Something "fun" for £10k

clv101 · 17 Mar 2006 at 20:51

I like the Toyota Celica 190... the Hyundai is also a great car, plus 5 year warranty but the V6 is thirsty.

Goliath said:
Hyundai Coupe V6? Just had a quick gander on auto-trader and there are a fair few 52 platers knocking around at £8k.

NickXX · 17 Mar 2006 at 21:03

clv101 said:
I like the Toyota Celica 190... the Hyundai is also a great car, plus 5 year warranty but the V6 is thirsty.

Thirsty and not much quicker than the 2.0. Personally not a fan of the Hyundai Coupes at all - Celica 4tw

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Trickle · 17 Mar 2006 at 21:03

James_N said:
Insurance on a standard 200sx is suprisingly cheap. £1000 for me at 21 with 0NCB so dont discount it untill you have had a quote.

Mainstream insurance companies wont touch you with a properly modded 200sx. Or at least not a 23/1 year person. And there is not a lot of point in buying a standard 200sx over other cars in its class.

Specialist insurance companies can be cheap, but generally not <1.3K cheap for young people that havent already had the car for a year.

Morba · 17 Mar 2006 at 22:44

old jap coupe and mod it lots, or elise/vx220.

those would be pretty much my options in this category :]

Ev0 · 17 Mar 2006 at 23:50

A friend had a brabus smart roadster and really rated it, ok they aren't that quick but drove nicely even with the flappy gear box.

Personally I'd be tempted by a VX/Elise, or a decent late low milage 200sx for 6k and a few mods, and change

Scania · 18 Mar 2006 at 11:27

Buy yourself an old Ford Transit, drop a chipped Sierra Cossie engine in it,beef up the running gear and you'll have lots of fun! - Should be within £10k I'd have thought.

Otherwise, an e30 M3.

Silent Bob · 18 Mar 2006 at 13:15

Thanks for the replies.

I think an elise will be a bit too extreme as i'll be making the 30 mile commute in to work each day (mainly motorway) and prefer some creature comforts. I didn't know a mini cooper s was in my budget so that's another one i'd like to look at.

djbenjo · 18 Mar 2006 at 16:56

£10k will get you an E36 M3

Morba · 18 Mar 2006 at 19:39

10k would be an m3 evo, 3.2 and better economy than the normal 3.0 m3 i think

M3 Evo mmm

ShiWarrior · 20 Mar 2006 at 21:06

Morba said:
10k would be an m3 evo, 3.2 and better economy than the normal 3.0 m3 i think

M3 Evo mmm

I didn't think the BMW M3's were THAT cheap! I thought they were 40K or so? some one please explain! thanks

Silent Bob · 20 Mar 2006 at 21:12

An M3 would be nice but it'll probably cost me as much as the car's worth to insure it.

Maybe in a few years time.

[TW]Fox · 20 Mar 2006 at 21:13

ShiWarrior said:
I didn't think the BMW M3's were THAT cheap! I thought they were 40K or so? some one please explain! thanks

They were about £40k new, that one is 8 years old.

panthro · 20 Mar 2006 at 21:15

I think your going the right way with the celica, if you want hassle free motoring and a lot of speed. Its well known that toyota dumb down their performance figures, because the celica is a hell of a lot faster than its quoted 7.1 seconds 0-60. The engine isnt very torquey though.
Considered the Leon Cupra R? You can get an 02 plate one for sub 10k, and that is reasonably economical and reliable.

Homer-Simpson · 20 Mar 2006 at 21:44

eidolon said:
Could get a lovely MR2 turbo for about £7k, and spend £3k on a stupidly powerful engine

I cannot believe you are selling it now!!!! I have just decided to move house and I have got to save all my money to do it

[huzeeee] · 20 Mar 2006 at 22:31

hmm, MG ZT KV6-i like rovers