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New Sat 22 May 10 12:17 
 Top 10 cars for summer under £15k - Dog
I'll have the Caterham 7 so that leaves 9 cars ~

www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/picturegalleries/7724503/Top-10-hip-cars-for-summer-fun-for-under-15000.html
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New Sat 22 May 10 16:23 
 Top 10 cars for summer under £15k - -
I get quite depressed looking at all those boring cloned hatcbacks, the tiny Copen looks interesting alongside the mainstream offerings.

I know it's been facelifted but the MX5 is still a very pretty traditional school sports car, and imo looks lovely in it's steel retractable roofed form especially in ruby red metallic.

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New Sat 22 May 10 16:46 
 Top 10 cars for summer under £15k - Ambo
the MX5 is still a very pretty traditional school
>> sports car, and imo looks lovely in it's steel retractable roofed form especially in ruby
>> red metallic.

Had a test drive but the footwell is just too cramped for my size 11s. My last car in this class was an MGf but the new version looks very old-fashioned now.
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New Sat 22 May 10 16:57 
 Top 10 cars for summer under £15k - -

>> Had a test drive but the footwell is just too cramped for my size 11s.
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Out of all the sports cars i've driven i found the MX5 the easiest to access didn't notice any pedal probs but we're all different, the Z4 on the other hand though a nice enough motor with my ..ahem..tiniest bit overweight body i had a dickens of a job shoe horning meself in and usually had to fall out.
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New Sat 22 May 10 17:11 
 Top 10 cars for summer under £15k - Runfer D'Hills
Westfield. Can't recommend it enough if there is any petrol in your soul. It's not like a car or a motorbike it's something different again. Pure adrenalin rush. I miss mine.
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New Sat 22 May 10 17:18 
 Top 10 cars for summer under £15k - swiss tony
>> Westfield.. I miss mine.
>>
Didn't know you had one.... you kept that quiet! ;-)
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New Sat 22 May 10 17:23 
 Top 10 cars for summer under £15k - Mike Hannon
Does 'hip' mean 'girly' in today's English then?
(Caterham excepted, of course...)
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New Sat 22 May 10 17:34 
 Top 10 cars for summer under £15k - Clk Sec
What fantastic weather for a ragtop. It'd be the MX5 for me every time.
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New Sat 22 May 10 18:08 
 Top 10 cars for summer under £15k - BiggerBadderDave
Drunk and can't be bothered reading all of this thread so rag top XJS for me. Was it not on the list? Who cares?
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New Sat 22 May 10 20:16 
 Top 10 cars for summer under £15k - Herr Sandwichmann
That Smart looks absolutely horrible. Seems like all of the cars featured are in production.

What about a 2CV? Absolutely brilliant fun to drive and to be driven in.
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New Sat 22 May 10 21:06 
 Top 10 cars for summer under £15k - Dog
I've tuned & road-tested a few Westfield's 'in my time' and the 'odd' Caterham 7 + a pack of Bulldog Pilgrims,
The chap I sold my mobile tuning outfit to had (and built) a Westfield,
He was ex RAF ~ 1st class engineer (but lousy car tuner!)
He drove me from Eastbourne 2 Hastings in his Westie once,
Jaysus! better than sex, either that or I wasn't doing it right :)
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New Sat 22 May 10 21:58 
 Top 10 cars for summer under £15k - Runfer D'Hills

>>He drove me from Eastbourne 2 Hastings in his Westie once, Jaysus! better than sex, either that or I wasn't doing it right :)

We took the Westfield to the south of France on our honeymoon.

Best of both worlds really....
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New Sat 22 May 10 23:34 
 Top 10 cars for summer under £15k - Avant
I'm too old and laid-back for a Westfield or a Caterham: still very happy with the Y-reg Z3 I've had for nearly two years now.

Intending to flog it to help pay for younger daughter's wedding - but on a day like today we're looking at ways to avoid it (sale of Z3, not wedding!).
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