I need a convertable for under £10k

[markizok]

Guys, bit of help please.....

I have had elises, exiges, tt's, z4's in the past and now am looking for something cheap and cheerful to keep me occupied until i move to Oz next year - Im looking to spend less than £10k on a reliable convertible and have been thinking vx220, s2000 or mr2's, hopefully something that would depreciate too much as well?

I haven’t had much experience of any of these before and would welcome suggestions - im actually going to try and see a silver vx for £9k today but im still a little perturbed as ive had lotus's in the past!

Cheers
Mark

[bogie]

Ive always been a big Honda fan, had a few in past, and test drove an S2000 at the time I got my Elise 6 years ago. I really liked it, and it would have suited me at the time (it was going to be a company car, every day use, 20K+ per year) but I loved the Elise, and then the low CO2 etc swung it (I could have a £7k more expensive car for same net outgoing) and thats how I ended up falling in love with the Elise over 6 years ago

So to summarise, if I were in your shoes I get the best S2000 I could - that 240bhp VTEC engine, won the engine of the year award the year it came out for good reason - its got real character, the car itself is reliable, and you need to really drive it to get the best out of it...bit like an Elise really

[hueandcry71]

markizok said:

Guys, bit of help please.....

I have had elises, exiges, tt's, z4's in the past and now am looking for something cheap and cheerful to keep me occupied until i move to Oz next year - Im looking to spend less than £10k on a reliable convertible and have been thinking vx220, s2000 or mr2's, hopefully something that would depreciate too much as well?

I haven’t had much experience of any of these before and would welcome suggestions - im actually going to try and see a silver vx for £9k today but im still a little perturbed as ive had lotus's in the past!

Cheers
Mark

PM Stevo96 who is selling a cracking S2 for around £10k. The reason he is selling is because he is going to OZ very soon.

[S Works]

Save your money and spend £3k on a Mazda MX5 Eunos. The 1.8 is poky enough for A&B-road blats, the engine is bullet-proof and non-interference so little chance of big bills. Cheap to run, insure and maintain, fabulously balanced chassis, lift-off oversteer possible with little effort... you cannot go wrong.

[lotustuart]

http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/sales/573426.htm

You can have my car for just under £10k Very good, and very quick! Faster than most elises (in a straight line!!)