Popular inexpensive track car?
Discussion
I saw the Track Days heading and thought that if one was interested in track days, then you might have some knowledge to pass on about what are good track cars.
I'm not sure how to move this myself so perhaps someone could do it for me. Thanks.
I'm not sure how to move this myself so perhaps someone could do it for me. Thanks.
Edited by KH on Wednesday 15th June 07:18
KH said:
I'd like to buy a car which I would wrap in matt Carbon black and then try to sell on for a small profit. I have a budget up to £3000. Any ideas what would go down well? I don't know what's popular, but was thinking Renault Clio, Mazda MX5, Golf?
Thanks all.
You are Mike Brewer AICMFPThanks all.
A track day is an opportunity, within a set of rules, to take your car on a race track.
It's not an opportunity to race - either against someone else or the clock.
But it is an opportunity to drive at speeds well in excess of the public highway, to learn and improve your high speed driving skills, and to understand how your car behaves under extreme conditions.
You can then start throwing money at the hobby to ensure that both you and the car get better at it!
It's not an opportunity to race - either against someone else or the clock.
But it is an opportunity to drive at speeds well in excess of the public highway, to learn and improve your high speed driving skills, and to understand how your car behaves under extreme conditions.
You can then start throwing money at the hobby to ensure that both you and the car get better at it!
KH said:
...well because I thought everyone showed off their cars before they drove them. A bit like a Supercar Sunday. I don't know. I've never been to a track day. It was just an idea. Not a good one by the sounds of it.
To an extent. Mind you I usually wash the car after the trackday and in one extreme case mine was so much covered in dust that it was referred to as matt-black, wheareas it is metallic black actully...chris7676 said:
To an extent....
Really? I tend to think the people who track day their cars tend to be the opposite of the chaps who park up in fields to talk about how they have made the engine bay so sparkly etc. Most cars tend to a) get returned home and if not needing new pads, oil or similar abandoned until the next track day b) also a daily driver so just used like a normal car and not thought of as 'pride and joy' or c) rescued from the scrap yard and lucky to make it round the track let alone shown off (usually old sierras and 328i's) 
KH said:
It was just an idea. Not a good one by the sounds of it.
Well at least it was a good idea to ask people before going ahead! Otherwise 6 months down the line the thread entitled:"I put a wrap on my track car and now I can't sell it for twice the price...why?"
Would have gone much worse!
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