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Sports cars!
« on: May 31, 2012, 09:16:05 »

Going to treat myself to a cheapy sports car soon i have narrowed my list down to these  Porsche /boxter , BMW/ Z type, Honda /S 2000, Mercedes/SLK 200. all can be had for
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Re: Sports cars!
« Reply #1 on: May 31, 2012, 16:17:02 »
Stooker Honda's are very cool. What about a Jaguar xk they are well it that price now.
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« Reply #2 on: May 31, 2012, 19:18:17 »
Not sure how reliable the XKs are also parts and services wont be as cheap as the more mass produced cars ,i would love to be buying a Brit car but there not out there in my price bracket a Morgan +8 is my dreamer but not into selling the house to get one :laugh:
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« Reply #3 on: May 31, 2012, 19:36:09 »
i know a guy selling a mint caterham for that sort of money. interested?
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« Reply #4 on: May 31, 2012, 23:50:15 »
Quote from: boss on May 31, 2012, 19:36:09
i know a guy selling a mint caterham for that sort of money. interested?
 

 Nice bit of kit but i need a tad more metal around me these days also the rock hard ride would do my old back in a week! :cheesy when i was riding bikes allways thought i would move on to a Caterham but it seemed to have passed me by, thanks for asking though. :cool:
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« Reply #5 on: June 05, 2012, 11:37:55 »
When not something a little bit more outside of the box?

a DAX 427 maybe?
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« Reply #6 on: June 05, 2012, 14:09:38 »
What about.... A 90 soft top with a 3.9 on carbs lowered and stiffer springs and 235/50r16 tyres and a 1.2 disco tbox. Then you have a 4x4 and sports car in one. Just a thought.


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Re: Sports cars!
« Reply #7 on: June 05, 2012, 17:09:01 »

DAX yes please for
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Re: Sports cars!
« Reply #8 on: June 28, 2012, 21:49:49 »
Just logged on for first time in ages and saw this,

I'd say S2000 is a good choice I think clarkson said its pretty much the best sports ever. I also think they are good as I'd like to sell you one.

My wife's S2000 is going up for sale any day now, it's barley turned a wheel in 4 years and is in our barn gathering dust. We bought a new car in feb and she's finally decided to sell the Honda. It's only got about 40k miles on and is an earlier one with lower tax.  Service history is out for age but not miles due to lack of use.

It drives very well great mix of comfort vs sporty, iv got an Elise fine for fast roaamdahl drove down to goodwood FoS and really enjoyed the effortlespam ace it made. The best bit is the 90000 rpm red line, absolutely screams and puts a huge grin on your face. (ps I promise I have never ragged it round a track, that's what the Elise is for :-)

Looking for abut 6.5k

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Re: Sports cars!
« Reply #9 on: June 30, 2012, 05:58:51 »
At the moment waiting for a serving Army Officer to return from  active duty abroad as ive made an offeron a Boxter 3.2 he has for sale, :cool:
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« Reply #10 on: July 11, 2012, 08:44:35 »
S2000 everytime  Jap is the way to go and Boxter's are slooooooowwww as hell.. My S15 Silvia makes them look silly. Lol plus the price of parts for the jap will be at least a third less!
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Re: Sports cars!
« Reply #11 on: July 11, 2012, 12:54:59 »
Whilst stookers are quite pretty boxters are better looking and a well driven one will not hang about.
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