sub £4000 fun car

[bashbarnard]

Best advice is don't ask for advice.

Go test as many cars as you can, go and watch some track days, make your own mind up.

All you'll get by asking is people's own preference, then an argument of why their opinion is wrong.

Just ask Tom or myself, it's really not worth asking for car help.. I didn't & I love my car..

You really make me wonder sometimes, what exactly do you think advice is if not somebody elses opinion of your best option...? 

It's exactly that, you're bang on.. However everyone's opinion is right in their minds & will not be superseded. Asking for advice on a car forum is absolutely a terrible idea because secretly every single person on here is biased, fact.

Cpikey is a Saab man, we all know that.. He'll always suggest one, doesn't mean he's wrong but not necessarily an unbiased opionion. Chris has an Impreza, naturally he'll suggest one. Ruan is a Volvo fanboy.. You'd probably not be far off by guessing he would suggest a Volvo of some sort. We're on a 306 forum so it goes without saying someone would suggest a 306, nothing wrong with that at all but it doesn't mean it's the best car for Bash.

You can have 10 pages of people saying "Ooh get XXX" and the OP will still buy the car they had in the back of their mind.

I know exactly what you're saying Poodle and you're right, advice is an opinion of your best option.. My argument is that asking for other people's opinion of your best option is a very poor idea! 

Good luck with the search Bash but as I've said, you're really better off conducting your own research. It's your money, you know what boxes you want to tick.. Don't let others influence your car choice. If it's your money, then you choose. If the Mrs has involvement then it's a joint entity.

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So the sabb that welshpug mentioned is on the list to test drive now. m3 was always a given. although i hate bmws i seem to have a soft spot for the e46 one. nissan 350z a bit out of the price range but they do come up cheap every so often. didnt think evos could be got for that cheap.

Have you driven a Z? My friend paid £4300 for one with a full Audi respray & loads of work done so they're do-able however I was underwhelmed by the performance. Not slow but didn't blow my hat off.

Yes ive driven a few 350z's and ill agree the performance isnt blow your hats off but the drive was very nice