keyring
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Summer car...keyring
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Hey guys looking for some opinions....
Decided I fancy a cheap convertible for the summer, originally I was thinking of going for either a mk3 or mk3.5 golf cabriolet and putting my vr6 turbo engine into it while my mk2 is off the road, but I’ve got a friend trying to convince me to go for an mk1 mx5, but now I’m unsure what way to go, I’m primarily a dub fan, but I do see the appeal with the mx5, and with the engine out of the mk2 into it, it’d certainly be fun.
What way would you go, or do you have any other suggestions to go into the mix....
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keyring
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Summer car...keyring
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Or to throw a complete curveball... even just a suggestion for a cool old dub to chuck my engine into for the summer while I get the golf sorted, but yeah, pretty indecisive  |
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Last Edit: May 4, 2018 16:05:28 GMT by keyring
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We did a category on summer cars here for some you're probably not thinking of... |
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keyring
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Summer car...keyring
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We did a category on summer cars here for some you're probably not thinking of... Thanks, tried a search but not much seemed to come up! I should say for any suggestions cheap is a big criteria too hahaha |
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Well if cheap fun is your plan, then might I suggest a street ka...   These were mine, and they were fantastic fun! |
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Ultimate summer car has to be a dune buggy, doesn't it‽  |
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keyring
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Well if cheap fun is your plan, then might I suggest a street ka... These were mine, and they were fantastic fun! I hadn’t thought of one of them, not sure if they’re my thinks, but I’ll look into them! Ultimate summer car has to be a dune buggy, doesn't it‽ I’d love one, but any time I’ve looked in the past, they’ve been strong money! |
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Last Edit: May 4, 2018 17:45:51 GMT by MkX
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gezzard
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I fancied a summer car for some roof down driving this year, after looking at mx5s and slks I ended up with a BMW z3. Loving it at the moment.
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The Z3 with a 6 pot is great, not so much the 4 pot. I'd go for an MX5, you'll probably be able to sell it on for the same price in 6 months.
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miaspa
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Not sure on fun but cheap. I tried selling this two years ago for £650 not a sniff even with less than 60k mile. Done another 16k in it since, for the cost of two front tyres.  |
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Found my flashing Pao again.
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I love my 80. Nothing better than driving with the roof down. Even in winter.
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I bought a Volkswagen Eos. 2.0 TFSI MK5 Golf GTI running gear, folding metal and glass hardtop and as practical as a summer car can be.
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vulgalour
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Summer car...vulgalour
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These Rovers are surprisingly not dreadful and very, very cheap. You can get a good one for under a grand, a good-enough-for -summer one in the £500 or less area. They're not super sporty (unless you spend a bit more and get one with a bigger engine), but they are cheap top-down summer motoring. They won't be around forever either, so grab one while you still can.  |
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mgmrw
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These Rovers are surprisingly not dreadful and very, very cheap. You can get a good one for under a grand, a good-enough-for -summer one in the £500 or less area. They're not super sporty (unless you spend a bit more and get one with a bigger engine), but they are cheap top-down summer motoring. They won't be around forever either, so grab one while you still can. Been tempted with these for a couple of years, but my wife's hatred of all things Rover and our need for family duties is dampening my abilities 🤔 Shame as I'm a Rover fanboy |
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 Cant recommend these enough Nissan 100nx |
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I had this exact though about 2 months ago, and now I'm hooning about in a 1.8i mk1 mx5. It's a £900 banger but sills and arches have recently been done. I throughly recommend one.
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1996 Mk3.5 Fiesta 1.3 Classic
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I love the look of the Audi 80, both exterior and interior. If it were RWD it would be perfect.
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www.Auto-tat.co.uk'96 Range Rover P38 DSE (daily driver) '71 Reliant Scimitar SE5 GTE 3.0ltr Jag V6 Conversion '79 Reliant Scimitar SE6A 3.0ltr 24valve Omega Conversion '85 Escort Cabrio 2.0 Zetec - Sold '91 BMW 525i - Sold '82 Cortina 2.9i Ghia Cosworth - Sold '72 VW Campervan - Sold '65 LandRover 88" - Sold
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keyring
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Thanks for the suggestions, it’s made things worse now though, got a lot more going through my head than I had initially thought of hahaha!
Away back to work for 2-3 weeks so will give me some time to look through them in more detail, but it’s certainly opened my eyes to a few more options!
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