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Hi All, Peter here from Leicester Hoping the new year will bring a car change to a GT86 Auto, white or red, will then be getting rid of my Subaru SVX. Car history includes Lotus Elise and Eunos V-Spec. Enjoy more relaxed motoring now but always felt more at home with RWD. Any buying advice would be appreciated Happy New Year to all.

Hi All I am looking for a Auto with Leather, don't need Sat Nav and would prefer nothing that has been too modified. Have just worked through current posts accross the forum with no pointers. If there are no members cars are there any on the usual sites anyone can recommend. I live in Leicester, so Midlands would be ideal but happy to travel if the car is really good. Cheers and Happy New Year.

The Lotus was lowered and upgraded suspension but kept the engine standard and found I could keep up with most of the cars. People forget how important a good set up is. Did a couple of track days back then, today it seems to be more following my son. He builds and races drift cars (check out Slide Motorsport), currently a BMW E92 shell with an LS3 under the bonnet! The Eunos V-spec was also lowered (when I got it) but I took it back to standard. Local owners club was not much fun so kept to myself. Have a Subaru SVX at the moment and that has been to a few shows, less than 60 left on the road these days so it usually gets noticed.

Cheers Lauren, from what I had read they seemed pretty bulletproof. Had read of battery issues with early cars but little else.

Ex Elise owner here too and just started looking for an 86. A I've aged somewhat since the Elise so I'm looking for an auto for relaxed motoring. If I want to go wild I can ask my son (SlideMotorsport) with his LS3 engined BMW Coupe! All the motoring press reports talk of the cars being underpowered but I enjoyed the 118BHP in the Elise as much as the boys pushing 200 so see no issues. I always found a good setup worked as well as the extra hoursepower anyway.