Suggestions for a summer toy with an £8-10k Budget

[MAT ED30]

Ian your nuts  atleast you can say you have had a Porsche just a shame it's not a 911 

[candy turbo]

your not the first to say that mat and wont be the last i m sure  tbh ive thought since i sold the golf " ive got too much money tied up my car " when you are 100% happy with the car thats ok but i was nt with the cayman add the fact mrs candys news i decided to free up some cash so now i will have 2 mini s and £12k left over
          and the JCW is great 

[Greeners]

Ian it's not a matter of whether you can stay or not, you were the one throwing your toys out stating you were leaving.

Everyone is welcome here as long as they are respectfull to other members and follow the rules. And obviously now you drive a Mini there will be no 'my car is better than your car' comments! 

[candy turbo]

oh yes and nath your car with the matt black wrap looks...........................

































the dogs privates mate , good move 

[monte]

Candy, why, oh why did you sell the S3??? 

[Greeners]

Candy, why, oh why did you sell the S3??? 

Because he wanted the smoke screen of the Porka so he could get a Mini!!! 

[SteveP]

Well a bit of an update. We were seriously looking at the new Polo GTI but after driving a Ibiza Cupra with the same engine / gearbox wasn't massively impressed. Hence the looking for summer toy while we waited the min 16 weeks build time 

Next I nearly went mad and as Mrs P wanted this Mini: -



Drove better than I expected but I am really not meant to be sat in a Mini looking like a giant 

So decided to stick with what we know, and so yesterday a trip to sunny Manchester I collected this: -





But at least this time it has an TFSI engine and the tasty new 7 speed DSG 

Needs Bluetooth, Nav (and a bit of Revo fairy dust) and then it will be spot on 

[jhtrophy]

nice mate not what i would call a summer toy but then again everybodys needs differ, 7 speed sounds cool, is it? what affect does it have on ratios? ie is second still 60 ish etc?

[RobH]

I dont even think you can do 60 in 2nd on a 6 speed, well unless you rev its t!ts off

[Greeners]

Didn't see that one coming!! 

Very nice! 

[T88OMM]

Nice Steve  Is it the 1.8 TFSI (180) engine? If so my sister has one in her TT, it's a cracking motor, plent of poke and the fuel economy is as good if not better than the equivalent 170 derv engine! I imagine after a remap it will go like stink! 

[SteveP]

^^^^ Yep it's the 1.8TFSI, and your right the economy was within 1-2mpg of the 170 derv for the same journey yesterday 

[Saint Steve]

Thats 8-10k's worth!!!.

Jesus, thats had some serious depreciation

Thought my map distancing skills were far out, but that takes the biscuit!



Nice car steve.

Which one to take out!!!  Key fights i feel coming

[Thor]

Very nice sir   

Kept it in the VAG family FTW