Track Car Under £1000?

mr tommo

mr tommo

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Hi, Me and a friend have been toying with the idea of having a car in storage, soley to be used to drive on track days.

I think getting hands-on with a car is the best way to learn and improve our limited mechanical knowledge aswel.

We have never done a track day before as we dont want to use our own cars. We can afford to throw in MAX £1000

Our initial idea was a 205 GTI (2 Years ago), but prices have become rather stupid lately.

So we are a little stumped atm as to what cars to look for.

At first we were looking for out and out speed, but im coming round to the idea that it doesnt need to be a rocket to have fun around a track. (Am I wrong?)

Anyone got any ideas? Something quite reliable aswell if possible.

Just seen this :-
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1998-PEUGEOT-...oryZ9859QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Its a 306 XSi 2.0L 135bhp
Dont know if it would be any good on track though, or if it can be easily modified or stripped out?
 
clio valver could easily be done for this money, maybe a high mileage honda CRX vtec?, rover bubble, strip it out, with a view to getting a 2.0 turbo engine?
 
Keep the ideas coming guys, im looking them up as you post.

How do I go about insurance? I dont really want to spend up to £1k on all year round insurance, if its gonna be sitting in a garage all the time, and only come out for track days.
 
mr tommo said:
Keep the ideas coming guys, im looking them up as you post.

How do I go about insurance? I dont really want to spend up to £1k on all year round insurance, if its gonna be sitting in a garage all the time, and only come out for track days.
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BMW 318is is the car I'm currently looking at. ~£1k for an e36 shape.

Leave the car uninsured in the garage and use day insure to take it to the track. That said, it shouldn't cost much to insure a car an a low mileage policy TPO.
 
CRX 1.6 16v and gut it out totally, stock weight is 900kg. You then have a great engine and a fantastic chassis with huge aftermarket support and not much to go wrong.
 
As Suggested above,

Citroen Saxo Vts "P reg. 65968 Miles, Metallic Blue, 8 months MOT, alloys, c/l, CD, e/w, e/m, sunroof, spoiler, bargain at. £1,000. o.n.o"


http://atsearch.autotrader.co.uk/ww...category=CARS&channel=CARS&id=200707103929432

Insurance Group 14, compared to 7 on the VTR

Thoughts anyone? Because Ive never driven one.

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NickXX said:
BMW 318is is the car I'm currently looking at. ~£1k for an e36 shape.

Leave the car uninsured in the garage and use day insure to take it to the track. That said, it shouldn't cost much to insure a car an a low mileage policy TPO.
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Thing is only one of us will be 21 this year, so that rules out the day insure, Just ran a quick quote on a 306 XSi with bell.co.uk and it came out at £900 for 10 months TPO (2000 mile limit)

EDIT 2 : Will have a look at a few CRXs Now :)
 
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There's a load of 205GTI's on ebay for under a grand. That would be my first idea.

I would avoid turbos, or anything with lots of things to go wrong. I would be looking mainly for lightweight good power to weight and reliability.

How abouts a vtec prelude, stripped out, or a CRX.
 
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