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Nice sports car that are insurance friendly

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    #32
    Squirrel
    Registered Users Posts: 2,376 ✭✭✭Squirrel


    A Mk1 Toyota MR2


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    #33
    ds20prefecture
    Registered Users Posts: 1,765 ✭✭✭ds20prefecture


    Con_316 wrote:
    Is everyone obsessed with mx5's? They do drive nicely but to me they look like one of those water cars you see in spy movies, in fact i think there is an amphibian version made by someone.
    No obsession here. The request was for a sports car that was cheap to insure, and nothing fits the bill like an MX5. The Ford capri is NOT a sports car. Nor is the Golf (any version). A 316 coupe certainly isn't.
    I disagree about the looks about the MX5 - just because it doesn't have a spoiler like Jay Leno's chin doesn't make it look like a boat. They are a perfectly proportioned car.
    They're a bit small (well, really small) too. I'd hate to ever have a crash in one because the damn things, gast and nimble as they may be, are about 4 foot long (ok exaggeration but still pretty tiny)
    Small is good. In a sports car, small is very good.

    I'd hate to have a crash in any car. You are as likely to survive a 50mph impact in a hummer as you are in an MX5 - i.e. not at all likely. The trick is not to crash - if the mx5 occupies half the road space of say, a Merc S class - you are half as likely to be hit by someone else. It's harder to hit a small fast moving and nimble target. If you drive into something or lose control, it doesn't matter what kind of car you are driving, you're the problem in that you have been driving beyond your capabilities.


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    #34
    alias no.9
    Registered Users Posts: 6,310 ✭✭✭alias no.9


    Squirrel wrote:
    MkIV, 1.8T. 150BHP is it not?

    There's even a 2.0 non turbo version with just 115bhp. Now that was a disgrace to the GTi name.


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    #35
    TempestSabre
    Registered Users Posts: 4,142 ✭✭✭TempestSabre


    TCP/IP wrote:
    god not a bmw 316i overweight and boring to drive

    In fairness its underpowered for the weight, but they are nice to drive. But hard to find a clean one thats not been max pooowweerred. Maybe thats what you want though?


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    #36
    toffeapple
    Closed Accounts Posts: 454 ✭✭toffeapple


    why is everyone banging on about mx-5's??? there not bad motors sweet handling but they are not cheap to insure..its a convertible are they not loaded????
    The toyota levin is a lovely car to drive and fast enough as 1600's go..i dont know what they are like to insure..but they have a sweet 20v engine that loves revs and decent ride to...integra's are hard to beat but very solid


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    #37
    TempestSabre
    Registered Users Posts: 4,142 ✭✭✭TempestSabre


    The levins and integras are expensive to buy and insure. I would be worried about getting parts for them, especially the levin.


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