supercar for £7K

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matty46 said:

3200GT at £7K.

With all due respect, if you can only save up £7k in three years then you can't afford to run a 3200GT.

Spend the next couple of years learning to home maintain an older car, then find the balance between performance, fun and running costs that you need.

Buy an old TVR Tasmin/350, Lotus Éclat/Elite/Elan, Porsche 924/944 etc etc. Fix it at home, insure it on a classic policy, keep your Golf as a daily hack.

That is a far more rewarding way to own/run a car than spending £7000 on a Maserati and then never getting to drive it because you have to save up for 12 months every time something breaks.


ETA: I fully respect the "dream" though. I thought I was going to do the same thing when I was 17/18 - I didn't, and I'm notably better off now because of it.

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XKR?

[.:ian:.]

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

500BHP for £7k

Just noticed the parameter in the url for zero-to-60 is "very-fast" lol

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DavidJG said:

Had a 928 GT (Manual) in the '90s. The biggest bills I had were the cambelt change (done by an OPC) and tyres. Tyres probably had something to do with my driving style though

Utterly brilliant car, and I'd happily have another.

..that is why the best GT's are now £40K + and rising.
Finest GT I've hooned through the Alps and down to Cannes

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Roberty said:

The same applies to the 928

Cheap to run compared to a 3200

[Nik da Greek]

About the only "supercar" for that sort of money I can think of... given that at this budget I'm guessing there's none left for maintenance... would be a C4 Corvette. The lost generation of 'vette but more or less unbreakable mechanically. Since you'd be looking at a properly ratty one at that money, home fettling will be essential.

As has already been said, it'd probably be wiser to reduce your horizon and go for a "fun car" rather than a "supercar"

[Du1point8]

I would look at classics and get your hands dirty.

944
http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C707826

XJ6
http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C622760

JRG 500
http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C707899

£10k E21 325i mint
http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C708258

£8k Alfa 75 3 litre
http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C709645

All a little bit different and will make you smile when driving them, if you absolutely must have balls the wall speed, then I suggest:

westfield
http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C694042

GTM libra << Personal favourite of mine, same its auto
http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C707223

[hobobaggins]

An Rx7 will ruin you but consider either a very tidy Rx8 keeping at least 2k for a motor rebuild or a mk1 or 2 mx5 with forced induction and some budget to make it even quicker. Avoid things like the 3000GT unless you like eating own brand beans, they demand a healthy running budget and that's before you add in rust prevention and the care something like that needs. GL.