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If you do buy a newer 'normal' car, then you will have to live with less power/exclusivity. However, its one less car to tax/insure even if running costs (repairs/fuel) would be higher using a 'hot hatch' as your daily runner. With 99ron up over 130p/litre and half the mpg of a decent Golf 170tdi, it does make you think 
roads too busy, petrol too expensive. etc, etc could'nt be doing with another gas guzzler like a 206 gti and nowhere near as quick as the tubby. just plodding along.. lol. i wouldnt get anywhere near what i wanted for my tubby..lolryan wrote:Difficult choice to make.
carlos9999 wrote:im the same mate, not enjoying it anymore.
think id be more inclined to go for a nice cheap diesel car though.
i'd be happy i think with a 150 bhp turbo diesel.
the only trouble is.
What I'd get for my car if sold. Nowhere near what I'd want for it... i,d like something around 4k for mine, but being realistic i aint gonna get that. probably more like 2k.. lol ](./images/smilies/eusa_wall.gif "Brick wall"){kind=small}
carlos9999 wrote:yeh its crazy mate.
especially in this economic climate, think i,d rather see it rot than sell it for that.
(made the commute fun! Lol) but I was always after "something else". And yeah, prices are sad when you come to sell.
& weekend thrash. Considering an N/A but I still want that bit of a change. Not much (on paper) matches over 170bhp, RWD, under a grand, classic insurance etc. They just "make sense"!476bhp & 415ft lb @ 1.9bar Magic by Ryan!Gone, but never forgottenNow with a mk1.5 & a NHB EP3Steve Horrocks wrote:I feel ya pinky, but I used mine daily
It's a hard call, but as you well know, you'll miss it if you sell it, I already do!
I've got the IS200 now as daily smoke, but I want something fun I can track
This is my 3rd MR2 Turbo. Sold the first one to make way for a Rev 2 GTS where I gained the name "pinky" as it was sunbleached red 
Sold that one to get a normal car, got bored and bought a Corsa sport. Got bored of that bought an MR2 Turbo again. If I did get a 206 or whatever, I'd probably just get bored and buy somat else. Grass is always greener and all that........ some will not agree which is understandable. (already have 6 points) I dont pay any insurance, tax, £££'s on petrol as its only getting used now and again. You never get bored then as you don't get used to the power like you do using it as a daily driver.£700 a year plus £220 tax so its nearing on a grand. For that you could do about 5 track days. Plus you are getting a lot more out of your car than simply driving it to the shops and back. 
Fuel is getting the better of me at the moment £1000. Im looking at buying one with dents and scratches. go for peanuts....can't imagine how expensive it would be in my tubby everyday £100 that I'm gonna start using as my daily drive instead to save fuel costs, seems little point in driving the 2 everyday in traffic....you don't exactly get to 'drive' ..& it's the best way round if you ask me. Clio dci for mon-fri (650miles to a tank) with all the ncd put on it. mr2 insured under classic for £200 with break down for weekends & track days. Best of both worlds and it works out cheaper than just having the mr2 insured normally. & it just got silly!!RedMR² wrote:Just wondering why I pay to insure and tax it when it comes out on dry days only.
My 2 sits in the garage over the winter, does around 2/3k miles in the summer and is taxed and insured all year round. It does get the occasional trip out on nice days outside the summer which is why I don't sorn it over the winter. What makes it bearable is the knowledge that good weather always gets here and I have a toy in the garage to have some fun in when it does. Not to mention that driving a xxxx box Corsa for the better part of a year makes driving the 2 all the more fun It's a different story if you can't afford to run it as a daily driver or can't justify the cost of tax and insurance for a year if it's a fair weather only car but for me the fun I have in the summer months far outweighs the cost to me. Given that I'm hardly driving it anymore I don't think i'll ever get bored of it and have decided to hang onto mine indefinitely if I can 
Mines a track car predominantly (if it ever works again). Wouldn't relish it as a daily driver all year round, I do 400+ miles a week in my 318 coupe which is actually a 2 litre. It gets xxxx economy (30mpg) and costs over £70 a week in fuel to run, insurance is over £500 with 8yr ncd and generally pee's me off with running costs, but it's nice on the motorway. If it's all about economy, I had a 106 1.4 diesel (no turbo or injection, slowest car I ever drove) which did about 500 miles from £30ish. Hated driving it though. 
Shmed wrote:I'm in the same boat as Moo.
Depends really on what you want/need from a car.
It really is a love/hate relationship owning a '2 Although i use mine daily and find it awsome fun in the rain 
, because i live in the oooo arrrgh country now i get to drive country roads to work everyday so its fun.