why do you buy saxo's?

[blackvtrt]

After another thread people kinda of got the wrong idea so i thought id make this one, why do you buy saxo's?

Ill be honest mine was cheap runabout, massivley into my classic minis but now there growing on me!

[Pat_Vts]

because theyre good looking? and cheap to buy i have to admit compared to other models such as ford ZS etc

[Steve]

good fun, cheap, cant really beat them for money.

[VTR_Craig]

cheap, fun, quite quick, low insurance

[kcsaxo]

looks good, goes well and fun. cant wait for another car though as its beginning to feel small inside.

[VTR_Craig]

easily modified

[VTR_Craig]

econonical, cheapish tax

[Ben]

Cheap to run, plenty of options to mod

[Mystic]

Bought it to drive around while my minis broken, not drivne my mini for about a year now lol :sad:

[Pat_Vts]

cheap, fun, quite quick, low insurance

VTS?...... higher than astra 2.2i 16v... saab turbo... alot of cars:n:

[blackvtrt]

Bought it to drive around while my minis broken, not drivne my mini for about a year now lol :sad:

arh Mystic great sum1 whos went from a mini to a saxo, havent had chance to drive mine yet how do they compare?

[Mystic]

Drove the mini from Cambridge to Edinburgh (about 7 hours) when i got home i jumped in the saxo to go to the supermarket and it felt like a supercar, was acctually scared to put my foot down, also made it feel really big inside!

Then again my mini is a 998cc and i had the saxo first, worked on my mates mini alot with him and i had big plans for the saxo so i opted for a mini as a spare car, could work on one and drive the other and vise versa, now i have 2 minis sat in my garage lol and i never got round to doing anything mad with the saxo :sad:

[Tupps]

VTS?...... higher than astra 2.2i 16v... saab turbo... alot of cars:n:

Vts is high insurance due to the fact that they're quick... and more often that not crumble under very little impact

[Leemc2008]

I didnt buy mine.. I just got given it.. and now I'm stuck with it! haha..

Seriously though.. I bought my girlfriend and new car and she didnt want to sell her car so I said I'd look after it and although it spends 90% of the time in my garage I love driving the little thing.. reminds me of our old 205 GTi

[blackvtrt]

sorry abit off topic now but got a 1275 spi with quite abit of engine and suspension work so migh not feel as bigger jump to me, il hopefully find out soon

[blackvtrt]

couldnt edit so just added this, i see you went from a 998 to a vts, im going from a tuned 1275 to a vtr so prob not as bigger jump as urself Mystic, how does the handleing compare then?

[saxo_asa]

like small, quick hatches..cheapish insurance, petrols ok, just a fun car.

[OLLYVTS]

As above cheap fun for the money really,and they are pretty good looking cars tbh.

[Pat_Vts]

Vts is high insurance due to the fact that they're quick... and more often that not crumble under very little impact

quicker than a pink calibra?

[Jamie]

I bought one because i needed a car

I also bought one because of all the above but mostly the first line tbh :P

[Pat_Vts]

and you regretted it...

is that right?

[Elliott]

there cheap to buy and cheap on parts. would rather have a 106GTI if i could afford one.

[aran2k2]

compared to other cars for price, looks etc they win hands down. comparing fiat punto fiesta zetec ermm corsa ? haha easi relli why ppl buy them. still prfer the saxo to the c2 aswell. was let down driving one of those thought it was well not so good.

[snottybadger]

I decided I wanted a VTS because-

1. I'd been driving a 1.5D 106 for 11 month and it was sucking the life out of me.
2. Wanted something relativtly cheap to run and buy.
3. Something that handled well and was nippy.

Thought about a VTR but the insurance was only £40 more for the year so went for a VTS.

So far I'm well happy with it, got just over 40mpg out of it too- can't grumble at that.

[Chris_F]

Mostly as the above

Cheap fun stylish looks good inurance,
Would have also mentioned tax but its rediculious now!

[snottybadger]

Mostly as the above

Cheap fun stylish looks good inurance,
Would have also mentioned tax but its rediculious now!


Thats why I got a 2000 one, falls into the old tax bracket.:p

[Chris_F]

its all right for some lol

Couldnt believe my eyes by arpil next year 12months tax will be £300 thats just a joke

[Scott-jarvis]

For the same reasons that everyone else is saying, but i had a black vtr (Paid £2000) for 4 days and wrote it off, lol, had a punto for a while, then decided i want another vtr, so a year later and i got myself another black vtr, just got to love them !!!

[AGM]

cheap to buy and run, loads of fun, quick, and easy to mod

[Nij]

I didnt buy mine.. I just got given it.. and now I'm stuck with it! haha..

Seriously though.. I bought my girlfriend and new car and she didnt want to sell her car so I said I'd look after it and although it spends 90% of the time in my garage I love driving the little thing.. reminds me of our old 205 GTi

must admit i got mine as a replacement for my old 205 GTi - didnt want a 106 as they were the replacement for the 205 (i know a saxo is 99.9% the same but it is a different badge)

[Andy_K]

At the time, the vts was the quickest car I could afford to buy/insure/run and fun to drive and easy to modify

[Mochachino]

same reason as i put in all the other threads asking this each week.

cheap, easy to fix, good looking car, and im on a mission to change saxo's stereo type of a chav car!

[Marcos]

all i could afford but insurance is expensive for me £1600 on a forte wtf and they wanted £2300 before pass plus

[Mystic]

couldnt edit so just added this, i see you went from a 998 to a vts, im going from a tuned 1275 to a vtr so prob not as bigger jump as urself Mystic, how does the handleing compare then?

Just back from the workshop right now and after speaking to you about my mini this morning i went n sat in it for a while (almost fell asleep acctually) and i think im gonna put it through an MOT in a week or so once iv had a quick check over it :P

My 998cc doesnt compare to the VTS in any way shape or form but then thats not why i bought the mini! A mate of mine had a 1275 with a fair amount of work done too and his was probably not far off the pace of a VTR, all we had to compare it to was his mums 1.4 corsa lol but it was quicker than that. Although you feel like your going twice as fast as you are when your in a noisey wee mini! We are fitting a metro turbo engine to his mini next week acctually.

His is lowered and has wide 13" wheels, handles like a go kart its fantastic. Mines on 12" wheels with big spongy tyres so not a great handler, but it doesnt go very fast anyway :P

http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l47/DJ-Mystic/DSC_0719.jpg
My 2 minis & the saxo! Silver is the 998cc, red is a 1275 which i'll sell one day when its repaired!

http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l47/DJ-Mystic/DSCF2209.jpg
Mates mini

http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l47/DJ-Mystic/p5030052yw4.jpg
Another mate RIP's mini

absoltuletly love them, there are a few members on here with minis too i think, or have had them anyway!

[brownie_147]

cheap when I crash.

[lemon191]

i have a saxo purly cause its my first car so its cheap so i can dent/scratch and not be to bothered lol

[Andi9386]

Cheap Tax
Cheap Insurance

Just something to start me off with.