Leo Posted October 25, 2015 Report Posted October 25, 2015 I'm also thinking the 330ci could be a good un. Scoobies and evos are all going to ragged to death for 6k Much better chassis, and the bonus of rear drive. I'd rather that than a fwd hatch.
Admin Vista Posted October 25, 2015 Admin Report Posted October 25, 2015 If you're moving towards Coupes, that opens a whole new range of options. Audi TT, Nissan 350Z, Mazda RX8, Volvo C30 etc
colr6 Posted October 25, 2015 Report Posted October 25, 2015 BMW are great till tou get to winter with the ice a snow then they fall on their arse,absolutely hopeless in those conditions.couple of pavers in the boot does help! My wife dreads winter coming after 15 years of BM ownership that's only thing we have a problem with. 1
dalmarshall Posted October 25, 2015 Author Report Posted October 25, 2015 If you're moving towards Coupes, that opens a whole new range of options.I think the BMW would be the only coupe that could sneak in! BMW are great till tou get to winter with the ice a snow then they fall on their arse,absolutely hopeless in those conditions.couple of pavers in the boot does help! My wife dreads winter coming after 15 years of BM ownership that's only thing we have a problem with. RWD BMW's are definately useless in the snow! X Drive should sort it!
Admin Vista Posted October 25, 2015 Admin Report Posted October 25, 2015 I think the BMW would be the only coupe that could sneak in! Nissn 350Z? Audi TT? Mazda RX8?
Leo Posted October 25, 2015 Report Posted October 25, 2015 Audi TT, no no ,no and no. Hairdressers cars. And don't rx8,s blow up? As far as beepers go, yes they're useless in the snow. Not really a problem for two day every other year. And isn't every useless in ice? Can you get a 350 for less than 6k?
khanlad Posted October 25, 2015 Report Posted October 25, 2015 all cars useless in snow? Rubbish, brushed snow off and went for a play! 1
Danish Posted October 25, 2015 Report Posted October 25, 2015 Before we got a Defender, our best-ever car in the snow was a 2.0 Sierra estate with M+S tyres, it had no trouble getting around.
Leo Posted October 25, 2015 Report Posted October 25, 2015 Before we got a Defender, our best-ever car in the snow was a 2.0 Sierra estate with M+S tyres, it had no trouble getting around. I didn't know Marks and Spencer did tyres. 2
XjamesX Posted October 28, 2015 Report Posted October 28, 2015 I can't believe anything is £500 to tax!!!!
khanlad Posted October 29, 2015 Report Posted October 29, 2015 565 i think when i looked at the 3.2 alfa, the 197 and type r are 265
dalmarshall Posted October 29, 2015 Author Report Posted October 29, 2015 I still can't believe that!, my 330 is £130 for 12 months!! And the mex is free :-)
Admin Vista Posted October 29, 2015 Admin Report Posted October 29, 2015 565 i think when i looked at the 3.2 alfa, the 197 and type r are 265 Most of the big 4x4 Chelsea tractors got caught up in the CO2 emissions VED witch hunt too. As, I'll wager, were many. Of the big high performance sports cars. It was fine when they were new, or near new, and the then owners had the funds to pay it, but what happens to them now they're cheap used cars? Many of them will be unsellable surely?
mk2 mike Posted October 29, 2015 Report Posted October 29, 2015 My old golf was £450 a year on tax. It's the reason I outed it as I never used it. How about an Audi A3 2.0tdi s line 170 Quattro? (Catchy little name) Just in budget, rare and fast. 1
SmokeEm Posted October 29, 2015 Report Posted October 29, 2015 I bought my CL500 AMG because it was only £20 odd £ a month for tax. A newer model was over £500!!
dalmarshall Posted October 29, 2015 Author Report Posted October 29, 2015 Well it seems like it's down to 3, in order of preference 1. Focus ST 2. Honda Civic Type R 3. The wild card ....Subaru Impreza WRX Wagon
DT36 Posted October 29, 2015 Report Posted October 29, 2015 I drove a 2.0D Astra GTC SRI this week and it was quick. Going to try an A3 and a BMW 1 series on the weekend hopefully. Missus is pushing me towards one of the German cars, but I really liked the Astra.
Leo Posted October 29, 2015 Report Posted October 29, 2015 Well it seems like it's down to 3, in order of preference 1. Focus ST 2. Honda Civic Type R 3. The wild card ....Subaru Impreza WRX Wagon Which type r, the one after the ep3 has a rubbish rear axle, and under steers horribly.
khanlad Posted October 29, 2015 Report Posted October 29, 2015 Its not my money but i would have any of them, st ... never done anything for me, type r, have to be 2001-2005 one, but i imagine thats not the one youre thinking of, scoobies, think the evo is a better car, have to be an 8 though, pretty sure they are over budget?
colr6 Posted October 29, 2015 Report Posted October 29, 2015 Regards to the evo Paul I think you'd need the 6k for the fuel they use!
khanlad Posted October 29, 2015 Report Posted October 29, 2015 Scoobies arent gonna be far behind? Drove a evo4, lad raved about how fast it was, this done that done, 3 million hp, what a pile of poop, my cupra diesel would show it a clean pair of heals! Liked the evo6, tommi makenan, sure thats spelt wrong, ones , but my god the prices of them! Bet they havent been ragged to within an inch of there lives? Got to be an 8, fq300, or 320, knew a girl with one, drove beautiful, properly capable when you gave it some though
Admin Vista Posted October 29, 2015 Admin Report Posted October 29, 2015 Hmmmmmm, £6k can get you into an early E46 M3 and I doubt any of those hatches could hold a candle to one of those.
khanlad Posted October 30, 2015 Report Posted October 30, 2015 I like the e36 and 46 m3, and they would destroy all the above as a cruiser but throw in some twisties and a capable hot hatch would tie either in knots i would think? Plus pretty sure the 46 is in the stupid high tax bracket again? Dt hit on something earlier, diesel, my daily is a seat ibiza cupra diesel, re mapped to 190 hp, loads of torque , gives over 40 to the gallon, over 50 if i drive normal! Mines an older one but a newer one, leon, or golf gt tdi, practical warm hatch? 1
theloudboy Posted October 30, 2015 Report Posted October 30, 2015 Darren just buy a fAmily car and spend the money u have left on the Mexico mate
Admin Vista Posted October 30, 2015 Admin Report Posted October 30, 2015 I like the e36 and 46 m3, and they would destroy all the above as a cruiser but throw in some twisties and a capable hot hatch would tie either in knots i would think? Plus pretty sure the 46 is in the stupid high tax bracket again? I don't know about the E36 but the E46 has an enormously capable chassis and over 340bhp from a Naturally Aspirated straight 6. I'd be very surprised if any of the hatches talked about in this thread could keep up with one anywhere. I'm also sure the £500 tax bracket is only applicable to post 2006 cars.
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