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im thinking about buying a cheap car for the winter to play with whilst the cossie is tucked away, any ideas i wanna spend under £1000, 205 gti maybe?
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Astra GTE 16v, cheap to buy, cheap to run, and cheap to maintain. Much more fun than any of the above. Your not going to get a 'fun' ford for under a grand that comes anywhere near a GTE 16v, infact even the 8v's are good fun.
Ok the clio 16v's are pretty good fun but only last about 10 minutes if you give them a bit of stick.
I personally dont see XR2's as 'fun', they dont dont have the power. On track then maybe, but not as a fun road car in my opinion.
What about a nova gte or gsi?
Ok the clio 16v's are pretty good fun but only last about 10 minutes if you give them a bit of stick.
I personally dont see XR2's as 'fun', they dont dont have the power. On track then maybe, but not as a fun road car in my opinion.
What about a nova gte or gsi?
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Astra GTE 16v, cheap to buy, cheap to run, and cheap to maintain. Much more fun than any of the above. Your not going to get a 'fun' ford for under a grand that comes anywhere near a GTE 16v, infact even the 8v's are good fun.
Ok the clio 16v's are pretty good fun but only last about 10 minutes if you give them a bit of stick.
I personally dont see XR2's as 'fun', they dont dont have the power. On track then maybe, but not as a fun road car in my opinion.
What about a nova gte or gsi?
Ok the clio 16v's are pretty good fun but only last about 10 minutes if you give them a bit of stick.
I personally dont see XR2's as 'fun', they dont dont have the power. On track then maybe, but not as a fun road car in my opinion.
What about a nova gte or gsi?
astra gte r a good car nova gte/gsi are the same as xr2,s imo apart from u have to give yourself alot more braking distance in a nova
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Originally Posted by mechanic28
Originally Posted by S1rst
Astra GTE 16v, cheap to buy, cheap to run, and cheap to maintain. Much more fun than any of the above. Your not going to get a 'fun' ford for under a grand that comes anywhere near a GTE 16v, infact even the 8v's are good fun.
Ok the clio 16v's are pretty good fun but only last about 10 minutes if you give them a bit of stick.
I personally dont see XR2's as 'fun', they dont dont have the power. On track then maybe, but not as a fun road car in my opinion.
What about a nova gte or gsi?
Ok the clio 16v's are pretty good fun but only last about 10 minutes if you give them a bit of stick.
I personally dont see XR2's as 'fun', they dont dont have the power. On track then maybe, but not as a fun road car in my opinion.
What about a nova gte or gsi?
astra gte r a good car nova gte/gsi are the same as xr2,s imo apart from u have to give yourself alot more braking distance in a nova
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As far as performance, they would both wipe the floor with an XR2 in every area. Ive had a few of each and they just dont compare at all in my opinion.
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you'll probably never find one for under a grand but a Polo G40 is quite a little stormer.
an FRST is probably going to be pants for that sort of money.
but the VR6 sounds good.
Or maybe old school 325i BMW
an FRST is probably going to be pants for that sort of money.
but the VR6 sounds good.
Or maybe old school 325i BMW
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