Interesting car £3k
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Vtec Phil
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fn2 civic
Had a quick look there on autotrader and there are plenty of:
- Clio 182
- Vauxhall Corsa and Astra VXR
- Mini Cooper S
- Ford Fiesta ST and Focus ST
- Audi 8P 2.0T and 3.2 V6
- Honda Type R FN2 and EP3
- VW Golf GTI
big_pete
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one of my favourite cars I have ever owned was my Clio 172. So much fun to drive!
Even the base models are good craic. I had a 2004 dci dynamique as a daily and loved it was like a wee go cart. Just a pity I ended up constantly replacing suspension components until I got fed up.
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A 3k budget is more like a 2-2.5k budget as you can guarantee you'll need to do stuff to it whatever you buy.
I bought a wee 02 1.8T audi a3 with only 85k for a grand but its literally cost me about another £800 once you factor in servicing, new disks, pads, shocks, springs, bushes, full set of tyres etc and then all trim bits - its 20yr old so a lot of tired stuff on it. Granted it's now sorted but it still shows how your budget can be fairly be clipped - and that's me being thrifty with it and doing plenty myself!
The mk4 gti that @Rossios had for sale was good value given what all was done to it
I bought a wee 02 1.8T audi a3 with only 85k for a grand but its literally cost me about another £800 once you factor in servicing, new disks, pads, shocks, springs, bushes, full set of tyres etc and then all trim bits - its 20yr old so a lot of tired stuff on it. Granted it's now sorted but it still shows how your budget can be fairly be clipped - and that's me being thrifty with it and doing plenty myself!
The mk4 gti that @Rossios had for sale was good value given what all was done to it
Mackers91
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There's a nice Mk1 Leon Cupra R on gumtree atm for 3K.
www.gumtree.com
Or This same engine as the Cupra but 4Wheeldrive, I actually owed this car back in 2017. Most of the Mods I done to it still seem to be there.
www.gumtree.com
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Or This same engine as the Cupra but 4Wheeldrive, I actually owed this car back in 2017. Most of the Mods I done to it still seem to be there.
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MarkM
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Interesting and left field somehow equals golf lololololol
Graham
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Agree fully. I bought a £3k Focus ST and spent at least the same making it a good car. The next owner spent another £1k fixing bits that needed attention during his six months with the car.
I was fortunate enough not to lose anything on her, as the market for them was strong when I stole it off a lad that had owned it from almost new.
Over here or on the mainland? Busting for something that’s not a depressing diesel as a daily
Audi TT QUATTRO 225 6 speed | in Newtownabbey, County Antrim | Gumtree
Here we have my mums 2001 Audi TT QUATTRO 225 6 speed manual My mums owned the car for 5 years and I was the previous owner. The car had a brand new LUK CLUTCH AND FLYWHEEL fitted at 99k miles receipts for the parts there, labour was £600 alone. When 1st purchased the ca
Seems like a lot of car for the £.
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Audi TT QUATTRO 225 6 speed | in Newtownabbey, County Antrim | Gumtree
Here we have my mums 2001 Audi TT QUATTRO 225 6 speed manual My mums owned the car for 5 years and I was the previous owner. The car had a brand new LUK CLUTCH AND FLYWHEEL fitted at 99k miles receipts for the parts there, labour was £600 alone. When 1st purchased the cawww.gumtree.com
Seems like a lot of car for the £.
using pics from 2016 in the ad in some instances at least shows he has had it that long
cormac81
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May be biased as I'm big fan of the mk1 vRS and own one but the silver one in the classifieds is a great buy with the remap.
Big Pimp
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A Golf Gti is about as far opposite left field as I can imagine.
I added some of your Wishlist into auto trader and came up with the following:
Fiesta zetec S:
Civic Type R
celica vvti
These are left field options:
properly left field, and buttons - Volvo C70 with the 5cyl engine
Mazda RX-8
Laguna 2dr
CLK350
CL500
Scirocco TSI
BMW 645
But a left field Golf....... nope
I added some of your Wishlist into auto trader and came up with the following:
Fiesta zetec S:
Civic Type R
celica vvti
These are left field options:
properly left field, and buttons - Volvo C70 with the 5cyl engine
Mazda RX-8
Laguna 2dr
CLK350
CL500
Scirocco TSI
BMW 645
But a left field Golf....... nope
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