hi guys, wonder if anyone can point me in the right direction for a more long term car.

Got about 6k to spend, will be a weekend car alongside my daily so running cost and maintenance aren't too much of a deciding factor.

Must be fun, rare/ sought after and hold its value well.

Two cars I'm looking at currently-

Ek9 lightweight in championship white with hondata ecu, exhaust and a induction. Fresh import, underseal, no rust 78k kilometres, Full history and great paint. Goes well, sounds lovely and feels raw.
Up for just under 6k

Other is an impreza Rb5 with prodrive performance pack, standard apart from Decat exhaust and sound system. Grey wheels, grey metallic paint as it left the factory. 76k miles, fsh, owned by a mate for last 5years.
Up for 5500.

What will hold its value better? I would do less than 2500miles a year in either cars.

What would you choose? Richard burns impreza prodrive or screaming vtec civic? Was looking at Jdm dc2 integra but preferred the way the ek9 handles and sounds.

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Beef Beyond Belief

Impreza is likely to cost you more if/when something goes wrong. I'd pick the Civic based on the fact it's a safer choice as you've mentioned the word investment.

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The impreza is a good bet. Parts are cheap enough on them. Mine was reliable as ever. Just watch out for the piston slappy bottom end rattle. You'll love the torque on the scooby too. That dont get old.

But over the short space of time you'll keep it I doubt any car woild depreciate...

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So.. They guy with the rb5 doesn't want to sell it anymore after I offered him a decent sum went to an importer and drove 3x ek9s back to back and.. Let down. For 5k I expected a lot more. So who knows, maybe a well sorted eg6 b16/b18..

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Beef Beyond Belief

not many cars can be classed as investments really

buy some vintage wine or throw it all on roulette

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Buy an old Fork IMO.

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don't bother you'll sell it in a few months, just buy what you like and keep it.

get a house.

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Bring on the Trumpets.

£6k buys a 9 bed detached in wales

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306 rallye reproduction decals (full sets/individual decals) | 306 b-pillar textured vinyl weatherstrips
306 slam panel esso stickers | 306 yellow / orange / pension fund red side door badges
gti6 inlet manifold badges | 306 rear boot badges (p2/p3)
winner of Extraction of toys from prams with outstanding vigour award 2009 [source: gti6 owners club]

buy a tart

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TEAM HIGH BOOST SUPERCHARGED RALLYE

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i'm down in wales all the time and the houses there are very cheap though!

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306 slam panel esso stickers | 306 yellow / orange / pension fund red side door badges
gti6 inlet manifold badges | 306 rear boot badges (p2/p3)
winner of Extraction of toys from prams with outstanding vigour award 2009 [source: gti6 owners club]

EFA

But seriously, unless you are good at buying and selling stuff at a mark-up (and classic cars seem to have gone up in asking prices at a stupid rate over the last few years) then I'd not look at cars as an "investment" - cars that you actually use or drive regularly are not investments very often, "money pit" is more an accurate term for anything performance related.

As said, buy something you really enjoy driving and hold onto it for a while.

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Cherry Rallye SOLD

A really nice example of a limited edition Ford will definitely be worth something in years to come. FRP or Puma Millennium Edition with those lush leather Recaros. All the more so as those Pumas do rust underneath worse than any 306.

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Cherry Rallye SOLD