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#1 WillCarter

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Posted 25 August 2018 - 08:46 PM

So I'm thinking of getting something whilst I'm building the mini. I'm not a boy racer at all but I do like something that would be fun to drive. I've looked at insurance quotes for an Evo 5, an impreza wrx (not sti) and an mx5 mk1... and a skyline r32 (£4500!). All of which apart from the skyline were surprisingly reasonable for a 20 year old (between £400 and £700). Whilst the quotes aren't set in stone, I answered all the criteria honestly and so the insurance doesn't look like it should be a problem.

Do any of you have any experience with these cars?
Would you recommend owning one?
Are there any other similar cars that you'd recommend owning?

Cheers in advance,

Will

Edited by WillCarter, 25 August 2018 - 09:19 PM.


#2 Homersimpson

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Posted 25 August 2018 - 09:11 PM

I had a Jaguar S-Type R, 400BHP and a real sleeper!  They are dirt cheap these days.



#3 WillCarter

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Posted 25 August 2018 - 09:20 PM

I had a Jaguar S-Type R, 400BHP and a real sleeper!  They are dirt cheap these days.


Sounds like good fun, I'd love a manual though, that's the only problem

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Posted 26 August 2018 - 11:26 PM

Don’t bother if it’s your daily driver.

I’ve spent years tinkering with my daily drivers until I started buying new ~10 years ago. The last car I had was a Fiat 500 Abarth. Fun car, quite fast, handled well etc..

Waste of time.

Never really got a chance to use it properly, bit noisy on the daily commute and got dinged twice by idiots.

If you’ll excuse the pun - it drove home the point that money spent on an ‘exciting’ daily driver is a complete waste. Traffic’s getting worse, standard of driving seems to be plummeting, and if those two aren’t enough the roads themselves are falling to pieces.

All I now want out of my daily is a bit of comfort, low cost and little emotional attachment - it’s a tool to do a job. The money this saves can then be spent on the classics or motorbikes.

#5 nicklouse

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Posted 26 August 2018 - 11:31 PM

been using my Suzuki Swift Sport as a daily since 2008. very like a Mini in handling but has AC and heated seats **** MPG and not a motorway car but has done a few 1000 mile trips in one go.



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Posted 28 August 2018 - 09:44 AM

I've got a scirocco, drives really nice yet handles really well, a rare combination, plus it's got a turbo boost gauge so it's always cool!

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Posted 28 August 2018 - 10:17 AM

Hi,

I've always had an enjoyable car for a daily driver, including an Alpina B10 V8 touring (350bhp) 

But if I did it again I'd buy a cheap common car that's easy to repair and reliable...

Cheers  :proud:



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Posted 28 August 2018 - 11:12 AM

Don’t bother if it’s your daily driver.

I’ve spent years tinkering with my daily drivers until I started buying new ~10 years ago. The last car I had was a Fiat 500 Abarth. Fun car, quite fast, handled well etc..

Waste of time.

Never really got a chance to use it properly, bit noisy on the daily commute and got dinged twice by idiots.

If you’ll excuse the pun - it drove home the point that money spent on an ‘exciting’ daily driver is a complete waste. Traffic’s getting worse, standard of driving seems to be plummeting, and if those two aren’t enough the roads themselves are falling to pieces.

All I now want out of my daily is a bit of comfort, low cost and little emotional attachment - it’s a tool to do a job. The money this saves can then be spent on the classics or motorbikes.

 

I agree.

My previous daily drivers have always been fairly quick and modified for performance. The last car was a remapped Saab 9-3 Turbo X, which was really nice to drive

But it's a waste of time now, as mentioned by Icey, the traffic and standard of driving is ridiculous nowadays. I couldn't use all 310bhp on the road due to the traffic getting in the way.

 

Now I have a Skoda Octavia vRS diesel estate. Not sluggish by any means but, comfy, roomy and far less running costs.

 

Money gets ploughed into the Mini!! Haha!



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Posted 28 August 2018 - 03:03 PM

I've got a 2015 Bini Cooper S and a 2014 S3.  While the S3 is blisteringly quick, is fully loaded and handles amazingly, I always take the Cooper S.  Its so much fun and just feels like the better car out of the 2.  Sure that will change when I get a remap on the S3 :-)






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