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Fast, low tax car for 8k
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I've got about 8k to spend on a car, looking to get something thats quick off the mark and fun to drive but cheap to tax if possible. I was looking to find something like a celica but a 2009 1.6 diesel ford fiesta has been suggested to me as they're dirt cheap to tax, but are they any good? Is there anything else to be looking out for that would suit?
Fast, low tax car for 8k?
And you ask about a diesel focus?
If it is to be a focus, get a UK import 2.0 TDCI, remap it.0 -
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Kristopherus wrote: »Can you point me to the €280? I thought all cars over 2.0l were screwed in tax.
From 08 on cars are taxed based on their emissions. The Civic is pretty clean which is why it's €280 a year.0 -
Oh I agree. It's just they're quite quick and cheap to tax.Maintenance would be a killer, too. I'd have a 330Ci over an RX-8, becauee it would turn out cheaper in the long term probably.
Cars from 2008 on are based on CO2 emissions so engine size has no real baring on the tax amount.Kristopherus wrote: »Can you point me to the €280? I thought all cars over 2.0l were screwed in tax.0118 999 881 999 119 725 3
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Foxhole Norman wrote: »From 08 on cars are taxed based on their emissions. The Civic is pretty clean which is why it's €280 a year.
and slow.
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I'd say value to power to tax ratio is quite good.
I know, I was only messing.It's quite adequate for real world driving.Thanks a mill, 280 tax sounds grand for that spec car. I should have said what cheap tax is for me, anything under about 400 would be grand so will defo have a look for one of these.
I "might" be selling mine soon, but not for 8k.
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Maintenance would be a killer, too. I'd have a 330Ci over an RX-8, becauee it would turn out cheaper in the long term probably.
Nooooooo it wouldn't!
RX8s can be re-registered as 1.3 litre (€385 tax per year) (which they physically are) and therefore taxed as a proper 1.3. A 330i is taxed at €1494 a year. ALso, an RX8 is cheaper to buy and maintenance isn't a killer because it doesn't really drink as much oil as the pub boooiiiss make out. It is heavy on fuel but it's a performance car and a very very good one at that.
BMWs suck anyway so Mazda RX8 all day every day 0 -
rx8 1.3 petrol, cheap tax, very very fast as its rotary powered, only thing is engined is abit costly for parts and abit thirsty on petrol but worth it if you can afford it and ull pick one up for way less than 8k
231bhp standard remapped it wudnt be too far off 300bhp!! not many cheap tax cars that can move that quick. 0 -
Go across the water to the uk and pick up a low mileage , mint example of an Audi S3 .vrt it, insurance , tax it and u still have a nice chunk of your budget left over
you then have yourself 225 of the finest horses at your disposal in one of the most reliable petrol turbo engines ever made . Go for it 0 -
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Go across the water to the uk and pick up a low mileage , mint example of an Audi S3 .vrt it, insurance , tax it and u still have a nice chunk of your budget left over you then have yourself 225 of the finest horses at your disposal in one of the most reliable petrol turbo engines ever made . Go for it
Most definitely an option, my brother works in the UK so i can skip over to visit him while i'm at it and pick up something like this on the return trip. If i go this route i may as well make it a savage car and makebit worth my while, xheers for the tip0 -
Most definitely an option, my brother works in the UK so i can skip over to visit him while i'm at it and pick up something like this on the return trip. If i go this route i may as well make it a savage car and makebit worth my while, xheers for the tip
To right man . I'd love to be in your shoes right now . With that kinda money to spend on a car . I've gone through a fleet of gti golfs and vrs Octavias and the one car I always wanted was an s3 but never ended up having one . I drove one a while back and I was so impressed . Best of luck with your purchase whatever u get mate . Take your time deciding 0 -
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Oh and ps . Don't mod it , remap it, or modify it . Keep it standard ,. Keep the car well and it will not only hold it's value but probably gain value as time goes by . Yes S3's are available in irelsnd and yes you can pick them up handy , but all seem to have huge mileage , and some class of a remap or modification done to them .
Some slight modifications and a remap are a must on an S3, 225 bhp in a hatchback was ahead of the curve when the mk1 S3 was launched but it just doesn't cut it in todays world. I would have no hesitation in buying a mapped one if i knew the mapper was legit and the car was a well cared for example.
There are very few clean S3's for sale in Ireland at any one time. High mileage wouldn't bother me one bit, my car has 160k on the clock (but is 14 years old this year) you will do well to find an S3 (even younger with less miles) that's running as well or as soundly.
S3's will never gain value but the have bottomed out in terms of prices for a good one, you can buy one for 3/3.5K but you will end up spending another 1k to get it half right, a good one will set you back a bit more but would be worth it.0 -
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rx8 1.3 petrol, cheap tax, very very fast as its rotary powered, only thing is engined is abit costly for parts and abit thirsty on petrol but worth it if you can afford it and ull pick one up for way less than 8k 231bhp standard remapped it wudnt be too far off 300bhp!! not many cheap tax cars that can move that quick.
I don't know where you're going to be getting 70 odd bhp from a "remapped" N/A engine! The best you could hope to achieve is 250bhp on a JDM import with 100 octane fuel.0 -
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