hi all, I've been reading the buyers guide on this forum with great interest. Looks like a fantastic place to gain some insider knowledge and experience before taking the plunge!
I've always liked small, sporty cars which are great fun to drive. Over the past few years I have owned a ford puma, Toyota celica t sport and an mr2 roadster (no, I'm not a hairdresser!) but due to a lovely baby boy being born late 2015 I've been the proud owner of a Civic 1.8 5dr ever since. I bought it as a compromise between being practical enough for a small family and yet powerful enough to be fun and by and large it's not been a bad motor. But we replaced my wife's city car with a small MPV last year and now the little man is big enough to use a group 1 car seat it's time for me to put a bit of motoring fun back in my life.
I've been looking at civic type r's (fn2) for a while but for some reason I haven't been inspired to go and drive one. Maybe it's because I already have a civic, I don't know. But recently I have got to thinking about a Clio rs200. It's nothing definite yet and I'm in no great rush but it's about the only suitable car I can get really excited about. I'm just not into turbo power, for me performance should be accompanied by the sound of a screaming n/a engine which is what I enjoyed about the toyotas. So naturally the Clio is up there at the top of the list.
Not 100% sure what I want yet as there are a lot of differing specs, colours and trims to choose from. With the type r it's just a matter of black, red or silver other than which they are all the same! I have become used to my creature comforts so it'll be a full fat version (is that right?). I'm undecided about cup chassis and also reccaro seats as that does seem to limit choice a lot. I've also noticed that many cars on auto trader and eBay are not advertised correctly so if nobody objects I would like to post some details of possible cars with questions as they come along?
Cheers
Chris
I've always liked small, sporty cars which are great fun to drive. Over the past few years I have owned a ford puma, Toyota celica t sport and an mr2 roadster (no, I'm not a hairdresser!) but due to a lovely baby boy being born late 2015 I've been the proud owner of a Civic 1.8 5dr ever since. I bought it as a compromise between being practical enough for a small family and yet powerful enough to be fun and by and large it's not been a bad motor. But we replaced my wife's city car with a small MPV last year and now the little man is big enough to use a group 1 car seat it's time for me to put a bit of motoring fun back in my life.
I've been looking at civic type r's (fn2) for a while but for some reason I haven't been inspired to go and drive one. Maybe it's because I already have a civic, I don't know. But recently I have got to thinking about a Clio rs200. It's nothing definite yet and I'm in no great rush but it's about the only suitable car I can get really excited about. I'm just not into turbo power, for me performance should be accompanied by the sound of a screaming n/a engine which is what I enjoyed about the toyotas. So naturally the Clio is up there at the top of the list.
Not 100% sure what I want yet as there are a lot of differing specs, colours and trims to choose from. With the type r it's just a matter of black, red or silver other than which they are all the same! I have become used to my creature comforts so it'll be a full fat version (is that right?). I'm undecided about cup chassis and also reccaro seats as that does seem to limit choice a lot. I've also noticed that many cars on auto trader and eBay are not advertised correctly so if nobody objects I would like to post some details of possible cars with questions as they come along?
Cheers
Chris
you won't go wrong with a 200 they are great fun .
