Most fun for £5k?

[daveknott5]

Thinking of getting a cheap, completely non-practical, fun 2nd car. It will be for weekend hoonage only and practicality is not a factor.

What are people's thoughts on best options?

MX5/MR2?
350z??

[james_gt3rs]

I really enjoyed my £3k mk3 MR2 - cheap to run and brilliant on trackdays.

[trickywoo]

Got to be a Caterfield style car surely?

Tigers come in on budget and seem pretty well made.

[HUMAN]

A cheap tatty hatchback, turn it into a track car with the rest of your budget?

[furtive]

If you can push the budget, how about a cheap VX220? Like this one:

http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/v...

[SEE YA]

What above a Boxster?

[Matt UK]

I'd spend £1.5k on a non-rusting MX5
A further £1.5k on suspension / brake / engine mods.
Keep £2k in the bank as a 'when and if' fund.

Do it right and you'll end up with a capable and fun road / track car.

[kambites]

I'd probably try and find a mk3 MR2 with a 2ZZ engine swap.

[Buff Mchugelarge]

Most fun I've had personally in cars is joint between an Mx5 in the snow and my Clio 197 on any A/B road
That said I went to a drifting experience over the weekend and am itching for something Rwd again!

Nothing makes you smile like a nicely controlled bit of oppo' !

[nitrodave]

been scratching my head over this as well.

i currently have a mr2 rev3 turbo tuned to 300bhp as a weekend toy. only cost a few grand to get a good one all spec'd up.

I'm struggling to find something that will give the same thrills, and still be usable all year round.

300bhp in a mid engined 2 seater is a lot of fun!

saying that, i did spot this which looks like it could be fun

http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/m...

[mini1380cc]

Usual 90's JDM Turbos (mr2 Turbo, GT4, WRX, GTS-T)
205 MI16
Integra DC2
Z3 3.0
Clio 182
S2000
Classic Mini (turbo,1380cc or ropey B16)
Alfa GTV V6
VW Lupo GTI

[Kozy]

A MK1 MX5 with about 200bhp. Obviously.

[soad]

trickywoo said:

Got to be a Caterfield style car surely?

Tigers come in on budget and seem pretty well made.

Quick search reveals there's two on offer currently.

[daveknott5]

Thx chaps, some good calls there! Quite like the look of the VX220, and an Integra Type R is quite attractive. Ideally I don't want to be spending every weekend under the car with a bag of spanners as I'm no mechanic. It has to start first time so I can go out and get my adrenalin fix!

That's what's pointing me towards the Jap stuff initially. A caterham style car fits the bill perfectly but I'm not sure about these Tigers....If they've been set up by a numpty......