Re: What car post

#1

In article <7ivd6oF333opfU1 (AT) mid (DOT) individual.net>, Carl Gibbs says...

Quote:

Other cars I've thought about is a mk1 MR2 Supercharger (and save lots of
money), Chevvy Camaro (dunno what parts are like to get hold of) or a Clio
V6 (probably being a bit too optimistic here though).

So, any other suggestions?

Ford Capri V6 with the 24v Cosworth conversion.

Alternatively, for the sake of ~1.2 seconds hit on the 0-60 a very nice
example Ford Capri Brooklands can be found for £6k and their value is
only going up. The loss in the 0-60 time is compensatied by the white
knuckle spirited driving experience.

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#2

Carl Gibbs wrote:

Quote:

Yep, it's another of those tedious what car posts again...

I'm thinking about treating myself to a new toy sometime in the next 6
months as I want to try and get in at least one proper silly car whilst
there's only 2 people in my family!!

So, I'm opening the floor to ideas. However there are some conditions:
1. Price must be no more than £7k, ideally nearer £6k (or less obviously).
2. It should hold it's value pretty well as I don't want to lose too
much money over say 2 years of ownership.
3. It needs to be quick. Say 0-60mph in <6s (or have some pretty good
attribute that makes up for it not acheiving this)
4. Needs a roof as it probably wont be garaged (dependant on what
happens with other cars).

And finally, not an absolute definite condition, but ideally it should
be RWD.

MG ZT-T 260. It's what I'd buy if I had a spare £7k.

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#3

Abo wrote:

Quote:

Other choice of course is to do some regular tuning and spend the
balance on handling, which will make up for the lack of 0-60 time.
Not sure about the residuals with that route, depends where you sell
it I suppose.

Unfortunately with MX5s there isn't much to gain with N/A tuning. You
gain a little with a freer-flowing exhaust and opening the intake a
little with the right expensive bits but past that, it gets really
expensive because you're either looking at increasing the capacity or
raising the compression or both.

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'96 Elise S1

#4

Timo Geusch wrote:

Quote:

Unfortunately with MX5s there isn't much to gain with N/A tuning. You
gain a little with a freer-flowing exhaust and opening the intake a
little with the right expensive bits but past that, it gets really
expensive because you're either looking at increasing the capacity or
raising the compression or both.

Ah... Guess that's why forced induction is the popular route?

#5

"Carl Gibbs" <cagmeister (AT) yahoo (DOT) co.uk> wrote

Quote:

Yep, it's another of those tedious what car posts again...

I'm thinking about treating myself to a new toy sometime in the next 6
months as I want to try and get in at least one proper silly car whilst
there's only 2 people in my family!!

So, I'm opening the floor to ideas. However there are some conditions:
1. Price must be no more than £7k, ideally nearer £6k (or less
obviously).
2. It should hold it's value pretty well as I don't want to lose too much
money over say 2 years of ownership.
3. It needs to be quick. Say 0-60mph in <6s (or have some pretty good
attribute that makes up for it not acheiving this)
4. Needs a roof as it probably wont be garaged (dependant on what happens
with other cars).

And finally, not an absolute definite condition, but ideally it should be
RWD.

That's about it really. I don't mind if it's not mint, as long as the
mechanicals are good and it scrubs up ok. Might even consider some sort
of minor project.

Top of my list is a TVR Chimaera 4.0 and to be honest it'll have to be
something pretty special to lure me away from one of these. The only
thing that puts me off is their bad rep, but I wont be doing many miles so
if I buy one in good nick hopefully it'll stay that way. Plus I'm pretty
handy with a spanner (and a multimeter...) and the SD1s have taught me
about V8s so hopefully I'd be ok.

Other cars I've thought about is a mk1 MR2 Supercharger (and save lots of
money), Chevvy Camaro (dunno what parts are like to get hold of) or a Clio
V6 (probably being a bit too optimistic here though).

So, any other suggestions?

Westfield.

#6

Abo wrote:

Quote:

Timo Geusch wrote:

Unfortunately with MX5s there isn't much to gain with N/A tuning.
You gain a little with a freer-flowing exhaust and opening the
intake a little with the right expensive bits but past that, it
gets really expensive because you're either looking at increasing
the capacity or raising the compression or both.

Ah... Guess that's why forced induction is the popular route?

Correct. They're fairly low compression so they react well to forced
induction.

--
'88 Porsche 911 Targa '02 Alfa 156 Sportwagon
'96 Elise S1

#7

In article <7ivd6oF333opfU1 (AT) mid (DOT) individual.net>, cagmeister (AT) yahoo (DOT) co.uk
says...

Quote:

So, I'm opening the floor to ideas. However there are some conditions:
1. Price must be no more than £7k, ideally nearer £6k (or less obviously).
2. It should hold it's value pretty well as I don't want to lose too much
money over say 2 years of ownership.
3. It needs to be quick. Say 0-60mph in <6s (or have some pretty good
attribute that makes up for it not acheiving this)
4. Needs a roof as it probably wont be garaged (dependant on what happens
with other cars).

And finally, not an absolute definite condition, but ideally it should be
RWD.

Leftfield and probably doesn't meet half the conditions but what about a

Chrysler Cocked Hind leg.
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#8

Homer wrote:

Quote:

"Carl Gibbs" <cagmeister (AT) yahoo (DOT) co.uk> wrote in message
news:7ivd6oF333opfU1 (AT) mid (DOT) individual.net...
Yep, it's another of those tedious what car posts again...

I'm thinking about treating myself to a new toy sometime in the next 6
months as I want to try and get in at least one proper silly car whilst
there's only 2 people in my family!!

So, I'm opening the floor to ideas. However there are some conditions:
1. Price must be no more than £7k, ideally nearer £6k (or less
obviously).
2. It should hold it's value pretty well as I don't want to lose too much
money over say 2 years of ownership.
3. It needs to be quick. Say 0-60mph in <6s (or have some pretty good
attribute that makes up for it not acheiving this)
4. Needs a roof as it probably wont be garaged (dependant on what happens
with other cars).

And finally, not an absolute definite condition, but ideally it should be
RWD.

That's about it really. I don't mind if it's not mint, as long as the
mechanicals are good and it scrubs up ok. Might even consider some sort
of minor project.

Top of my list is a TVR Chimaera 4.0 and to be honest it'll have to be
something pretty special to lure me away from one of these. The only
thing that puts me off is their bad rep, but I wont be doing many miles so
if I buy one in good nick hopefully it'll stay that way. Plus I'm pretty
handy with a spanner (and a multimeter...) and the SD1s have taught me
about V8s so hopefully I'd be ok.

Other cars I've thought about is a mk1 MR2 Supercharger (and save lots of
money), Chevvy Camaro (dunno what parts are like to get hold of) or a Clio
V6 (probably being a bit too optimistic here though).

So, any other suggestions?

Westfield.

Needs a roof

#9

"Carl Gibbs" <cagmeister (AT) yahoo (DOT) co.uk> wrote:

Quote:

Yep, it's another of those tedious what car posts again...

I'm thinking about treating myself to a new toy sometime in the next 6
months as I want to try and get in at least one proper silly car whilst
there's only 2 people in my family!!

So, I'm opening the floor to ideas. However there are some conditions:
1. Price must be no more than £7k, ideally nearer £6k (or less
obviously).
2. It should hold it's value pretty well as I don't want to lose too much
money over say 2 years of ownership.
3. It needs to be quick. Say 0-60mph in <6s (or have some pretty good
attribute that makes up for it not acheiving this)
4. Needs a roof as it probably wont be garaged (dependant on what happens
with other cars).

And finally, not an absolute definite condition, but ideally it should be
RWD.

That's about it really. I don't mind if it's not mint, as long as the
mechanicals are good and it scrubs up ok. Might even consider some sort
of minor project.

Top of my list is a TVR Chimaera 4.0 and to be honest it'll have to be
something pretty special to lure me away from one of these.

If that's at the top of the list then I doubt a really nice condition E34 M5
would lure you away, but this one was written about in some classic magazine
and they rated it *very* highly:

http://www.eclecticcars.co.uk/vehicles/1/287/BMW+E34+M5.html

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#10

"Abo" <no (AT) spam (DOT) thanks> wrote

Quote:

Homer wrote:
"Carl Gibbs" <cagmeister (AT) yahoo (DOT) co.uk> wrote in message
news:7ivd6oF333opfU1 (AT) mid (DOT) individual.net...
Yep, it's another of those tedious what car posts again...

I'm thinking about treating myself to a new toy sometime in the next 6
months as I want to try and get in at least one proper silly car whilst
there's only 2 people in my family!!

So, I'm opening the floor to ideas. However there are some conditions:
1. Price must be no more than £7k, ideally nearer £6k (or less
obviously).
2. It should hold it's value pretty well as I don't want to lose too
much money over say 2 years of ownership.
3. It needs to be quick. Say 0-60mph in <6s (or have some pretty good
attribute that makes up for it not acheiving this)
4. Needs a roof as it probably wont be garaged (dependant on what
happens with other cars).

And finally, not an absolute definite condition, but ideally it should
be RWD.

That's about it really. I don't mind if it's not mint, as long as the
mechanicals are good and it scrubs up ok. Might even consider some sort
of minor project.

Top of my list is a TVR Chimaera 4.0 and to be honest it'll have to be
something pretty special to lure me away from one of these. The only
thing that puts me off is their bad rep, but I wont be doing many miles
so if I buy one in good nick hopefully it'll stay that way. Plus I'm
pretty handy with a spanner (and a multimeter...) and the SD1s have
taught me about V8s so hopefully I'd be ok.

Other cars I've thought about is a mk1 MR2 Supercharger (and save lots
of money), Chevvy Camaro (dunno what parts are like to get hold of) or a
Clio V6 (probably being a bit too optimistic here though).

So, any other suggestions?

Westfield.

Needs a roof

They have a soft top.