ste_p23
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Well the time has come for me to start to put my corsa back to standard and look for something abit more me.
My Max budget is £5.5k.
Im looking for a hot hatch sized car so nothing like a mondeo etc.
Must be at least 150bhp.
Must be petrol.
Must Have air con/Cruise control/Trip computer/Allloys. (Leather interior would be a bonus)
Must be as new as possible.
Must be good on fuel and insurance.
Dont want something with moon miles
Let me know what ideas you have as im really stumped
[Edited on 21-09-2010 by ste_p23]
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Warren G
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vauxhall astra h sri turbo
[Edited on 21-09-2010 by Warren G]
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ste_p23
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quote: Originally posted by Warren G
vauxhall astra h sri turbo
[Edited on 21-09-2010 by Warren G]
Cheers Matey any other suggestions?
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richc
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Megane 225
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ste_p23
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Not a renault fan
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Anton2K3
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Mini cooper s....supercharger goodness! Cheap to tune, all toys etc if look around for one.
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ste_p23
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quote:
vauxhall astra h sri turbo
Just did a quote on confused and it was 2k for insurance so thats off the list
[Edited on 21-09-2010 by ste_p23]
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Warren G
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what about a 1.8 sri with a few toys - that would tick afew boxes
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sc0ott
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Ek9? Theres probably a few on ph for around that with 80-90k miles
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SAL
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type R
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Jambo
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quote: Originally posted by ste_p23
Not a renault fan
Will run rings around an Astra. Don't knock it if you haven't tried it
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sc0ott
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Type r what? Theres various models with the type r spec
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Warren G
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quote: Originally posted by ste_p23
Must be at least 150bhp.
Must be petrol.
Must be good on fuel and insurance.
Dont want something with moon miles
surely takes anything like type r out
looking at 1.8/2.0 n/a petrol maybe spec down off top model ie sri instead of vxr
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bobbyd1
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clio 172?
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Kurt
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Fiesta ST
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sc0ott
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Clio 182 trophy.
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bobbyd1
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them clios are menna be fair quick. a fella i know supercharged one, spent a fair whack. but it were savage.
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ste_p23
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Had a look at Seat Ibiza's love the cupra but the insurance came out around 2k is it me or does anyone else think using confused for a rough price guide may be a bad idea?
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AlunJ
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Yeah wouldn't bother with price comparison websites personally, I always get stupid high quotes from them
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ste_p23
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quote: Originally posted by AlunJ
Yeah wouldn't bother with price comparison websites personally, I always get stupid high quotes from them
Think im gona go through pistonheads then and have a look what tickles my fancy and then get sum quotes with brentacre and see how it goes
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sc0ott
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quote: Originally posted by bobbyd1
them clios are menna be fair quick. a fella i know supercharged one, spent a fair whack. but it were savage.
theyre not too bad. i doubt there is much difference in terms of speed in all the phase 2 cliosport range, apart from the better suspension and lighter seats in the trophy.
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3CorsaMeal
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same old cars popping up again
you really limit yourself with car age and mileage.
you will end up with a clio or something equally midrange
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Hammer
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VW Corrado VR6
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3CorsaMeal
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nah, not suitable, too many dogs around, cost a bomb for parts. All high mileage so gonna break all the time
look nice and are fast though
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3CorsaMeal
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what i mean is with a £5.5k budget you will either get something quite new and boring, midrange performance.
or spend £4k on an old car and get more performance, more luxury, something a bit different.
audi coupe, E36 BMW etc
[Edited on 22-09-2010 by 3CorsaMeal]
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