Japanese car imports

[timdavies1973]

I need help making a choice. About 2 years ago i had i nasty motorbike accident whice involved me doing some acrobatics and braking my right femeur. The other driver admited he was in the wrong so i will evenullay get a bit of money. Now that i have prob board you all to death here is my predicament all i have done over the past few years is drive around in shit so i think its about time to treat myself. im looking top spend 5-6k on a car and i want it to be a japanease performance car but i cant make my mind up ive looked at skylines which is what i really want but even tho im 34 and live in a very low crime area i cant seem to get the insurance below £700 and thet for the r33 - r34 gts -t so other cars im interested in are as follows :-

Skyline r33 -r34 gts-t
200sx s14
sivia s15
early scoobys type ra
evo 4/5
mr2
accord type r
rx-7 (bit worried about the horror stories about the r/w engine)

as you can see bit of a list if any one could help me make an informed choice i would be grateful i.e insurance, running cost, reliability, how tuneable they are and of course performance.

many thanks for any help

tim

[stcos85]

tim,
I am new on here. I used to own a R33 GTR and found that a company called AON covered this car under a future classic policy. This gives you an agreed valuation but is limited to 6000 miles per year. I think off the top of my head I was paying about just under £400 with the agreed value of £13k.

I have just had my bid accepted on a impreza sti type R version 4. This was auction grade 3.5 and got it within your budget. I think if you cannot afford a GTR skyline go for the impreza but it depends really what you want it for. Skylines are good for A roads unless you go for the R32 and impreza/evo's are better for B roads. These are just my own views.
steve