Which Car would you recommend I buy?

[Pebb]

I would say VW Golf 2.0 16v GTi (Mk3) thats what I reckon.

 

[stumpydino]

ooh stay away from the chav favourites, tho the golf is acceptable n the pumas a nice one

 

[Bossman]

Thanks for the advice everyone.

 

[Famine]

Oh - try an MX-3 V6. Find one for £2,500 and it'll be worth £4,000 in about 2 years time (providing you look after it and don't rack the miles up too much).

Massive boot for the size, relatively pleasant in the back and a good driving experience.

 

[TheCracker]

Oh - try an MX-3 V6. Find one for £2,500 and it'll be worth £4,000 in about 2 years time (providing you look after it and don't rack the miles up too much).

Massive boot for the size, relatively pleasant in the back and a good driving experience.

Famine, have you been stockpiling crappy small japanese coupes just in case theres a world shortage at some point by any chance?

Running out of space in your back garden and need to shift some stock, to any unwitting mug with money to burn?

 

[Mistral1]

It sounds silly but the Skoda is actually a great car. I think it has ...

why silly??

 

[Famine]

Famine, have you been stockpiling crappy small japanese coupes just in case theres a world shortage at some point by any chance?

Running out of space in your back garden and need to shift some stock, to any unwitting mug with money to burn?

*Kicks you inna fork*


(and replace the four asterisks in the filename that doesn't work with a four letter censored word meaning "excrement")

 

[TheCracker]

Is that yours Famine? - for some reason i thought you were a Mazda 323F driver?

 

[Famine]

323F? Pah! Hideous, slow poor sibling of the mighty MX-3.

Seriously though, they are putting on value. "Someone" has decided that the 1,845cc (that's 112.4 cubic inches...) V6, being the smallest ever put into mass production (Mitsubishi had a 1.6 V6, but it didn't sell), is a curiousity. People have been starting to collect them. Mine, as one of the last ever made and one of only 3 1998-registered UK cars I'm aware of, is worth in the order of £1,000-£1,500 more than I paid for it in 2003. I've been offered £6,000 for it (by a Mazda main dealer - and I wasn't selling it), which is even more than that, because of its age, condition and mileage.

Even sukerkin (who doesn't like anything not BRG - and preferably TVR) expressed a passing liking (though I was standing right by him at the time).

 

[ExigeEvan]

Ignore

 

[TheCracker]

323F? Pah! Hideous, slow poor sibling of the mighty MX-3.

Seriously though, they are putting on value. "Someone" has decided that the 1,845cc (that's 112.4 cubic inches...) V6, being the smallest ever put into mass production (Mitsubishi had a 1.6 V6, but it didn't sell), is a curiousity. People have been starting to collect them. Mine, as one of the last ever made and one of only 3 1998-registered UK cars I'm aware of, is worth in the order of £1,000-£1,500 more than I paid for it in 2003. I've been offered £6,000 for it (by a Mazda main dealer - and I wasn't selling it), which is even more than that, because of its age, condition and mileage.

I'll keep an ear out for that mighty 112cubic inch rumble on the mean streets of Sheff

 

[Famine]

Actually, they do have a nice little burble at 2,000rpm (and a banzai scream at 7,500rpm). It's down to the VRIS (Variable Resonance Intake System), so good that Porsche bought it.

 

[1X83Z]

The Eclipse-bashing and MX-3-praising in this thread is sensory overload. I realise Famine has an MX-3, but just because Famine's brilliant doesn't mean his car is! Hey Famine - can you name the smallest production V8?

 

[Emohawk]

I can't, but you can, and I can search.

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-------Famine, you're on the honor system------

- 94-95 BMW 530i
The BMW uses the smallest consumer-market V8 ever at a whopping 3.0 liters.

Also, anyone who counts the Ferrari 208 GT4 circa 1975 as 'consumer market' should note that it's V8 engine had a capacity of 1990ccs.

--------endut das spoilen----------

 

[Jay]

I can't, but you can, and I can search.

--------------------spoiler warning!----------------
------------------(highlight to read)----------------
-------Famine, you're on the honor system------
--------endut das spoilen----------

Highlight below.


Also some of the 1950's Simca's had a V8 of 2.2 Litres.

 

[1X83Z]

Yeah - the 530 had the smallest consumer market V8, but I asked Famine what the smallest-ever V8 was. VIPERGTSR01 must have it - I thought it was the 2.9L V8 used in the F40 and 288 GTO, to be honest.

 

[Emohawk]

Or, Diego had it.
Several months ago.
Ist url!
Anyway, you didn't say ever, you said production.

Hey Famine - can you name the smallest production V8?

See?

production

 

[1X83Z]

Same thing!

Did I read that Diego post before and simply choose to ignore it? So a 2-liter V8 is the smallest?

 

[Famine]

Wikipedia agrees - and in fact refers to the relevant page as "automotive superlatives", exactly as Diego did...

The MX-3 makes more sense over here. It's lightweight and quick, but not staggeringly powerful or fast. You can fit four people in it and lots of shopping (or, in my case, 36% of a hockey team AND all their stuff. Including the keeper and his kit). It's comfortable, yet responsive and every journey leaves me smiling. It's reliable too, and, if driven with care in the land of $6 a gallon, can nudge 40mpg - or you can hoon about, get 20mpg and not give a damn because it's a laugh.

Okay, so it's not the best car everererer, and it won't be towing any caravans, but at £2,500 for a decent one it's an absolute bargain and is gaining in value. At that end of the market there isn't a single other car of which you can claim that .

 

[1X83Z]

Wikipedia agrees - and in fact refers to the relevant page as "automotive superlatives", exactly as Diego did...

Everyone uses Wikipedia except me, who simply has notebooks full of data:



Oh yeah - I'm way cooler than Wikipedia.

 

[Famine]

And more flammable too.

 

[1X83Z]

Famine! I just held my breath for 64 seconds!!!

 

[Famine]

That's nothing. I just compressed some vinyl into a flat disk shape and recorded some music onto it.

That's got be some sort of record.

 

[amp88]

Here's a question...can anyone remember the episode of Top Gear (I think it was Top Gear anyway, that or Extreme Machines) where Jeremy goes to visit the man who spent years building an exact working scale model of a Ferrari racing car, including a tiny 12 cylinder engine. I can't remember the capacity of the engine, nor can I find any information on it, but I'm betting it was probably the smallest 12 cylinder engine ever made...

Anyone prove me wrong (or right, for that matter...)?

edit: A-ha! Found it!. My search query on Google was "ferrari 312" "working scale model" to get it though.

A Pic of the engine

Original and model

edit2: Link above seems to be down. Try this or this one.

 

[1X83Z]

That's nothing. I just compressed some vinyl into a flat disk shape and recorded some music onto it.

That's got be some sort of record.

That's been done to death - I was at just 48 seconds merely two hours ago! My accomplishment far outweighs your everyday occurrence.