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BeastMaster

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443 posts

216 months

Thursday 1st July 2010
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Hi Guys

The wife's Fiat Coupé 20vturbo has got to go, been a fantastic compliment to the Chimaera as a fun quick car but what does she replace it with?

We also have the trusty VW for the boring stuff.

She is a complete car nut, and not only appreciates a good looking car but is great behind the wheel liking a butch feel to her drive.

Typically she does not buy for a badge, and hates those who do, particularly those that have the gear but no idea, so does not want the usual fair.

Loves the TVR, but wants her own pride and joy, which should be a roadster and practical enough to use on occasional business trips. We both use the TVR for a blast, and have used it for touring and holidays, the replacement will take over the longer fun trips.

So we are starting to look at Nissan 350Z roadster, as it would appear to be a great drivers car, does not have a badge, has a butch look and feel and should be practical enough to park in a company visitors car park

We would love to get some feed back, other ideas thoughts please

Many thanks

Angie & Andy

p.s she drives like she stole it, must be the Italian blood, which causes quite a reaction with a lot of blokes when she is out in the Tiv

DonkeyApple

69,791 posts

198 months

Thursday 1st July 2010
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BeastMaster said:
Hi Guys

The wife's Fiat Coupé 20vturbo has got to go, been a fantastic compliment to the Chimaera as a fun quick car but what does she replace it with?

We also have the trusty VW for the boring stuff.

She is a complete car nut, and not only appreciates a good looking car but is great behind the wheel liking a butch feel to her drive.

Typically she does not buy for a badge, and hates those who do, particularly those that have the gear but no idea, so does not want the usual fair.

Loves the TVR, but wants her own pride and joy, which should be a roadster and practical enough to use on occasional business trips. We both use the TVR for a blast, and have used it for touring and holidays, the replacement will take over the longer fun trips.

So we are starting to look at Nissan 350Z roadster, as it would appear to be a great drivers car, does not have a badge, has a butch look and feel and should be practical enough to park in a company visitors car park

We would love to get some feed back, other ideas thoughts please

Many thanks

Angie & Andy

p.s she drives like she stole it, must be the Italian blood, which causes quite a reaction with a lot of blokes when she is out in the Tiv
XKR convertible?

Cheap to buy, runs very well, looks nice and simply superb for long jaunts and also pretty good for slinging around.

scotty_d

6,795 posts

223 months

Thursday 1st July 2010
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I would say the Boxter i know it has a badge but they drive very nice or a honda s2k, bmw z3m that would be my top 3 away from the tvr.

Edited by scotty_d on Thursday 1st July 12:33

peteA

2,761 posts

263 months

Thursday 1st July 2010
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scotty_d said:
I would say the Boxter i know it has a badge but they drive very nice or a honda s3k, bmw z3m that would be my top 3 away from the tvr.
S2000...

Elise maybe...?

Daston

6,148 posts

232 months

Thursday 1st July 2010
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TVR S3?


Mattt

16,664 posts

247 months

Thursday 1st July 2010
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Z4 3.0i Roadsters are reasonable money, and pretty good. I had one for 2 years.

Zippee

14,125 posts

263 months

Thursday 1st July 2010
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350Z roadster woul get my vote - awesome little cars!

Ozmira

1,175 posts

218 months

Thursday 1st July 2010
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Db7 or a cobra replica £££ dependant but you also need to consider what kind of job she does as I'm sure she doesn't want to have a better car than the boss. Unless of course she is the boss.

d18mca

314 posts

226 months

Thursday 1st July 2010
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350Z gets my vote.

Barkychoc

7,848 posts

233 months

Thursday 1st July 2010
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Sticking with TVR - Tamora?

Nice modern shape without being too OTT.

DonnyMac

3,634 posts

232 months

Thursday 1st July 2010
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This - http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/sales/1689898.htm

Brother has one and I smile everytime I see it.

Gazzab

21,638 posts

311 months

Thursday 1st July 2010
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Budget?

LordGrover

34,164 posts

241 months

Friday 2nd July 2010
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DonnyMac said:
This - http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/sales/1689898.htm

Brother has one and I smile everytime I see it.
Odd ad. No pictures of front or interior.

BeastMaster

Original Poster:

443 posts

216 months

Friday 2nd July 2010
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Thanks for alternatives.

Sorry, budget around £16500

The XKR could be interesting, but not sure it would fit in garage and may be too expensive as would need to buy supercharged version to have comparible performance to the Fiat.

Looked at boxter, Z4, S2K, and all seemed a little soft, and would feel like a step back in performance

Angie & Andy

Gazzab

21,638 posts

311 months

Friday 2nd July 2010
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I thought S2000 is meant to be reasonably hardcore ie revvy engine etc.. That would be my fave. Cant get to grips with the looks of the Nissan drop top.

Bassfiend

5,530 posts

279 months

Friday 2nd July 2010
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Definitely take a look at the RX-8 - I had one before the Chim and loved it ... reliable as hell, cheap to service and wasn't too expensive in fuel and oil either.

70,000 miles in 3 years... biggrin

Phil

mark387mw

2,206 posts

296 months

Saturday 3rd July 2010
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