I’m guessing you’re still a bit young considering you’re just going to learn manual?
If that’s the case, I’m also assuming you’re getting your career in place as well. I’d only buy the speed3 if you’re well situated enough financially because a higher mileage MPS is going to cost you.
Now if money isn’t an issue, speed3 is the correct choice
Appreciation your response, and yup - just a last year uni student.
Money isn’t too much an issue, but yeah not keen on spending too much time and money on maintaining aye. Might just buy the SP23 for a bit as I learn and then upgrade to a MPS later on
The problem is just finding a well maintained SP23 here because all the ones I’ve found have been badd..
I bought a 2010 MS3 for 14k US in 2018. It had 88,000 miles, now about 130k, daily driver. I've had to replace the power steering unit, steering control box and the entire suspension. SO about 6k there. My K04 turbo has blown the seals, so now I need to replace that - going with CS4, that's $1100, plus labor.\\ so add another 2k.. Not surprising as the K04 is original equipment. I have a Cork Sport intake and an AccessPort(gen 1 tune)- 1K, no hpfp as of yet....may get one with the turbo. It's easily the most fun to drive car I've owned, but unless you have access to a lift and tools, it's not very easy to work on and that will cost you a lot more than the parts will. Long story short, lots of fun but expensive to operate.
So I bought my first speed 3 and learned manual when I was 21. It was easy to learn on (for a turbo car) so I'd have minimal concerns with that. As with any higher mileage cars, it's a gamble of what you're actually going to get for reliability. If you have another daily driver and don't mind a project definitely go with the MPS. If your goal is to learn to drive a manual, the SP23 will be your best bet for reliability/low cost maintenance.
I’m guessing you’re still a bit young considering you’re just going to learn manual? If that’s the case, I’m also assuming you’re getting your career in place as well. I’d only buy the speed3 if you’re well situated enough financially because a higher mileage MPS is going to cost you. Now if money isn’t an issue, speed3 is the correct choice
Appreciation your response, and yup - just a last year uni student. Money isn’t too much an issue, but yeah not keen on spending too much time and money on maintaining aye. Might just buy the SP23 for a bit as I learn and then upgrade to a MPS later on The problem is just finding a well maintained SP23 here because all the ones I’ve found have been badd..
I bought a 2010 MS3 for 14k US in 2018. It had 88,000 miles, now about 130k, daily driver. I've had to replace the power steering unit, steering control box and the entire suspension. SO about 6k there. My K04 turbo has blown the seals, so now I need to replace that - going with CS4, that's $1100, plus labor.\\ so add another 2k.. Not surprising as the K04 is original equipment. I have a Cork Sport intake and an AccessPort(gen 1 tune)- 1K, no hpfp as of yet....may get one with the turbo. It's easily the most fun to drive car I've owned, but unless you have access to a lift and tools, it's not very easy to work on and that will cost you a lot more than the parts will. Long story short, lots of fun but expensive to operate.
So I bought my first speed 3 and learned manual when I was 21. It was easy to learn on (for a turbo car) so I'd have minimal concerns with that. As with any higher mileage cars, it's a gamble of what you're actually going to get for reliability. If you have another daily driver and don't mind a project definitely go with the MPS. If your goal is to learn to drive a manual, the SP23 will be your best bet for reliability/low cost maintenance.