The Best ///M/Barge/General Rant/Look at this/O/T (Vol XVII)
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Scho said:
Dear Beards,
Please help. Mate of mine has 4K burning a hole in his pocket.
He wants a weekend thing that an keep up when we go off hooning around wales and can handle the odd track day.
Suggested 986 box , Can't handle the hair dresser bit.
Smoked around in a 951 for a year or so and loved it but they are way out of budget now! Would an NA 944 be a terrible shout?
RX8 PZ (Prodrive tweaked one)?Please help. Mate of mine has 4K burning a hole in his pocket.
He wants a weekend thing that an keep up when we go off hooning around wales and can handle the odd track day.
Suggested 986 box , Can't handle the hair dresser bit.
Smoked around in a 951 for a year or so and loved it but they are way out of budget now! Would an NA 944 be a terrible shout?
LaurasOtherHalf said:
rejn said:
bungle said:
Probably have to hang my head in shame in here, but I really like these. Never seen one in the flash though, but was reminded of them in another thread.
http://www.romansinternational.com/car/1155/audi-a...
http://www.romansinternational.com/car/1155/audi-a...
I'm with you bungle.Definitely something strangely and irrationally desirable about them.
E30M3SE said:
But, you do realise the a RHD GT is not the same as a LHD GT?
Same colour and 'frock' but different engine internals?
Yes. These have been done to death over the course of many volumes. £20k would but a lot of engine modifications if the differences were important. Can't see the 60k euro value in the car, personally.Same colour and 'frock' but different engine internals?
E30M3SE said:
But, you do realise the a RHD GT is not the same as a LHD GT?
Same colour and 'frock' but different engine internals?
Define "internals", though.Same colour and 'frock' but different engine internals?
As I understood it (and forgive me, it's been a few years), the LHD cars were blueprinted and wore a freer flowing manifold, which the RHD cars couldn't have sue to the steering rack.
Otherwise the internals were the same, non?
But what I'd give for a nice shiny red GT2
Pennyroyal Tea said:
Define "internals", though.
As I understood it (and forgive me, it's been a few years), the LHD cars were blueprinted and wore a freer flowing manifold, which the RHD cars couldn't have sue to the steering rack.
Otherwise the internals were the same, non?
But what I'd give for a nice shiny red GT2
I doubt any M engine has ever been blueprinted from factory...As I understood it (and forgive me, it's been a few years), the LHD cars were blueprinted and wore a freer flowing manifold, which the RHD cars couldn't have sue to the steering rack.
Otherwise the internals were the same, non?
But what I'd give for a nice shiny red GT2
Happily proved wrong, though!
Edit to add Road going M engine
Gruber said:
bungle said:
Probably have to hang my head in shame in here, but I really like these. Never seen one in the flash though, but was reminded of them in another thread.
http://www.romansinternational.com/car/1155/audi-a...
I was looking at that very advert just the other day thinking these were an interesting curio. And then I popped into West London Audi and had a poke around an S1 (which some of the reviews suggest is actually a slightly better car). Trouble is, it felt like I was sitting on a dining chair, even with the seat in its lowest position. http://www.romansinternational.com/car/1155/audi-a...
Strangely temptng though as a little nippy, grippy pocket rocket.
Veeayt said:
ferrisbueller said:
I doubt it's the amount of cabbage they've speculatively got it up for.
Even if it is a GT2.
A friend of mine bought an immaculate one for 14KEuro back in 2010.Even if it is a GT2.
They wouldn't be alone in the current environment of escalating prices but I don't see where the additional value is that makes it worth 5 times more than a top notch M3. Obviously someone must be paying if they're all listed at that kind of number, assuming they are selling.
0a said:
£14k for a pre-Highline with comfort seats and a missing service book, in need of both a new exhaust and returning to its proper ride height, looks a bit optimitic to me. Gruber said:
0a said:
£14k for a pre-Highline with comfort seats and a missing service book, in need of both a new exhaust and returning to its proper ride height, looks a bit optimitic to me. 0a said:
If it's in otherwise great condition then I don't thank that's unrealistic. £10k is easy to drop on a 6 to bring it back to health. The e28 M535 is climbing to 5 figures for a reasonable one, the m5 is long gone from £10k levels. A lowish mile 635 in great condition (needing the ride height correcting admittedly, and if this car is good otherwise) with work done seems like a reasonable 10-20k car to me.
There's a big gap between £10k and £20k though (stating the bleedin' obvious). These haven't really moved that much in value in the last 5 years. They are very slow to sell - most of them end up on the market for ages. And my guess is that that one will be around for a while at that price, with that spec, with partial history at best, still on TRXs (£400 a corner), etc etc.
Don't get me wrong - I'm a huge e24 fan. But I'll be amazed if that one sells for £14k any time soon.
As for the M535 climbing into 5 figures... it'll have to be better than "reasonable" for that money.
ETA... just because it's been a while and hardly a week goes by when I don't miss this:
Edited by Gruber on Saturday 7th May 15:44
Edited by Gruber on Saturday 7th May 15:45
k me does the Boxster not sound immense. Merc fairly muted in comparison.Gassing Station | General Gassing | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff