peugeot205gti
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Morning all,
My daily commute recently changed from 70 to 8 miles a day and i don't need to use the car at weekends as we have a large 'family' hatch already.
I Currently drive a Skoda Citigo, which i only purchased as it was the cheapest 'new' car i could find that could also offer reliablilty, something i desperately needed at the time.
Anyway, i am now looking at something for fun again, before the Citgo i had bmw 330i, Clio 172 cup, peugeot205 gti, Renault Twingo etc, all amazing fun cars, quite different to the Skoda but i couldn't afford to run the 330i with such high miles, it caused me so many issues that car!
My heart wants the 172/182 Clio, an amazing car but i'd need to spend 3k to find a good one, i have seem Pumas for a lot less money and from what i gather they offer better reliablity and can be quite fun. Also appears to find more good examples, most of the clios have been modded, not something i am interested in.
Not overly bothered about straight line speed, more interested in a car with good handliing and character.
Do you think £1,250 - £1,500 should find me a decent one? Will if offer enough fun compared with a clio 172/182?
Ideally without rust, at least to begin with!
Whichever car i purchase, the puma or the clio, i plan to keep for many many years, possibly even as an invetment considering i'll be doing around 3k miles a year at the most.
Cheers
My daily commute recently changed from 70 to 8 miles a day and i don't need to use the car at weekends as we have a large 'family' hatch already.
I Currently drive a Skoda Citigo, which i only purchased as it was the cheapest 'new' car i could find that could also offer reliablilty, something i desperately needed at the time.
Anyway, i am now looking at something for fun again, before the Citgo i had bmw 330i, Clio 172 cup, peugeot205 gti, Renault Twingo etc, all amazing fun cars, quite different to the Skoda but i couldn't afford to run the 330i with such high miles, it caused me so many issues that car!
My heart wants the 172/182 Clio, an amazing car but i'd need to spend 3k to find a good one, i have seem Pumas for a lot less money and from what i gather they offer better reliablity and can be quite fun. Also appears to find more good examples, most of the clios have been modded, not something i am interested in.
Not overly bothered about straight line speed, more interested in a car with good handliing and character.
Do you think £1,250 - £1,500 should find me a decent one? Will if offer enough fun compared with a clio 172/182?
Ideally without rust, at least to begin with!
Whichever car i purchase, the puma or the clio, i plan to keep for many many years, possibly even as an invetment considering i'll be doing around 3k miles a year at the most.
Cheers