FazerBob
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| posted on 30/4/13 at 01:47 PM |
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You'll find the Elan very boring. It was always an Asian run-about with a Lotus badge. Very uninspiring compared to an Elise. Now there's
a possibility for you. Series 1 Elise is getting affordable, and they're great fun.
I'm on my second Elise. Had the first one for 18 months, then sold it for the same price I paid. I've attended many shows with friends
from the kit car club, and the Lotus always attracts as much, if not more, attention as the other cars.
[Edited on 30/4/13 by FazerBob]
Bob
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Norfolkluegojnr
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| posted on 30/4/13 at 02:02 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by FazerBob
You'll find the Elan very boring. It was always an Asian run-about with a Lotus badge. Very uninspiring compared to an Elise. Now there's
a possibility for you. Series 1 Elise is getting affordable, and they're great fun.
I'm on my second Elise. Had the first one for 18 months, then sold it for the same price I paid. I've attended many shows with friends
from the kit car club, and the Lotus always attracts as much, if not more, attention as the other cars.
[Edited on 30/4/13 by FazerBob]
If you see an elise for 5k i'll have it! 
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morcus
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| posted on 30/4/13 at 07:56 PM |
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You might be pushing it now for a good one, but a few years ago me and my brother looked into getting an XJS and in 2008 you could pick one up for
£500 with tax and MOT, and you had a few to choose from at that prive point. Wonderful Straight 6 engines or the mighty V12 and such a cool car.
What about an American Sports Car? A couple of Grand will get you a Camaro or a Firebird, and a bit more will get you a 'vette. I don't
know what sort of car you'd get and you'd be on the wrong side (Unless you want to go curb crawling).
In a White Room, With Black Curtains, By the Station.
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Dualist
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| posted on 1/5/13 at 05:27 AM |
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RX7 FD
Rotary build coming soon...
quote:
Originally posted by RichardK
I recently discovered that pigs can p i s s sideways when being transported 
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hughpinder
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| posted on 1/5/13 at 07:06 AM |
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No Alfa Romeos's yet? - you could get a spider if you like convertables.
Regards
Hugh
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40inches
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| posted on 1/5/13 at 08:39 AM |
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Put a V6 in the MX5? 
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Norfolkluegojnr
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| posted on 1/5/13 at 08:44 AM |
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That did cross my mind
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FASTdan
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| posted on 1/5/13 at 09:36 AM |
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944 turbo without a shadow of a doubt
Turbo lairyness, cool looks, awesome handling (as 928, same config), even four seats and a bloomin' big boot for those weekends away! I'd
have one in a shot if I could bring myself to sell my XR2 (sad that isn't it, a rusty old ford getting in the way of porsche ownership).
Seen plenty go on ebay for less than your budget.
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tegwin
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| posted on 1/5/13 at 12:17 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by FASTdan
944 turbo without a shadow of a doubt
Turbo lairyness, cool looks, awesome handling (as 928, same config), even four seats and a bloomin' big boot for those weekends away! I'd
have one in a shot if I could bring myself to sell my XR2 (sad that isn't it, a rusty old ford getting in the way of porsche ownership).
Seen plenty go on ebay for less than your budget.
Was always put off old porsches because of the perceived cost of parts should it go wrong.... Anyone know if the parts are more expensive/harder to
get than say an audi or VW?
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FASTdan
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| posted on 1/5/13 at 12:50 PM |
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I've only had 924's and they were always very reasonable - as you say, just VW/Audi prices really. Of course there's going to be odd
ball bits that are sky high prices but thats to be expected. Even then there's plenty being broken so most stuff can be sourced second hand. I
think if your handy with a spanner and confident to take most stuff on then they can be run reasonably economically, especially if its only a weekend
car (ie you can afford to have it off the road for a few months worst case whilst you source stuff).
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mark chandler
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| posted on 1/5/13 at 01:49 PM |
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I found parts to be no more expensive than other cars on my 928, what I did find was the quality was much higher and plenty being broken with a
limited resell market kept the price down.... They do not go mechanically wrong really.
The electrics are overly complicated, the fuel injection a PITA but you can always replace with an aftermarket system today if it fails badly.
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