Right I only have £4000 to spend

I know where there is a good saff for sale a friend of mine is seling with a rebuilt engine etc etc for just shy of £4000

But im also temped with an Evo 3 also around the same price (a friend imports them so I should get it for £3500

What would you do remembering that its winter and I want to use it on a regular basis although not every day

oh I have 2 kids so I need a 4 door car...

or can anyone suggest anything else I should be concidering?

Si

 

you need to look at running and repair costs mate
i would go cosworth allday but thats a personal preferance

 

4dr japs that i can think off scooby, evo, skyline, integra, but its down to you. id go and test drive the ones you like bud and see what you think personally id go for a jap car but thats my choice.

 

Will it be more espensive to run an Evo then?

Ive had a cozzie b4 insurance is cheap really 4 me and running costs not too bad if its fairly standard

 

Before you read i'm not meaning to upset anyone on here:

I'm 24 and dont have any kids yet - but when i do i personally wouldn't want a serious car like either of them for my every day car. Performance cars are for yourself (i think) - but they are unreliable.

As for a weekend car, then great - but when i have kids they would be my first thought and i'd have a run around to make sure that they are safe and will get there everytime.

What do you guys think??

 

yea very true Paul i had my cossie at 18 and i have no ties so didnt matter if it broke down like taking the kids to school or gettin to work so yuo need to look at it like that
ALSO
how long can you keep a Cossie standard for??? trust me every show you go to there will be somethin you want or see sometihn on someone elses car you want

 

Paul1982, I agree to a certain point. I've owned a Cosworth and now I've just bought an Impreza 03 STI. I wanted a four door car with grunt. I plan on keeping it for a while as we plan on having kids next year so we need something for them. It was the most practical while still having fun.

My old man always did the same, hence my love for fast cars. Having kids doesn't mean the end of performance motoring.

Gimme 6 months and I'll tell you which is better, Cossie or Jap

Cheers

Matt

 

I do have an every day car

I have one for work and my wife has a 4x4 and a cabby

but I could still use it quite often all I meant is that its not going to be tucked away all week

Si

 

I have a chat in six months then Matt

 

4dr Integra???

 

Type Rs are actually alot of fun to drive

good call Porkie

 

If I had 4k to spunk on a car, I'd buy something reliable and cheap to run


oh wait, I am going to do that

 

But I have a £500 orion thats reliable and cheap to run

 

I didn't even know they existed!

 

I'll stick it in me diary

 

 

For a different perspective, if I hadnt already put sooo much money into the cossie, and I was starting again, t be honest, I would have bought an E36 M3 Evo, only because I could then strip it, cage it and take it racing!!!!!

Lots of car for your money, and really hard to keep up with round twisties of the nurburgring when set up properly!

 

Mate, you live in the forest, you know what the roads are like.

Evo ALL day long.

Fuck, id say Evo all day long for 4k no matter what.

 

What about a 4door skyline gtst?

 

iv had a rs for 10 years and a evo 3 for a few months, to me its just pot luck weather you get a good car for your money, iv had problems with both , what i normaly say is just drive a evo then make up your mind you wont be disapointed.. on another note i can give you alot of tips on buying evo,s

firstley.. CRANKWALK.. big trouble due to oil not geting to the main bearings.. the crank moves this causes trouble with other parts .. only way to cure is evo 6 crank with updated shells ..mainly evo 1,2,3

idle control valve.. most evo,s seem to suffer bad tick over due to this part.. over 400 quid from mitsu or 100 quid from camskill

YAW control on evo,s from 4 onwords break down costing big money

also if you buy 1 , 2, 3, you can struggle to get anyone to set it up most only set up from 4 onwards.. fook nows why and stu cant set them up as he cant read the jap sensers..

also pistons or not forged but crank and rods or so if you want big bhp you will need to change to forged..cosworth make pistons for them

still want one ? other than that ther just awsome mad power machines doin the 0. 60 in 4.9
my advice wud be take some one who nows about evo,s and only buy from 4 upwards

andy

 

cosworth for me but then again im not in to jap stuff so it will always b cosworth imo

 

you ask a silly question like that on passion FORD !
obviously the answer will be evo

 

I Had the pleasure of driving my friends evo 3 last night. Easy to drive round town, great on b roads and Exceptional power on the motorway.

Also evo 3's are newer then saff cossies aren't they?

Choose evo

 

go cossie
have one for sale aswell if your interested.
cheers

 

think it was only 7000 evo 3 made so not alot around considering none were ment for this country and most were used for rallying,

andy

 

what a silly thing to say most people on here will give you a genuine answer and alot of peeps on here have jap, and or love both

andy