Cheap Thrills

Rich H · Post by **Rich H** » Sun Feb 05, 2006 2:21 pm

Hi gents,

The girlfriend is on about joining the Sprint club at her work but isn't too keen on taking her car (MX-5) and she's not having mine

Any suggestions for a cheap (£1000-£2000) sh*t that will be easy to maintain, tough as old nails and fun to run? I've been looking thru Autotrader and the few I have condidered are:

Mk1 Escort - Old school live axle thrills
Sierra XR4i - V6 noise and grunt
Pug 205 Gti - Hot-Hatch chaos

She'l probably change her mind by the time I've finished typing this, but it's worth a try!

Cheers
Rich

LotusLee · Post by **LotusLee** » Sun Feb 05, 2006 2:47 pm

Hi Rich,
Its got to be a 205, I was looking at them on Pistonheads the other day. Still reckon the last 205 1.9 I owned would've been able to keep up with an Elise on the twisties, could be just fond memories though and they weren,t that reliable either. Another option might be a Corsa/Nova then drop a Chavalier 2.0 in it

Lee

Andy G · Post by **Andy G** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 11:53 am

Hi Rich

A 1.9 gti wouldn't have much of a chance, but the MI16 conversion has a good turn of pace.

The 1.9 in only slightly more powerful than the 1.6, the MI16 should be good for 160bhp and they will tak a lot of abuse.

Post by **Shug** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 12:35 pm

... oh my choice would be a Mk1 Escort purely for laughs...

Good bloody luck finding one though.... Proper classic now (unless it's rallyed up, in which case it's megabucks anyway)

Rich H · Post by **Rich H** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 6:32 pm

12 or so mk 1's on e-bay from £400 to a mexico for £5k! I like the idea of a Mk1 too. How about this:

I like it!

Andy G · Post by **Andy G** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 6:59 pm

There was one at the autotest at Hamilton, where the chap had dropped an hemi in to the engine bay!

Not much doubt who was having the most fun and largest tyre bills that day

Rich H · Post by **Rich H** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 7:09 pm

I know a bloke back home who has a number of Rover V8's in various states..... Hmm.....

Can't be alot in it, alloy V8 vs Iron 1600?

LotusLee · Post by **LotusLee** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 7:46 pm

How about this:

Cool,
My first 2 cars were mk.1 Escorts. I would've suggested the mk.1 but didn,t think you would get a decent one for under about £3k, if you are willing to take on a project like this though go for it

Lee

Rich H · Post by **Rich H** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 8:36 pm

Oh god no.

I was after something a little more complete!

It's all pretty academc anyway, she'll change her mind anyway then I'll be stuck with a heap to sell....

Rich