Aaquil

Hello all... maybe a silly question. My friend has an Honda Civic R-type well he just got it back after it was stolen at gunpoint the other day!!! Now I would love an Impreza or Evo one day but I couldn't live with the thought of my car getting hijacked with my wife and son in the car or getting attacked or even killed for the car.

So which high performance car could I get that would be subtle or unattractive enough to get and be safe in?

I was thinking of along the lines of a Audi RS4, M5 or Octavia Estate 1.8T 4X4 (Apparently you can tune them quite well and I loved the practicality of my Legcay Estate so and estate would be nice). Any ideas?

LG John

Don't see how you can win this one to be honest. You have the remember that these criminals know their cars too so even if you go for a 200bhp skoda they know that its fast and wouldn't draw attention to itself for bank jobs.

maxim

Jabba have a 4x4 Octavia and with a remap brings it up to 230bhp!

ScoobyJawa

Most people are quite respectful to the Supra and GTR!

J4CKO

iTrader: (1)

Never felt threatened in my Fiat Coupe Turbo, even driving into Manchester every day, no way would I do the same in an Evo, part of the reason why I didnt buy a Scoob in the end even though it would have been a better car than the Fiat.

SPEN555

What about a bright yellow reliant? Fitted with cosworth engine. I remember over 10 years ago seeing that pull up at a garage in Lancashire. lol!

Stealth or what!

Kevin Groat

There'a a Transit van for sale with a 380 bhp Cosworth engine - guys only after £2k. Saw it on Passionford I think - it looks so bog standard (incl hub caps....) that no-one would give it a second glance.

Said you wanted plenty room

Brendan Hughes

Very difficult as SB says. If you truly want a stealth car, you have to make the outside AND interior look like the base model - so take off the spoilers, the nice alloys, the leather bucket seats, and put the 1.6 GL D badge on the back. The right non-pea-shooter exhaust and wide wheels should hopefully just make people laugh at you as a wannabe, rather than realise something is truly suspicious. Only something like the rev counter will give the game away.

Frankly, I think everyone knows what an RS4 and M5 are, you're asking for trouble there!

Tidgy

simple solution, buy a scooby or evo and a doberman lol

Brendan Hughes

If you know of a Dobermann breeder that teaches them to catch bullets, let us know

Paulo P

iTrader: (42)

I always thought Legacys were pretty stealthy

MGJohn

You can't win on this one ... wrong place wrong time scenario even in a relatively quiet backwater:

Work colleague had knife held to throat 7 a.m. one morning with car keys demand.... his aged escort worth all of 50 quid!

Neighbour's son had his very tidy old MG 1600 Maestro Car-jacked whilst waiting at a red lights in broad sunny daylight in the middle of town. Both cars used later for a number of crimes by out of town big city crims.

Brendan Hughes

So the answer is - spend that 25k on moving to a safer area.

WRX Wannabe

Another here for the Fiat Coupe

I would hate to leave my old Scooby in some places but dont have ANY problems with the Coupe

SPEN555

My other car is a 1987 ur quattro. Still mixes with the best of em. Due to it's age all the idiot's on the road today (i.e. young) haven't a clue what it is.

Emms

Hmm a big *** black sporty Merc AMG with tinted windows all round. With luck they will think you are some kind of gangster yourself and leave well enough alone.

Hanslow

As a lot of these performance cars seem to have a) enough room for 4 people (for a job), b) relatively easy to get in and out of and c) luggage space......

Get something like a Lotus Elise / Vaux VX220. Impractical, can't get in and out easily, no luggage space but still hellish fun. OK, if a thief is stealing it to joy-ride then you won't stop that, but they don't really seem to go for two-seaters.

Even better, get a single seater

LG John

LMAO

Why not get a TVR? No theif in his right mind would try and take one as he knows there is a chance it'll conk out round the corner

davyboy

Never had a problem with the old 944.

jjones

maybe as they are seen as too dated. the interior is awful (it even makes the jap rubbish look good).

or maybe it's just too slow for a getaway car?

Aaquil

Thanks for all the replies guys truly informative and entertaining. I always get a good load of replies from you guys.

Anyone else...


The Legacy was well stealthy but was also getting on and Insurance was too high. the value of the car and running costs just did not add up. The guy who bought it off me now does not use SUL or Optimax. Leathers it from the moment he starts it and turns the engine off from the moment he gets out of it. He won't service it properly either...I'll never sell him a performance car again...its depressing.

MarfGTti

Charade GTti, or is that too small?

No f*cker knows what they are and I've never heard of one being nicked.

Easy enough to tune, mines running a bar boost on a hybrid turbo using a Daihatsu Racing Service ECU(soon to be a Wolf 3d V4 and 1.5 bar boost ), LSD, sorted suspension, upgraded brakes, full turbo to tail exhaust, and an induction kit.

She fly's! 60 comes up in 6.6 and I covered the quarter in 15.3(with ****e tyres), not bad when you consider its only 993cc!

Aaquil

Thanks mate but too small.

Olly

This.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...496430184&rd=1

R1916v

Legacy B4 RSK

BrettC

What is our beloved country coming to? Having to choose our cars based on wether it is a high risk theft or car jacking vehicle...I guess this is why we all pay massive insurance premiums.

Anyway, how about a Saab 9000 Aero. 225bhp and enough torque to tow our country somewhere warm!
Massive amounts of space and very tunable.

davyboy

Aweful interior.


Too slow.......read up a bit matey.....especially the turbo models.

Pastor

Very plain the interior of the 944, plain simple and elegant. If you've ever been in one you'd know the quality is also top notch. Better in fact than most modern cars.
My only issue with the 944/968 is their exterior styling. Anyone who thinks the 944Turbo is slow needs their head examining.

Jamo

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theres a proton "sleeper" on piston heads hes put the engine brakes and running gear out of an evo into it. looks like a good job done as well.



its £2500 under evos on classifieds.

jjones

lord of ming