What track car?
Discussion
Been musing for a while about picking up something for about £1000 or less and having some fun a) learning my way around the car as I'm not very good with spanners, and b) eventually tracking it and learning my way around those.
The obvious choices are MR2s and E36s but I wanted to hear about some maybe slightly madder ideas.
For example, a Citroen AX with a VTS engine in caught my eye the other day, especially as it was rocking the sleeper look bar the full roll cage.
So the criteria are:
-less than £1000 (to buy)
-nothing blindingly obvious.
-the more barmy the better.
The obvious choices are MR2s and E36s but I wanted to hear about some maybe slightly madder ideas.
For example, a Citroen AX with a VTS engine in caught my eye the other day, especially as it was rocking the sleeper look bar the full roll cage.
So the criteria are:
-less than £1000 (to buy)
-nothing blindingly obvious.
-the more barmy the better.
If you want to learn spannering, i suggest finding something old and mechanic, EFI/electrical ignition is all nice and all, but if it's buggered, you have little options other then going to a garage. Now getting something with carbs/dizzy is going to get you an old car, which has it own troubles, but in general, anything that isnt on the car to begin with wont break.
As for obviousness, most obvious track cars will be obvious/oft-seen because they are the best options. Sure you could go for an Audi 80/A4 (in beige, on steelies with plastic hubcaps) instead of an e36, but the e36 is likely the better car
As for obviousness, most obvious track cars will be obvious/oft-seen because they are the best options. Sure you could go for an Audi 80/A4 (in beige, on steelies with plastic hubcaps) instead of an e36, but the e36 is likely the better car
Vitorio said:
If you want to learn spannering, i suggest finding something old and mechanic, EFI/electrical ignition is all nice and all, but if it's buggered, you have little options other then going to a garage. Now getting something with carbs/dizzy is going to get you an old car, which has it own troubles, but in general, anything that isnt on the car to begin with wont break.
As for obviousness, most obvious track cars will be obvious/oft-seen because they are the best options. Sure you could go for an Audi 80/A4 (in beige, on steelies with plastic hubcaps) instead of an e36, but the e36 is likely the better car
what makes you say that? the only time i go to a garage is for an MOT. a code reader can be had off ebay for about a tenner and will do just about everything a garage can (this is on cars that can be had for ~£1k, more modern, expensive cars may be different)As for obviousness, most obvious track cars will be obvious/oft-seen because they are the best options. Sure you could go for an Audi 80/A4 (in beige, on steelies with plastic hubcaps) instead of an e36, but the e36 is likely the better car
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