Boys...your opinion pls!

Froggie101

Hiya, ok want your opinion...

A 21yr old female currently driving a Punto (i know i know dont slag its bad enough already!) anyway loves cars, loves fast cars but hates the typical girls car what can you suggest? Changing cars by the end of september i hope, was looking at an MR2 (nice huh... MR2.jpg)
open to suggestions!

Kimbot

Depends on how much you want to spend, how much your insurance will be etc!!

prospect

Froggie101 wrote:

Hiya, ok want your opinion...

A 21yr old female currently driving a Punto (i know i know dont slag its bad enough already!) anyway loves cars, loves fast cars but hates the typical girls car what can you suggest? Changing cars by the end of september i hope, was looking at an MR2 (nice huh... MR2.jpg)
open to suggestions!

MR2's are nice, and decent to drive & perform.
That one is NOT nice.

Froggie101

ive a full licence so insurance isnt an issue,was quoted only 700 on the MR2! Well was thinkin €7000 max!

Kimbot

Many cars you can get for that price.

Levin
MR2
Civic/Integra

Froggie101

yea was lookin at a Levin, was considering importing one from Japan! But dont know whether it worth the trouble! Sick of civics and integras every second fool has one down here,id like some less common! a little fussy i know!

PowerHouseDan

700 euro its makes you sick!!!!!!Import a supra from England... there are a few turbo ones selling for about 4.5k sterling

Thomas_S_Hunterson

A Yaris deffo;)

Maybe something like an old Triumph or a Morgan? They've got retro-coolness and are reasonably high performance.

Kimbot

Froggie101 wrote:

yea was lookin at a Levin, was considering importing one from Japan! But dont know whether it worth the trouble! Sick of civics and integras every second fool has one down here,id like some less common! a little fussy i know!

They ain't that much trouble!! Just but one already in the country!!

kluivert

MX5 all the way.

Froggie101

sean_keevey wrote:

A Yaris deffo;)

Wudnt drive one if you paid me!

Yea actually Mx 5 are ok,still look more like a womans car tho! My BF drives a civic 1.6 i think Vtech,lovely to drive but they look horrible! Changing to a subaru impreza 1.6 which i plan on robbing til i change my own!

smash

Supra or a Celica - great cars, can't go wrong. MR2 aint the best in my opinion.

Froggie101

what i really want is...GT.JPG

What a beast!:p

weemcd

an evo.

Froggie101

yes guys supra and Evo gorgeous cars,but as a said a budget of Max €7000, but ideally id like to spend less!

Noelie

7K won't get you much, espically something unusual/nice, you'll get better value importing, and i'd guess your trying to keep the engine down enough for insurance reasons.
Like someone said earlier how about a Yaris!! at least it should be in your budget

Froggie101

Noelie wrote:

7K won't get you much, espically something unusual/nice, you'll get better value importing, and i'd guess your trying to keep the engine down enough for insurance reasons.
Like someone said earlier how about a Yaris!! at least it should be in your budget

is that you trying to make a joke, jesus im a woman and i know more bout whats on the market! Doesnt have to be unusual smart ass just not a bloody civic half the countries boy racers have them, like the stupid Glanzas!

So what do you drive then?!
If you've got nothing constructive to say then get lost!

kluivert

Froggie

Want you need is one of these

I love them, beats the Supra any day in my opinion

www.pistonheads.com/sales/91721.htm

Froggie101

kluivert wrote:

www.pistonheads.com/sales/91721.htm

I love it! but how much wud it cost by the time you pay VRT and all on that?
Was jst lookin at this:
http://www.carzone.ie/usedcars/index.cfm?fuseaction=car&carID=458066

kluivert

Very nice.

It says endless amount of receipts.

Does a Jap import come with Receipts, I thought you got the auction report and thats all.

I would go with a Celcia personally over the MR2 although when you drive the MR2 its very hard to get out of it.

el tel

smash

If you really want an MR2 you will get one cheap... but there are nicer cars out there!

MR2 and another here

Froggie101

Oh your so funny El Tel!

Froggie101

steve06 your MR2 link didnt work. Yea saw an MR2 in the garage where my dad works and jst fell in love with it! There very hard on juice tho arent they?! Worth it tho!

smash

Froggie101 wrote:

steve06 your MR2 link didnt work. Yea saw an MR2 in the garage where my dad works and jst fell in love with it! There very hard on juice tho arent they?! Worth it tho!

links work for me

Froggie101

im in work they came up restricted! you sure its cars!

smash

Froggie101 wrote:

im in work they came up restricted! you sure its cars!

cars, oh I thought you said sex toys... hehe, ye they're cars, on ebay so that's probably why they're restricted...

smash

this is nice... black MR2

this is way OTT... Mod MR2

Froggie101

steve06 wrote:

this is nice... black MR2

this is way OTT... Mod MR2

there restricted too, damn it anyway!

smash

you need this...


But to be serious, I like this GT4...

You guys are reccomending a supra to a 21 year old girl!
What about:
* High Insurance
* Running Costs
* Servicing costs
* Parts
* High Tax
* High cost for very relativly old cars.

Froggie101

I love the GT4,very nice! the other one is nice too but def prefer the GT4.

kluivert

Its not about the money....

Her dad works in a garage she said.

A practice performance car.

Ford Carpi.

http://pistonheads.com/sales/90353.htm

peasant

And now for something completely different:

http://www.carzone.ie/usedcars/index.cfm?fuseaction=car&carid=404316

deffo no Civic

Froggie101

ronoc wrote:

You guys are reccomending a supra to a 21 year old girl!
What about:
* High Insurance
* Running Costs
* Servicing costs
* Parts
* High Tax
* High cost for very relativly old cars.

Thanks for your concern but i know better than that, its a nice idea but a supra is out of the question! Insurance isnt really a big deal its quite cheap on everything now iv my full licence, and servicing and parts arent really a problem not to sound like a daddys girl bcoz im not (wish i bloody was!!) but thats what dads are for so handy when they work with cars!

kluivert

Honda CRX cant beat them either.

http://pistonheads.com/sales/90970.htm

Froggie101

kluivert wrote:

Honda CRX cant beat them either.

http://pistonheads.com/sales/90970.htm

wow,that is nice!

just lookin on the Auto Trader website a 97 for €9900, guys stop tempting me! If i wasnt still in college id be sorted!

Froggie101

Froggie101 wrote:

Insurance isnt really a big deal its quite cheap on everything now iv my full licence

It won't be cheap on a supra!

smash

I totally forgot about the CRX - an all time fav of mine, I really wanted one but Quinn wouldn't insure me on it, so I got my Celica 190 and they insured me on that - more power, a lot newer, dunno what the prob was with the CRX.... but froggie, here's a tip - don't use Autotrader, they have hardly any cars compared to Carzone... here's the list & you can easily afford one..

prospect

How about sommit like this?:

http://www.carzone.ie/usedcars/index.cfm?fuseaction=car&carid=383243

lightening

What about a Fiat Coupe or an Alfa GTV if you want good looks.

Do people really think the Suburo is a nice looking car? I know they are great to drive and all, but the styling is terrible!

scottledeuce

have you considered an Fto,
http://abstyling.co.uk/bodykits/images/mitsubishi/fto_1.jpg

i was looking a few a while back and they're a lovely car, would have bought one and all but could'nt get insurance cover, pretty much because it's only got two seats and apparently 2 seats = fast.
You could pick up a 95 , 96 for about 5000- 6000, i think there was one for sale on adverts a while back too

In the end i bought a 1.8 Integra same as power as the fto but for some reason they had no problem with it,
It's a great car as well if it wasnt for all the boy racers who drive them however i still see a few fto's pass by and wish i had one,

smash

prospect wrote:

How about sommit like this?:

http://www.carzone.ie/usedcars/index.cfm?fuseaction=car&carid=383243

4 owners, 140k miles, NCT this month - I'd wait to see if it passed - but that still wouldn't mean much

SouperComputer

A genuine E30 M3 would be nice, not sure if you could get one within budget.

Fey!

How about this:
http://www.carzone.ie/usedcars/index.cfm?fuseaction=car&carID=406578

Or this automatic one...
http://www.carzone.ie/usedcars/index.cfm?fuseaction=car&carID=474188

smash

scottledeuce wrote:

have you considered an Fto,
http://abstyling.co.uk/bodykits/images/mitsubishi/fto_1.jpg

i was looking a few a while back and they're a lovely car, would have bought one and all but could'nt get insurance cover, pretty much because it's only got two seats and apparently 2 seats = fast.
You could pick up a 95 , 96 for about 5000- 6000, i think there was one for sale on adverts a while back too

In the end i bought a 1.8 Integra same as power as the fto but for some reason they had no problem with it,
It's a great car as well if it wasnt for all the boy racers who drive them however i still see a few fto's pass by and wish i had one,

they actually are a bit sluggish compared to celica's or MR2s

smash

Fey, you think that Mileage has been tampered with?

MercMad

I think you need to go and test drive a few and narrow your list down a bit before ultimatley deciding !

An MX5 is cheap and cheerful and lots of fun in the sun, I'd strongly recommend you drive one topless !

(I mean with the car topless ! :O )

prospect

steve06 wrote:

4 owners, 140k miles, NCT this month - I'd wait to see if it passed - but that still wouldn't mean much

I was referring to the make/model/type of car, rather than the particular one shown.

Fey!

steve06 wrote:

Fey, you think that Mileage has been tampered with?

I didn't even think about it. The leather/carpet/pedals/etc seem to be in very good shape and not worn, so I doubt it.

Hard to know without seeing the car in the flesh, though. HPI check, possibly?

Noelie

Froggie101 wrote:

is that you trying to make a joke, jesus im a woman and i know more bout whats on the market! Doesnt have to be unusual smart ass just not a bloody civic half the countries boy racers have them, like the stupid Glanzas!

So what do you drive then?!
If you've got nothing constructive to say then get lost!

All i was pointing out was 7K isn't much in ireland for a nice car, my GF bought a new punto and it cost 11K, perhaps like i said look at importing as you'll get better value up the north or over in england.
I wouldn't go for a MR2 as they are the new civic, was at hifi the weekend and the amount of Mr2's was a little astonishing. and a MR2 thats trying to disguise itself as a Viper is quite funny.

A Impreza 1.6 isn't much of a car my brohter has one and i wouldn't rate it, its basically a impreza for some who can't afford one. with your cash i'd go for Celica,fto, or MX5, like you said MX5's are kind of girly looking but still a great car.out of those three i'd like FTO the most

I drive a bike as my balls add too much onto the cost of insurance.