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Author Good 'ring car for £2500 or under (Work conversation)
Teddy
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30th Aug 07 at 11:46   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Just having a convo at work and thought i would stick this up on here;

Talking about decent road cars, that are as at home on the ring........
Just having a convo in general about low cost fun motoring!

The ctieria is as follows......

Cant be "too" old (sub 10ish years)
Needs to be something that can be bought and used "out of the box"
Little or no modification needed.
Something which can still be driven to work
Got to be reasonably reliable. (:lol

What would you go for?

[Edited on 30-08-2007 by GaryL]
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some kind of bmw? an old school evo?
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as i put in the other what car thread,

306 gti for that sort of cash, plus loads of top end for the ring
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Steve - the Evo come up but finding one under £2500 was impossible really (in half decent nick that you would actually want to look at)
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30th Aug 07 at 11:52   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Barge or sportscar?
Ste L
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106 gti
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golf vr6
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quote:
Originally posted by Stavs
golf vr6


Thought of that - but to front end heavy i think.
Say hello to understeer.
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yes
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quote:
Originally posted by pow
Barge or sportscar?


Sporty really.
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Get a classic WRX from an auction for that/
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quote:
Originally posted by loafofbrett
Get a classic WRX from an auction for that/


Used to have a Jap auction near me, was located on Tilbury Docks. Scooby's, Skylines going for crazy cheap money, £2000 all day long. Bargains are out there, just got to find them.
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I said reasonably reliable Brettus.
Ive seen the damage on the older ones, not pretty.
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Have you ever owned one or even know what you're talking about? Impreza engines aren't as shit as people like to make out, they keep on truckin for years.

My classic took a major ass pounding and i bought that for £3.2k.
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quote:
Originally posted by GaryL
quote:
Originally posted by Stavs
golf vr6


Thought of that - but to front end heavy i think.
Say hello to understeer.


paving slabs in the boot they grunt like good-ans though
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N/A Celica GT?
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Corrado vr6
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e30 325i sport
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SAXO VTS
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quote:
Originally posted by namkeaps
e30 325i sport


Apparently the E30 318is is a far better track car
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Civic EG6. Its the VTi model
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30th Aug 07 at 12:29   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
106 gti, Saxo VTS, 306 GTI6

These cars are perfect round the ring with a few modifications.

Even stuff like little 106 quiksilvers. There were 2 when i was at the ring...they were flying, keeping it planted and out doing alot of expensive sports cars.

But then.....its about knowledge.

Chris
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quote:
Originally posted by Mattb
quote:
Originally posted by namkeaps
e30 325i sport


Apparently the E30 318is is a far better track car


if you wanna drive like miss daisy .. only 140bhp they are aint slow but rather sluggish in comparison
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quote:
Originally posted by Mattb
quote:
Originally posted by namkeaps
e30 325i sport


Apparently the E30 318is is a far better track car


not for the ring, the 325 would be better as you need the top end power good torque for the hills etc
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1.2 8v corsa












but tbh i id say sumamt jap like evo or skyline.

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