Recommend me a tiny, fast little car

[Matty]

3 hours ago, twosmoke300 said:

Seicento sporting ! Not fast as such but a riot to drive .

Like I said above. Feels fast. Much more important than actually going fast. On current personal experience, get something with shit brakes. That makes most situations feel like they're happening quick 🤣

[Matty]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1959-2-0-Litre-Morris-Minor-Traveller-/224893761765?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49286&mkrid=710-127635-2958-0

Left field choice. Fits under small and quick heading though

[djoptix]

20 hours ago, sporty-shite said:

Stop searching.  £1250to you.  225bhp, quattro. Leggy but well serviced.  Couple of intermittent but diagnosed faults, cured with £80 of parts. 

 

Can also recommend many of the other suggestions on here, namely Clio 1*2, Puma, Kawasaki ZXR (mine was only a 400, and scared me shitless). 

Speaking of scary small cars  what happened to that 20v  turbo Lupo that someone was building?  That would fit the bill. 

I've been in this car, briefly, it's very nice.

[Dabooka]

Not read the whole thread but Swift Sport is my vote. Cracking motors, cheap to run, easy to work on.

Not fast by other standards but loves to by revved and can carry speed through corners.

[chaseracer]

On 07/04/2022 at 20:30, D.E said:

Panda 100HP is good fun!

Certainly is!

https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/used-cars-used-car-buying-guides/used-car-buying-guide-fiat-panda-100hp

The blue test car is the one Domestic Management ran for a year or so...

[twosmoke300]

21 hours ago, Rocket88 said:

Old school Fabia 1.9 tdi with a remap…. 😱loads of low down grunt…..

Ahh ideal -my auntie is looking for a car to nip down Asda in 😂

[AxWomble]

If it’s flimsy that you’re after, I can confirm that a 106/Saxo would be a good choice - choose a 1.4 or 1.6 for speeeeeed, but even the 1.1 feels fairly perky. Rubbish brakes enhance the feeling of peril too! Our 1.5D is a proper slug but wind it up (and don’t go into 5th) on a country road and it’s ridiculously good fun. 
 

Alternatively a Panda 100hp must be a riot, the 1.1 I drove last week was great fun with about half the power. I’ve also had a run around in a 1.4  Rover 25/200 which was cracking fun and had an absolutely brilliant chassis. Our MOT man rates them too, he competes in one. 

[chris667]

3 hours ago, Matty said:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1959-2-0-Litre-Morris-Minor-Traveller-/224893761765?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49286&mkrid=710-127635-2958-0

Left field choice. Fits under small and quick heading though

That is the best thing I have ever seen. Mrs667 would kill me if the car didn't. Probably worth it!

[chris667]

Swift Sport is an interesting idea. @sporty-shite, very tempting but not quite my thing. Audis are much too good.

The MX5 is a good shout too. I am still conditioned to think of those as being too expensive for me, although the direction of travel is pushing them that way.

[chris667]

Tell me more about Smart Cars? I am completely unaware of them, apart from a friend who had one of the Roadsters. I remember the engine shat itself quite early even though he bought it new.

[grogee]

19 minutes ago, chris667 said:

Tell me more about Smart Cars? I am completely unaware of them, apart from a friend who had one of the Roadsters. I remember the engine shat itself quite early even though he bought it new.

I have just been searching for the Smart Spongester thread and I can't find it anywhere. Has it been deleted?

All I would say is that if you like complicated electrical faults and pulling the engine out regularly, then a Smart is the perfect vehicle. 

[Dan29]

3 hours ago, grogee said:

I have just been searching for the Smart Spongester thread and I can't find it anywhere. Has it been deleted?

All I would say is that if you like complicated electrical faults and pulling the engine out regularly, then a Smart is the perfect vehicle. 

 

[AnnoyingPentium]

On 4/8/2022 at 11:32 AM, Rocket88 said:

Old school Fabia 1.9 tdi with a remap…. 😱loads of low down grunt…..

I think we'll get on alright... 😂

[chris667]

45 minutes ago, Dan29 said:

 

Next!

[Dan29]

4 hours ago, chris667 said:

The MX5 is a good shout too. I am still conditioned to think of those as being too expensive for me, although the direction of travel is pushing them that way.

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202204054332211

[twosmoke300]

1 hour ago, AnnoyingPentium said:

I think we'll get on alright... 😂

Brag about your mpg figures down the pensioners club 😂

[AnnoyingPentium]

9 minutes ago, twosmoke300 said:

Brag about your mpg figures down the pensioners club 😂

Nah mine is pez, so it's more gpm than mpg. 😆

[bigfella2]

All this talk of smart cars, what about this smart forfour brabus 1.5 turbo, fundamentally a colt czt in a party frock.

[Bear]

8 minutes ago, bigfella2 said:

All this talk of smart cars, what about this smart forfour brabus 1.5 turbo, fundamentally a colt czt in a party frock.

How rare would one of those be?

Though in the same breath - Mercedes A210 Evo. SWB. Just don't drive near any elks and you'll be fine (they're actually pretty chuckable - what suffered was ride quality for fixing the 'idiotproofing' test).

[bigfella2]

When I looked on eBay about a year ago there were quite a few listed, but i can't find one on there at the moment, unless they've all ended up in hedges.

[Dan29]