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Warm/Hot hatch for under £7k.
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Can't see you getting a 225 for £6k...
Hot Hatch and 35mpg is difficult.
Other Considerations:
Mondeo ST220
Octavia VRS
VW Bora 1.8T
Seat Toledo T Sport (Leon Cupra for £2k less....)
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I agree - 180 bhp + 35mpg is a big ask - 25mpg more realistic
25mpg might be a bit low, was thinking more like 30-32 at best for most of the cars suggested.
Just seen you do a lot of motorway miles so 30+ is achievable.
Out of all the cars suggested, I'd go for the VRS or the Toledo.0 -
Can't see you getting a 225 for £6k...
Hot Hatch and 35mpg is difficult.
Other Considerations:
Mondeo ST220
Octavia VRS
VW Bora 1.8T
Seat Toledo T Sport (Leon Cupra for £2k less....)
Anything above 30mpg is fine really."He's a maniac, maniac that's for sure,
He will kill your cat and nail him to the door" :eek:
Murphys No More Pies Club Member #950 -
ST220 doesn't actually feel like it has 220bhp. It's more noise than anything...0
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Another vote for the Alfa 147 2.0 TS or if you can find one the GTA. Great cars!0
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Its a shame the Audi A3 2.0T FSI is outside my budget as that would have fit the bill nicely."He's a maniac, maniac that's for sure,
He will kill your cat and nail him to the door" :eek:
Murphys No More Pies Club Member #950 -
I don't usually hear the words 'Diesel' and 'sporty' used together............
If you want something 'sporty' don't get a diesel, people look ridicolous trying to race off from the lights in an oil burner.
Not really, I've had quite a few 'Sporty' diesels, Golf GTI version, 150BHP and like in my previous post the Ibiza 160BHP TDI - The Ibiza was 0-60 in 7.5 seconds returning 47MPG not bad for an old smoke blower..0 -
I have seen a few facelift type Rs(2004 +) within my budget with around 60K on the clock which is fine. My concern is that to get a decent performance you have to rev the nuts out of it and I reckon that will become tiresome especially on a long motorway journey. Also I don't think I will get close to 35MPG.
Was the Ibiza Cupra the latest shape one...what was the ride like?
It wasn't the latest one out (2009) it was a 2005 version - Ride was good sometimes a bit hard on the 45 profile but acceptable0
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