scoobyboy1

iTrader: (16)

Thinking of changing near christmas time, and need some suggestions.

1. Should have just over £30k to spend.

2. Must be able to seat 4 adults.

3. Must be fairly quick or when modded must be quick.

4.Car must have subtle styling, as it will be used for work purposes and pulling up in a Scooby or a Evo etc with a loud exhaust and big spoiler, would not go down to well.

Any decent cars that match those descriptions.

staffs Mike

leon cupra r of course....save yourself a s**t load of money

scoobyboy1

iTrader: (16)

Thinking off it, it wouldnt be to bad, but wanted something a bit more exclusive. And a Seat Leon Cupra R doesnt cut it. Nice car though, but Id be gutted to go from a Scooby to a Cupra R as it wouldnt excite me.

WRX_Rich

iTrader: (5)

Would be a M3 for me unless you go for a evo 260 and push it to 300bhp
I ended up buying a small car for work and keeping the scoob

noobscoob

subaru legacy twin turbo. why? its big enough to fit your needs,it has all the performance you will need without fiddling with it..it looks far far more conservative than the imprezas and it will still ulitimatly put a big grin on your face without looking out of place in the works car park.

Ennoch

Audi S4?

scoobyboy1

iTrader: (16)

Thats what im talking about.

AMD do some good upgrades as well, but I did speak to someone the other day who test drove one and said it didnt feel that fast. But he has got a Audi RS6 and Im sure he would laugh if I took him out in my scoob.

eldudereno

How about a Vauxhall Monaro???

Brendan Hughes

It's a general comment about performance Audis. On the clock they're very quick, but they just don't feel it. Depends what you want.

Charles aka Charlie

Golf R32?

Although would prefer the Audi...

Andy W STI

Could your 2 adults fit into the little seats in the back of a 996 porsche?

Plenty about now for about £30k

Andy

scoobyboy1

iTrader: (16)

Had a Audi TT, and all they did was moan about the back seats, funny as the back was that small, there heads where pushed together and looked like simease twins joined to the head.

Brendan your right, Audi's dont seem quick at all, the power seems to be really smooth and not like the scoob, where the turbo kicks in and your pinned into your seat. Audi S4 sounds the best suggestion, but Ive also seen pictures of the brand new Golf R32 which looks nice.

New Golf R32:
http://www.rsportscars.com/eng/cars/golf_r32.asp

Robbie T

iTrader: (8)

CLK 55 AMG, quick subtle lookin (ish!), awesome sounding v8, seats 4, coupe or convertible. I'd have 1 oohh hyeeess

MattW

BMW 330D M Sport

Charles aka Charlie

and the interior

Andy Tang

iTrader: (3)

Get an older S4 the one with the twin turbos and I bet you can make that faster!!

And you will still have change from your budget!

Brendan Hughes

BTW you can pick up an RS4 for that money I'd have thought.

scoobyboy1

iTrader: (16)

Dont fancy driving an estate, im 22 not 42.

ScoobyDoo555

I've never seen teh fascination with Golfs..... had a go in one (MY95 GTI 8V), and tbh, couldn't see what the fuss was all about. Much preferred the 205.....
Also been in the later VR whatist..... and <yawn>........

The R32 just doesn't look special - at the end of the day, it's still a souped-up Golf.

How about a used M5? you could probably get a decent 03/04 M5 for about 30K.......

OR for £38K you can have 6 series coupe


Dan

super6four

Ok don't laugh, but last week I had a drive in an (import of course) Nissan Skyline R34 GTT (thinking about it not sure if that is the model designation??).....4 door! It was, appart from the typical R34 front end, pretty subtle. No rear wing, and in black looked quite moody. It had a few engine mods mainly breathing. The exhaust was; I think he said, an unkown Japanese make. Sounded quite nice when pushing on yet not to loud at cruising. Plenty of room for four adults. Also coming with the 4wd Atssa system handled really well. I quite liked it. Ok the interior was not quite as plush as a Merc say, but all the gadgets (air con, leccy everything were pressent, and unlike a merc wil not go wrong). As for performance it felt pretty rapid for a big car, I'd say mid 6 seconds to 60 with a very healthey middrange. Of course a few under bonnet tweeks could see you driving a reall stealth machine.

Oh and if it is good enough for Ken 'monkey man' Nomura, then it cannot be all bad. After all his is the best sounding car on the planet . Not that that matters in this case of course.

Brendan Hughes

Yeah, that's what I said when I bought my scoob terzo. Oh, so wrong... couldn't get anything worth mentioning in the back, hated the damn thing. And chipped RS4s have the capacity to annihilate damn near anything except round Asda's car park

Used M5 - niiiiice

shaunywrx

just seen this, i've been looking at Maserattis today, and you can get a lot of car (and engine) for around £35000, seats four in comfort, performance, etc, etc.

scoobyboy1

iTrader: (16)

The 3200GT uses the Ferrari 360 engine I think, dont fancy paying out if anything went wrong. But there is one for sale near my house on a 51 plate in red for £28k, looks the business though.

Stryder

Jaguar S Type R. 400 horsepower, 408 pound-feet of torque.



Looks quite menacing, without being over the top.

Here's something that might interest you.



http://pictures.autotrader.co.uk/ATD_web/servlet/media?id=221554946" http://pictures.autotrader.co.uk/ATD...a?id=221554946

http://pictures.autotrader.co.uk/ATD...a?id=221554946http://pictures.autotrader.co.uk/ATD...a?id=221554954http://pictures.autotrader.co.uk/ATD...a?id=221554959

2004 JAGUAR S-TYPE 4.2 V8 R Plus 4dr Auto,
Petrol, 33,500 miles, . Midnight Black, Ivory Leather Interior immaculate, 18" alloys, Sat Nav & Jaguar phone system, Premium Alpine Sound with 6 cd, TV, Air Con & Climate Control, Rain and Parking Sensors, Cruise Control, Heated Electric Memory Seats, Folding Mirrors, Auto Dip Mirror, Heated Screen and Mirrors, Electric Blind, Electric Sunroof, Auto Xenon Lamps, Electric Pedal & Steering Column Adjust, Fogs, Curtain Airbags, Tracker & Alarm system, Manufacturers Warranty until April 2007. Full Jaguar Service History. One owner. VGC and Immaculate throughout. Taxed until end May 2006. £30,000.

Tel: 01285 760143 or 07979 701195
Email: Email Advertiser
Distance: 294 miles
Price: £30,000

flat4_ire

E46 m3, never been in one but sposed to be great, 341bhp etc etc 3.2 normally aspirated

shaunywrx

That sounds a bit pricey to me, you should be able to pick up the later shape (02 onwards) model for that money, iv'e been looking at 03/04 models for around £30/40k from a main dealer, but to be honest i think i'm going to go the brand new route, you can get a massive discount because they don't seem to sell to many of the things. Oh and you get a three year warranty.

scoobyboy1

iTrader: (16)

They do seem good value, Just looked on Auto Trader and the most expensive 3200 are around £30k,

Whats the differance between the 3200 and the 4200 performance wise.

shaunywrx

Not to sure about the 3200, but the latest GT Coupe's, are 390bhp 0-60 in 4.9s and 180 top end, not to shabby really, hopefully i'll be getting mine this week.

scoobyboy1

iTrader: (16)

Let me know how you get on with it.

2nd hand 3200 seem to be going quite cheap.

Just saw a 2000 X-reg with 20k miles from a dealer for £23k. Much cheaper then a Audi S4 and much better looking,