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Drysdale

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24th Jul 04 at 22:45

Finally sorted things like finances out, so all I need now is to sell the Corsa (which I've been trying to do for the last few weeks

).

Want something bigger than a Corsa, and with a bigger standard engine, at least a 1.6 and at most a 2.0 due to my lack of experience (well...I'm being honest I'd write off anything bigger than a 2.0 the day I got it) and due to insurance.

Also it musn't be higher than Group 11 insurance and must be under the £4k price tag with fewer than 65k on the clock.

Now I know this is really stretching it as to a fairly good car, but I want something quite fast, bigger than the corsa and that won't look half bad either.

I'm thinking of something like a Hyundai Coupe 2.0i SE (hairdresser's car.) or maybe a honda/nissan/toyota/audi (estate/saloon/jap thingy).

What are your suggestions?

Here are the requirements again

:

-Can be bought for under £4k
-No older than '91
-Under 65k mileage
-between 1.6 and 2.0
-bigger than a corsa
-fairly quick and not a minger
-group 11 insurance or lower.

Sensible suggestions please

Cheers.

[Edited on 24-07-2004 by Drysdale]

Jambo

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24th Jul 04 at 22:48

Veccy Sri??

MarkM

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24th Jul 04 at 22:50

Astra SRI 2.0

Drysdale

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24th Jul 04 at 22:51

Will take a look!

Anymore? Also reasons as to why would be a bonus.

Drysdale

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24th Jul 04 at 23:03

Bollox...my thread has crashed and burned.

Jambo

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24th Jul 04 at 23:04

No real "reasons" only thing i could think of off top of me head

R Lee

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24th Jul 04 at 23:07

civic

Drysdale

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24th Jul 04 at 23:08

Nah its a good pick. Just had a browse on autotrader and theres lots of fairly new veccys with low mileage. Don't know why vectras aren't more popular with the younger culture...seem to me looks-wise like they're the western version of a lexus soarer/skyline/paseo.

Drysdale

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24th Jul 04 at 23:09

GoldPenguin - any specific ones mate? V. interested in civics and hondas but unsure what to look for. Probably better asking over at hondarevolutions.com but I'll get a few biased answers.

1600power

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25th Jul 04 at 00:06

my next car after the corsa will be a mk4 golf! u can get them in 1.4, 1.6, and 1.8 flavors aswell which means not to bad on the old insurance plus they can look proper ace!

greycorsa

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25th Jul 04 at 11:25

almera Gti

sassyminx

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25th Jul 04 at 11:51

quote:
Originally posted by Jambo
Veccy Sri??

Grp 11 too

2.0 16v- 136bhp standard

MarkM

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25th Jul 04 at 11:52

quote:
Originally posted by sassyminx

quote:
Originally posted by Jambo
Veccy Sri??

Grp 11 too

2.0 16v- 136bhp standard

Veccy Sri 2.0 16v- 136bhp standard = slow

[Edited on 25-07-2004 by sport16v]

greycorsa

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25th Jul 04 at 11:54

quote:
Originally posted by greycorsa
almera Gti

140 bhp standard 2.0

group 14 tho

sassyminx

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25th Jul 04 at 11:59

quote:
Originally posted by sport16v

quote:
Originally posted by sassyminx

quote:
Originally posted by Jambo
Veccy Sri??

Grp 11 too

2.0 16v- 136bhp standard

Veccy Sri 2.0 16v- 136bhp standard = slow

[Edited on 25-07-2004 by sport16v]

greycorsa

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25th Jul 04 at 12:00

sassyminx

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25th Jul 04 at 12:02

i had 150 outta mine like

took me 3 weeks to get there but it did

Drysdale

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25th Jul 04 at 12:04

are veccy sris really slow?

sassyminx

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25th Jul 04 at 12:08

quote:
Originally posted by Drysdale
are veccy sris really slow?

no theyre not mate, theyre a big car, but they do

0-60 in bout 9.0 sec- not bad for a big car
theyre good top end and not bad on petrol either

go here

http://www.vvoc.com

for more info on em

[Edited on 25-07-2004 by sassyminx]

Drysdale

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25th Jul 04 at 12:14

Lot of torque though I expect. Bet it's pretty quick 60+ though.

Definately a candidate...

Drysdale

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25th Jul 04 at 12:21

Thanks for the site...looks useful.

Bling Bling Pimp

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25th Jul 04 at 13:02