Daihatsu Copen. Would I be crazy to buy one...

[jimmyb]

to turn into a sleeper. Ok it may sound gay but i think they are actually quite cool looking little cars. Sure i may look a t*t driving one at 6 foot 2 but i am tempted to buy one then soup up the engine somewhat to make it a lot quicker. Thinking along the lines of a supercharger or something.


Your thoughts.
Thanks in advance.

[jimmyb]

[quote=EDLT]Or an MX-5...[/quote



Well done someone had to say it..

AS for the cappucino dont like the looks that much.

[jimmyb]

Kentish said:

Wadeski said:

yes but a TT is a heavy old tank compared to a Cappuccino or Copen.

if you want a lightweight sportser, for the price of a copen....get a Westfield.

Nice and solid

And I don't think the weight defferential will consume the 158bhp difference between the two cars

And the copen gets to 60 in a leisurely 11.3 seconds compared to 6.4 in the TT

Top speed:-
Copen - 106
TT - 155mph

Sorry, no contest - I think my wife likes Copens though

Interesting thinking but the whole point is people will see the copen and think aaaaw cute (how gay is he) . Now if there was a way to soup it up substantially say mybe supercharge or twin turbo or maybe even swop out the normal engine for a hayubusa or somesuch leave all styling as normal as possible it may make for a laugh and may certainly embarrass a few chavs.

[jimmyb]

Ok so lets say i forgive the cap its looks at the end of the day it has one major advantage in that its rwd, my biggest problem is that i am much more keen on the idea of a supercharger than a turbo to kill off lag unless it was possible to twin two stage turbo charge it like the new beemers so that i have fairly linear acceleration. I suppose at the end of the day i should really go have a look at both and see what sort of engine setup they have and space for mods.