performance advice/views

[rainbow]

basically just got a new job and i cba to drivew old rubbish cars anymore so, i was looking at 106gti, and saxo vts hatchbacks i know they are of simalar perfomance.

i would just like to know peoples views and what would be a good buy i am still considering other cars such as clio sports and maybe golfs gti but prob not coz i dont like them, so what would people buy not buy for what resons and dont tell me to get a nice economic 1.2 clio dynamique because its not happening lol

im 18 so therefore thats why my previous cars have really been dire

[XA04]

When I read "basically just got a new job and i cba to drivew old rubbish cars anymore so" I thought you would of mean't something like the 106 or the saxo


Get yourself a Nissan Primera GT, 150bhp. Great car, economical, powerful. Your probably thinking... primera... yuk, check the GT version they are very nice, especially if you change the stock wheels. If you bought some performance upgrades you could bump that bhp up even more.


http://www.parkers.co.uk/choosing/ca...x?model_id=602

[rainbow]

no because old rubbish cars would relate to my previous cars old fiesta clio ax and so on i am 18 btw so im still very much into small cars that pack a punch i just dont want to look like a chavy little mug i think that the noth of them look nice im just seeing if people have views on other small cars that should be looked at or if anyone has owned the above with opiions

[Bourne]

a Nissan Primera GT, 150bhp.


http://www.parkers.co.uk/choosing/ca...x?model_id=602

Great drivers car.....the chassis on these car's are superb. Hit corners that would see your 106 lurching the other way and the primera will sit a flat as a pancake letting you breeze round in relative comfort.
The longer wheel base lends itself to a more comfotable ride as well for the times when your not thrashing the dogs do da's out of it.

[rainbow]

really looking for smaller although that does look cool.

[5lab]

106 ralleye is meant to be a hell of a car

[XA04]

Hey! the primera does look cool!

You say that doesn't look cool?: http://g20.net/forum/showthread.php?...ht=p11+primera




Anyway... smaller car, what's your budget?

[rainbow]

lol that does look cool ANYWAY, i would say budget of about 4 max i would rob buy on finance anyway.. yes the ralleye has got good rep never seen many of them though, they come in 1.3 and 1.6 flavours right?

[Zak33]

if yuo can insure a 106 GTi 16v, then it is finer than a fine thing, dressed in it's finest clothes

but they're not cheap to insure at 18!

[rainbow]

LOL YER I CAN INSURED FINE just seeing what peoples views w\ere but i guess coz ur all older u dnt own hatches, read good things bout the vts bar the chav image lol

[Shad]

As much as it pains me to say it, the 106/Saxo is actually a very well sorted chassis. You can't beat light weight at the end of the day, and around a track they are very nimble indeed.

But I couldn't justify buying one. Out of principle. You know?

[hitman67]

How about a CR-X? There coming cheap now, no idea what Insurance is like, but I'm pretty sure it won't be too bad (It's not like they've got a V6...)

Or a totally different line, £4000 would buy you a really Nice Land Rover Series 3 3.5 V8, which tend to be Very cheap to insure (I've got my 110 Insured for less than a third of the Cabs price on the same size engine!!) and they pack a punch. Look and sound cool as well.

[Rave]

Mk1 MR2 pwnts any hatchback.

[Konan555]

Mk1 MR2 pwnts any hatchback.

And gives you a lot of welding experiance. Bless em.

I've not owned a small hatch since I was 17, so it aint just age

[5lab]

you could get a puma for £4k. small, nippy and good handling. or an mx3 v6.

[Fox]

I'm wondering if a young, new driver on a 106 GTi is asking for trouble, tbh.