Seeing as my Subaru is a bit of a scrote magnet, it has to go.
Budget of £1500, has to be smart and quick.
Saloons or coupes are fine, not overly concerned by mpg.
Been looking at:
Volvo c70 T5
Jaguar x/s types
Mg zt 190
Focus st170 - Trounced by Leon for same spec/price
Leon cupra
any other choices?
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Something Japanese?
Quote from: Clock'd 0Ne on March 22, 2012, 22:12:55 PM
Something Japanese?
I really think soAnother Lexus?
Galant?
Didn't someone on here have an Accord Type-R? might be a stretch though.
I was thinking something Type-R when I suggested that but thought it would be out of budget too. My mate's dad had a Type R accord that sold for just under 5k I think (lovely car though, especially when you put your foot down)
Most family sized jap cars are pretty boring.
Not got enough for a supra, and the soarer is very expensive for basic suspension parts.
The is200 is too slow and the is300 is too expensive.
All the non turbo skylines are too slow and I've not seen any galant vr4 within budget.
I'm not a fan of the vtechs so that rules out hot Hondas.
Don't want another subaru, so that rules out most jap cars.
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You can't get a Seat you know because its a VAG and we all know how much you hate VAG, i mean you have told me enough times. :muttley:
Why not look out for something running LPG, something fun perhaps like a V6/V8 or a large TDI 3/530D? or even a 330i? Failing that just pickup a nice Prelude 2.2, it doesn't have the same chavvy following as the civic.
Knighty showed me a jag 2000 plate on ebay the other day that sold for like under £1000, it was lovely, it was also a 3.0 V6 Diesel and the refinements of luxury motor
The reason I don't like Seat/Volkswagen stuff is because people seem to think that they have an overinflated worth.
There's no real difference between a Golf and a Focus, but some people are brand snobs.
Good shout on the prelude, also looking at the 328/5/3
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A nice e36 3 series coupe would be what I was looking at.
I had an Accord Type R for 5 years, best car I've ever had, which is significant as I've since owned a mk5 Golf GTi, a Civic Type R (ep3) and a post facelift S2000 GT.
Quote from: soopahfly on March 23, 2012, 10:35:10 AM
Good shout on the prelude, also looking at the 328/5/3
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I just realised after googling it was prelude that I meant, not the accord.
Tbh, I've washed it and put the alloys on and I'm back to liking the car again.
:D
Staying with the subaru ?
Quote from: soopahfly on March 28, 2012, 21:42:03 PM
Tbh, I've washed it and put the alloys on and I'm back to liking the car again.
:D
I think so.
Quote from: soopahfly on March 23, 2012, 09:00:00 AM
There's no real difference between a Golf and a Focus, but some people are brand snobs.
Of course there is, one has a nice VW badge on and the other has a grotty Ford one.
although mostly it's perception in the eye of the beholder. VW haven't been top of the customer satisfaction lists for quite some time.
Good luck getting a Ford Diesel engine past 100k without a major issue that costs the earth to repair.
I doubt you will get many modern diesels getting high miles without major expense now they have particulate filters, dual mass flywheels and highly strung turbos/fuel pumps. Hence why many manufacturers are choosing small turbo petrols in their econ models these days.
Quote from: Bacon on March 29, 2012, 21:49:34 PM
Good luck getting a Ford Diesel engine past 100k without a major issue that costs the earth to repair.
Don't need luck, seen loads do it.
Every Seat/Audi/VW I've been in feel really really tired after 100k and everyone screams "OMG IT DRIVES LIKE NEW!!!"
My old Audi sounded like they'd replaced the engine with marbles and buckshot. All depends what manner of prick has been hooting about in it as to how its been treated, especially when its the type of car that's big on being leased.
Most 'Ford' diesels are either a Peugeot engine or a derivative thereof
I don't get the VW love. Golfs, Passats etc are all Meh.
Which is why I bought a 2003 Leon Cupra TDI back in the day rather than a Golf.
VW 1.9 150Bhp Engine, 350Nm Torque, 6 Speed, 50MPG combined with nice clean Spanish styling. It was reliable, pretty and fun.
Shame a lorry went into the back of me and wrote it off, I would driven it into the ground.
No VW's don't feel new after 100,000 miles, nothing does, the mechanics work fine but things you don't maintain like the roll bar etc just get worse. But there is no reason why they can't be kept running 200, 300K later.