911 Turbo 996 30-40k

BMW M5 E60 25-40K

M5 Is the best car, for £30k you can pick up a decent condition one, a 507bhp family car for that amount of money is awesome!

 

I am possibly selling my 22b (as featured in evo magazine) if you fancy one.

 

i was gonna shout Noble, thinking i'd be the 1st, but seems it has admirers.
if i understood the above post,, the lotus will be exchanged plus a couple of coins on top. does look like a sweet motor.

so the pic above or a noble, mates got an M3 and it kicks ***.
nope. noble or pic above

 

What is the big thing about 22b's?

They are heavy! A type r would be better....

M5 M5 M5 M5 M5 M5 M5

 

dont think 1260 kg is that heavy

 

Is a type r not less

 

how much are you valuing your car for??

 

Would be my choice too. Creeping toward £30k as we speak

TX.

Edit - just under £30k now actually

PistonHeads.com

 

B7 RS4 Is nice, but waay over-rated IMO. They are ALL underpowered, and I've never seen one hit quoted power on a neutral Dyno, excellent handling, but not enough grunt in a straight line, it's not quite "special" enough in comparison to some of the other beast available for that price range.

B5 RS4 Avant is something else though!

 

Evo mag seem to think that the current one is OK

TX.

 

Greg if I were in your shoes and beleive me I've toyed with the idea it would be an Exige in the garage and a 205 GTI on the drive as a daily driver
AC

 

The key in all of this will be in the test drives obviously, some great suggestions though!!

Evo 9/Sagaris/M5/R34 are topping the list so far.

Decided that the RS4 is off and I tried to get into an Exige and failed horribly, which is a shame as they are stunning machines.

I then started to think about the cost of maybe bringing the Scooby upto around the 450bhp mark, excluding the likes of uprated brakes/suspension etc what would you say a ball park figure for this would be without cutting corners, ie a reliable 450/450??

As I do still and always will love Imprezas it then got me thinking that maybe if I make some significant changes to my scoob and the result of the question above is viable then maybe I will stick with what I have got and just run some big power through it....

Which leads me onto my next question:

Would you rather spend a good few grand on your scooby and improve it vastly or chop it in and buy another motor priced within reason??

Cheers

G

 

Again 450 bhp is quite alot for a daily driver, twin plate clutch will give u a headake, unless there are no road trafics where u live... It's just my opinion, i had this issue ... I would go for 2 cars , classic type r with big power & some diesel daily car...

 

Problem solved in that I work on a 6 on and 4 off basis in my place of work, for my 6 on I use an old heap of turd called a Rover 25 2L TD and then during my 4 rest days I have my scooby so I already run two cars.....

Obviously if running around 450bhp in my model of scooby is brutal with regards to general comfort and ease of drive then I wouldn't be interested, end of the day I wouldn't be willing to sacrifice usability in the hunt for horsepower...

G