Help cyrus buy a new car!

Cyrus

Okay lads danyoson from boards picked up my trusty old 156 last Sunday and im now car less! ive been looking for weeks but im having trouble finding something new that meets my criteria:

Must be quickish (150bhp +)
But still insurable
Post 2000 preferable
Leather interior is preferable
Nothing over 55,000 miles
Pref not silver but if its really nice i might go for it
Max budget 15k hopefully a little less

Ive been looking at Alfa Gtvs, Golf 1.8t (and then getting a remap to 200bhp+), toyotal celicas (new shape) but cant really find anything i like

Anyone want to help

Theres a nice magnum grey golf gti with black recaros in galway (bit far away tho) and a nice silver leon 1.8t (02 so its a std looking leon no cupra kit) in limerick but something a little closer would be good!

ds20prefecture

How about an MX5? They may not have 150bhp, but I doubt that you'll miss the power.

Cyrus

should have pro said i prob need 4 seats, bit girly for me too

ciarsd

Cyrus wrote:

should have pro said i prob need 4 seats, bit girly for me too

lol, so too is the Celica Cyrus

hmm, tough one. would you consider heading to the uk and importing. Definitely get the spec. you want over there

Vikings

How about this beauty? :cool:

drdre

cyrus ,why donot you get a golf gti and then it remapped.i think that would be a good option and you can get one easily nowadays hopefully in ur budget.

unkel

Cyrus, how much help do you need? :rolleyes:

Go for it, get a Mk IV Golf and share your disappointment with us

Kersh

A 300zx tt, lots of power, and rare too.

Paul (MN)

No, a Nissan 200SX is what you need.

JohnCleary

Kersh wrote:

A 300zx tt, lots of power, and rare too.

I think he said 15k was hid busget for the car, not a weeks petrol allowance

Kersh

- well it has nearly 3 times his minimum power figure, and one extra litre, and an extra turbo than a 200sx - Thought it might be ok for him...:)
Oh, wait, he said insurable.

bazz26

Skoda Octavia vRS 1.8 20 Valve Turbo - 180bhp.

http://www.carzone.ie/usedcars/index.cfm?fuseaction=car&carID=331176

Just make sure you have it locked up well at night.

Cyrus

jesus thats nice cheers bazz

PlayaFlow

ahh that vrs is rotten!
a)its a skoda
b)its ugly
&
c)look at the interior ffs!


what you really should look for is a spotless Honda prelude 2.2 vti , post 2000 with leather 190bhp+ and 4 seats - should be well within budget

Mailman

15K will buy you a very clean 156 2.0 JTS with 165BHP and loads of extras.
For that sort money you'll get a very fresh Alfa and after that if it gives trouble it will be you're fault for abusing it rather than inheriting other peoples abuse.
2 litre 156 is very insurance friendly.

Cyrus

ive seen that one and went to have a look, dont want to pay more than 14 for it tho as ill only be keeping for a year or so and itll be a big hit on depreciation!

Cyrus

PlayaFlow wrote:

ahh that vrs is rotten!
a)its a skoda
b)its ugly
&
c)look at the interior ffs!


what you really should look for is a spotless Honda prelude 2.2 vti , post 2000 with leather 190bhp+ and 4 seats - should be well within budget

can you get a post 00 lude?

weemcd

SEAT Leon 1.9 TDi? That's what id chose over the equivalent golf, though at 110bhp it may be a little too slow for ye and would probably want a re-map.
http://search.autotrader.ie/www/cars_search?country=IE&modelexact=1&make=Seat&model=Leon&min_pr=10000&max_pr=15000&currency=EUR&county_list=&SUBMIT.x=30&SUBMIT.y=10&page=0

PlayaFlow

Cyrus wrote:

can you get a post 00 lude?

yeah , a '01 type S should do you nicley ...jap import offcourse , but 220bhp from a 2.2
not many of them on the streets either , but could be hard to find.

bazz26

Volvo C70:
http://www.carzone.ie/usedcars/index.cfm?fuseaction=car&carID=328972

VW Corrado G60:
http://www.carzone.ie/usedcars/index.cfm?fuseaction=car&carid=319844

unkel

So now you're looking for a car from Coombe Cars. Is it this?



If it is, it is way overpriced for my liking, but I know I am wrong when it comes to the second hand value of older Jap cars in Ireland

Cyrus

no looking at an audi a3 1.8t, picture on carzone is the wrong one tis navy, has potential is the mileage is genuine

ratminer

Cyrus,

I'd advise you to buy my car

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2054854040

We talked about it before. I'm back from the US and probably going to sell it this weekend (2 seriously interested parties in the price range). It hits all your bullet points except it's silver and no leather, but fast and furious, 42K miles, 2000 and its a 6 cylinder BMW (323i) which is a whole lot of car.

Anyway, just a reminder.

unkel

ratminer wrote:

2000 and its a 6 cylinder BMW (323i) which is a whole lot of car

Indeed it is. Good value for money too

Go on Cyrus, spare yourself Golf mediocrity and go for a real car

HashSlinging

There's a '02 leon cupra 180 going in limerick only 22k miles..

http://www.carzone.ie/usedcars/index.cfm?fuseaction=car&carID=308947

get yourself a real car

bazz26

HashSlinging wrote:

There's a '02 leon cupra 180 going in limerick only 22k miles..

http://www.carzone.ie/usedcars/index.cfm?fuseaction=car&carID=308947

get yourself a real car

I think that's the one he mentioned earlier in the thread.

HashSlinging

ahh see it tucked in at the end there...good man

Cyrus

sorry to disappoint everyone just bought a 01 golf gti with black leather recaros only 30,000 miles, will be going for the 200bhp remap treatment in a few weeks, cheers for all the help

thought about that beemer but 1k on road tax is just too much

Cyrus

Ps went to drive a navy a3 in coombe, car seemed alright but those boys seem dodgy as fook :eek:

bazz26

Cyrus wrote:

sorry to disappoint everyone just bought a 01 golf gti with black leather recaros only 30,000 miles, will be going for the 200bhp remap treatment in a few weeks, cheers for all the help

thought about that beemer but 1k on road tax is just too much

Best of luck with it Cyrus, how much did it cost you in the end?

Also post a couple of photos when you get a chance.

unkel

Cyrus wrote:

just bought a 01 golf gti

Good luck with your new car

Cyrus wrote:

thought about that beemer but 1k on road tax is just too much

Road tax on a 2.5 liter car is €821, so just over €300 more than the 1.8 Golf. This difference is negligible compared to the depreciation on either car though...