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Old 23 January 2006, 02:39 PM
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What's a good, cheap, reliable Rear Wheel drive car for a learner driver - should be cheap to run and insure but have some 'fun' element about it...
Old 23 January 2006, 02:58 PM
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IF there was such a car do you think we'd tell anyone else?!
Old 23 January 2006, 02:59 PM
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Mazda MX5
Old 23 January 2006, 03:00 PM
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sorry should have said - About £400 is the budget -esay to self-maintain - ( preferably not convertible) - for a young lad 17 year old...
Old 23 January 2006, 03:04 PM
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My first car was a Porsche 924.

Cheap(ish) to run but not to insure (£750 TPF&T when I was 23)

Other than that try a Capri, an Alfa 75 (not that reliable though) a 320 BMW,
Skoda Rapid etc
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Pinto engined Sierra.

Not quick, ok handling, but much more fun than a vectra

Dirt cheap, very basic. Just watch out for to rotten floorpan/sills and smokey engines
Old 23 January 2006, 03:12 PM
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lada ...
Old 23 January 2006, 03:13 PM
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Fiat 125
Old 23 January 2006, 03:13 PM
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Mk1 MR2?
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MX-3
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2.8i Capri.
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Originally Posted by stevem2k
MX-3
aren't they FWD?
Old 23 January 2006, 03:23 PM
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old bmw 316?
Old 23 January 2006, 03:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Mark Champion
aren't they FWD?
apols , thought they were rwd like the mx-5

Nice motor for a learner though, cheap as chips too
Old 23 January 2006, 03:49 PM
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Old vauxhall chevette, or opel kadett, any Mk 1 or 2 escort, capri, talbot sunbeam, or avenger, there must be some of these around on fleebay.

Or just a mini and lift off mid corner !!
Old 23 January 2006, 03:59 PM
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e30 bmw has to be the obvious route ??
Old 23 January 2006, 04:11 PM
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Originally Posted by shaggy1973
e30 bmw has to be the obvious route ??
I'm with James, E30 BM defo
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Thanks, some good suggestions on here - I'd forgotten about the Mk1 MR2 - definately a contender...
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yea its gotta be a beemer
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Originally Posted by ALi-B
Fiat 125
That is a lada, right.?
Old 23 January 2006, 07:42 PM
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Well, it looks like one
Old 23 January 2006, 07:48 PM
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Get a Fiesta and drive backwards?
Old 23 January 2006, 08:18 PM
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Toyota Corolla GTi (AE82?), circa 1983, the RWD one. They went well.
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Actually fiat 124 would be better...
Old 23 January 2006, 08:53 PM
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Not many of these suggestions can be bought for £400 and if they could a 17 year old couldn't insure them Even a crappy sierra would cripple a 17 year old for insurance It's got to be a 1.3 mark 2 escort but even bad condition 4 door ones are going to cost nearly the budget
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RWD and 17 usually = crash. I'd rather go for FWD if it was my first car.
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And high insurance
Old 23 January 2006, 09:08 PM
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..a lada isnt ott !.if its in 1 piece
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skoda rapide coupe
Old 23 January 2006, 09:11 PM
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Originally Posted by dpb
Actually fiat 124 would be better...
Maybe an FSO 125P instead?

....Or how about a VAZ 2105?

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