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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
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
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
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 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
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.
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?
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.
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.
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!
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
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