Help with next car choice?

[Stissy]

Originally Posted by tonto_VTR

Seat Leon 20vt
kerching!

Originally Posted by Ashleyp

Either your saxos an absolute shitter, or you can't drive.

do you spend your life on this forum defending BMWs?

[LWS_71]

Originally Posted by rick_VTR

bearing in mind were on a saxo forum, the 105 is roughly on par with a vtr, and the 120 is roughly on par with the vts.

there roughly the same price as the saxos.

there no more unreliable than a saxo infact there more reliable if there looked after.

there a much more solid car than a saxo

far better built than a saxo

engines are better than the french engines (aslong as uprated head gasket is fitted)

much more fun to drive than a saxo as you can actualy go round corners without wondering if your guna full off the road.

so they are better than a saxo in general.

Have you even driven any of the cars you have mentioned?

An MG ZR will out handle a saxo?

mug . . .

EDIT: Ashley beat me too it. This kids deluded.

[rick_VTR]

Originally Posted by LWS_71

Have you even driven any of the cars you have mentioned?

An MG ZR will out handle a saxo?

mug . . .

yes ive driven a friends 105 and my cousins 160. both are much better than all the saxos ive ever driven.

have you ever driven them?

[Nik_L]

http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/sales/3087318.htm

[Nik_L]

MG ZR is a car that can be had for around £1k.

Thats why i wouldn't be looking at them if i had £3k to spend.

[Tontsy]

as much as id hate to say it, but you could get a nice bimmer for that kind of money.

and you'd be silly not too.

[Ashleyp]

Early E46's look wank, but if you can get past that, you have a whole host of decent motors to chose from.

http://pistonheads.com/sales/3115526.htm

http://pistonheads.com/sales/2905613.htm

http://pistonheads.com/sales/3140563.htm

http://pistonheads.com/sales/3004406.htm

E39:

http://pistonheads.com/sales/3040714.htm

http://pistonheads.com/sales/3138444.htm

http://pistonheads.com/sales/3135057.htm

[Ashleyp]

Just to confirm:

I posted a link to various e46 330s

and youre trying to justify an MG ZR?

get real lad.

[rick_VTR]

Originally Posted by Ashleyp

Just to confirm:

I posted a link to various e46 330s

and youre trying to justify an MG ZR?

get real lad.

EDIT: trying to justify a ZR compared to a Saxo.

[Beaniemoo]

Not sure about insurance, but it hits the other criteria

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/97-MERCEDE...item336a90ca44

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RARE-MERCE...item415c28b099

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1998-MERCE...item2a1338a7c7

[endlesstimes]

As many with half a brain on here have said mk4 golf GTi for the small budget you have bro this is arguably the best option for you, reliable / well built / 4 door / fast (ish lol).

[brianS]

why 4 doors?
just wondering as most people seem to be mentioning hatchbacks and hatchbacks with 4 doors mostly look shite.

[loudandproud205]

Oh and as for a 4 door car for less than 3K 0-60 sub 7s

Impreza should be up on the list as well tbh it is what you are looking for deep down and there quick and handle well, once you have justified the running cost you would love it

[Fezza-ST]

Originally Posted by Furio-Gazza

MK4 Golf GTI 1.8 Turbo

I got a feista ST (7.9 to 60) so why would I want something slower lol. Golf GTi Turbo's are over-rated like fuck and are mostly driven by chavs (every chav in south wales has a 'bad golf' lol)

that c43 amg looks mint!

[Gandi699]

Theres at least 2 of these threads a week, seriously go out and buy a car YOU want and like the look of. Its always the same answers people come up with anyway!

[maddison_vts]

another thread that has gone waaaaaaaay off the topic.

oh well, my 2p worth..

I quite often slate saxo's and tbh arguing that an mg zr (rover 200) is better than a saxo is like arguing that one form of cancer is better than another they're both shit to have!
however, in my experience of the cars i've owned (mainly jap and french with an embarrassing exception to some terrible rover 200 i had the displeasure of owning for a short amount of time) the best engine I have come across is the saxo vts engine. I doubled the standard power, track used it, abused it and it never once in 4 years let me down. May I add that no uprated/stronger parts were needed to be fitted to the engine to achieve this.

I HAVE owned a vts and I HAVE owned a rover 200 which is an mg zr without the bodykit and I can hand on my heart say if I had to have either again it would be the vts without a doubt.

[MiniGibbo]

Do people not realise the MG's are not just body kitted rover versions and actully have competly different suspension and geomotry...

The ignorance of some people is unreal

[maddison_vts]

Originally Posted by MiniGibbo

Do people not realise the MG's are not just body kitted rover versions and actully have competly different suspension and geomotry...

The ignorance of some people is unreal

who cares? they're still shit!

[-V-T-R-]

Originally Posted by maddison_vts

another thread that has gone waaaaaaaay off the topic.

+1

some people love posting shit that has nothing to do with the question at hand lol

if you wanted a 4door, sub 7secs 0-60, and £3,000 ... why not go for a Jaguar X-Type 3.0 v6 sport: http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/3060335.htm

or even the 2.5 v6 sport: http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2876749.htm

great cars, bullet proof, the most comfortable ride ever and meet all of your requirements lol

oh and anyone who has a brain cell will NOT pay anything more than £70 (scrap value) for a Rover with a fancy bodykit!

[Pricklep]

Originally Posted by -V-T-R-

oh and anyone who has a brain cell will NOT pay anything more than £70 (scrap value) for a Rover with a fancy bodykit!

oh you've blown a gasket there.