What to replace the Chim????

[thirsty]

I'm moving back to the USA, and the Chim is going on the market.

The question is.... what do I replace it with? After living in the UK for 10 years, I really didn't know what was available in the USA until I did some searching.

Ferrari and such are out of my league... so...

What I have come up with is the following:

Corvette (big motor... terrible interior)
Honda S2000
Audi TT
Porsche Boxter
Nissan 350Z
Mustang GT (don't laugh.. big motor /lots of low end grunt)

Decisions decisions

[s2k]

thirsty
I went from a Cerbera to a Griffith 500 to a Honda S2000. I've had the car a month - so far I'm knocked out with it.
I know it's not in quite the same motoring arena as a TVR, but it's a fantastic car in its own right. No lovely TVR burble but goes like stink and loves to be revved all the way up to 9000rpm, beautifully put together, not too many of them around well spec'd as standard. As you can see, I'm a convert. I'd recommend a test-drive.
Cheers, Paul

[Ballistic Banana]

I quite like the look of the Nissan but dont know what it sounds like.
What about some classic Yank cars.

BB

[MikeyT]

I went from a Cerbera to a Griffith 500 to a Honda S2000.

Bimey, trading DOWN twice in a row

>> Edited by MikeyT on Thursday 24th April 20:37

[s2k]

MikeyT said:

I went from a Cerbera to a Griffith 500 to a Honda S2000.

Bimey, trading DOWN twice in a row

Depends on your point of view. Perhaps the opposite is closer to the truth

[Painey]

I've driven a few S2000's and now own a Griffith 500. I could definitely live with an S2000 and I thought it was a great car apart from that you really have to thrash it (which is great fun) and the steering could do with giving you a bit more feel. Better than a kick in the knackers though and infinitely better than something like a TT.

If I had to get rid of the Griff the Honda would be near the top of my list of non-TVR replacements. Sod getting anything German!

[simon t]

Viper GTS?

[chipp]

Think he was wanted a sports car not a tank!
I do like the look of the S2000 but was in LA last week (sound flash but was on the way home from a few months of back packing round new Zealand and oz) and there where shed loads of the things buzzing around, them and Z4’s!
My vote would be with any of the older muscle cars, they have loads of street cred in my book!

[thirsty]

chipp said: Think he was wanted a sports car not a tank!
My vote would be with any of the older muscle cars, they have loads of street cred in my book!

I have been thinking about a muscle car...you have to be carefull as some of them have really been trashed. And yes... I want a sports car, not a yank tank. (OK OK, so I'm a yank, but I still love my TVR !!!!!!)

[sps]

Blow most of them away with a twin turbo manual Supra!
You can get them with lift off roof sections too. You can tune them to approx 600bhp with no problems at all.
Make sure that you get the manual, the auto is not good at all.
I understand that the import market in the states is really good for these kind of cars too.
One final thought, import a TVR!!
Cheers
SteveP

[stainless_steve]

sps said: Blow most of them away with a twin turbo manual Supra!
You can get them with lift off roof sections too. You can tune them to approx 600bhp with no problems at all.
Make sure that you get the manual, the auto is not good at all.
I understand that the import market in the states is really good for these kind of cars too.
One final thought, import a TVR!!
Cheers
SteveP

Yup i agree, was contemplating a 850 bhp supra
It was abit wild better off with a 600 bhp one