So as you may have seen, the Zed is up for sale on here, eBay and Pistonheads. Hopefully get some interest as I finish putting her back to standard over the next coming weeks
This leaves me with a dilemma as to what my next car should be! The Zed is everything I need from a car and I don't think anything will compare, but I need a set of wheels
Part of me is saying to get a cheap Fiesta for like £300 and just run it into the ground for a year until I can afford to buy another decent car (maybe even another Zed) but I just don't think I can downgrade that much
Much budget would be something around £2k, so was wondering what people would do in my situation?
My spec list for a car is:
Reliable
Good looking - aesthetics are important to me in a car
Fairly quick (can't downgrade too much after the Zed)
Rare - I don't like having Audi A3's that every Tom, Dick and Harry has
Not German - running costs of my last 3 German cars were just stupid
I've got a shortlist of some things I've briefly looked into:
BH5 Legacy GTB
Mondeo ST220 V6 (had the diesel version before)
Mitsubishi Evo 4
And at a push, because I don't really like BMW's and it's German, a BMW 540i Sport
The Legacy is my favourite, but seems to be hard to find a BH5 rather than the earlier BG5 which has the ugly front end within my budget. There is 1 at £2k but potentially needs a new front dif. Plus the Evo and the Legacy have the same issue of high insurance premiums due to being turbocharged Jap cars which seem to carry a high price
The Mondeo is a great car, had the diesel version before. Not sure about the V6 engine in them and again would be hard to find a nice example for around £2k
The BMW probably won't even be considered, it's German, it's a BMW....but it's a 4ltr V8 with RWD fun fun!
Any other suggestions guys?