CraigH

ZX 16v - good car for fa money
E30 325? Oversteertastic, become a drift champ

AllanB

Plenty to choose from.

Civicx or CRX good as stacks of spares and some half reasonsable unfishing cars for sale on ebay for not much.
Rover 200/400 Turbo. 400 seems to go for peanuts.
Swift GTi

I did a similar thing and now own 3 Charade GTtis. Bought last one for £250. Ok needs a bottom end rebuild but thats not too dear if you can do it yourself.

Advantage of a Gold or Pug will be the parts. Stacks of bits for sale for very little so if you are on a budget that could be the way to go


AllanB

ScoobyJawa

Hi Allan - I actually really fancy a GTTi, but theres none around advertised!!! Don't suppose you know of any? Swift GTi is similarly hard to find.....

Had thought of those others above too like the ZX and 325i, also seen a few Rover 620ti's! LOL!

BrettC

SJ

There is a GTTi on findit.co.uk but it seems really expensive. £2200.
Thought I would mention it.

ScoobyJawa

Cheers mate - does seem a tad expensive, theres another on there for 900 but says sale due to vandals, so I think thats worth avoiding!

Seems I have a good few choices of cars, so I think I'll just keep my eyes and ears open and get the best one that comes along!

davegtt

Renault 5 GTT, be just like your 205 and if anything goes wrong its dirt cheap to fix and you'll get the fun of your 205 in the everyday car whilst keeping the 205 mint, Im the same as u atm, got my reno5 60k miles in good nick which gets taken out at weekends and the scooby is the everyday car

ScoobyJawa

At least I'm not the only one then!!!

AllanB

ScoobyJawa, I happen to run the owners club so know of the odd one or two.

Have a quick look at www.gttioc.co.uk and then drop me a mail from the contact details in there. Also check out the buyers guide so you know what to look out for.

You will find the best time to buy is Jan-Feb when the cheaper ones come up for sale.


AllanB

davegtt

Allan, do u know Peter Lee? started the club up a while back with Dion Widdoson I remember them days

brybusa

Im with craig

e30 325, cheap,strong,tuneable,good 'n cheap parts

Im sure a few of the mags have tracked these over the years

ScoobyJawa

roger wilco Probably looking at a couple of months anyway, I have the cash if the right car comes up but more likely to be looking end oct/nov........

brybusa

article in this months practical performance car on track day E30's

Wont add any more to the subject!

Billgtt

I agree 100%, an R5gtt. I went to an airfield track day yesterday with some mates from rtoc and we had 5 gtt's on track. They took an absolute hammering all day long and the only problems were a knackard set of pads and a turbo elbow that came loose somehow!!! Keep them standard and they'll take everything you can chuck at them and last all day long. For example, one of the ones we used yesterday was bought for £200 a couple of years ago, it's now got 130k on the clock, the engine has never been apart and it just keeps on going. This was it's 4th track day and it also used to be the owners daily driver. If they do go wrong then parts are cheap as chips and they are really easy to work on. And they are such fun to drive on the stock suspension and 13" wheels, and can suprise quite a few cars on track

If anyone's interested there are plenty of pics from yesterday here:

http://www.rtoc.org/library/default.asp?id=1515

and here:

http://www.rtoc.org/library/default.asp?id=1518

mikelmr

I know a Nissan sunny ZX 3 door 16v for sale, reliable, fairly quick and they handle well. Bargain at £650 for what is a rare late 80's hot hatch. get bored with the power and a 200sx engine isn't too hard a swap.

or what about a 3 door mazda 323 gti, cheap, not too rust prone, 139bhp as standard, reliable, a bit different and they handle well (nice and oversteery on the limit )

Mike

ScoobyJawa

Renault 5 is a thought too - but the dash even by 80's standards its horrific! LOL!

JFB

Ever considered a Mitsubishi Starion Turbo? Quite rare these days but a hoot to drive. A quick search on Autotrader brought up one for £995. I used to have one and in their day, they were quick. not sure about spare parts though. There is also a club somewhere.......

If you needed something stronger then it has to be a Capri 2.8i Special. I know it's a Ford but the engine is bomb proof. Not to mention stacks of cheap spares around.

Just more food for thought.

JB

Midmotorsteve

mr2 mk1 get one for £500 then insure as classic with track cover for £276 through adrian flux even if your 25 as i was at the time when i had one.

Dream Weaver

PPC also have a Mk1 MR2 for sale in the classifieds bit for £950, based in Herts.

ScoobyJawa

Cheers all chaps,

I now gotta wait until the insurance renewal on my Skyline in Oct and also a few other bits, so I shall be looking around Nov time Been much help though - ta

Dream Weaver

As a final thought, have you considered a 90/91 Toyota Celica??

ScoobyJawa

TBH nope - thought they were a bit heavy to be a track car?

i love scooby snacks

A few sugestions for BMW 325 e30 but for 1k 1 would say a 318is. 140bhp with mtec suspension