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   7th Jan 09 at 10:14   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Just been posed this question by one of my support team at work, he's looking at getting into trackdays on the cheap for now.

Said he would PREFER pre 2001 <1.5 because of the tax (£205 in a couple of years for a >1.5 )

Whats cheap to buy and run, needing minimum bits to make it a little fun, beginners track toy?

The only two things that come to mind are a 1.4 16v Corsa SRi or Sport with a powerbox OR a 1.4 XSi 106?

Anything else?
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Metro GTi thingy.. a 1.4 16v isn't it
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205 gti.

loved my old 205 cti, would love another anyday
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106/AX GT/Metro/Paxo

Corsa 2.0 16v Vegas - Sold
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Saxo VTR and if you get a phase 2 the tax is £160 a year.

So easy to fix too and hardly anything to go wrong with it either.
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Metro GTA is a good one Rich/Phil

Fazza, 205GTi's are very expensive and rare now...
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XSi, but it won't be cheap to maintain. No track car is cheap to maintain, obviously some will be cheaper than than others but I wouldn't want to build a track car on the cheap with second hand parts.

For me, if I was to start all over again I would probably go for a 1.3 8v 106 Rallye or a Saxo VTR.

[Edited on 07-01-2009 by Ojc]
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As said, 1.3 Rallye or Metro GTi/GTa for me!
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But the Rallye's hold a good value as well.

When I say cheap to maintain, I mean service parts etc are cheap, not skyline price.
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Corsa 1.4 16v then, ATE calipers and discs, powerbox, Bilstein B12's, Whiteline RARB.
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quote:
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But the Rallye's hold a good value as well.

When I say cheap to maintain, I mean service parts etc are cheap, not skyline price.


Saxo Vtr then parts are cheap as chips and it all goes together like lego. Cheap insurance and cheap to tax. What else do you need?

Facelift are a 100bhp its basically a rallyee with electric windows and a carpet and a better quick rack IMO
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Without me pulling up the bay and AT, how much so VTR's go for now?

Still, it shocks me how the tosser wants £205 to tax a 1.6 8v car.
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Erm i saw a pre facelift go for £500 the other day and someone is tauting about a facelift for around £700 as they got offered a poor trade in.

Just got to keep an eye out for one.

Fiesta Zetec S's are getting cheaper...whats your budget?
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Still, it shocks me how the tosser wants £205 to tax a 1.6 8v car.


Which 1.6 8v? Buy a facelift vtr and its £160 my bro has one
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It's not for me mate - lad that supports me at work is asking.

I recon he wouldn't want to spend more than 1k
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Maybe if its a track car type cat d into a search on AT and see what it brings up. Guy I know paid 1200 for a cat d 172 cup.

Also on Cliosport someone paid 6.2k for a phase 1 Clio v6
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Thats a jeffing good idea
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quote:
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Erm i saw a pre facelift go for £500 the other day and someone is tauting about a facelift for around £700 as they got offered a poor trade in.

Just got to keep an eye out for one.

Fiesta Zetec S's are getting cheaper...whats your budget?


Ear to the ground, you got to be there and then for these bargains
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Pearls of wisdom
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quote:
Originally posted by Ojc
quote:
Originally posted by Fad
Erm i saw a pre facelift go for £500 the other day and someone is tauting about a facelift for around £700 as they got offered a poor trade in.

Just got to keep an eye out for one.

Fiesta Zetec S's are getting cheaper...whats your budget?


Ear to the ground, you got to be there and then for these bargains


Or sit on AT and look for trade in's
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Citroen AX GT would be a good shout
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depends on budget I'd recommend any of these

rallye
205 gti
puma
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Micra what? Is there a sporty mirca version
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no.

Seriously, the k11 (bubble) shape do well in the motorsport classes they enter, cheap as chips, dead easy to fix everything would need some off the shelf uprated suspension
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http://search.autotrader.co.uk/es-uk/www/cars/advert+search/N-240,Ne-2-4-5-6-7-8-27-44-49-53-61-64-67-103-133-146-236/advert.action?R=200901326278351&distance=39&postcode=DA2+6JW&channel=CARS&make=&model=&min_pr=&max_pr=&max_mileage=&vehicleYearOfManufacture=1998&vehicleRegLetter=R

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