Excluding an elise/vx/ caterham etc

Gareth · Post by **Gareth** » Fri Apr 15, 2005 6:11 pm

What car would you buy to replace your own car with. Budget say....£14K

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Post by **simon** » Fri Apr 15, 2005 6:37 pm

None.
I'd spend the money on upgrading my driving and the car instead and forget all about buying a new one

Gareth · Post by **Gareth** » Fri Apr 15, 2005 6:41 pm

Nah!

Driver training aint going to make me keep up with you on the straights or a bloody corsa 1.4 for that matter.

Post by **simon** » Fri Apr 15, 2005 7:16 pm

Are you not gonna go down the 170 route Fd suggested?

Gareth · Post by **Gareth** » Fri Apr 15, 2005 11:10 pm

PTP 170 is almost £2300 plus fitting....

To me doesn't sound worth it when considering I could buy the green 160 that Laurence has advertised for £15500

Who knows....hopefully it will be dry at TT and we can get some laps together. If I could get someone better behind the wheel i.e. Laurence, Tut or Walshy and have them pass you or a quicker car then it will stay standard for now.

Post by **simon** » Fri Apr 15, 2005 11:24 pm

Either of them will probably pass me in most cars!
Anyway, your car should be quicker through corners due to your Nitrons but it's obviously going to be a bit slower on the straights as mine has near to 40bhp more.
But as we know from lapping with the scoobies, it's not all about straight line speed.

Gareth · Post by **Gareth** » Sat Apr 16, 2005 10:14 am

Till TT's then!

kenny · Post by **kenny** » Sat Apr 16, 2005 3:25 pm

Gareth wrote:What car would you buy to replace your own car with. Budget say....£14K

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Civic Type R, 200 ponies a lot of fun and still practical. (slightly biased opinion of course

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Gareth · Post by **Gareth** » Sat Apr 16, 2005 4:35 pm

Doesnt' do it for me....

Mr Momo · Post by **Mr Momo** » Sat Apr 16, 2005 7:00 pm

Mini Cooper S Works - see if you can find a second hand one....

200bhp (but car is a bit heavy)

KDS1rush · Post by **KDS1rush** » Mon Apr 18, 2005 7:43 pm

Gareth,

This is one option.

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/detail ... 8278&s=371

Might be a bit too practical for me though

cheers,

Kevin

Post by **simon** » Mon Apr 18, 2005 8:28 pm

Saw a yellow one of them in Dundee a few years ago, looked quite smart on the road but IIRC they didn't get great reviews.

Gareth · Post by **Gareth** » Mon Apr 18, 2005 10:41 pm

That is lovely tho....

Post by **Shug** » Fri Apr 22, 2005 11:56 am

I wouldn't sell the Liz before losing organs, but if I had £14k to use to add a car to the stable, I have to say, I've got a bit of a moist spot for the R33 Skyline (so call me a ricer!)

Just strikes me as the dictionary definition of Japanese techno-loonydom (as long as it's tuned!)

caleebra · Post by **caleebra** » Tue Apr 26, 2005 11:12 am

G, get a VX Turbo, get it remapped to ~250bhp and bob's your transexual auntie.

edit: ok, just read the title of the post properly. D'oh. What about an M3 Coupe? Audi S4? Fiat Coupe Turbo? 350z's are coming down in price. 944 Turbo

968CS? Cerbera/Griff?

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Excluding an elise/vx/ caterham etc

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