Wow more options.... Arrggghh
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Originally Posted by alfa male
VX220 Turbo?
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Had one and really liked it, and did go well having a stage2 on it, but whenever an Elise drove past I wished I had the elise. Can't put my finder on it, but the elise just looks right. I even still have a box of spares for the engine from coil pack to MAf's so in some respect would make allot of sense but been there done it.
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Originally Posted by scotty
M3 Evolution classic .
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Again been there done that, and felt they never really went that well compared to an E46 M3 which is also an option, and perhaps unlucky but everyone I had cost me strong money to keep on the road. For the price differential I think I would have an E46 M3 but getting a nice one is difficult and do demand big bills if they go wrong - (Set of disks and pads are best part of 1K, SMG rebuild 3-4K, Vanos 3-4K)
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Originally Posted by SlimeyLimey
Lotus elise s2. Ive owned 2 cars with the Yamaha 2zz engine in and they are unkillable! Also for the lotus they do an easy bolt on supercharger pack. NA are about 220 but remember they come with a locked denso ecu which need a specialist to tune/map.
I ended up buying a whole new ecu instead
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Definitely leaning this way at the moment, and missed out on a mint example inside and out for only 16K recently. Running costs are cheap for a 'sports' car and hold value very well, looks the part, involving and quick enough.
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Originally Posted by thepieman
Targa Supra  |
Nice but OLD would only want a manual, which are rare as hens teath and would need to research running cost a bit more but good shout.
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Originally Posted by 555_Si
Clio v6 are on the up price wise
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VERY strong money at the moment and out of budget. And not really my thing TBH
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Originally Posted by BlueBugEye
Cerbra?
Almost got one instead of the Impreza back in 2003 when they were cheaper!
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Nice but SCARY running costs with its home grown engine that will almost certainly give up at some point, I like the Chimera or Griff, because they all run basically a simple rover V8 engine albeit tuned which tend to be strong and reliable if not a little agricultural.
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Originally Posted by swrx2810
RX8 if you have spare cash to rebuild the engine, not practical, unreliable, perfect weekend car?
Not the fastest things but not slow, very comfortable, inside is a lovely place to be, handles great, looks lovely, sounds great, can be bought for peanuts.
Again just the rotary engine issues but no different to buying a 2.5 Impreza  . |
Again nice and do like the look of them, but just not 'special' enough and will only ever loose money, and the 2.5 Scooby engine is bullet proof compared to a rotary engine. That said rebuild can be done for 1.5k v's 3-4K of a Scooby.
There is of course the obvious and a P1,STi5,RB5, RB320 but think I've out grown/owned them and not what I would classify as a balls out weekend toy.