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skell
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   26th Jun 07 at 13:13   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
must last me a year.......

Want: reliable, bit of poke, no more than group 8 insurance
PAS pref, anything else a bonus

Upto now my best bet is a 1.6 nissan almera

any other ideas- any knowledge on the pizza delivery car
VegasPhil
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306/406?

Corsa 2.0 16v Vegas - Sold
skell
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reliable..........
corsa_rob
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get ureself a renault 5 prima campus...obviously low mileage and 12 months mot with it....they are fastest/cheapest car ure find mate...all a few about...if not checkout rover 100s...loads with granny mileage and in gud nick about get a real bargain
Ricky352
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corsa
ibiza
astra
rover diesel 25 etc
106/saxo - although not sure on reliability
Brett
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26th Jun 07 at 13:21   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I know of a corsa for £300
skell
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looked at the rover 114's seemed fairly nippy for a complete shitter

But yet to see any suggestions that beat the almera ....... wold have to paint the alloys gold
Baskey
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1.3 sr nova
skell
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still not beat it
antscorsa
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poss get a 1.5 sohc vtec eg civic
skell
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Insurance group no bigger than 8
Tom
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quote:
Originally posted by antscorsa
poss get a 1.5 sohc vtec eg civic


I used to have one of those an 'esi'

16v sohc aswell always boggled me.

They are group 13 iirc.
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a 1.7td cavalier....kano will back me up
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Phase 1 Saxo VTR
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106xsi
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Mk2 golf
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Fuck the requirements, get a 106 GTi
skell
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VTR might be a bit unreliable as would peugoet..... will have a look at a couple though MK2 golf has been looked at..... but bit hefty insurance if i want one that isn't a 1.3
coke-gsi16v
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suzuki swift gti
skell
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ins group? engine?.....
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quote:
Originally posted by Ricky352
corsa
ibiza
astra
rover diesel 25 etc
106/saxo - although not sure on reliability
Eck
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quote:
Originally posted by skell
VTR might be a bit unreliable as would peugoet..... will have a look at a couple though MK2 golf has been looked at..... but bit hefty insurance if i want one that isn't a 1.3


VTR's aren't really all that bad reliability wise. My mate's Ph1 is on 102,000 and is going strong
skell
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are they quick? 1.4's arn't they shoudln't be to bad..... but don't want to have to fork out for a gear box within a week
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the vtr engine are indestuctable but as for the gear box, there poop
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