Cars you can absolutely wring the life out of

s0ck · 27 Sep 2011 at 16:24

Is it only Honda that qualifies here?

If you want a chuckable car that you can take the redline often and generally be 'hard' on most of the time, where would your money go?

Not just being hard on the engine but the suspension components with fairly aggressive driving.

What is the best car for this job?

panthro · 27 Sep 2011 at 16:37

Renault Clio 172/182/197/200
Megane 225/230/250

Enough power for UK roads and a lot of fun on the limit. Built to be thrashed IMO.

stulid · 27 Sep 2011 at 16:39

DC2/EK9/EP3 etc. I am pretty sure you can hear them say "thank you" when you switch the engine off.

jaybee · 27 Sep 2011 at 16:45

Golf GTI MK1/2
Mondeo Petrol 1800 and 2000cc blocks

Gilly · 27 Sep 2011 at 16:48

My 172 Cup took years of it being thrashed within an inch of its life and kept coming back for more

merlin · 27 Sep 2011 at 16:49

If you want a car you can treat like a bitch day in day out then you're definitely looking for a Honda.

Jay794 · 27 Sep 2011 at 16:50

Caterham, Lotus 7, Elise and Exige

DazQ87 · 27 Sep 2011 at 16:55

My old celica VVTi (only the 140bhp version) took a lot of thrashing and never skipped a beat.

Muffin` · 27 Sep 2011 at 16:55

merlin said:
If you want a car you can treat like a bitch day in day out then you're definitely looking for a Honda.

And If you want one that looks like a bitch, 1k 172.

Matt82 · 27 Sep 2011 at 16:57

jaybee said:
Golf GTI MK1/2
Mondeo Petrol 1800 and 2000cc blocks

mk3 golf 16v. i got mine on 144k miles, its now on 233k miles. was 1.5bhp behind the highest scoring 2.0 16v golf (standalone management etc etc) at a dyno day in april, i have thrashed that car more times than i could ever attempt to remember.

totally totally unburstable. it has poly bushes and coilovers, its a chuckable little go kart, which still does 32mpg combined easily.

bomb proof

Steve_bullockuk · 27 Sep 2011 at 17:29

DazQ87 said:
My old celica VVTi (only the 140bhp version) took a lot of thrashing and never skipped a beat.

....aslong as you kept an eye the oil? That particular engine loves to drink the stuff.

-Ad- · 27 Sep 2011 at 17:41

DazQ87 said:
My old celica VVTi (only the 140bhp version) took a lot of thrashing and never skipped a beat.

Pah sounds boring,

Get a cheap DC2 and use her like a horny cheap whore

edelweiss800 · 27 Sep 2011 at 17:44

anything with a perkins engine

or a cummins engine

Begbie · 27 Sep 2011 at 17:44

Clio

Conanius · 27 Sep 2011 at 18:00

It's got to be something like a Honda.

My s2000 was awesome fun on the track, I had great fun taking out an EP3 and the FN2 Type R's.

I actually quite liked the 1.7 VCT engine in my old Puma. Not massive amounts of power, but you could drive at 10/10ths and not be doing 150mph

Fuzz · 27 Sep 2011 at 18:16

Anything without a turbo.

Relentless81 · 27 Sep 2011 at 18:20

Any high revving DOHC NA engine theres a few options out there but Honda have the biggest selection

Berger · 27 Sep 2011 at 19:06

White van.... oh wait.

Housey · 27 Sep 2011 at 19:09

911 GT3, shorn from solid granite from the gods of hard.

-Ad- · 27 Sep 2011 at 19:53

Housey said:
911 GT3, shorn from solid granite from the gods of hard.

If you bought it, I could keep her nice and warm for no fee