So how fast can you go for £2k. Just curious.
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This is not really a "what car should I buy" type thread. It's just out of idle curiosity.
It stems from a conversation I had with my Dad the other night.He has always had a hankering for a V8 powered S type Jag (each to their own). He showed me an ad on AT for a 4.2 version for £1875 and stated that it was a really cheap way of going quite fast.
This got me thinking, could you go any faster for £2K?
Post your ideas with links to examples if you can.
The rules are simple:
No bikes! (turns out you can get surprisingly close to the double ton for a couple of grand if you go for two wheels!)
Bog stock cars only. No buying a cheap turbo for a grand and spending a grand on tuning.
No spending your imaginary £2K on a plane ticket and claiming you can go 583mph!
Let's split answers into two sections, fastest 0-60 and fastest top speed as a high top speed doesn't always equate to the fastest acceleration.
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201802073489652?zero-to-60=TO_8&onesearchad=Used&onesearchad=Nearly%20New&onesearchad=New&advertising-location=at_cars&radius=1500&sort=sponsored&price-to=2000&minimum-badge-engine-size=4.0&make=JAGUAR&postcode=de224ft&page=1
It stems from a conversation I had with my Dad the other night.He has always had a hankering for a V8 powered S type Jag (each to their own). He showed me an ad on AT for a 4.2 version for £1875 and stated that it was a really cheap way of going quite fast.
This got me thinking, could you go any faster for £2K?
Post your ideas with links to examples if you can.
The rules are simple:
No bikes! (turns out you can get surprisingly close to the double ton for a couple of grand if you go for two wheels!)
Bog stock cars only. No buying a cheap turbo for a grand and spending a grand on tuning.
No spending your imaginary £2K on a plane ticket and claiming you can go 583mph!
Let's split answers into two sections, fastest 0-60 and fastest top speed as a high top speed doesn't always equate to the fastest acceleration.
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201802073489652?zero-to-60=TO_8&onesearchad=Used&onesearchad=Nearly%20New&onesearchad=New&advertising-location=at_cars&radius=1500&sort=sponsored&price-to=2000&minimum-badge-engine-size=4.0&make=JAGUAR&postcode=de224ft&page=1
Edited by Derventio on Thursday 15th February 20:52
SouthHamsGaz said:
Damn good shout!Running costs/bork factor/insurance costs irrelevant. Its all about the speed.
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.
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.
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