Gatecrasher

Situation is this im booked to go to the Nurburgring on the 9th of may but only have a Transit and an Isuzu

have an Audi A4 but its not reliable enough to go to the ring and its diesel

so what are my options for an ultra reliable Fun car for £4000 to £8000?

Kelv

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E36 M3 maybe?

Charlie Chalk

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FWD, RWD or 4x4?



BMW 325i, M3?? or Buy my Pulsar

Si B

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Scoob or Evo? Or some kind of Vtech screamer (do any come in at that price range?)

Si

Charlie Chalk

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Can get a decent 'teg for that! Very good cars too

dvid

MY MG!?

Chip

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ITR or M3 are definately good options.

Oh, got the turbo BTW, thanks

pani_k

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M3 would be decent in that price range. suppose you could squeeze and Evo 5 in there.

Ginge !

i went for a scoobie as there best value for money and was more fun to drive than a M3 that i was ACTUALLY looking for

get a 98/99 one or newer and NOT a V3 one as you cant chip the ecu so need a new ecu to make quicker !

seriously a scoobie sti will cost fuck all, i paied 4500 for mine from a dealer

Richie.

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E36 BMW M3


My mate abusing his



Do that in a Cossie and seehow long it lasts

Charlie Chalk

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M3's are fun!

BigErn

Audi S4

Ginge !

for donuts yeah maybe,,,,, for actually driving,,,,,, there rather boring

Charlie Chalk

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The one I drove was alright I thought...

Ginge !

what and where did you drive it, i went round the ring in a track prepared E30 M3 and that was VERY well on track and loved it,,, though was rather expensive but was a quick lap

i test drove a e36 evo AND normal and both on the road was boring tbh, went very fast but no " buzz "

i bought the first scoobie i test drove,,,,, never bothered driving another due to the fun on the test drive

Gatecrasher

I have never driven a powefull RWD car on a track and every time i drive my mates E46 M3 i allmost kill my self so taking a RWD car to the ring is asking for it

James-W

Go for an e36 m3 if you want to enjoy yourself, take it easy and build your confidence up.


Take it you broke the cossie ben?
Shame was a lovely car, ahh well, onward and upward, use the money for another house!

james.

bud-weis

Fully Loaded Seat Leon Cupra R!! including factory sat nav so you don't get lost lol

handles well, goes well, stops well, super reliable VAG engineering etc etc

when do you want to pick it up?

Ginge !

mate im a SHITE driver but the scoobie helps me hide that,,,, the test drive i was going round bends on a "private" road that was quite tight at 80 to 120ish,,,,,,, the guy who owns the dealership was never below a ton !!!

seriously it reminded me of the first time i went out in a cossie,,,,,, the childish grin but this time its a twisty road and not the M11

Charlie Chalk

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Ginge, Was a mates from base, drove it about 40 miles?! Was a 3.0 E36, dunno if thats the Evo sort?

For an everyday car, I liked it. But then we all have different driving styles....

Ginge !

radders depends what you want fromm a car, personally for high speed stuff the scoobie is SHITE.... seems to struggle at 125/130ish to get higher compared to the M3,, but for childish driving the impreza is better,,,,,, being for the ring apart from the drive there and back i would say theres more fun in a impreza with 65k miles on the clock than a 130k miles M3

each to there own though,, i was VERY dissapointed though as ive always wanted a M3 and was nothing like the vids of people doing donuts ect seem to show when you drive them on the road

Gatecrasher

Ideally i would like an EVO 8 up, but untill i sell the Audi i cant afford it and the mrs dont like the look of EVO's, focus ST's or Subarus

for the age and reliability side of things i am leaning towards a Subaru

Butch.

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gatecrasher what happened to the escos then?????

Charlie Chalk

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Ginge, why is there a need to drive at over 130 on UK roads?


I get more fun at pissing about in my Pulsar and my old mini's going from speeds of 40 to 80mph...


Motorway high speed is shit, no fun and not worth the risk, all because you can say " i done xxx speed the other day down the M40" In the pub or what ever...

Gatecrasher

its in bits mate most of it sold off!

Ginge !

i agree,,,, thats wher a M3 is better,,,,,,,,,,,,, its a high speed motorway car

so i went for a quick point and shoot car the can do corners with 4wd

Gatecrasher

quiet fancy the look of this but its £1000 over budget

http://search.autotrader.co.uk/es-uk...r=&max_mileage=

if i do get a subaru i want it in Black and with the late headlights like the one above

this one Christian has for sale is perfect but again way over budget

https://passionford.com/forum/cars-for-sale/232857-2003-subaru-impreza-wrx-sti-type-uk-now-11k.html

as355f1

Please dont advertise in here. Needs to be in the right room and a gold membership purchased.

Thanks

Webteam

foreigneRS

if it's just for the 'ring trip, reduce the budget to a grand and look for something like a mk2 golf gti, peugeot 306 gti or something

Nicole

Evo 5

Redkop

Ditto

TIFF

E36 M3....

Look at the one Jay has for sale at the minute....billy bargin i think

Chip

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Celica GT4 is another good option if you want a reliable 4wd car for sensible money.

turbo_3dr_tommy

EVO 5, Integra Type R or Celica GT4 and that black scoob is nice

RWD Pete

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1964-BUICK-GRE...QQcmdZViewItem

C4llyT

M3 unless you're scared of rwd, like someone here seems to be
You know you can hammer it to the ring, round the ring, and home, and it'll be fine.
Rwd waiting to bite is fun, if you're male, if not get a 4x4 that doesn't require you to know how to drive.

dovboy

m3 e36 feels slow but if you rev the nuts of it and fit a carbon fibre filter it sound like you are going to break the sound barrier!!

rwd is the only way to go if you want to be a better driver imo,ring might not be the best place to start the learning curve tho.lol

i say scoob or evo

SiZT

ek9 civic, Evo5

Chip

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The other advantage of an m3, is at least you will find parts for it locally, plus plenty of people who know how to fix it.