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Re: Budget: £7.5k

Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2020 5:56 pm
by Explosive Newt

Re: Budget: £7.5k

Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2020 8:12 pm
by Beany
Go mental, but do it right - with an SD1 Vitesse.


https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Rover-SD1-Vi ... 4771100293


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Re: Budget: £7.5k

Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2020 8:15 pm
by integrale_evo

Re: Budget: £7.5k

Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2020 8:17 pm
by Orange Cola
Mito Man wrote: Sat Jun 27, 2020 5:11 pm Now that’s temping me :lol:
Do it. You’ll love it. Have you ever been in one?

Re: Budget: £7.5k

Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2020 8:18 pm
by Orange Cola
Rich B wrote: Sat Jun 27, 2020 5:51 pm https://shop.ford.co.uk/collections/en ... to-12-2017
Or similar.
If I had a coupe I’d be doing exactly that.

Re: Budget: £7.5k

Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2020 8:27 pm
by McSwede
Orange Cola wrote: Sat Jun 27, 2020 4:20 pm Good point.

This is more like it

https://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds ... eLowToHigh

Edit or this

https://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds ... _referrer=
I went to the Westfield factory in the 90's and had a go in one of those with a Fireplace engine. Bloody manic and bloody quick. Got sent out in ski goggles 😂😂

2.0 4 pot afterward felt lethargic in comparison!

Re: Budget: £7.5k

Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2020 8:38 pm
by integrale_evo

Re: Budget: £7.5k

Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2020 8:39 pm
by Mito Man
Orange Cola wrote: Sat Jun 27, 2020 8:17 pm
Mito Man wrote: Sat Jun 27, 2020 5:11 pm Now that’s temping me :lol:
Do it. You’ll love it. Have you ever been in one?
Nope! I don’t think I’ve even been in a convertible let alone something as extreme as that :lol:

Re: Budget: £7.5k

Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2020 8:40 pm
by nuttinnew
McSwede wrote: Sat Jun 27, 2020 8:27 pm
I went to the Westfield factory in the 1890s and had a go in one of those with a Fireplace engine.

Re: Budget: £7.5k

Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2020 9:45 pm
by McSwede
nuttinnew wrote: Sat Jun 27, 2020 8:40 pm
McSwede wrote: Sat Jun 27, 2020 8:27 pm
I went to the Westfield factory in the 1890s and had a go in one of those with a Fireplace engine.
😂😂 Bloody autocorrect. Fireblade obvs 😁

Re: Budget: £7.5k

Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2020 9:46 pm
by Orange Cola
Mito Man wrote: Sat Jun 27, 2020 8:39 pm
Orange Cola wrote: Sat Jun 27, 2020 8:17 pm
Mito Man wrote: Sat Jun 27, 2020 5:11 pm Now that’s temping me :lol:
Do it. You’ll love it. Have you ever been in one?
Nope! I don’t think I’ve even been in a convertible let alone something as extreme as that :lol:
You’re missing out on both. My experience was in a caterham as a passenger and it was bloody brilliant!

Re: Budget: £7.5k

Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2020 9:47 pm
by Orange Cola
integrale_evo wrote: Sat Jun 27, 2020 8:15 pm 500 Abarth

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/254629218800
I think I’d rather a Mini Cooper of some sort. Then I think, ‘what about a Clio182?’

Re: Budget: £7.5k

Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2020 9:48 pm
by Orange Cola
integrale_evo wrote: Sat Jun 27, 2020 8:38 pm Or a classic 500

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/303602810910
That’s smart 8-)

Re: Budget: £7.5k

Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2020 9:51 pm
by Orange Cola
Hmmm. Hot hatch back road fun? Check. Track day fun? Check. Sprints and hill climbs? Check. Doesn’t bustificate the wallet? Check.

https://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds ... sport-clio

Re: Budget: £7.5k

Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2020 11:02 pm
by dan
Orange Cola wrote: Sat Jun 27, 2020 9:51 pm Hmmm. Hot hatch back road fun? Check. Track day fun? Check. Sprints and hill climbs? Check. Doesn’t bustificate the wallet? Check.

https://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds ... sport-clio
Great little cars but that ones about 2 grand over priced.

As for the rest of the shit people are suggesting, is anyone here even into cars any more?

Re: Budget: £7.5k

Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2020 11:28 pm
by speedingfine
dan wrote: Sat Jun 27, 2020 11:02 pm
Orange Cola wrote: Sat Jun 27, 2020 9:51 pm Hmmm. Hot hatch back road fun? Check. Track day fun? Check. Sprints and hill climbs? Check. Doesn’t bustificate the wallet? Check.

https://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds ... sport-clio
Great little cars but that ones about 2 grand over priced.

As for the rest of the shit people are suggesting, is anyone here even into cars any more?
Elise or GTFO presumably ;)

Re: Budget: £7.5k

Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2020 11:46 pm
by Rich B
Orange Cola wrote: Sat Jun 27, 2020 8:18 pm
Rich B wrote: Sat Jun 27, 2020 5:51 pm https://shop.ford.co.uk/collections/en ... to-12-2017
Or similar.
If I had a coupe I’d be doing exactly that.
chop in the leaky vert and get a coupe with a sc then!

Re: Budget: £7.5k

Posted: Sun Jun 28, 2020 8:25 am
by Sundayjumper
Orange Cola wrote: Sat Jun 27, 2020 9:51 pm Hmmm. Hot hatch back road fun? Check. Track day fun? Check. Sprints and hill climbs? Check. Doesn’t bustificate the wallet? Check.

https://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds ... sport-clio
You’ve mentioned Clios at least twice now so that’s clearly what you’re (consciously or unconsciously) after. Get on with it !

Re: Budget: £7.5k

Posted: Sun Jun 28, 2020 9:23 am
by duncs500
Westie complements your garage the best IMO. You've got two practical cars, get something silly and never look back. :-D

Re: Budget: £7.5k

Posted: Sun Jun 28, 2020 10:05 am
by dan
speedingfine wrote: Sat Jun 27, 2020 11:28 pm
dan wrote: Sat Jun 27, 2020 11:02 pm
Orange Cola wrote: Sat Jun 27, 2020 9:51 pm Hmmm. Hot hatch back road fun? Check. Track day fun? Check. Sprints and hill climbs? Check. Doesn’t bustificate the wallet? Check.

https://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds ... sport-clio
Great little cars but that ones about 2 grand over priced.

As for the rest of the shit people are suggesting, is anyone here even into cars any more?
Elise or GTFO presumably ;)
I had an elise once, they're quite good :D