Diesel hot hatch - 2k budget.

[Iain.]

Sporty diesel, but without the insurance pricetag of the Golf GT TDi.

Ibiza FR PD130 seems a very good bet. Six speed box, 130bhp motor which is massively tuneable.

Stylings good, well specced & VW build quality. Decent MPG too for when going on a long run.

https://www.selectvehiclespares.co.uk/ekmps/shops/selectsalvage/images/seat-ibiza-6l-tdi-fr-pd-130-diesel-black-breaking-for-spares-parts-salvage-[2]-2846-p.jpg

What else is there to keep an eye out for?

[Wave2k]

Never owned one but Alfa Romeo have a few sporty diesel shopping trollies at reasonable prices .
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[Iain.]

Looked at 147 JTD's too but the Alfa badge scares me a little.

Apparently masses of electrical greif to be had?

[tony_d123]

Alfa GT, great looking and well spec'd, 1.9 JTD 150bhp easily remapped to 185+ and economical.

I've had had three Alfas, two were 100% reliable and kept both for four years. The one in between was the newest (two years old) and had a few electrical gremlins. The age you will be looking at in your price range they will generally be well sorted.
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[Wave2k]

That era Volkswagen are pretty seriously unreliable in regards to its electronic system especially.

Owned one myself and was the most unreliable car I've owned to date , and I own an American car now !,.

My brother owned a 2001 golf 2.8 v6 4 motion and had nothing but electronic problems , not learning just bought an 2004 gti and is reliving the misery .

I'd actually rather own an Alfa than anything vw from that era

I'd put a tvr in the same league as the electronic reliability .
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[weasley]

How much do the Fabia vRS diesels go for now?
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[Iain.]

[MC]

Diesel
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Yamaha MT-03 '08 (crashed)
Honda XR-125L '04

[G]

£1k/year

[Iain.]

[arry]

[Iain.]

[G]

[trevor saxe-coburg-gotha]

[arry]

[Iain.]

[G]

MX-5.

Way, way more 'fun'.

Use the insurance savings on fuel rear tyres.

[Iain.]

Have driven a couple and theyre a real drivers car. RWD too which is a massive bonus.

Possibility of going overseas this year, so the whole no roof thing is also quite appealing. Reasonable spec. Clean ones out there well under the 2k budget.

Also never have to drive peoples kids around...

[G]

Yea, still think they might be the most fun vehicle road car I've driven - not as sporty as the the M3s or Kit car I've had, but for England roads those are perhaps a bit too much.

[dydey90]

Have you looked at slightly larger cars? Hot hatches tend to get crashed a lot, whereas saloons with larger engines are also bought by grown ups who don't slide around corners.

For example, my brother just bought his first car and after much research found that he could get a 1.6 SXi Astra insured for about £500 less than a 1.2 SXi Corsa.

There's a lot of older Mercs and Beemers out there that could be persuaded into giving decent performance with comfort and RWD.
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[Wave2k]

I had an mx5 mk 2.5

Great car , had an aftermarket turbo on it which just made it unbelievably fun although a bit of a handful on the skinny original tires .
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[daemonoid]

[Iain.]

Omega 2.2DTi can be insured for £1200.

Mercs are all well on their way to 200k miles, and the BMW insurance skyrocketed when the drift scene got popular & everyone put E36's through hedges/walls.

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