What Jap Car?

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hodgy587

Original Poster:

676 posts

215 months

Saturday 17th February 2007
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Evening all, Slinky here..

A mate needs a new car, criteria as follows:

RWD
Turbo
£5k
Reasonable insurance

Turbo'd MX-5 or MR-2 taken out of the equation!

Make your suggestions folks!

Cheers,

slinky
587racing.com

MrFlibbles

7,692 posts

284 months

Saturday 17th February 2007
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hodgy587 said:
Evening all, Slinky here..

A mate needs a new car, criteria as follows:

RWD
Turbo
£5k
Reasonable insurance

Turbo'd MX-5 or MR-2 taken out of the equation!

Make your suggestions folks!

Cheers,

slinky
587racing.com


May i be the first with the obvious 200SX?

Why discount the MX5 and MR2 out of interest?

hodgy587

Original Poster:

676 posts

215 months

Saturday 17th February 2007
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MrFlibbles said:


May i be the first with the obvious 200SX?

Why discount the MX5 and MR2 out of interest?


MX-5, too hairdresser apparently, I tried to convince him otherwise, but he's not listening!

MR2 too snappy at the limit... apparently!

still slinky here btw..

Pierscoe1

2,458 posts

262 months

Saturday 17th February 2007
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old supras
200sx (s13 or s14)
starion
rx7 (but going to be a dodgy one at that money)
skyline gts-t (r32/r33)

MrFlibbles

7,692 posts

284 months

Saturday 17th February 2007
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hodgy587 said:
MrFlibbles said:


May i be the first with the obvious 200SX?

Why discount the MX5 and MR2 out of interest?


MX-5, too hairdresser apparently, I tried to convince him otherwise, but he's not listening!

MR2 too snappy at the limit... apparently!

still slinky here btw..


But both statements are bollox! Well the one about MR2s is anyway hehe

The rev 1 and to some extent the rev 2 cars were alledgely a bit snappy, but for £5k you'd be looking at a later rev 3 anyway which has some changes. (I cant be specific, I don tknow what they were exactly, but it had some dammit!)

FWIW My fists are made of ham and I never had a problem with my rev 2. When it did go, it was always catchable.

steve bowen

1,268 posts

225 months

Saturday 17th February 2007
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hodgy587 said:
MrFlibbles said:


May i be the first with the obvious 200SX?

Why discount the MX5 and MR2 out of interest?


MX-5, too hairdresser apparently, I tried to convince him otherwise, but he's not listening!

MR2 too snappy at the limit... apparently!

still slinky here btw..


I agree 200sx S14

MX5 hairdresser, MR2 snappy? Does your mate know anything about cars?

skid solo

324 posts

230 months

Saturday 17th February 2007
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If an MR2 is 'snappy' then what is the S14 SX?

Putting that aside, another vote for the 200. You can get a very good, clean example for the money he is prepared to pay.

slinky

15,704 posts

250 months

Sunday 18th February 2007
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steve bowen said:

I agree 200sx S14

MX5 hairdresser, MR2 snappy? Does your mate know anything about cars?


Not really!

shadowninja

76,373 posts

283 months

Sunday 18th February 2007
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MR2 Turbo is very quick (Chimaera quick - and handles much better than a Chimaera; I say this having owned both). The Rev 3 / 1994+ is indeed improved and less likely to catch you out in the wet. In the dry, its directness of steering and ability to turn in with no understeer and very little body roll puts a grin on my face. It's a proper driver's car. Think of it as a heavy Elise... with power.

200SXs aren't snappy at all - very progressive shift from grip to oversteer (I've owned one of these, too).

If he wants something fast, cheap and reliable, a standardish MR2 Turbo is hard to beat.

wadeski

8,160 posts

214 months

Sunday 18th February 2007
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tell him to stfu and buy an MR2Turbo.

honestly, people who complain they are "snappy" are exepecting it to drive like a Celica because of the badge on the front.

compared to equivalent-age RWD coupes (1990-1994) from TVR etc, it is as progressive as John Digweed on methadone.

KG @ R33 GTR

8 posts

207 months

Sunday 18th February 2007
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Id go for a skyline for that budget, prefer the R32 over the R33

mx-5 lazza

7,952 posts

220 months

Monday 19th February 2007
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hodgy587 said:
MX-5, too hairdresser apparently, I tried to convince him otherwise, but he's not listening!

I could shake that perception out of him with a passenger ride though my car would cost much more than £5k.
Honestly, I though the perception of an MX-5 as a hairdressers car had gone years ago!
My car is supercharged and is as fast as a Porsche Boxster S.
EVO magazine tested my car in their EVO Road & Track Car of the Year 2005 at the old Anglesey circuit and came to the conclusion that it was probably the best value track-day car on test!

shadowninja

76,373 posts

283 months

Monday 19th February 2007
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KG @ R33 GTR said:
Id go for a skyline for that budget, prefer the R32 over the R33


£5k wouldn't buy you a decent R32. The R32GTS-Ts were so underpowered. At least you'd get a lightly tuned R33 GTS-T, however.

slinky

15,704 posts

250 months

Monday 19th February 2007
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mx-5 lazza said:
hodgy587 said:
MX-5, too hairdresser apparently, I tried to convince him otherwise, but he's not listening!

I could shake that perception out of him with a passenger ride though my car would cost much more than £5k.
Honestly, I though the perception of an MX-5 as a hairdressers car had gone years ago!
My car is supercharged and is as fast as a Porsche Boxster S.
EVO magazine tested my car in their EVO Road & Track Car of the Year 2005 at the old Anglesey circuit and came to the conclusion that it was probably the best value track-day car on test!


Mate, I'd shake it out of him in mine if I could get him out in it! (gotta sort the drivetrain issue first though!!)

I think he's just decided that there are certain cars he doesn't want and won't be swayed either way, regardless of how good the car actually is! Looks like it's probably going to be 200sx if he gets around to doing anything..

Cheers all,

slinky

elster

17,517 posts

211 months

Tuesday 20th February 2007
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RX7

Andy Mac

73,668 posts

256 months

Tuesday 20th February 2007
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MR2 Turbo, or a 200 sx... Both great cars, although you can't really go wrong with any of the nutter jap cars. RX7, MX5, supras, etc, are all top notch, and there isn't really that much between them.

cptsideways

13,548 posts

253 months

Tuesday 20th February 2007
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2.5TT Soarer

speedmachine

366 posts

208 months

Thursday 22nd February 2007
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200sx S14 is a good choice for tht sort of money and supposed to be real fun to drive too. Only thing is I don't like the look of the back end!

turbo-tastic

973 posts

245 months

Thursday 22nd February 2007
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cptsideways said:
2.5TT Soarer


I was going to say 200SX, but I've been getting a strange tingling feeling about these lately. They're ace cars yes

Andy Mac

73,668 posts

256 months

Thursday 22nd February 2007
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Now I have my new job I've been looking at them. Mainly as they are a very nice place to be, as well as having the oomph to go with it. What it the 4.0 jobby like? I quite fancy a big bugger engine for once.