Find me a trackday car! (£3k budget, RWD, manual)

[sam303]

My bro is doing a track day next week and rather than take his (new, DSG) Scirocco on track he wants to buy a car in the next few days and sell it immediately after the track day. He's got 3 grand to spend, he wants RWD, manual and as much powah! as possible. And - the car must be in the Sheffield area - ish.

Suggestions please!

Edited to add: needs to be road legal rather than a dedicated track day car.

Edited by sam303 on Friday 27th April 10:11

[The Dirty Bubble]

http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/sales/list.asp?g=5&am...

[Moog72]

Would he not be better off hiring something for a day rather than buying (and therefore having to tax and insure it)? Unless of course it will get there via trailer or something.

I know some track day operators hire things like Caterhams at reasonable cost

[sam303]

OK should have clarified - he needs something road legal. He's been considering E36 M3s, RX8s and that sort of thing. He doesn't have a trailer so it needs to be able to get to the track and back.

[PaperCut]

I had put a Lexus IS300, but i see they're all automatics. An IS200 Manual? Not the most chuckable car, but something different yet still 6-cyl, RWD, Manual...

I would avoid an RX-8 for £3k!

Other suggestions are the typical E46 330i, Nissan 200SX/Silvia etc. A few obscure Japanese cars or even a sorted Porsche 944 S2?

[EDLT]

Hire a Caterham.

[Efbe]

sam303 said:

OK should have clarified - he needs something road legal. He's been considering E36 M3s, RX8s and that sort of thing. He doesn't have a trailer so it needs to be able to get to the track and back.

how about this:
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2012...

If he is tracking it, then I would suggest spending much less than £3000, and using the rest to track prep it.

[0a]

Efbe said:

If he is tracking it, then I would suggest spending much less than £3000, and using the rest to track prep it.

OP said:

he wants to buy a car in the next few days and sell it immediately after the track day

Blimey, track prepping a car for one track day!

[Efbe]

0a said:

Blimey, track prepping a car for one track day!

I didn't read it well enough.

for one day though, I'd spend as little as possible.

[ADM06]

This seems a really odd idea to me. Isn't part of the joy of a track day is that you get to explore the limits of your car in the appropriate environment? Buying and selling a car in the matter of days.. What is he going to say to potential buyers?
I'd rather build a track car, and feel it improve each time I changed some parts and fiddle with things.

[BusaMK]

Very strange idea. First thoughts would be E36 328 and get a hydraulic handbrake on it, and then go drifting after the trackday...