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I've been into cars in general since a kid, drove my first car (Dads Opel Manta GT/E) at the age of 12 on 'Spare' industrial estate land. Since then I've been through all sorts of motors, but mainly Vw. Have owned a few models inc Mk1 golfs, mk2 golfs, mk3 golfs, jettas, sportline cabriolet, a concours mk1 golf, Corrados (16v and G60's).
Fave car of all time is/always will be the Manta 400
Currently own a mk1 golf gti that ive had for over ten years although most of that time has now been spent as a bare shell awaiting a makeover, also have a Corrado G60 which i've had for 6 years, have been using it daily until recently. I need to take it off the road to give that a makeover too.
So hence why I'm here. Not a lot of modern cars really interest me, but i've always liked the look of the IS200 and ive been watching a few on ebay etc, and doing some reading up.
I love the idea of RWD (Grew up with it, and FWD is just wrong!) heated/electric seats and all the other toys. The two things that I found disappointing were the power/economy. I'm hoping that the drive quality/comfort/gearing etc make for a fun enough drive anyway? Is that the case? Are they fun to drive day to day and how economical can they actually be if you do make the effort to go steady?
I'm pretty much decided on a sport model if I do go for one with having the slippy diff etc.
Cheers, Neil.