So yeah...i've been test driving this today

and i'm in love!!

http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/classifieds/1360445.htm

kerching!

nice. planning on using it as a daily?

You buying?

yeah i'll be selling the 106 and getting one.

Masher - Not that one specifically it's overpriced for what it is(can't see why people paid 25k for them new) can pick em up alot cheaper than that now.

Everything about it was 10x what the 106 is.

ooh i like that!!! very sexy :-)

16k is a lot of money for one of them

think there is a decent buyers guide on the vx220 forum, just make sure there's no cracks or pain defects in the clamshells - I seem to remember something about some of them having a serious paint defect that meant replacing the whole thing.

Alex you are so funny!! very nice of you to worry about Woz's safety

i can't see why anyone would pay that for one tbh, they are nice but not "that" nice if you know.

Yeah been reading up about them already...and thankfully they don't benifit from a air filter so hopefully it will stop me moddifying this one. Would have liked a wastegate however the turbo is recirculating so it would reduce power.
tbh i doubt i would get tired of the turbo spooling as the revs climb.

just try to avoid going out if there is the slightest hint of water on the road

isn't that what makes it "interesting" ????

tbh they arn't that bad for it alex...for some reason they carry this rumour like the mr2 rev 1 turbos that one drop of water and thats it, it's game over...however after spending a week on vx220.org they arn't like that at all, just the same as any other biggish power rwd car.

when I test drove it, it was damp in places and it held 70 round an island as if my 106 was doing it at 40.

the main difference between the 106 and the vxt is with the 106 you can afford to drive like a yob and turn in harsh and jab at the throttle...do that with the vxt and it'll hit you like lewis.

woz get one you wont regret it! I loved mine for the whole 7 weeks i had it lol, i got caught out in mine, oh well you live and learn. I want another one one day but dont think i would have one as a daily again. Although it wasnt that bad for me i didnt have a problem gettingin and out of it with me being small, and i dont need pratical, i just worried when ever i needed to leave i any where lol.
They are cheap to run apart from insurance i paid 1500 at 21 with 3 years no claims so not that bad cheaper than a less powerful elise as well. If you get one id reccomend getting one with a hardtop as imo they look better woth it on and they are expensive ( i sold mine for £500) to buy second hand.
Keep me updated with what you get up to and i will try not to be to jelous honest lol

lol, i don't know yet mate...I'm the same don't need the practical side of anything as I don't use the car that often and when I do it's normally driven vigerously.

I did like it and loved the sound of the turbo spooling in your ear, only thing is the prices for them seem to have jumped in the last month...you could pick a tubby up for 8k now the cheapest one is about 9.5k.

The only reason why I was looking was because I can't insure a S2K but now it seems...I CAN! gonna test drive an S and see what I think of those as they will i'm sure make the better daily however the VX would be the better hoot, it's just how much of a difference.

Just get an S1 Elise and a Honda K20a engine


I'd say thats my plan in the next few years, but my plans change too often.

if you're open to alternatives....I can only see an s2k being a bit plain after a vx220t

http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/sales/list.asp?s=573

so worth a look
http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/sales/1335556.htm

OR

spend slightly less on one of these....

http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/sales/1366475.htm

and pocket the change towards the kit car when you can get insured

your going to love this,

MX-5 = Too limpwristed, love the way they drive just not the reputation and looks

Z3M = Never liked the z3s, always prefered a z4m

an S2K is about the same speed as a vx220N/A just better built and for the money 5k cheaper than the above BMWs, plus I can whack a turbo on when I get bored and have 400bhp+ to play with.

i thought about a s2000 i especialy like them in red, but i thought it wouldnt be hard enough and the civic left a bad taste in my mouth so i was put off hondas, well more dissapointed i would say in the driving of the car, the car its self was realy nice lol. Just hated the electric power steering no feel at all. Although i am having the type r itch again i want to try a dc2 integra, would love a dc5 but if i was spending that money id get a VXT

wrong layout for me mate needs to be RWD next. Gonna blag a test drive in an S2K see what I think of them...so we'll see how it goes.

Prices of the tubbys have gone up again though, how much did you pay for yours keo? oh btw you going to the meet on the 6th?

yh im going the meet mate

paid 12500 for mine, 2003 plate with about 30k on it, interior was a bit taty, drivers bolsetrs wears but that is just the nature of the car how you have to climb into them. Exterior wasnt imacualte but i think i paid a fair price for it, it was red with the hardtop what i wanted and once i test drove it and felt/ heard the turbo that was it i had to have it lol

lmao bet the person whos house it was, was very happy with you!

looked nice though mate, and yeah I know what you mean about hearing the turbo spooling behind you...sounded awesome!

only other things I can think of off the top of my head that are rwd and in your budget are

rx7 - getting on now and not known for reliability
rx8 - soulless wierdy doored oil & fuel gobbling munter of a car
350z - you can't have one, end of
s14a 200sx - interesting option
some form of skyline
Clio V6?

:O Clio V6...

clio V6 - Nope its french
350Z - Wouldn't want one, never been a fan
200SX - Sometimes I like them sometimes I don't (Don't ask)
RX-7 - Was looking at them a while ago
300ZX - Still a contender but same as the reasons you said about the RX-7
Skyline - Would only want a R34
Supra - Would love one but finding a turbo, T-Bar, Manual in decent nick for my budget is impossible.

The main thing that attracts me to the S2K is the fact it won't take a lot to make it look like this!

it'll still be next to useless on UK roads

anyone know how smooth the roads are in Ireland as thats where that car is from, think it's over here now though as it was sold when I first started looking.

I don't go down any roads with speed humps theres always another way round.

that s2000 is gorgeous, bet its not as much fun as a 220 though mate, boost over vtech anyday!

the garden i landed in lol, the old bloke who lived there didnt even know id done it but someone must of told his daughetr and she was soon on the secne, not nice getting nagged at when you just smashed your car. "My dads wall"
"My fudging car!" lol

MGM wrote:

rx7 - getting on now and not known for reliability

Rumours are Chevy V8 slots straight in

thread after thread on that very subject on PH, but tbh if he's going to do that he might as well just go and build a kit car

I did have 2 further thoughts on this subject, and then that's my RWD knowledge exhausted

http://pistonheads.com/sales/1326648.htm

or

http://pistonheads.com/sales/1348941.htm

Ignoring the usual car forum bullocks, whole lot of car for not a lot of money and I wish I'd known Boxsters were that cheap now before I'd got the 197

http://pistonheads.com/sales/833732.htm

keep your honda

http://pistonheads.com/sales/1323371.htm

not being funny but at these prices we should all get one and change the club name to Boxster4Track

My Dad had a Boxter S, was an awesome car. I know most people are probably going to say it's a womens car etc but have you thought about an Audi TT? My Dad replaced the Boxter with the 225 Quattro and for £300 had it mapped to 270bhp(ish). Or must it be rwd?

i would be very happy to have a boxster lol they come in auto and i could drive like normal boxster twat heads do lol
better start saving though.....alex can keep the 197 for the tesco run lmao :-)

don't like the boxster never been a fan of porsche egg splat headlights.

omg they are!!! never noticed that before lmao
i reckon you should go down the vw route and get a camper van- one with a porsche engine grrrrr..... lol
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/es-uk/www/caravans/VOLKSWAGEN/Ne-2-7-8-27-64-133-146-236,N-241-4294966886/advert.action?decorator=none&R=200944344799021&distance=259&postcode=RG75AE&channel=CARAVANS&make=VOLKSWAGEN&model=&min_pr=&max_pr=&max_mileage=&vehicleYearOfManufacture=2007&vehicleRegLetter=07

couldn't find porsche engine one :-s

to common K, i've seen tons round my way over summer(well that spell we had when it wasn't raining between last winter and now)

what about an E36 M3?

was thinking about one of them alex, however it's big money when they do go wrong...bloke at my work was looking at getting one for track use and spoke to a mate of his who just left BMW.

But they don't really float my boat as a daily, again it would be a second car...which would then be rendered pointless as I may aswell get a kit car.

If it is a second Weekend/track car you want then you really can't go wrong with a Caterham/ Westfield or the cheaper MK Indy/Tiger etc. You won't get a more interesing faster vehicle on four wheels for the same money! The only thing that puts me off them is i'm so far from most tracks i'd certainly need a trailer, because they aren't the sort of car you can sit on the motorway in for long periods of time without going crazy.

vxt is perfect comprimise mate, you know it

thats the reason I want just one car that will do both to a decent standard and atm the only ones that float my boat are the s2k & VX220 turbo/N.A

stop mincing and go buy one already

What about a GTM Libra? RWD, practical, it's a kit car (and like most hold their price well), space framed, plenty about with Civic K20a engines in now. I know some people really won't like them but it's something ive been looking into, since you can now pick a decent example up for £9k with low miles and a decent engine in the back.

ooooo i'll have a look.

Ive seen a few in the flesh and they have everything you need from an every day car.

how can you mince in cotton pyjamas!??? :-)