A cage with character

Well I used to own a mk2 MR2 and I never had any problems with it ... except that replacement parts were ludicrously expensive and I kept crashing the damn thing
Mine was an L reg in white, and was pristine ... loved it, although the clutch was a little heavy.

Crashed it twice:
Once when some t**t in a box van pulled out onto a roundabout without looking, forcing me to swerve to avoid him, lost the back end (not being used to RWD) and went up the pavement and into a hedge @ 40mph = ?4,500 worth of damage (bloody fibre-glass body).

Second one, I'd just had it serviced and tyres were "below the legal limit" (when I looked at them after the crash, both my rear tyres looked like well-worn racing slicks! I got 3pts for one of them, and copper let me off with the other cos he said he could see I was shaken). I aquaplaned and glanced a motorway central reservation barrier @ 80mph = ?4,500 worth of damage (bloody fibre-glass body!)

Had to sell when my first-born arrived.

I'd have another though Great fun

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Mk 1 or Mk 2 Golf GTI + 1.8T engine... Modern go, combined with a chassis from back when a hot hatch actually weighed less than a van.

I'd really like a Mk 1, but to be honest the Mk 2 just makes miles more sense, what with galvanising etc.

But then, whenever I start thinking down those particular lines I end up wanting a Corrado, and that just makes no sense at all.

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Originally Posted by northwind

But then, whenever I start thinking down those particular lines I end up wanting a Corrado.

You and me both, I really like Corrado's

Originally Posted by Razor

You want character?






You know what you should get then...












Get one of these...








They don't call them Hitler's revenge for nuffin y'know...

Now you are talking....brings back memories of my 72, 1200, with a 2 litre motor in it....

No rear seats and about 170 bhp...had fun burning chavs in their 1.1 saxo's off the lights...

this is my niece's husbands car, 1600 crossflow with twin 40's-

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Originally Posted by kwak zzr

this is my niece's husbands car, 1600 crossflow with twin 40's-

thats nice that is

my old mans got a rover p5 3.5litre v8 sat in a garage somewere thats pretty fast for an old timer

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The list is endless really of things to go for - but if it was my £5k and I had to use it everyday including through the winter it would have to be a BMW E36 328i Sport - a mate of mine has one and its spot on...



But then I wouldnt spend the £5k on a car - I would keep my £1k BMW E30 325i Touring which has bags of character and is great fun to drive and spend the £5k on another bike

Hi there guys. First of all thanks for all of your comments, the good, the bad and the ugly! Does anyone know much about 205 gti's? Surely worth a look, quick, cheap and fun? Do tell me more.

great fun to drive like a fri@@ fast go cart but i'd say very hard to find a clean un thrashed one, 1.9 better than 1.6.