So how fast can you go for £2k. Just curious.

[Jazoli]

You could do 186mph and 0-60 in 3 seconds if you buy a used litre superbike for £2k, which you can!

[u04pww2]

Fiat coupe 20vTurbo.

0-100mph in 14.5 seconds, although the prices for good ones have started rising rapidly lately.

[SonicShadow]

Tatty MR2 Turbo can still be had under 2k. Buy one with a boost controller already fitted

[Slow]

My leggy e46 330i will do 155mph limited and cost me £350.

[slipstream 1985]

SonicShadow said:

Tatty MR2 Turbo can still be had under 2k. Buy one with a boost controller already fitted

I took mine to 150mph 14 years ago and that was an old car then. Would hate to do that speed now.

[deltashad]

Jazoli said:

You could do 186mph and 0-60 in 3 seconds if you buy a used litre superbike for £2k, which you can!

Read the OP

If you empty out most of the interior would that count as modifying?
Some of these 2k sheds would really shift.

[Mr2Mike]

slipstream 1985 said:

I took mine to 150mph 14 years ago and that was an old car then. Would hate to do that speed now.

Mine always felt very nervous at higher speeds. Not a car I was ever compelled to find the top end of to be honest (even though I delimited it), but an otherwise brilliant car.

[shakotan]

Tyre Smoke said:

shakotan said:

Audi A8 4.2 Quattro.

0-60 in low 6s.
Remove the limiter and you'll see 170mph+

Which bit of 'no fiddling' did you struggle with in the OP?

It doesnt say 'No fiddling', it says 'Bog stock cars, no tuning'.

Removing a limiter isn't tuning, you're not affecting the map or power output in any way.

[TonyRPH]

Lewis Kingston said:

I got 141mph out of a £500 XJ Sport, so hopefully better than that!

Good effort, and a good read

[BigBen]

I recently bought a Boxster S for £2k which in theory will do 160ish. I doubt this particular one will though as it has seen better days.

With some luck £2k might get a W220 Merc S600TT which will do almost 200 with the limiter removed (no modifications just a menu change on a computer)

Ben

[egor110]

What's the criteria for fast ?

0-60

Top speed

If handling counts a Clio 1-2 or civic r type would get you round a track quicker and only a second or 2 slower to 60 than a aero

[pSyCoSiS]

There are a fair few cars you can buy that will fit the bill:

Jaguar XJ - X300 XJR Supercharger / X308 XJ8 4.0 V8 / X308 XJR V8 Supercharged / X350 XJ8 4.2 V8

Jaguar S Type 4.0 V8 / S Type R

BMW 3 Series - E46 330i

BMW 5 Series - E39 530i / E39 535i / E39 540i / E60 530i / E60 545i

BMW 7 Series - E38 740i / E38 750i V12 / E65 735i / E65 745i

Audi A8 - 4.2 V8

Mercedes E Class - W210 E430 V8 / W210 E55 AMG / W211 E500 V8

Mercedes S Class - W140 S500 / W220 S500

Lexus - GS430 / LS400 V8

[Integroo]

egor110 said:

What's the criteria for fast ?

0-60

Top speed

If handling counts a Clio 1-2 or civic r type would get you round a track quicker and only a second or 2 slower to 60 than a aero

It would be a pretty ratty ep3 for 2k nowadays

[culpz]

egor110 said:

What's the criteria for fast ?

0-60

Top speed

If handling counts a Clio 1-2 or civic r type would get you round a track quicker and only a second or 2 slower to 60 than a aero

I was gonna say that.

Someone posted a Saab Aero on page 1 i think but the 0-60 on that was only 7.8, accordingly to AT. Granted it was an automatic an may not be accurate but still.

I suppose the Aero would be much quicker in gear though.

[anonymous-user]

pSyCoSiS said:

There are a fair few cars you can buy that will fit the bill:

Jaguar XJ - X300 XJR Supercharger / X308 XJ8 4.0 V8 / X308 XJR V8 Supercharged / X350 XJ8 4.2 V8

Jaguar S Type 4.0 V8 / S Type R

BMW 3 Series - E46 330i

BMW 5 Series - E39 530i / E39 535i / E39 540i / E60 530i / E60 545i

BMW 7 Series - E38 740i / E38 750i V12 / E65 735i / E65 745i

Audi A8 - 4.2 V8

Mercedes E Class - W210 E430 V8 / W210 E55 AMG / W211 E500 V8

Mercedes S Class - W140 S500 / W220 S500

Lexus - GS430 / LS400 V8

Decent W210 E55s cost a lot more than 2k these days!

[culpz]

Integroo said:

egor110 said:

What's the criteria for fast ?

0-60

Top speed

If handling counts a Clio 1-2 or civic r type would get you round a track quicker and only a second or 2 slower to 60 than a aero

It would be a pretty ratty ep3 for 2k nowadays

Can get a decent Clio for that though. There's barely anything in it between the two either.

[culpz]

ruprechtmonkeyboy said:

pSyCoSiS said:

There are a fair few cars you can buy that will fit the bill:

Jaguar XJ - X300 XJR Supercharger / X308 XJ8 4.0 V8 / X308 XJR V8 Supercharged / X350 XJ8 4.2 V8

Jaguar S Type 4.0 V8 / S Type R

BMW 3 Series - E46 330i

BMW 5 Series - E39 530i / E39 535i / E39 540i / E60 530i / E60 545i

BMW 7 Series - E38 740i / E38 750i V12 / E65 735i / E65 745i

Audi A8 - 4.2 V8

Mercedes E Class - W210 E430 V8 / W210 E55 AMG / W211 E500 V8

Mercedes S Class - W140 S500 / W220 S500

Lexus - GS430 / LS400 V8

Decent W210 E55s cost a lot more than 2k these days!

Same with the S Type R and a few others on that list too!

[egor110]

culpz said:

egor110 said:

What's the criteria for fast ?

0-60

Top speed

If handling counts a Clio 1-2 or civic r type would get you round a track quicker and only a second or 2 slower to 60 than a aero

I was gonna say that.

Someone posted a Saab Aero on page 1 i think but the 0-60 on that was only 7.8, accordingly to AT. Granted it was an automatic an may not be accurate but still.

I suppose the Aero would be much quicker in gear though.

Isn't a manual aero 6.9 seconds to 60 ?

The saabs trump card though is it's acceleration in 3rd gear on a long straight road my clio cup would of been left floundering by my saab , however on a track i think the cup could of been quicker .

[Derventio]

I don't think removing a limiter counts a tuning so I think that's allowed so long as you can buy the car and cover the cost of getting the limiter removed for the £2K limit.

The reason I deliberately disqualified bikes is because I. Have seen Honda Blackbirds go for less than the thread limit and they get damn close to 200mph. Getting a bike that manages high speed is too easy so I am just looking at cars.

I'm quite surprised just how may cars are capable of 150 mph within this budget. Quite a few that I wouldn't mind owning TBH.

[M1C]

egor110 said:

culpz said:

egor110 said:

What's the criteria for fast ?

0-60

Top speed

If handling counts a Clio 1-2 or civic r type would get you round a track quicker and only a second or 2 slower to 60 than a aero

I was gonna say that.

Someone posted a Saab Aero on page 1 i think but the 0-60 on that was only 7.8, accordingly to AT. Granted it was an automatic an may not be accurate but still.

I suppose the Aero would be much quicker in gear though.

Isn't a manual aero 6.9 seconds to 60 ?

The saabs trump card though is it's acceleration in 3rd gear on a long straight road my clio cup would of been left floundering by my saab , however on a track i think the cup could of been quicker .

Manual version was quoted 6.5s to 60 and top speed of 155. Wish i'd kept mine!