not sure what you mean there..

Snellgrove re-arranged the back end of my car just to make sure people have the right story.

Not that it matters now, water under the bridge and i dont hold anything against him for it, just a shame really.

Have sliced the list down again as Ive decided Ill leave the coupés for now so got a choice of 3:

Toyota Yaris T-Sport
Seat Ibiza 1.6 Sport / 1.9 TDi Sport
Ford Focus 2.0 Zetec

Jaimz

Could you insure one of the older cupra turbos?

Jabbasport cupra ftw

True but currently cant afford the running costs of the coupes I want.

Jaimz

no you said "decent" cars

True but currently cant afford the running costs of the coupes I want.

Jaimz

You dont fancy an MX-5? You could get a very good example for that money, they are cheap as chips.

Might be a bit cramped though, its cramped for me. Last time the local mechanic sat in it he nearly crippled his back getting out.

Only about £600 excluding the alloys.

I only paid £950 or something for it remember, and I gave it a full 60k service.

apparently the t sport is meant to be a great drive, matt5cott had 1 as a courtesy car iirc, was singing its praises

Courtesy car? meh close enough :mrgreen:  I do stll go round in it a lot. Its hardly surprising that its not going to set the world on fire with pace, but its a really nice car, I was in my car once, and she booted it just to see if she could roll with the mister 2, the answer was a solid no after about 2 seconds and a spec in my mirror

Definitely worth taking one out to see whats what  only gripes are that at 70+ it can become a little noisier due to the gearing, and early revs (and alas the better looking ones, circa 02 I think) dont have a bootlight, wtf!!?

T-sport = winner.  I love them.  I like the handling and the pickup and the reliability.  The only thing I dont like is the smaller sized engine Yariss and the automatic Yariss