Bah, there must be more than two cars that fit the bill :D
Bah, there must be more than two cars that fit the bill :D
Not too much of a problem - I'll just buy one that's already had it done :)
Right, so I'm looking for one with 61k and a full main-dealer history.
Only on the 0-60 dash due to it's weight and lack of a LSD, for in-gear times the greater torque of the 2.3 5 cylinder engine pushes it in front.
Not that I can see, was looking at them a couple of months ago, even the
2.7 is dog slow.
The car I'm looking at at the moment is the 280bhp Twin Turbo Legacy...
Fair enough. There's still not much in it though - I want loony power really :)
A quick look on Autotrader shows them to be rather nice for the money. When was the facelift ?
Nooooooooooo :(
I'm only spending six grand because there's nothing decent available for less. Under no circumstances am I gonna spend any more - cars are money down the pan, and I buy em as toys.
A £500 1.0 Citroen AX will get me to work everyday, so it's a little hard to justify £12000 !
Not interested in a Scooby.
Agreed. Big is good.
Agreed again.
First two are non-issues - circa 300bhp is available for reasonable money, and that'll do me fine. Third one, doh.
Not getting one of those then :)
Doesn't appeal to me in the slightest anyway.
All those are WAAAAAAAAY over budget. I'd rather spend my money on a house.
Big car is good. Reliability is good enough for me. Local Unipart garage will service whatever I buy, so I'm not bothered about dealer service costs. The engine-out-for-everything of the Fiat Coupe does worry me a little though.
SIXTEEN THOUSAND POUNDS, is a *RIDICULOUS* amount of money to spend on a car :)
Yuck !
And I still want a 406 Coupe V6, but they're not quick enough :(
Yup. Old ones ('91/92?) are within budget, have nice 5-pot motors and are still quick as quick things. Over 30mpg combined, too, according to Parkers :-)
Yup, oldy 286 BHp ones - not new 320BHp ones. Still go alright...
Autotrader has 3 under £6k. Not exactly modern tho...
lol. a 320 BHp shed sounds pretty cool to me, although I suppose the aerodynamics probably suck.
Ah, but wiv a maxed-up body kit, a proper Peco back-box and some trick LED washer jets, it'd be the envy of Scarborough :P
Bah. Fussy wossname. You can pick up a good '96 (possibly '97) for under £6k, less if you're happy with an import.
Grrr.
Yes, I had twinges of conscience, recommending a cav :-)
With talk like that, you're apt to be booted out of URCM. I suppose you can always stick clear indicators on and claim it's modded...
Andy
Sitting at 80 on the M62 one day on the way home. A Fiat Coupe pulls alongside. Glances over. Floors it, the howl was un believable. And he left me for dead (wasn't going to race), wow.
Stop it - I'm gonna have to buy one otherwise !
And a Viscous Diff too. Sweeeet.
Any other comments on reliability ?
ROFL !
Too common still.
NOT bland if I get a facelift one - they're actually very nice ! See my reply to Lordy's post.
Bollocks, I've been here for YEARS :)
If whatever I buy has orange indicators (yuck), then I'll be doing that, just like I did to the TI and 405 :)
Well it worked for the Ti :)
TI has :
Boost controller, running ~13psi. Boost gauge. Clear side repeaters.
17" alloys. K&N air filter element. 130w main-beam bulbs. LED brake light bulbs. Black Diamond Drilled and Grooved front discs. EBC RedStuff front pads. And a smattering of ICE, including an equalizerSo I rekon it's modded :)
What about a TVR? I think they depreciate quite fast, so maybe you could get some half decent ones for 6k?
Bigus
small/light,
300ZX? - 276BHP stock 3.0 twin turbo - easy chip:-))
VW Corrado VR6?
Jason
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I'll take a look - cheers :) Assuming it doesn't break down too often, I'm not too concerned. Local garage does all my repairs.
Nah, I want a "normal" car :)
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