Davie

Hello all.

I'm after a wee something as a second car with a budget of £5k.

Initial thoughts are:

Saff Cossie
Classic Impreza
Supra
Mitsi GTO TT

As you may have guessed, it has to be turbo.


Cheers!

Davie

AudiLover

The GTO is generally a bit of a fat pig. Id go with the scooby or get myself a 200sx and spend the rest on mods.

Davie

i had thought of the 200SX, but i generaly think they are ugly fothermuckers. , says him thinkin about buying a GTO.

think you are right about the GTO, it's lot of car.

However, always an option if i can find a good un. do all the later models have LSD's?

luke m

have you considered a rev3 mr2 turbo?

MY93WRX

Have you thought about a motorbike if your after a weekend toy!!

Davie

Well yes, but aren't they an absolute bitch to maintain? I heard that the engine has to come out to do a clutch!

Can you show me a pic of a rev3? I can't tell the diff, also what are the differences?

Also thought about a supra.... but not sure

Decisions.....

Davie

that would require a motorbike license. And never really been into bikes.

thought about it last year. but not for me.

16vmarc

Saff Cossie - Yes, yes, yes! Total classic and a minter still looks good
Classic Impreza - Of course!, Although I'd use this as an excuse to get something special!
Supra - Awesome car's, really like them and up there with dearer car's
Mitsi GTO TT - Heavy, not that quick all thing's considering

TonyBurns

iTrader: (3)

You can also look at:-

Nissan Pular/Sunny GTiR's
Nissan 300zx Twin Turbo
Nissan Skyline (R31/32)

Some of those, if not all will fall into your price bracket

Tony

Davie

I fancy an impreza.

But at this price they are getting on a bit.

What fails at this age?

leonpoole

What does an R31 look like. Oldest R's Ive seen are the 32's. I know skylines have been out for years and years just never seen an R31. Anyone got a picture ?

WRX_Dazza

http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?im...3Doff%26sa%3DG

dazza

leonpoole

I quite like that for an old car

TonyBurns

iTrader: (3)

They are a bit 80's but we all like nostalga

Tony

Izzy

Guess it depends what you want to do with your "toy"...??

Sure footed handling for country road blasts / sprints... early Scoob, Evo or GTiR
Bit od **** out fun & drifting... 200sx or R32 GTSt (the rwd one )

All would be a lot of fun striped out, caged & tweeked...

TopBanana

How about a classic RA? Lightweight, short ratio gears etc. Incredibly rapid once remapped or ScoobyECU'd. This is Scoobynet after all

CC

I had similar to spend a few weeks ago, ended up with a GTR R32.
You'd get a nice early WRX at that price.
Decent Saf Cossie (oodles of fun with typical 'stage 3' setup).

Terminator X

iTrader: (7)

The R31 is butt ugly isn't it ... ? Certainly compared to the R34 pictured there.

TX.

Jamescsti

I'd go for the saff cossie for that price, you could get a very nice one

J4CK50N

You would really struggle to find a decent Supra TT for that money mate.

The MR2 would be much fun and you should have change left over to make a few subtle mods. I had one and it was bullit proof. Nothing ever went wrong with it. Toyota were also pretty good with a price for the cambelt changing which is quite a tough job.

Miles of smiles!

www.GT4oc.com

Celica GT-Four ST205 can be had for just over 4k now, leaves you with enough for a couple of mods to see a reliable 300bhp

Gear Head

iTrader: (2)

If you can get away with 2 seats m8, get an MR2 Rev3 Turbo.
These cars are so much fun, and not that expensive to run. I get mostly 24-26mpg around town in mine.
0-60 in 5.2 seconds, 150mph+, rwd, 247bhp standard, easily tuned to 280bhp......... think i'll stop now!

Heres mine. Its for sale too. Unfortunatley, I need 4 seats.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...Photo-0261.jpg

luke m

sorry i didn't respond. the mr2 rev3 (& rev4/5) can be identified easily by the round rear lights, the other clue is the one piece spoiler (no fixtures on the rear wings). finally, they should only be MY94 L reg onwards, although some L reg cars are rev2s.

clutch change is not an engine out job and as others have said its very reliable, even when tuned.

your overall running costs will (in general) be lower than all of the others. for example, i thought about the supra, but whats the point? just as fast up to certain speeds but the mr2 uses less fuel, less insurance, cheaper to fix.

the celica has the same engine but is of course heavier. less speed, more practicality. depends if that matters.

Davie

Right.

I'm down to the cossy, Mr2, Impreza.

The impreza is probably my last choice to be honest......

J4CK50N

From those 3 i would defo go for the MR2. I have had an MR2 Turbo, an impreza Type R and know many people that have had cossies

In my opinion the MR2 is :-

The most reliable

The most fun in everyday situations

Cheapest to run

The best looking (still doesnt look too dated)

The only one where the top comes off (if you go t-bar) for the 3 days a year that are nice

In fact the more I think about it, I wish I had one again too!!!!

Cheers

J4CK50N

hades

Lightweight kit with suitable engine. You might not get a 2nd hand Caterham for that price, but probably say a Sylva Striker or similar. With the right engine, fantasic handling, option for tail out fun, and would slaughter anything mentioned above as a track day toy - even decentish fuel economy and light weight means cheap on tyres, brakes etc to track.

Kind of most of the benefits (and some of the disadvantages) of a bike whilst still being a car

Jamesemt

R31 - It's a two door Bluebird

Edited to say: I actually like Bluebird's