DC5 replacement
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993s are very desirable and so you pay over the odds for one IMO, unless you have an air cooled fetish. £15K won't get you the best example. You'd get a mint 964, but probably a bit old. Boxster S would meet most of your requirements except the servicing costs, but then most of the metal that ticks the other boxes is going to be more expensive than thew Teg to service.
It's not the money, it's the whole point!
Was thinking of a pre 2001 TVR to rub it in. I'm cynical like that. But I would kill myself in one of those.
Do it !!
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/696545.htm
its already got sports exhaust and modified cat to release the V8 burble.
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Black is awesome, hence me buying a Meguiars G220 soon 
S2000 with a Supercharger upgrade is a damn good option for you, maybe an early version so you can spend on suspension/brake upgrades too
S2000 with a Supercharger upgrade is a damn good option for you, maybe an early version so you can spend on suspension/brake upgrades too
I think you will be dissapointed in a S2000 if you came from a DC5 mate 
OK i only test drove one but over the long 45 minute test drive it just didnt gel with me and felt a bit too "comfy"
Have a look and a drive of a VX220 Turbo or a 11R elise, if its a weekend car then i cant see a better car for you
OK i only test drove one but over the long 45 minute test drive it just didnt gel with me and felt a bit too "comfy"
Have a look and a drive of a VX220 Turbo or a 11R elise, if its a weekend car then i cant see a better car for you
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No thanks, too many bottom end issues. I am however thinking of getting the engine out and having a proper NA build. A safe 300bhp and 10000rpm is possible for about £5000.
Ooh that looks nice, but I would kill myself.
I'm sure you wouldn't if you took it sensible and learnt how the car drove.
Admittedly a TVR isn't the most sensible starting point for RWD, but what the heck
I'm sure you wouldn't if you took it sensible and learnt how the car drove.
Admittedly a TVR isn't the most sensible starting point for RWD, but what the heck
Good attitude. You only live once and all that. Hmm, it is an interesting possibility. What BHP are they?
Plus, won't it break down every 3 yards?
i dont think the 4.5 cerbera was that bad
Its not exactly Japanese, but it was reasonly low tech. The problems with lots of stuff failing didnt start till the lesser models.
oh and the 4.5 cerb is 420bhp.
Yes
no traction control.
no abs
no driver aids
If your capable of self restraint then theres going to be nothing to touch it for the money. 0-60 is under 4 seconds and is supercar quick.
Its just the sort of thing id have as a weekend car. At the end of the day, you dont end up backwards in a ditch if you drive sensibly. You'll end up in a ditch backwards if you spend hours on end doing nothing but hooning round B roads trying to go as fast as possible.
If thats the sort of thing you do, possibly not the car for you.
not untill you've got some more RWD experience at least.
no traction control.
no abs
no driver aids
If your capable of self restraint then theres going to be nothing to touch it for the money. 0-60 is under 4 seconds and is supercar quick.
Its just the sort of thing id have as a weekend car. At the end of the day, you dont end up backwards in a ditch if you drive sensibly. You'll end up in a ditch backwards if you spend hours on end doing nothing but hooning round B roads trying to go as fast as possible.
If thats the sort of thing you do, possibly not the car for you.
not untill you've got some more RWD experience at least.
If you get it wrong in a FWD car, its usually relatively easy to avoid ending up in a hedge so long as you dont provoke it with lift off oversteer
RWD on the other hand, the back can just slide away from you. Thats why so many VX220 turbos have ended up wrapped round trees.
I've had one 5p 50p moment in my DC5, I found out that they don't drift too well. Coming of a roundabout (the A444 M6 junction heading toward Coventry) too quick in the wet. If you don't know it well or at all then it goes round to the left and downhill on a slightly adverse camber. Left the roandabout at speed and started understeering toward the barrier, front wheels started spinning so diff was no use, so thought life off gently. Well, went back to front and almost smashed her up in the trees on the left but thankfully I managed to control the skid and ended up with a slightly kerbed wheel. Anyway, enough of my bad driving lol.
lol i think the cerb isnt going to be the car for you then.
what about a monaro ?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBAdmfq6sRk
a lot more forgiving.
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/402485.htm
what about a monaro ?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBAdmfq6sRk
a lot more forgiving.
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/402485.htm
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Forget your silly requirements, like 30mpg and cheap service and buy one of these
http://pistonheads.com/sales/536853.htm
http://pistonheads.com/sales/536853.htm
I have thought about these. Was eying up a rather nice example in Luton a while ago.
I'd love one mate, but they are HUGE!
do it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRfNSksr-vo
The monaro has an lsd so is reasonably forgiving too. agree with the above btw, buying a weekend car thats sensible is pointless.