Suggestions, please.

[RiPz]

Hi all

I'm currently working out my finances, and the short story is i'm after a new car...

I currently drive a 1.25 8v fiat punto which i'm hoping to get rid of (at a loss - i just want rid)

Now, i know there will be loads of you that will enter with the "going from 65bhp to 270bhp is stupid" head on you, but i'm fully aware of what i'm getting myself into...

At the moment i've got my heart set on getting a Toyota Celica GT-Four (ST205)

Which has a purchase price of about £4,000, and i can insure for £1545.

So that's it, my budget is around £6500 including insurance.. anyone got any more suggestions for potentials to look at that i might like.

Bear in mind i've already taken these off the list:

Subaru Imprezas - bit shoddy for my budget, and chavvy / common
Mitsubishi Evos - as above, there's loads of them in Warrington.
Toyota MR2 Turbos - RWD, i'll kill myself in spectacular fashion
Nissan 200sx - RWD, i'll kill myself in spectacular fasion

also bear in mind i'm not after a smooth motorway cruiser etc, i want something that's a laugh, but i also have to do a 4 mile commute to work in it.

So - any ideas ?

Regards
ripzay

 

[RiPz]

i DO appreciate the mx5, brilliant car, but not for me - that's not to say i dont like that setup, frontmid engine rwd is nice, i love the S2000, but they cant be had on my budget

nice suggestion though =]

 

[RiPz]

main reason i'm thinking gt-four is nostalgia - my dad had one a few years back

 

[RiPz]

This is the one i'm looking at at the moment - but its 500 miles away! =[ (anyone here live in great yarmouth?)

 

[RiPz]

mm, corvette looks the part!.. but unfortunately i think it fits into the same boat as the 200sx or mr2 - i really dont think RWD would be a good move - it scares the living poop out of me.

In terms of running costs - i'm going to try and make it a weekend only car - i work 4 miles from my home so i could get a push bike for that commute.

the Lotus suggestion - not a fan of the elan and £4k isnt going to get me much of an elise really, though that is what i was looking at before the gt-four.

/me looks at gallants

 

[RiPz]

OK, i guess its a GT-Four then, thanks for the suggestions.. but i guess my heart really is set on one =o

GT-Fours arent exactly easy to come by in the condition i'll be wanteing, for example the one i've already mentioned in this thread is a 500 mile round trip to view. What's the best way to go about doing this - i'd rahter not travel so far to a car just to find it's crap.

I seem to remember a couple of people on the forums going to look at cars for people to give a preliminary yes/no.. anyone willing to do this for petrol & lunch ?

If that's not an option - is getting a train & taking enough money to buy the car if it's decent the best/cheapest way to do it ? then if you do buy the car dayinsure it to get it home ?

 

[RiPz]

you were on about getting a saxo VTR 2 weeks ago, you indecisive bugger

i've been after a gt-four for about a year