Desperate need for some rwd suggestions

[anonymous-user]

What are you smoking???
Place your bets on a gull winged Elise under 25 k

Or a Skyline GTR with a custom dash


You do need to build something

[Mr Tidy]

Nice dilemma you have there OP!

I could never justify Z4M price or running costs, so I bought a cheapy Z4C, but it is pretty stunning!

2 days after I took a deposit on my Ruby Black one I realised what I had done , so I went 100 miles to Warwickshire to put a deposit on a Montego Blue one! Fantastic cars!

I expect the M models are similar, but maybe +25%!

Good luck with the search - hope you find something you enjoy!

[g8ape]

Thanks for the kind words and understanding in reality a Z4M coupe or roadster is as close as Im going to get, I have a pending house sale perhaps I can justify a nice Z4M if all goes to pan...

I kind dream of a RWD Honda Civic type R (non triangle nonsense exhaust version) a four seater RWD LSD hatchback for less than £10k would be perfect.

A GT86/BRZ comes close but Ive just ended my 2nd Subaru love affair and what I'd convinced myself was a good engine design in reality is a 'split block, leak inclined double headed smash your hands flat with a hammer to change the plugs' Frankenstein of an engine.

Straight six BMW shimmed valves in a temperature controlled hermetically sealed room here I.....er.....oh I don't know

[LordGrover]

g8ape said:

...
A GT86/BRZ comes close but Ive just ended my 2nd Subaru love affair and what I'd convinced myself was a good engine design in reality is a 'split block, leak inclined double headed smash your hands flat with a hammer to change the plugs' Frankenstein of an engine.
...

It's only at 80,000 miles isn't it? Maybe twice in the car's lifetime? I wouldn't discount them just for that reason.
Have you driven the BRZ or GT86 yet?

[hornetrider]

g8ape said:

I bought a Hiace 2.7 auto in jan 2016, it is rwd and a great fit most things van....
Still looking for the right car, budget has grown as Ive just sold a Forester XT, still have a soft spot for Lexus IS300 sport cross although don't do enough regular miles to bother with an auto now.

Ive narrowed the search down to -

A waterproof Caterham SV.

A gull winged S2 Elise.

A Z4MC with a sunroof and larger boot.

A Porsche Cayenne turbo with switchable 2 - 4 wheel drive.

A R34 Skyline that doesn't have a cheap flakey looking interior, again with switchable 2 - 4 wheel drive.

BRZ or GT86 but with good rear lights more bhp and a straight six engine.

Lexus LFA under £25k.

E46 3.8 M5 engined Touring, sunroof, heated memory seats & LSD.

Think I need to build something...

An eclectic mix there. I know its bad form to suggest your own car, but given you've mentioned Cayenne and an E46 touring, I have a manual 550i in the classifieds which ticks a lot of boxes.

[TommoAE86]

g8ape said:

A R34 Skyline that doesn't have a cheap flakey looking interior, again with switchable 2 - 4 wheel drive.

I love Skyline's and I love mine even more but even with R34's you're going to get a 'traditional Japanese' interior with one of these. Mine's decidedly early 90's but everything works, everything still fits together properly, everything is easy to read. Makes my old S-type look horrifically over done

[g8ape]

I will check out the manual 550i.

Will try and find a good Skyline to look at also, thanks!

BRZ/GT86 Im sure they deserve the hype and I should drive one, but I do like fiddling on mechanically I assume it would be fairly straight forward to turbo one, has it been done? People must have by now...

[g8ape]

hornetrider said:

An eclectic mix there. I know its bad form to suggest your own car, but given you've mentioned Cayenne and an E46 touring, I have a manual 550i in the classifieds which ticks a lot of boxes.

I can't find your manual 550i, have you more details?

[C70R]

g8ape said:

hornetrider said:

An eclectic mix there. I know its bad form to suggest your own car, but given you've mentioned Cayenne and an E46 touring, I have a manual 550i in the classifieds which ticks a lot of boxes.

I can't find your manual 550i, have you more details?

Methinks it's this one (a touring): http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/b...

Looks to be a cracker, and absolutely on point for your needs.

[g8ape]

C70R said:

Methinks it's this one (a touring): http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/b...

Looks to be a cracker, and absolutely on point for your needs.

Thanks it does look good!

Theres a TVR Tuscan rolling chassis and shell in the classifieds thats intriguing especially with a LS or even 2JZ GTE & V160 fitted, would be a labour of love rather than an investment tho but...

[skyrover]

RWD: Check
Fun: Check
Track day: Check (dirt track)
Sunny day: Check (take roof off)
School run: Check
DIY: Check.. you wont get a more DIY friendly car.

[cerb4.5lee]

g8ape said:

R2T2 said:

Nissan 200SX
Nissan Skyline GTT (Same engine as the GTR, slightly different design but RWD)
Nissan Silvia?
Mercedes E55?
Mercedes CLS55?
BMW M5/6 (V10)
BMW 335i?

Thank you, I've never owned a Nissan perhaps that's the trick I'm missing

I have had a TVR Cerbera/Z4M/E92 M3...yet my 200SX was the most fun for me out of all of them overall and the one I miss the most.

I would love a S15 Silvia for sure.

[g8ape]

skyrover said:

RWD: Check
Fun: Check
Track day: Check (dirt track)
Sunny day: Check (take roof off)
School run: Check
DIY: Check.. you wont get a more DIY friendly car.

Good call Im partial to a bit of britishess also, are Defenders RWD though?

[Valgar]

g8ape said:

I will check out the manual 550i.

Will try and find a good Skyline to look at also, thanks!

BRZ/GT86 Im sure they deserve the hype and I should drive one, but I do like fiddling on mechanically I assume it would be fairly straight forward to turbo one, has it been done? People must have by now...

Oh definitely loads in America, Litchfield also do a supercharger.

An American company call crawford performance do a 500hp turbo kit but you would need better internals http://crawfordperformance.com/collections/brz-frs...

I've watched reviews that say the turbo Crawford is too powerful and upsets the balance.

[g8ape]

cerb4.5lee said:

I have had a TVR Cerbera/Z4M/E92 M3...yet my 200SX was the most fun for me out of all of them overall and the one I miss the most.

I would love a S15 Silvia for sure.

Its a car I look for quite regularly, almost seems as if the time for them has passed now. It seems harder an harder to get low milage interesting cars; my theory being that there are so many euro boxes being sold that the 'interesting' cars are getting rarer/more sort after. Ive done the TVR thing with a Griffith, 3 years of life I won't get back, but on the right day...

I know Im over thinking this whole next car issue, I suspect I need a 'transformer' some kind of BMW touring, Elise-Caterham-Bowler-LFA hybrid would fit the bill

[g8ape]

Valgar said:

Oh definitely loads in America, Litchfield also do a supercharger.

An American company call crawford performance do a 500hp turbo kit but you would need better internals http://crawfordperformance.com/collections/brz-frs...

I've watched reviews that say the turbo Crawford is too powerful and upsets the balance.

Thanks for this!

[OverSteery]

g8ape said:

Good call Im partial to a bit of britishess also, are Defenders RWD though?

No, defenders are all permanent 4 wd. but all the "series" land rovers (before 90/110s, which were before Defenders) are Rear drive with selectable 4wd

[skyrover]

g8ape said:

Good call Im partial to a bit of britishess also, are Defenders RWD though?

It's not a defender, it's a series which is 2wd/4wd selectable.

Defenders are full time 4wd although you can make them 2wd by either buying a kit from Ashcroft, or pulling off the front prop and locking the center differential

[OverSteery]

skyrover said:

It's not a defender, it's a series which is 2wd/4wd selectable.

Defenders are full time 4wd although you can make them 2wd by either buying a kit from Ashcroft, or pulling off the front prop and locking the center differential

Is converting to 2wd common? Are Land rovers taking to the drift scene?

[g8ape]

skyrover said:

It's not a defender, it's a series which is 2wd/4wd selectable.

Defenders are full time 4wd although you can make them 2wd by either buying a kit from Ashcroft, or pulling off the front prop and locking the center differential

Well I didn't know that! Thanks!