Another what car thread.

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Re: Another what car thread.

Post by Andy G » Mon Feb 14, 2011 2:17 am

Fluoxetine wrote:I have one of the the 'ladies cars' - a '99 MX5 - It's a 6 speeder import, with a slippy diff... Having not driven the last gen MR2, I'm not sure I can comment - But I can already slide mine around roundabouts, like my old Caterham... And you can pick up a turbocharged one with a cage (+ a/c :lol: ) and a turbo setup with 250+bhp for under £5K...Decent suspension / AO48R's, and I'd love to hear the excuses of the the higher powered Elise&Exige drivers when you scalp them... :mrgreen:

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Re: Another what car thread.

Post by robin » Mon Feb 14, 2011 8:40 am

You clearly need a super charged S2 exige (preferably yellow; even better with stripes).
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Re: Another what car thread.

Post by ed » Mon Feb 14, 2011 1:05 pm

:lol: Let me know if you want me to drive your spare car down there for you! Happy to pay for fuel, tyres etc (as long as mcape doesnt get to drive it :wink: ).

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Re: Another what car thread.

Post by GregR » Tue Feb 15, 2011 6:19 pm

Ed, here you go. Light, nimble, good fuel economy:-

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2496035.htm

...well ... at least it has aircon :lol:
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Re: Another what car thread.

Post by Mike Scib » Mon Feb 21, 2011 2:14 pm

alicrozier wrote:As Robin said, need to be comfortable and confident to push right up to the limit - sometimes you only find the limit by going beyond it...
(that's why I think Mike will do fine, that and his lack of imagination). :roll: :lol:

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Re: Another what car thread.

Post by Andy G » Mon Feb 21, 2011 7:58 pm

haha! IS that not about 2k overpriced ? :mrgreen:

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Re: Another what car thread.

Post by tut » Mon Feb 21, 2011 8:17 pm

I've put a bid in on the Clio.

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Re: Another what car thread.

Post by tut » Mon Feb 21, 2011 9:10 pm

tis also listed on PH at £5K.

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Re: Another what car thread.

Post by Andy G » Mon Feb 21, 2011 11:30 pm

tut wrote:tis also listed on PH at £5K.

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I think Skegsy got his for 1200! :mrgreen:
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Re: Another what car thread.

Post by ed » Wed Feb 23, 2011 1:14 pm

Thinking about project shed.

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2508059.htm

Anyone (with mechanical ability :blackeye ) want to go halfers?!!?

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Re: Another what car thread.

Post by j2 lot » Wed Feb 23, 2011 1:19 pm

Andy G wrote:
tut wrote:tis also listed on PH at £5K.

tut
:shock:

I think Skegsy got his for 1200! :mrgreen:
I was thinking it might be a good buy but at £5K* , I'll pass. :?

* I should add that I have no idea of its current value/ worth, but I would have been interested below £2k.
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Re: Another what car thread.

Post by roadboy » Wed Feb 23, 2011 4:20 pm

ed wrote:Thinking about project shed.

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2508059.htm

Anyone (with mechanical ability :blackeye ) want to go halfers?!!?

:oops: :lol:
Halfers on that!!! Jeez, how tight are you??? ;)

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Re: Another what car thread.

Post by ed » Wed Feb 23, 2011 6:00 pm

Skint is more apt! :wink:

£700 for the car & 2k for the supercharger! :twisted:
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Re: Another what car thread.

Post by Fluoxetine » Wed Feb 23, 2011 7:31 pm

ed wrote:Skint is more apt! :wink:

£700 for the car & 2k for the supercharger! :twisted:
You can s/c them for £800-1k... You'd see around 180bhp on standard injectors, with a non i/c setup... :mrgreen:

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Re: Another what car thread.

Post by tut » Fri Feb 25, 2011 5:18 pm

The Clio Williams sold on eBay for £2,850 but was on PH for £4,950.

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