Fastest you can go for £3500

[paulwoof]

Bang on budget although now sold.

Completely impractical but so humorous.

http://www.driftworks.com/forum/drift-cars-sale-pr...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iw2FKWoAnEc

[neil-935ql]

No mention of the truly great Clio 182 ?? Fast , fun and kind of practical and for 3.5k a really nice example can be bagged

[T0MMY]

trickywoo said:

That being the case it'll need about 2000bhp to crack 17mph with the st aero.

Well I wouldn't go that far but just as with motorbikes, the top speed is very poor in comparison to the 0-60 or 0-100 times. Top speed is about 130mph which is indeed relatively slow but then again, how often do you go above 130mph?

[Olivera]

Mk1 leon cupra r. Easy 270bhp with a remap and miles better than a st old wobbly saab in the handling department.

[longshot]

neil-935ql said:

No mention of the truly great Clio 182 ?? Fast , fun and kind of practical and for 3.5k a really nice example can be bagged

They're quick but not fast.

[xRIEx]

T0MMY said:

trickywoo said:

That being the case it'll need about 2000bhp to crack 17mph with the st aero.

Well I wouldn't go that far but just as with motorbikes, the top speed is very poor in comparison to the 0-60 or 0-100 times. Top speed is about 130mph which is indeed relatively slow but then again, how often do you go above 130mph?

Motorbike top speeds are very poor? Most (if not all) litre sports bikes (and sports tourers of the Hayabusa's ilk) will be limited to 186mph. For a £15k (or less) bike, I wouldn't call that "very poor". Even then, the speed limiters can be circumvented, and (gearing dependent) those bikes would push 200mph from the factory.

And as per the second post, the first gen of Hayabusa had a quoted top speed of 194.

[feef]

T0MMY said:

trickywoo said:

That being the case it'll need about 2000bhp to crack 17mph with the st aero.

Well I wouldn't go that far but just as with motorbikes, the top speed is very poor in comparison to the 0-60 or 0-100 times. Top speed is about 130mph which is indeed relatively slow but then again, how often do you go above 130mph?

I'd say that might be true for a lardy tourer or a custard making potato-potato noises, but certainly not of most sporty bikes

Even my FJR1300 with full luggage on will crack 140 and that's no sports bike

[BrassMan]

Passenger ride in an EE Lightning? Can't see a price.

[james_gt3rs]

Honda Integra type R?

[Bradley1500]

Got to be a Jaguar XJR.

5.3 seconds to 60MPH with 370BHP and limited to 155MPH. I don’t think you’ll go quicker for this money unless you’re considering bikes and kit cars.

[techniques]

james_gt3rs said:

Honda Integra type R?

Not £3500.

However, Civic type r. EP3.

200bhp. 0-60mph = 6.8

30mpg.

Reliable Honda. Cheap parts/repairs compared to Mercedes/Beamers people are recommending.

I'm at the same budget and it is what I will be going for Early next year.

E.g.
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2015...

[egor110]

longshot said:

neil-935ql said:

No mention of the truly great Clio 182 ?? Fast , fun and kind of practical and for 3.5k a really nice example can be bagged

They're quick but not fast.

On a b road or tight twisty track there fast but on dual carriageway,motorways or big tracks like silverstone or Thruxton there not fast.

Good value for money and great fun though for a every day pocket rocket though.

If 0-60 is what your using as a fast car , ignore the Clio 182 get the smaller 172 cup as its 0-60 is a bit quicker ( if that's important to you)

Edited by egor110 on Tuesday 1st December 10:45

[R8Steve]

I would advise against an RX8. They are very problematic, terrible on fuel and not that fast at all.

I bought mine as a second car and they do look good but as far as driving experience/reliability goes it's one of the worst cars i've ever had (and i've had over 70 cars!)

[TiminYorkshire]

Bradley1500 said:

Got to be a Jaguar XJR.

5.3 seconds to 60MPH with 370BHP and limited to 155MPH. I don’t think you’ll go quicker for this money unless you’re considering bikes and kit cars.

Great cars, I had one (supposedly with a different pulley on the supercharger set up)and do miss it. On a long run (Slovakia and back)at 90-140 leptons it averaged 23 mpg, around the houses it averaged 17 mpg.

[Benbay001]

feef said:

I'd say that might be true for a lardy tourer or a custard making potato-potato noises, but certainly not of most sporty bikes

Even my FJR1300 with full luggage on will crack 140 and that's no sports bike

he said in comparison to 0-60. Which is true. A veyron has similar 0-60 as a zxr1400 but a top speed 50mph higher

[BuzzBravado]

Benbay001 said:

e said in comparison to 0-60. Which is true. A veyron has similar 0-60 as a zxr1400 but a top speed 50mph higher

You mean a ZZR1400?

[Prof Prolapse]

Fast straight line or actually fast where it counts?

Bike license and a hypersports/supersports bike would still be your quickest option by a significant margin.

Back to cars, I'm still backing the old Subarau's unless you're going to drive lots of long straight lines at prison speeds.

Bradley1500 said:

Got to be a Jaguar XJR.

5.3 seconds to 60MPH with 370BHP and limited to 155MPH. I don’t think you’ll go quicker for this money unless you’re considering bikes and kit cars.

Just don't try and turn it.

I seem to recall being able to get to 170 if you slipped the J-Gate, but perhaps I'm remembering things.

[Speed addicted]

Benbay001 said:

feef said:

I'd say that might be true for a lardy tourer or a custard making potato-potato noises, but certainly not of most sporty bikes

Even my FJR1300 with full luggage on will crack 140 and that's no sports bike

he said in comparison to 0-60. Which is true. A veyron has similar 0-60 as a zxr1400 but a top speed 50mph higher

Bikes do have fairly crap aerodynamics when compared to (even mundane) cars. But to fix them you would need to take away most of what makes bikes fun in the first place.

[soad]

BuzzBravado said:

Benbay001 said:

e said in comparison to 0-60. Which is true. A veyron has similar 0-60 as a zxr1400 but a top speed 50mph higher

You mean a ZZR1400?

Ninja ZX-12R?

[crusty]

One of these http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1999-AUDI-S4-QUATTRO-BLU...

I have had two, and loved them both.

Spend the change going to MRC for a health check and a map