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43 minutes ago, emts said:

So thoughts on a cheap daily

the ute is just using too much fuel and is impossible to park inner city

 

im thinking 10k but needs to be a bit fun

so turbo manual and not fwd 

 

but it still has to have cruise as my commute to work does involve 100km of freeway

cannot be thief bait  else would have got an r or s chassis

 

im leaning towards a g4 liberty gt or a g3 wrx

 

what are some other thoughts

 

(sorry to ask car question)

 

So after careful consideration of your requirements I'd probably go with the R33 GTS-T

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The FWD you are scared of is not the FWD you should be scared of.

I suggest my Renault Megane lol. Confirmed good enough on the twisties to have to pull over and have gf throw up by the side of the road at reefton spur.

But for reals, the answer to this one is "fun hot hatch of any make" x1000000000

10 hours ago, emts said:

honestly it was my first though as well, only as I know 34's have gone up too much.

however I need to be able to leave it at train stations/airport parking.

 

and we all know how long that lasts.

I used to live in constant fear but resigned myself to the fact that one day it will happen, or more accurately, they'll succeed...given 4 attempts already. Club lock interestingly has been a successful deterrent. Maybe need to look at someone's money pit engine swap sleeper project like an old transplanted BMW that no one would steal?

Turbo Subaru's? I thought you said you wanted to save fuel?

 

Turbo, manual, 10k, not fwd... Good luck with that. Chaser? Jzx110 or something?

 

Find a manual honda, preferably something you fit into comfortably. Nissan and Toyota don't do nice smaller cars no more

 

Also, congrats on taking ownership of your first drunk midget, Birds/Leesh.

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The FWD you are scared of is not the FWD you should be scared of.
I suggest my Renault Megane lol. Confirmed good enough on the twisties to have to pull over and have gf throw up by the side of the road at reefton spur.

But for reals, the answer to this one is "fun hot hatch of any make" x1000000000


To this, fiesta st if you can get the budget there.

1.6 turbo, all the mod cons and great fun, also runs on e10 like a champ if it's not flashed.

Not touching a 75 Crown.
I'm working on a seller for a early 70's Jap car as it is for weekends, 

Will be slow but it's factory pink so that makes up for it.

100% original, manual, 1 owner, genuine Barn Find.

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So jumping back on the FWD topic.
From friends experiences, I would not touch anything french.

Golfs...well are for golf drivers.

I did look at a HSV VRX, however put off by the whole HSVness of it.

XR5's every one I looked at does not have Cruise.

Same for EP3 civic the only honda I would own.

Fiesta St is out of the range I want to spend if I'm going that high I will go some more and get a BMW 135i

The only one that I would seriously contemplate is the R53 Mini Cooper S always liked them.

30 minutes ago, Leroy Peterson said:

Personally, any money dropped on a mini/BMW/audi I would have to be prepared to lose 50% of purchase price. That applies to new or secondhand lol

Considering I have never sold a car...I assume everything I buy is 100% lost.

So jumping back on the FWD topic.
From friends experiences, I would not touch anything french.
Golfs...well are for golf drivers.
I did look at a HSV VRX, however put off by the whole HSVness of it.
XR5's every one I looked at does not have Cruise.
Same for EP3 civic the only honda I would own.
Fiesta St is out of the range I want to spend if I'm going that high I will go some more and get a BMW 135i
The only one that I would seriously contemplate is the R53 Mini Cooper S always liked them.


Avoid the mini.

Once they have a few years and 100k+ km on them they fall to bits.
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6 hours ago, Leroy Peterson said:

I was about to quote your other post and tell you you're dreamin at 10k; all the obscure jap imports have gone through the roof! RX7 and Supra are top offenders, but obviously none worse than the R34 GTR closely followed by NSX and the early rotaries.

The Honda boys keeping the S2000 dream alive with all the overpriced "280,000km low km best condition S2000 on the market only two resprays and AP2 rear window glass mugen intake was most powerful n/a 2 litre 20 years ago sings beautifully at 9000rpm but never taken it over 6000rpm" examples floating about

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25 minutes ago, TiTAN said:

 


Avoid the mini.

Once they have a few years and 100k+ km on them they fall to bits.

 

My myotherapist can attest to love hate marriage between her and her mini with expensive couples therapy sessions and the automotive equivalent of sitting there on armchairs bitching about each other as 70 year old married people vibe

Can I say if I was brave enough and fit inside, I would buy a Fiat 124 Spider...they look so much better than MX5 with a wider track. Turbo engine is the goods too.

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