4K To Spend on something small and fast, thoughts?

[V12 Virgin]

Hi Guys,

I've got 4k I want to spend on a daily that won't drink ridiculous amounts of fuel but will also be fairly fast.

Good handling is a must.

Please give me your suggestions.

[Ved]

182 Clio or something like that.

[Tickle]

Mk 3 MR2, 182 Clio, MX5

[V12 Virgin]

Needs four seats really and needs to be able to sit on the motorway well (I do 250 miles a week)
Insurance group can't be ludicrous either!

[_Neal_]

Some kind of Leon Cupra?

[nunpuncher]

The requirements seem to be growing here.

[culpz]

Clio 172/182 for something raw and change left over or a MKV Golf GTI for something more comfortable but still fast.

[addz86]

Megane 225?

[herewego]

Mini Cooper

[Emeye]

_Neal_ said:

Some kind of Leon Cupra?

This, or a Leon last gen FR or Mk5 Golf Gti - if you can get one at that price.

[lee_fr200]

Porsche boxter/boxter s

[rossub]

Difficult to beat a Civic Type R at that price.

[smn159]

R53 Cooper S

[bigee]

What he said...for a smidgin more i have a cracking JCW currently for sale
Just saying !!
A great car to drive and will happily sit at decent motorway speeds no problem.

[hamish88]

I recently bought one of these with 45k miles .
A 2.2 Cdti. Not a bad steer and it does 50mpg on the motorway all day long.
3 grand was all it costs.|http://thumbsnap.com/7zP752Mo[/url]

[Emeye]

hamish88 said:

I recently bought one of these with 45k miles .
A 2.2 Cdti. Not a bad steer and it does 50mpg on the motorway all day long.
3 grand was all it costs.|http://thumbsnap.com/7zP752Mo[/url]

What's the catch? Reliability?

[hamish88]

Well there's loads around with over 130k miles so it bodes well

[GrumpyTwig]

hamish88 said:

Well there's loads around with over 130k miles so it bodes well

Don't they have issues chewing clutches/DMFs ? or is that just when mapped?

[Ahbefive]

Emeye said:

What's the catch? Reliability?

The catch is that it doesn't suit the OPs criterea of fast at all.

[ZX10R NIN]

Ahbefive said:

Emeye said:

What's the catch? Reliability?

The catch is that it doesn't suit the OPs criterea of fast at all.

OP asked for fairly fast which the 140bhp 250lb/ft would make it fairly fast.