Up to about £3000, must be fun, not too thirsty. Practicality not important at all - I was going to get a bike instead. Would prefer something without a roof. I'm thinking pinto powered locost or Robin Hood, oldish MX-5, or god forbid a reasonable condition MGB...
Plenty of MX5s, MGF 1.8s etc out there. I typed convertible into auto trader, between 2 and 3 grand and got 986 hits :-) Including this...
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1990 G Reg CHRYSLER LE BARON 3.0 Convertible
£2,095
Features:
92,943 miles Automatic White Petrol Convertible
3000 cc Full Description: Glossary of Terms
2 Doors, Automatic, Convertible, Petrol, 92,943 miles, White, MOT-07-2008. Adjustable seats, Adjustable steering column/wheel, Chrome wheels, Colour coding - Body, Cruise control, Driver airbag, Electric windows, Electric sunroof, Head restraints, Leather upholstery, Locking wheel nuts, Power assisted steering, Radio/CD. Ian's personal car used daily for the last three years, must sell due to lack of space. 3ltr Mitsubishi engine, galvanised body. Head turner. So much fun to drive. Beautiful red leather upholstery. Stunning 17 year old (the car not the Wife. SALE PRICE. £2,095
Manual, 112,000 miles, rare supercharged model, hard top and brand new soft top, recent alloys and tyres,service history, stacking system, immaculate condition, wall brackets for hard top 1 full tonneau cover and 1 half cover .carpets as new. Drives like a dream. Taxed and tested Only 3 careful owners and garage kept.01728 668084. £2,450.
That's fantastically gross :-) Looks like it'll be an MX-5 hairdressers car, or possibly the pinto powered Robin hood a guy I work with is selling. Wifey prefers the MX-5 as she can't see out the Robin hood properly as she's a shortarse. It's not that important she *likes* what I buy, but if I want to go up North carrying kit, I'll have to use her car - the Xantia - so she at least has to be able to drive it safely!
There were several models of Le Baron, each more hideous than the last. That sort of production run takes dedication and, let's admit it, a certain level of stupidity.
Nice looking 1600 beach buggy for much less than 3k on Autotrader BTW.
To be fair, that's pretty cool. I'd rather a bike engine, but having said that, a bike engine has barely any more power than that (although no small amount less weight i should think).
Less than £3k, check. Fun, check. Not too thirsty, check (well it's a small engine, must be economical). Not practical, check. Was going to get a bike, that's a check too in a weird way. No roof, check-ish, at least not on the back.
His ad worries me in that he says it has to be trailored just because it's not suitable for long journeys? Surely it can't be SO bad to drive that you have to trailor it?
MX-5 for two grand, then spend the difference on uprated suspension (mine has Gaz coilovers, improve the handling noticeably and aren't as harsh as a lot of the JDM stuff) and possibly a decent rollbar (not stylebar/mousetrap), which will also stiffen up the chassis.
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