dgmx5
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Full marks to @Doctor Houx for reading the question
Budget is ideally £1,000 stretching up to 2,500. The principle being that if I really ****** it up, it would not be a financial disaster if I had to scrap it.
Having owned a 2002 Leon, I don't think VAG cars, or indeed any cars by that point, have a lot of room to work in compared with the NA MX-5 or, as @zagatoes30 says, older cars and I do think SAABs and Volvos of that era do have a certain cool as far as European cars go.
The Puma is a good shout @spkennyuk , along with something like a Saxo VTS, in that they are probably easier to work on and full of character. But they fall into the same category as an R53 MINI in that they don't offer a great deal of practicality.
An older Merc is also a good shout even though it was never a brand I ever felt any desire for (with the exception of the full-fat NA V8 C63 AMG estates which meet none of the requirements I set).
Octavia/Superb are cars that I have looked at in the past without the idea of doing work on them myself. Again, I think they would be a pain to work on. But thanks @UlstermanAbroad for the link to the Car Throttle YouTube channel; plenty to look through there.
By the way, my idea of space in an engine bay is that of a V4 95/96. Can you hear the echo?
By the way, how cool is this?
Budget is ideally £1,000 stretching up to 2,500. The principle being that if I really ****** it up, it would not be a financial disaster if I had to scrap it.
Having owned a 2002 Leon, I don't think VAG cars, or indeed any cars by that point, have a lot of room to work in compared with the NA MX-5 or, as @zagatoes30 says, older cars and I do think SAABs and Volvos of that era do have a certain cool as far as European cars go.
The Puma is a good shout @spkennyuk , along with something like a Saxo VTS, in that they are probably easier to work on and full of character. But they fall into the same category as an R53 MINI in that they don't offer a great deal of practicality.
An older Merc is also a good shout even though it was never a brand I ever felt any desire for (with the exception of the full-fat NA V8 C63 AMG estates which meet none of the requirements I set).
Octavia/Superb are cars that I have looked at in the past without the idea of doing work on them myself. Again, I think they would be a pain to work on. But thanks @UlstermanAbroad for the link to the Car Throttle YouTube channel; plenty to look through there.
By the way, my idea of space in an engine bay is that of a V4 95/96. Can you hear the echo?
By the way, how cool is this?
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