Fulham71

last 4 cars have been Oldest to newest

98 UK Impreza Turbo
P1
STi4 Type R modified
Lotus Elise Written off for me after 2 weeks

I have £15,000 to spend what should be next !
I want sensible ish insurance & reasonable running costs (Elise fitted the bill)

can you suggest anything i havent though of ? or do i just buy another Elise ?

Cheers Paul

Sparks

Theres a v5 Sti TypeR for £16k in for sale.

You could add a bit more and get an S3, TT ?

Supra TT ? cars are fairly cheap and insurance isnt too bad either..

Evo4 if you can find one ? guess thats a bit out of the question for cheap running costs tho...

MarkO

You could buy my STI IV Type-R for 12.5k?

chuckster

You want something fun and good to track I guess? Forget the TT and S3 IMHO, unless you want to spend alot on modifications (brakes, chips - then the insurance becomes an issue).
Caterham/westie too impractical? Maybe a VX220 - they've lost alot of money very quickly, insurance cheaper than an S2 Elise and engine more suited to road use IMHO - a bit more torquey.
How about a Elan S2? Fine car, not sure what they cost these days though.
C

Chris T

get another elise - some good buys around at the moment !



(111s driver)

Sparks

VX220.. now theres an idea.. 2.2 engine isnt bad and I know a couple of people developing turbo kits for it.

Can be problems decatting them ( it has 2 lambda sensors and if you remove the car it flags the ECU light as the readings are too similar before and after the cat ).. but there is a way around it.

Jolly Green Monster 2

Hope you are back to health after the accident mate.

Go and test drive an MR2 Mark 3... a mate is big time into car handling and test drove an Elise and an MR2 and went for the MR2..

I drove it and if you like the Elise you'll love the MR2..
slightly more comfortable with similar handling and power...

Out of interest as I have always loved the Elise, how did it fair in the accident?

JGM

Fulham71

cheers guys !
This is what it looked like after the crash

it has been written off but the footwells were all intact
im in a lot of pain but will probably buy another as i feel safe in it

Jolly Green Monster 2

That is a sad site.

Hope the pain stops soon.

Good luck with the new car

JGM

Jay m A

iTrader: (2)

Have you thought of running 2 cars?

A cheap enjoyable run a round and, say a Caterham/Westie?

106 rallye being the everyday car, for example.

this is the route I'll be going, once I've sorted out my finances

Justin

Fulham71

any more ideas
looked at MX5 & MR2 yesterday & neither got me going ?
dont fancy 2 lots of tax insurance servicing etc for 2 cars

MattN

200sx with 250bhp and 6 speed box.