COSSIE CAL

any help as a friend is looking for a fast quite cheap car within the region on £4500 but the insurance isnt really a problem,he doesnt want a cossie because he says they are too unreliable-(yeh) and get noticed by the police all the time?(no)does anybody know what a pulsar or a evo 2 are in insurance groups as i cant find anywhere to tell meif they are 15,16,17,etc.turbo and n/a cars are welcome thanks

Mark B

sure the pulsar is a 20 so are most jap imports are they not?

what sorta fast car is he wanting?

4wd
rwd
fwd

turbo?

how many seats?

Mb.

COSSIE CAL

any seats any drive he hates vauxhalls just like me so anythin vaux is shite,turbo is good but he likes throttle bodies or v8s more,i told him to have a fox bodied stang but its lhd so nope.

Mark B

What about a honda prelude? 2.2 4 wheel steer give a good roar with a few mods, an cheap aswell.

Mb.

BlueSmoke

See if you can find a Golf mk2 G60

Tall Geezer

Mr2 Turbo? They're about that money, group 16 insurance I think - 240bhp if you go for the later one and 300bhp isn't hard to get out of them.....

Paddy

Or a Corrado -VR6's are good too, but not as tuneable for a similar outlay

Seat Leon Cupras are around that price and IMO far better value than the equivalent VW

COSSIE CAL

cheeRS guys for all the help,paddy a seat leon cupra 20v turbo for under £4500?

Paddy

Yeah! Click Here just a quick search too

BlueSmoke

God that's nice and well cheap at that money!

Sometimes I think people would be better buying stuff like that than old Saffs. It's just the FWD puts folks off I imagine. RWD is so much nicer o drive IMO.

Paddy

And don't forget you can pick up an earlyish, imported integra type-R for that money now too

dojj

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fiat coupe turbo 20V

BlueSmoke

I wet my pants at the very mention of an ITR!

Paddy

You need to practice your pelvic floor excercises luv

You sadist

PLEASE PLEASE avoid these cars

I'm sure someones going to say "my mate has one and it's been reliable" etc. But we had LOADS of these when they were fairly new and they were shite then so fuck getting one 10+ years old

COSSIE CAL

I WOULD RATHER EAT POO FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE THAN DRIVE 1 OF THESE FIATS I HATE THEM SO MUCH I WOULD JUST SET ONE ON FIRE FOR THE FUN OF IT

Paddy

COSSIE CAL

I KNOW I HATE FIATS AND I WOULD RATHER SUCK SQUIRELL SHIT FOR 10YEARS THAN HAVE ONE OR EVEN LOOK AT ONE.

BlueSmoke

I had the Bravo with the coupe engine (non turbo) and the build quality was shocking. The car was nice enough but I wouldn't buy another.

COSSIE CAL

HE HATES FIATS AND SO DO I SO WHEN I SAID ABOUT EATING POO ETC. MY MATE HATES FIATS ALSO BUT I THINK EVERY ONE DOES

COSSIE CAL

oh you did didnt ya i saw it in your sig,there is a 20vhgt near mine and its been stood for so long a tree is trying to grow it!

Mr Brannen

Why doesnt he get a good Cossie then , and get it setup properly then these "reliability" issues will not be a problem.

COSSIE CAL

he says the insurance is too much but he can afford insurance group 18?he just doesnt like them,he says he likes mine but he cant be arsed with his own,he dosnt like rst's that much either but likes his bmw's.his last cr was a 220 turbo but wrote it off doing 30mph!! it rolled and the roof and beams were completely fooked

BlueSmoke

Was it on standard suspension and refused to go round a corner?

COSSIE CAL

yep

COSSIE CAL

it understeered like a bitch!

dojj

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[quote="Paddy"]but it wasn't that long ago when everyone was saying "wow what gerat cars, they are SOOOOOOOO cheap to service and SOOOOOOOOO reliable and SOOOOOOOO cheap to buy, why, only the other day i bought 6, just from my paper round money" and the like

COSSIE CAL

wtf?

Escy

S14a 200SX

Paddy

The 16 valvers weren't too bad mate but those 20 valvers are a cunt to work on! There's no room even with the whole stupid bonnet thing up!

The shame of it is [as with anything Italian especially Alfas] is that they look quite nice -IMO - and when they're working ok [and you've glued all the bits back on that fell off] they actually drive REALLY nicely!

Fiat - Mussolinis revenge

S1 Barkham

200sx s14a can't get a better car for the money really. Got full leather, air con RWD 2.0 turbo, can't fault it

robrs

What about a Capri two eight injector? Pick them up for peanuts, some really cheap ones going in Retro Ford. Even a Brooklands for just under £5k.

They look great, sound great, don't rot why not?

Tangodeltasierra3

Volvo S/V70 T5 - 250bhp - safe & reliable as fook, 25plus mpg, 155mph performance. Group 16/17.

Fiddy

st200

lawnsy

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Good idea then buy my number plate BIG G60

B16 GGO

Stavros

20valvers are wank anyhow.

16valve is the one you want, Integrale Engine, L8/P8 (IIRC) managment, well over 500bhp possible.

I wouldnt get one as I think they look shite and are FWD, but if I was gonna, then 16V all the way.

Id be getting a S14a 200SX if I had 4.5k.

Insurance numbers mean fuck all anyhow, wouldnt take too much notice.

COSSIE CAL

i had a 854 t5 saloon cream leather,black car,manual rica 302bhp chip,dump valve etc.he doesnt like volvos though,he says the name is as worst as skoda.but i told him the new skodas are very good escpecially the fabia vrs.

Effy

What about a Fiat Coupe 20v turbo. They were once the fastest production fwd car.
Effy

lawnsy

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rather have the 16v engine they use the integrale engine.......

Fast Guy

Pulsar is turbo and has throttle bodies. but if he only likes them for the noise, you won't get it with a turbo in the way.

I expect they are ins. group 20 tho.

Fast as well, see my sig

Martyn

Audi S2

6 speed
230bhp
4x4
2.2 20v 5cyl inline turbo charged
0-60: 5.9 (coupe) 6.1 (estate)
154mph (coupe) 150 (estate)

Loads of tuning potential