jackdavies

Waiting until I get my second years NCB (touch wood) then I'll be looking for a nice classic sport. For now I'll just be driving the Saxo, browsing the forums and dreaming.

CREWJ

Good luck mate. The sports are a great way to start off.

If you don't mind me asking, how old are you?

jackdavies

Cheers, boss. I'm 19, though I'll be 20 come next august when I'll only have to sell one kidney to be able to afford insurance.

CREWJ

Yeah it's a tough game these days. I was paying a grand for mine when I was 20.

jackdavies

I got a quote for a years times for £1200. It's my luck insurance will shoot up again in a year though.

CREWJ

Yeah it's bound to shoot up.

Essexdon

Good luck, what Saxo do you own?

Have you considered a VTS? Would eat a sport and give a standard Turbo2000 a hard time?

jackdavies

It's a furio. The 1.4 8v. I'm just pretty bored of Saxos now. I was considering a 106 GTI. But it's pretty much the same as a VTS.
I got a quote for a turbo 2000 the other day for £8,000. A sport would detach me, slightly, from the boy racer image, which I hate, too.

jackdavies

Essexdon. I've just realised I met you at a Saxperience meet one time. You was in your red turbo. This was before I even had my Saxo.

Milamber

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Hello and welcome. Hope you enjoy your Scooby ownership. Be careful who you buy from as there are some unscrupulous 'dealers' out there

wongy

Welcome Mate hope you find a good tidy sport out there mate, you should pop down to a meet some time I got my first Scoob at 25 insurance weren't too bad

Essexdon

Yea that would.have been me mate. South East Saxp has gone down faster than a lead ballon, no one even seems to go on there now.

Understand what you mean by the VTS but drive one and you will love it. A friend had a Sport wagon and the pace difference between that and the S was scary lol.

DantheMan2605

Good luck with the search mate!

Wish i had started with a sport, i made the mistake of diving straight into an 06 sti at 21 years old. Was shafted £2800 for insurance, still everytime i start her up the smiles make the pain go away... Until i look at the petrol gauge

frayz

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Buy a Clio 182... end of

scooby seb

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2nd that

frayz

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A stock 182 well driven will show a clean set of heels to a WRX in anything but snow.
Fun in impreza start at 300bhp in a classic and 400 in a new age.
Anything less and the fun doesn't warrant the fuel or running costs.

trails

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ditto...or almost any hot hatch really, you will have loads more fun

Essexdon

Having owned a 172 and VTS both are great cars, tins with big engines. Had a play with a friend in his standard blob WRX when I owned my VTS and there really was no much between us, need less to say he wasnt happy!

One thing though, had no probs with the Saxo in two years and 27k miles. 172 the most unreliable car Ive ever owned, within 4 months and had already spent a grand on the bloody thing.

Milamber

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Baaaa

jackdavies

You've almost convinced me to not get a scoob, not quite what I was expecting. My saxo's been pretty reliable so a VTS might be back on the cards.

But I've got 11 months to go yet so who knows.

trails

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best bet is to listen to what people have to say, drive the cars you fancy and then make up your own mind. Good luck with the choice Jack

scooby seb

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Naa i had mine 1st , its just we have good taste in cars,i dare say his a lover of the mk1+2 escorts

essexman

I had a VTS before the Scoob and loved it. Bus does have a bit of a bad rep.

jackdavies

Sorry guys it's gotta be the scoob. I've driven a VTS and yeah, it's quick, but I've got my heart set on the sport + the saxo community is a dump.