£4000 and in need of some rwd fun

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I like the Mk Vi Supra but looks like non turbo versions or a very tired 200 SX.

Twin turbo 300 ZX interesting but not too sure of styling.

£4K says MR2 turbo, but would like a 4 seater. anyone with ideas or Jap import websites?

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Thanks chaps - i would have thought MKIV Supras (non turbos) would have hit the magic £4K by now...keeping a keen eye out on the import websites...

GT4 is a good suggestion... I am gonna lock myself away this w/e with a couple of copies of Autotrader...!

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trackdemon said:

Isuzu Piazza - Find one, where do you service it?

WOW! You've heard of the Isuzu Piazza?

My mum bought one when Alan Day, the Nth London Merc dealer were selling them off cheap. It was back in 87 and it was a D reg. I remember it really well since it arrived only a couple of weeks after I passed my driving test and by that time I had got a bit bored with my bronze 1.2 Clio. (we all have to start somewhere - but no I didn't spray the wheels gold to pass it off as a Williams!)

When I was allowed out in it I must say that it was THAT car that gave me the need for speed! It had all the toys for a £8995 car and it was 130bhp, quite alot for a 17 yr old in those days! Anyway, my mum, who, sad too admit, is a bit of a numpty on the roads(!) and crashed it a few times and in the end the insurers decided it was time to send it up to Isuzu heaven...

Isuzu discontinued them a short while after, concentrating on the 4x4 Troopers ... I would seriously consider one if I see an unabused one. They are a few hundred quid now and it might be worth hooning one around a couple of laps at Rockingham.

It got panned in the automotive press though, something about the ancient leaf suspension. Not too sure what that means but it seriously didn't matter when I was 17!

Good suggestions on the rest. There are more cars circled in Autotrader now!

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Gazboy said:

I have to ask, why do you want a 4k rear driver, when you've got a Chimera and Alfa 3v6?

Good question. I am lazy and haven`t updated my profile. Oh well, just updated it and basically the answer is I sold the Alfa 164 V6 in the spring. It was a very good car, no problems and sold to another Alfa enthusiast (bought for £800 and sold for £700 after around 2 years!!).

Am thinking of going to a couple of track days and being a bit of a chicken, I don't want to track it in the Chim, so looking for a relatively low cost, low maintainence set of wheels which has the potential to be tuned up performance wise (hence japanese cars) once the overdraft gets extended!

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Gazboy said:

E30 M3?

Perfect for tracking and I like the icon/classic status but not for £4K surely??

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gruffy said:

If it's for track shenanigans you could look at an mx5. Cheap, chuckable, hard to break, easy to tune.

younger sis just started her first job and is looking at an imported Eunos...if i ask nicely....