the ability to make a nice noise, have the roof off, yet be comfortable enough for the daily grind and still sporty enough to have a bit of a spirited drive.

 

[Howard]

If you can get a good condition MX5 or mk3 MR2 then I'd probably choose those. Or maybe a Clio 182.

Or https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201906088812968

 

[azazl187]

Civic typer r ep3

 

[NathWraith]

RX8....run it till it dies. Enjoy 9000 RPM of rotary goodness.

This

 

[wedrum]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2001-CAD...=true&nordt=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

 

[NVP]

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201906088812968

Ooooooooooooooo I can already feel my left hand twitching for the handbrake!

 

[Maccy]

Clio 172/182

 

[Howard]

Ooooooooooooooo I can already feel my left hand twitching for the handbrake!

I know they're not the most highly-regarded "hot hatch". But a friend of mine had one and I drove it a few times. It was seriously satisfying to drive hard through the twisties. Fantastic chassis and enough power to be enjoyable.

 

[ahar]

Mazda MX5.

Drive everywhere with the top down.

 

[NVP]

I know they're not the most highly-regarded "hot hatch". But a friend of mine had one and I drove it a few times. It was seriously satisfying to drive hard through the twisties. Fantastic chassis and enough power to be enjoyable.

Tell that to Fox! He lulwut'd (awesome!) my suggestion in the estate thread hahaha


I love the mk1 focus, one of the best drives there has been if I'm honest. Shockingly fun cars. Never driven the 170 but I can imagine.

 

[NVP]

MK2 MR2.

Your N/A as fun as the turbo or was it world's apart?

RX8....run it till it dies.

How many days realistically do you think I'd get haha

still sporty enough to have a bit of a spirited drive.

How does she handle, honestly. Cumbersome and numb, or are you engaged?

 

[grudas]

K11Micra + set of coilovers and wider wheels + interior stripped out and I'll be laughing