Cars?

[Satanfriendly]

Looking at a cheap secondhand small car but must be 'different' and to some extent impractical for good reasons.

Top of my list at the moment is a Daihatsu Copen and an Alfa Romeo Mito. Problem is I don't know anyone who has owned either for an honest owners opinion.

Thought?

 

[Shemen Zait]

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classi...d=Used&onesearchad=Nearly New&onesearchad=New

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classi...d=Used&onesearchad=Nearly New&onesearchad=New

 

[matteob]

Copen is very specialist. It started with a tiny 600 cc turbo before they put a boggo 1.3 in it. Mito is not a bad little car but a late model Fiesta would still run rings around it in ride and handling.

 

[chris.hale]

MX-5. Impractical, enormous fun and available for very reasonable money.

 

[Wayne Pritchard]

MX-5. Impractical, enormous fun and available for very reasonable money.

+1 Loads of fun

My wife had one many moons ago and I thoroughly enjoyed it.

 

[fatboy1971]

I love my dacia duster and enjoy the stepway too, just throw
that out there

 

[Satanfriendly]

The MX5 is on the list as a possible.

I do drive a Dacia Stepway quite regularly as it is my son's daily drive (bought by father). Far too practical.

Must be inpractical as I don't want people in the back, or at least not in comfort so that they don't ask again. We already have a family car and this one is to drive to work on ships around the country. Some luggage space but no requirement for too much. The Copen does push the boat the other way though. As someone said 'two Mars bars and you're about there'.

 

[Bogeyman]

This is what you need:

http://www.tfltruck.com/2017/11/million-dollar-earthroamer-xv-hd-ford-f750-ultimate-4x4-rv-video/

 

[Benz3ne]

MX-5. Impractical, enormous fun and available for very reasonable money.

+1 Loads of fun

My wife had one many moons ago and I thoroughly enjoyed it.

The MX5 is on the list as a possible.

+1

 

[StephenShave]

I own a 23 year old Toyota Celica GT4, and have done for the last 12 years. It's a brilliant car, extremely fast, but, extremely thirsty. At least you'll very rarely see another one on the road, and they can now be picked up as cheap as chips!

 

[Benz3ne]

I own a 23 year old Toyota Celica GT4, and have done for the last 12 years. It's a brilliant car, extremely fast, but, extremely thirsty. At least you'll very rarely see another one on the road, and they can now be picked up as cheap as chips!

One of my colleagues used to rally one. Lovely looking cars imo.

 

[Waylander]

I love my dacia duster and enjoy the stepway too, just throw
that out there

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+1 - I have a 4*4 Duster and its awesome value for money (my wife has the Stepway)

 

[Luka]

+1

Mx-5 lovely there's one for sale in a garage near me £2500 every time I go past I stop and admire it ,darent ask for a test drive otherwise I'd buy it

 

[Luka]

Mx-5 lovely there's one for sale in a garage near me £2500 every time I go past I stop and admire it ,darent ask for a test drive otherwise I'd buy it

Dammit just checked on the garages website and it's sold

 

[Benz3ne]

Dammit just checked on the garages website and it's sold

At least someone's saved you some money?

The only issue with Mx5's is their susceptibility to rust. Fortunately mine's pretty clean but even the 3rd Generation ones (as is mine) are showing issues with front subframes and rusting. The earlier ones are even more prone.

 

[pjgh]

SMART car? Whizzo FIAT/Abarth 500?