Help me choose a car

Gerry H · Post by **Gerry H** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 12:11 pm

I'm sure there was a MkI & MkII before the girly, convertible model. MkII was a vast improvement on suspension layout.

My son had a vtec with induction kit, decat and bloody rock hard Spax dampers & springs. It pee'd all over std Imprezas round Goodwood

Rob_B · Post by **Rob_B** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 1:43 pm

i had a similar set up on mine...i think they are called mark II...i either call it a mark II crx or mark I vtec..

mine was running 180bhp with only an MD chip mongoose exhaust and pipercross induction kit..not a bad improvement from the 150BHP standard figure..

trying to find a mint one is a tricky job now...but it will be my first choice as a hot hatch type car

heres my old one

Gerry H · Post by **Gerry H** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 2:11 pm

That's the one :thumb: and what a beauty. Son had the Celestial Blue.

Darkstars had a white one. He showed me a pic. and, as you'd expect from him, it was stunning.

They still look good today IMO.

Mr Windscreen · Post by **Mr Windscreen** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 2:59 pm

Can now stretch to 4 grand if it,s the right car. Needs to be something I can do some of the work on myself, not have to take it to a specialist every five minutes. Never had a honda so can,t comment on the crx but not sure i like the look of them to be honest. The most fun car i,ve had apart from the R32 is definately my r5 gtt,s. If they could make something like this but reliable then i,d be very tempted. Currently looking through pistonheads to see if anything jumps out at me.

Gerry H · Post by **Gerry H** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 3:07 pm

Honda redefined the word 'reliable'. They're bullet proof and easy to work on.

As everyone knows, Honda have never had a vtec engine back under warranty and they rev like you wouldnt believe. Immense fun, minimum maintenance and ultra reliable.

duncan · Post by **duncan** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 3:09 pm

very good points Gerry - for that reason alone it has to be considered.

blacky · Post by **blacky** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 3:40 pm

hate to say it, but for 4k you can get a nice early Impreza :!: Which may be more expensive to run/insure than the above mentioned, but even in standard form a WRX will blow the socks off them all :!:

Bits are cheap and plentiful, and the early ones 92-96 seem to be more reliable than the newer STI's etc.

Andy916 · Post by **Andy916** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 3:56 pm

I think it's an even better situation with the early Imprezas than Logan suggests. Such is the oversupply of imports, choose carefully and you can have a decent WRX for 3k and spend the extra grand making it handle and stop. Thinking back though, I spent more like 2 grand making my old WRX handle and stop. Was rock solid reliable up to the 130k mileage at which I sold it. On the other hand the late-90s STi's (as I now have) mostly seem to have had an engine rebuild at 50-100k mileage.

ESL · Post by **ESL** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 4:52 pm

You could have my scoob for 4k, which has a habit of race beating 996 GT3s against the clock. If I wasnt converting it to RWD that is.

blacky · Post by **blacky** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 4:59 pm

Does that mean you are going to be sprinting your brothers RA Andy.....gulp....