What trackday car
Discussion
I've tentatively decided that the GT3 has probably appreciated in value too much to use on track. Having done a couple over the last 2 years, I'm going to be doing several longer Euro road trips every year in it instead.
I'm wanting a cheaper (10-15k) trackday car. Has anyone done this I'd be interested in their thought processes. The choice is potentially huge. Wondering about 996s that have had hartech type rebuilds or 968s. Maybe M3s (or 328i sport for cheaper thrills) or Elises. The choice at the outset is too large to make a meaningful search I think the cars have got to be narrowed down first.
Thoughts welcome.
Cheers
I'm wanting a cheaper (10-15k) trackday car. Has anyone done this I'd be interested in their thought processes. The choice is potentially huge. Wondering about 996s that have had hartech type rebuilds or 968s. Maybe M3s (or 328i sport for cheaper thrills) or Elises. The choice at the outset is too large to make a meaningful search I think the cars have got to be narrowed down first.
Thoughts welcome.
Cheers
I'd like to have a car that i can drive to track and back home rather than have to trailer it.
I tried a caterham briefly and it felt very raw and very exposed!
Its an impossible question but i wonder how much of the enjoyment i had doing trackdays was down to the GT3 - ie would it be as enjoyable in a car not as quick. I guess one has to suck it and see. A 968 sport is well within budget and is the same as the CS under the skin - but will it just feel slow? And will i be a rolling roadblock with all the 911s buzzing around.
I've never driven an Elise or any lotus, nor been on track with them. I'm guessing they must handle really well - do they have the grunt and do they make a nice noise?
Cheers
I tried a caterham briefly and it felt very raw and very exposed!
Its an impossible question but i wonder how much of the enjoyment i had doing trackdays was down to the GT3 - ie would it be as enjoyable in a car not as quick. I guess one has to suck it and see. A 968 sport is well within budget and is the same as the CS under the skin - but will it just feel slow? And will i be a rolling roadblock with all the 911s buzzing around.
I've never driven an Elise or any lotus, nor been on track with them. I'm guessing they must handle really well - do they have the grunt and do they make a nice noise?
Cheers
This is such a difficult topic.
One of our clients has a caterham and i tried it yesterday. Out in the sun its a hoot to drive - but when we went got faster i felt very exposed. Its a far more raw experience than the gt3 for sure - the fault is with me, but i felt uneasy driving it very quickly. At lower speeds on B roads, i really enjoyed the raw feel and noise of it all.
That mini is interesting, i've been given a cooper s as a loan car by bmw while my car is with them and its a hoot to drive.
I keep thinking back to my mate's E46 M3 - it has a wonderful zingy engine and is very quick.
I feel i'm getting into the unknown. Don't know enough about the other cars and not sure i've got the time to do so rather than just getting on and driving! The more i think about this whole thing the more im tending toward perhaps continuing to track the gt3. Problem with that is im not sure the M&M exhaust i've put on the car would get through any of the stricter noise regs. I wonder though if it would affect one's commitment, shouldn't be on the ragged edge anyway but one could end up holding back a wee bit - i dont think it would affect the enjoyment that much.
Lots of food for thought
One of our clients has a caterham and i tried it yesterday. Out in the sun its a hoot to drive - but when we went got faster i felt very exposed. Its a far more raw experience than the gt3 for sure - the fault is with me, but i felt uneasy driving it very quickly. At lower speeds on B roads, i really enjoyed the raw feel and noise of it all.
That mini is interesting, i've been given a cooper s as a loan car by bmw while my car is with them and its a hoot to drive.
I keep thinking back to my mate's E46 M3 - it has a wonderful zingy engine and is very quick.
I feel i'm getting into the unknown. Don't know enough about the other cars and not sure i've got the time to do so rather than just getting on and driving! The more i think about this whole thing the more im tending toward perhaps continuing to track the gt3. Problem with that is im not sure the M&M exhaust i've put on the car would get through any of the stricter noise regs. I wonder though if it would affect one's commitment, shouldn't be on the ragged edge anyway but one could end up holding back a wee bit - i dont think it would affect the enjoyment that much.
Lots of food for thought
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