£1k

[Mike]

Youve got a grand, youve got no money problems at all, you after a car to hoon about through the summer (lets say its currently April), what would you buy.

My mate says a VTR, I say Civic LSi.

Lets here it then gay boys.

One post, one car, one reason. EDIT: Nova is N/A answer

Insurance cost isnt taken into consideration. We'll have no slagging off other brand of motors (being as slander is technically illegal) no sarcy comments, no arguements else ill personally come an rim ya till ya bloody & raw!!

[let_nova]

CAR: corsa 1.4-1.6 sport or gsi

Reason: easy to work on, cheap parts, many part changable from nova

[Lee]

BMW E30 325i

Drive to the rear, BMW build quality. Nuff said.

[JordyzNova]

car . . . vauxhall calibra turbo 4x4

reason . . . pull the engine and box out for my nova :d

[stevie-p]

BMW E30 325i

Drive to the rear, BMW build quality. Nuff said.

as above i just love them:thumb:
rwd great car and again good build quality

[Rysee]

Polish guy at work just got a Subaru Legacy 200bhp FSH(prev owner is a rally mechanic)
12m MOT 6Tax tasty mods and clean car, apparently loves to go sideways

£980

[Spudly]

BMW E30 325i

Drive to the rear, BMW build quality. Nuff said.


Im with lee, was thinking something with grunt, **** end drive and youve got a recipe for fun and reliability, = win win imo:thumb:

[novalicous]

CAR: Astra GTE

Reason: easy to work on, cheap parts, cheap thrills, cool as funk

[Saloony]

Astra Cabby

[mowgli]

Astra Cabby

are you in the hair & beauty trade?????

[General Baxter]

BMW E30 325i

Drive to the rear, BMW build quality. Nuff said.

they are so **** on fuel, i got a constant 4mpg lol

[Mike]

Astra Cabby

Mk2 or 3 tho lol

Suprised no ones said 205 GTi yet! Hoot to drive altho a Panzer tank has better interior TBH.

[stevie-p]

they are so **** on fuel, i got a constant 4mpg lol

but you loved it :p

[Rysee]

Mk2 or 3 tho lol

Suprised no ones said 205 GTi yet! Hoot to drive altho a Panzer tank has better interior TBH.

Strip one then

[Martin]

mk3 astra arctic.. AC ftw lol..

or could get a starlet for a K surly/ be a bag of **** tho...

[Mike]

Strip one then

Its hyperthetical lol

Altho ive had many a stipped 205/106 GTi

EDIT: BTW this isnt a "what shall i buy next" thread this is purely what would ya buy stylee

[Mike]

My mates just come up with a cracker lol lol

Cavvy SRi - ram raid a few shops, car boot stuff out the back of it, make £2k back, win win lol lol

[Benn]

A seneter or carlton, weld the driff. Go side ways every where!

[Rexy]

Xsara VTS - £400-£1000 easy

Good funn, ugly as **** and raises the eyebrows as to why they **** your pushing somebody along in... what the **** is that... :D

[Lee H]

Mk1 MR2 - Right wheel drive, handle well, rust as much as Nova's so you don't get withdrawals.

[Rysee]

get a big comfy barge, like said Legacy

[dj_wudgey]

something rwd for lots off sideways!!!

[belly257]

nissan 200sx
cheap reliable and most importantly, tail happylol

[Benn]

nissan 200sx
cheap reliable and most importantly, tail happylol

Cheap??????????????????

[General Baxter]

im sorry, iv got to say a merc mines only 122bhp 1.8 but my god it loves the sideways lol

[Joe Richardson]

car-series 2 escort rs turbo:thumb:

Reason-fast as **** and you can tune them to the max:d

[dj_wudgey]

i doubt id get much with a grand at the kind off cars id be looking at!!

[Lee H]

car-series 2 escort rs turbo:thumb:

Reason-fast as **** and you can tune them to the max:d

Please tell me you are joking about the fast bit? lol

[dj_wudgey]

car-series 2 escort rs turbo:thumb:

Reason-fast as **** and you can tune them to the max:d

boring tho its fwd!!! thats the problem with novas man there just not rwd enough!!!

[dj_wudgey]

Please tell me you are joking about the fast bit? lol

must be my mates had two series two's amd now has a seiries 1 and they were all slow as **** lol nah they are nice looking cars but yea my mate got beat by alsorts one being a 1.6 puma!!

[bmw156]

mr2 mk1

reason, look sweet IMO, and rear wheel drive

[Lee H]

You also won't find one for £1k........

Edit - RST that is.

[Rysee]

mr2 mk1

reason, look sweet IMO, and rear wheel drive

my mates wasn't too bad, it now lives in his shed in pieces cause it was rotten

[Joe Richardson]

Please tell me you are joking about the fast bit? lol

erm i know lads running 300bhp out of a 1.6 cvh:eek:

A lad i know called ollie has a series 1 turbo always in performance ford,did 170 mph down bruntingthorpe:thumb:

[Lee H]

My mk1 MR2 is just waiting till the Nova is broke for parts and is then getting the mk2 MR2 2.0 16v i've got thrown in until I find a turbo engine.

Hopefully be a bit more likely to go sideways then.

[Lee H]

erm i know lads running 300bhp out of a 1.6 cvh:eek:

A lad i know called ollie has a series 1 turbo always in performance ford,did 170 mph down bruntingthorpe:thumb:

Think that may have cost more than £1k though :confused:

[Joe Richardson]

Think that may have cost more than £1k though :confused:

yes lol

[areofall]

Omega MV6

[Spudly]

Think that may have cost more than £1k though :confused:


Agreed, ive been in a standard RST, and was actually shocked as to how slow it was in comparison to the rep lol

[dj_wudgey]

erm i know lads running 300bhp out of a 1.6 cvh:eek:

A lad i know called ollie has a series 1 turbo always in performance ford,did 170 mph down bruntingthorpe:thumb:

they can be quick when tuned but if you want 300 ponies got let mate cheaper!! and thats not that mad there is a few 1.4 5 turbo's running over that!!

tbh id rather have a 5 turbo over a rs anyday!! and yes spud was thinking the same mate they are slow!!

rs does 60 in 8.1 my gte on paper is 8.2 standard!! and a renault 5 turbo does it in 6.7 standard!!

[Joe Richardson]

lol.........:thumb:

[John]

Vectra gsi (been one on autotrader for 995), 205/309 gti. Cally V6. Golf gti.

[robertdevlin69]

volvo t5 the 850 shape i think

[John]

volvo t5 the 850 shape i think

good call!

[Asa-James]

okay, i'm going to get a proper slating for this

early tatty bodies mx5/eunos roadster. cheap, reliable, excellent to drive (apparently) and easily modifiable.

and no, i'm not a hairdresser...

[djshaggeh]

Silvia S12...

Fairly cheap, RWD and turbo'd

[dj_wudgey]

okay, i'm going to get a proper slating for this

early tatty bodies mx5/eunos roadster. cheap, reliable, excellent to drive (apparently) and easily modifiable.

and no, i'm not a hairdresser...

mate a mx5?? shurely man a grand and you'd get a mx5 id sooner buy a scateboard!!


djshaggeh good choice mate!!

[nova danny1]

definatly a mk2 astra gte convertable:d

[gunny]

309 GTI, awesome - underestimated pieces of kit, handling is just ridiculous and when it does go wrong, its not even wrong, so controlable

[Lauren]

Probably a Mitsubishi FTO

[General Baxter]

sd1 lol

[L33 LEG]

id pick a crx vtec. obviously wont be a minter for that price but id gradually do it up afterwards.

[Novaboi_1991]

mate offered me a saxo vtr rep, tasty mods etc.

CAR - Saxo 1.1 with 1.6 vtr engine, interior, bodykit etc,

REASON - Crash it on purpose at a chavvy carpark meet to 1. get another french piece of sh1t off the road, 2. make them cringe. lol

[Hobbit]

import s13

can pick one up for a grand, will need a few more grand to keep the thing on the road though lol

[Jack]

My first thought for a sub £1k shooter is always an S13.


Probably a Mitsubishi FTO
Fail.


or could get a starlet for a K surly/ be a bag of **** tho...
I'd only be interested in a starlet turbo and I'd be concerned about one for a grand

If I was looking for something more sedate, I'd like an old barge Vauxhall - Senator, Carlton etc. Or, if I could find a decent one for the money, an 1850HL Dolomite

[Lauren]

Meh, I don't think there's anything wrong with them, might be a bit ugly but they are well built and pretty nippy.

[Jack]

A bit? lol

£1k won't get you much of an FTO either tbh, you'd be looking at the 2.0 non-MIVEC ones with high mileage or very early ones :(

[Stuart]

galant V6's are about a grand lol


or you cuold get 1000 Sieras

[novaguy08]

Audi 100 2.6 Quatro (old one with high miles not in best condition obviously!!)

Why, I like the luxury and ability to strech out in the back with the missus ;)

[Southie]

Mazda rx7 twin turbo phase 1 (not convertible)

Reason: fast, rwd, fun fun fun

[dannyb]

Audi 100 2.6 Quatro

Or a 2.3 5cyl 20v quattro Audi 90, that'll set you back about 500 and you'll get that back when you break it for spares (it'll never rust)

MX-5/ Eunos roadster. Light, RWD, 50/50 weight distribution, reliable. You'll get whatever you spend on it back unless you crash it. Evo magazine regularly rate this little old car highly, it features this month alone in an article of their favourite cars, finishing in the top ten alongside Zonda F, F50 and 996 GT3 for sheer pleasurable driving.

Anyone who says you're a ghey/hairdresser can carry on doing so, they're either uncomfortable with themselves, weak enough to be peer pressured into thinking that or just a pathetic homophobe. You're going to be the one who is going to have a lot more fun as anyone who's ever driven one will agreee.

[Ben]

I bought a starlet gt tubro for £600 few years ago, was an auto tho lmfao

Also bought a FTo Mivec for £900 sold it same day for £1800

but then got a calibra turbo for £80 once lmfao

think you would struggle with a 325i e30 for a grand though they have shot up in price.

My choice for £1k car would be 206 GTi i think, i really liked my one of them and paid £750 for it 3 years ago! either that or a Clio 172 bought a 52 plate one for £1k couple years back.

Damn i miss the motortrade!

[L33 LEG]

where the hell do you find those bargains? lol

[General Lee]

I would personally get a suzki sj samurai sport.

Reason: Have fun go anywhere put the top down when it's hot or even when it's not.

[Ben]

where the hell do you find those bargains? lol

Used to have a customer who was a coke dealer and he used to trade cars in with us every couple of weeks, gave him £1500 for his S1 RST too but that would blow the £1k budget lol

Some of them like the 206 was accident damaged, needed wing and door, the calibra turbo was in the local paper as an MOT failure lmfao, only paid £1200 for my phase 2 vectra gsi, and we paid £500 for a phase 1 vectra gsi with a blown engine which had 50k miles and fsh was mint, even better had spare engine sat there doing nothing.

Vec GSi..

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y228/lurk75/Cars/vectragsi012.jpg

Mondeo St24 paid £600 for in 2005

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y228/lurk75/Cars/deo1.jpg

Corsa GSi paid £350 for in 2003

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y228/lurk75/Cars/a195f8bf.jpg

Astra GSi paid £450 for in 2003

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y228/lurk75/Cars/2ab4a755.jpg

Corsa turbo gave £500 for

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y228/lurk75/Cars/Picture192.jpg

Danbury converted rascal- free (with 11 months tax and mot)

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y228/lurk75/Cars/rascal007.jpg

my old 206 GTi

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y228/lurk75/Cars/029.jpg

[Stuart]

MX5s are gay as a window, but drive well so its give and take lol

[Lynsey]

I'd get a rusty old Chevanne, just because I want to.

http://image60.webshots.com/60/1/62/48/2597162480078404180BTIRYG_ph.jpg

[L33 LEG]

those cars are amazing for the price ben! when ur druggie mate next offers you a car and you dont want it let me know Lol.

[Ben]

will probably be about 2015 mate lol

Only a couple come off him quite a few were ebay and local papers.

[L33 LEG]

will probably be about 2015 mate lol

Only a couple come off him quite a few were ebay and local papers.

lol @ the date.

il have to look harder then for the bargains.

[Ben]

He is doing 10 years lol

[rednova]

300zx twin turbo cheap as chips and if it breaks just sell the bits on egay

[L14MNP]

Early S14a. They're about.

[rednova]

not for a grand though? i thought all the drift boys made 180/200sx's shoot up in value?

[bigdan1]

id say a civic all day long

reason its JAP dont need to say anything else

dont choose a french car over a jap lol

[L14MNP]

not for a grand though? i thought all the drift boys made 180/200sx's shoot up in value? Seen an R plate touring reg for £995 recently mate.
Generally they have shot up though you're right. Like anything though, there is the odd exception!

[Hobbit]

not for a grand though? i thought all the drift boys made 180/200sx's shoot up in value?

:thumb: http://search.autotrader.co.uk/es-uk/www/cars/NISSAN+200+SX/Ne-2-4-5-6-7-8-27-44-49-53-61-64-67-103-133-146-236,N-240-4294965580-4294966789/advert.action?R=200934340178858&distance=176&postcode=GU2+4BP&channel=CARS&make=NISSAN&model=200+SX&min_pr=&max_pr=&max_mileage=&vehicleYearOfManufacture=1997&vehicleRegLetter=P

Edit, think this is the one limp is on about lol

[L14MNP]

You could be right dude! My mate is after one/obsessed with them, and he told me about it. Think that's what he linked. Nice one.

[Hobbit]

Tell him not to bother, not if he's looking at cheap ones lol

[Pistol Pete]

Peugeot 205 1.9 GTi would be my choice.

[L14MNP]

Tell him not to bother, not if he's looking at cheap ones lol
I know you know. I know SR20's quite well so he should be OK if he gets a dog. He wants a decent spec though, later model too but with early black interior - as does everyone lol.

I think that one was on the board at work so he noticed it. :thumb:

[skyinsurance]

Uno Turbo but try and find one. Uno Turbo + manual boost controller = 170BHP . Very capable little cars.

Here is one of my old Mk2's.

http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h135/retrocarrestoration/Uno.jpg

[skyinsurance]

'k me that picture came out larger than expected!

[Tidy Max]

lol lol cool car mate!

[L14MNP]

Cool cars! Haven't seen one in years, and even then I think I've only ever seen two lol. I reckon they would bring more than a grand these days!

Like when I was after cheap wheels, looking at Clio turbines etc and they are over £200 now lol.

Slightly related, anyone remember the grey Hornmann (iirc) kitted Uno Turbo ie from Max Power way back when?
Very cool.

[twistysnovagte]

cav gsi
reason: cheap and easy to play about with,
(cousins just bought a sweet black one with only problems being front shocker leaking,and needing welding to the sill to get it through its mot)£600
when finnished with sell it to me:d

[skyinsurance]

Cool cars! Haven't seen one in years, and even then I think I've only ever seen two lol. I reckon they would bring more than a grand these days!

Like when I was after cheap wheels, looking at Clio turbines etc and they are over £200 now lol.

Slightly related, anyone remember the grey Hornmann (iirc) kitted Uno Turbo ie from Max Power way back when?
Very cool.

I've had three Mk2 Uno Turbos... loved them all and would buy another at the drop of a hat. The trouble is rust rust rust. Mechanically they are very good, even running high boost on a standard engine. Someone on the Uno Turbo club contacted the DVLA and IIRC there were under 500 left in the UK.. that was at least 3 years ago :mad:
My white Mk2 Uno used to beat my neighbours Boxter 'S' up to silly speeds.. I think I embarrassed him into buying his Carrera 4S, which incidently my Turbo converted Mk1 Mr2 will also beat up to silly speeds.. I think he has now bought another (faster) porker though..I need more boost, and some forgies :d

Ollie

[L14MNP]

Sounds fun Ollie!
What's in your mk1 MR2, rev 3 motor?

[alan b]

s13 all the way sr's are ****e ca's ftw!

[skyinsurance]

Sounds fun Ollie!
What's in your mk1 MR2, rev 3 motor?

Dirty AFM equipped REV 2 / ST185 at the moment but next project will be REV 3+ with charge cooler & forgies..

[L14MNP]

LMAO chocolate block ca18det's!

Welders should come free with any S13 imo. Rotten sh!tters for the most part.
Got a pic somewhere of a convertable with a 14a front and dash board. That's pretty sweet though. lol

[dj_wudgey]

Or a 2.3 5cyl 20v quattro Audi 90, that'll set you back about 500 and you'll get that back when you break it for spares (it'll never rust)

MX-5/ Eunos roadster. Light, RWD, 50/50 weight distribution, reliable. You'll get whatever you spend on it back unless you crash it. Evo magazine regularly rate this little old car highly, it features this month alone in an article of their favourite cars, finishing in the top ten alongside Zonda F, F50 and 996 GT3 for sheer pleasurable driving.

Anyone who says you're a ghey/hairdresser can carry on doing so, they're either uncomfortable with themselves, weak enough to be peer pressured into thinking that or just a pathetic homophobe. You're going to be the one who is going to have a lot more fun as anyone who's ever driven one will agreee.

ive driven a few at work and thought they were ****e! mx5's are in my eyes for girls!! and that is my sincere thought on the ugly horrible little cars!!

[dj_wudgey]

mate offered me a saxo vtr rep, tasty mods etc.

CAR - Saxo 1.1 with 1.6 vtr engine, interior, bodykit etc,

REASON - Crash it on purpose at a chavvy carpark meet to 1. get another french piece of sh1t off the road, 2. make them cringe. lol

lmfao!!

[dannyb]

ive driven a few at work and thought they were ****e

I've never driven a bad one, even the ropey ones on ditch seekers are fun!

[Mike]

Audi A3 1.8 T Sport - loads about for smack on a grand now

[Joe Richardson]

Audi A3 1.8 T Sport - loads about for smack on a grand now

The car it's self is ****e,but i would rip the engine out of it and stick it in a mk1 golf gti FTW:d

[Gordon Livsey]

honda crx del sol. the 1.6 vti one with 160bhp.

[Balley]

corsa gsi

They just go :D

[Ben]

corsa gsi

They just go :D

which part?

The valve stem seals "just go"

The bumpers "just go"

The bolsters "just go"

and the jacking point covers just go wether you park it!

[Jon_nova1]

200sx

its hours of fun, and will last through the summer.....just

[Mike]

honda crx del sol. the 1.6 vti one with 160bhp.

Funny you should say that, ive come across one this evening for £300 but its needing muchos TLC, might just buy it & break it TBH tho lol