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Will be a smashing car when it's done!
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You have a 2zz mk3?
A mate of mine back home 2zz swapped a mk3 mr2. Was a wicked car!
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To be honest, the more i sleep on it, the more my budget creeps lower and lower. I always thought when i had a proper job with a decent wage I'd buy a v8 m3. Now I could probably afford one, i simply can't justify one.
Ultimately what I want a car for right now is a handful of trackdays and the odd spin out of London. A 10k s2000 is probably a bit nice for that, considering it would be bought mostly with a loan.
I've had all the best affordable 90s and 00s cars (106 gti, 306 gti, clio 172, accord type r, jdm dc2 type r, e36 m3 evo), and probably miss the dc2 and 172 the most. Nowadays a decent dc2 is too expensive imo, and I feel like I've overdone it on the French hatch buzz (sold my 220 trophy in feb).
I'm looking at what I could buy outright for 2k cash just to have fun in, and keep landing on mx5 or mr2. Heart wants a mk3 mr2 but head says all my mates will laugh at me, despite it having a wicked chassis...
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Chap i know had a lovely 156 gta when i had an e36 m3. Lovely car but I'd never own one
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Yeah this is why a 350z or e46 m3 are not on my radar.
Going shopping for s2000s...
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Yeh i do love the idea of an rx8, it just doesn't turn me on the way a b/f/k series vtec honda engine does.
The missus has forbid an ek9/dc2/ep3 on the basis that they look like boy racer cars, but oddly has ok'd the s2000 despite the impractical nature.
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To be clear, I want something that will manage a trackday every month or two, a ring trip over the next year, and can do the odd run to the shop or out of london for a weekend break. We're moving back to Ireland before end of next year and will be buying a second, sensible car then, so whatever I buy now will eventually be my fun car.
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Pretty much bang on 6 months since I watched my clio 220 trophy drive away, and the petrol head in my is craving some more suck squeeze bang blow. The type a massage with a happy ending can't provide.
Do I regret selling the clio, not at all. It was a superb modern hatch, and I somehow only lost 4k on it in 3 years of ownership. Since selling the arse has fallen out of that market and I could have lost a lot more.
Do i need a new car. Not at all, we walk everywhere and use zipcar as needed. I live on the z1/z2 border beside a train station so i rent my designated parking space out every day for a healthy profit.
But, maybe that's the best time to have a stupid car?
What am i looking at? Iconic jdm screamers. I started out looking at s2000, but with a wife and a greyhound i need some resemblance of practicality, so I've been craving an ek9 or dc2. My problem is, I had a jdm dc2 in Ireland when they were everywhere, and sold it for the going rate of 3500 euro 10 years ago. Now I find it hard to justify 10k for a dc2 or ek9, but nothing else really tickles my testicles the way a noisy high revving 90s hatch does. I've looked at ep3s but they don't have the same level of attraction for me, despite tge lower price tag, improved k20 engine and greater level of creature comforts. I've had so many french cars, and keep coming back to the clio 197, but ultimately want a vtec honda.
Is there any other high revving naturally l aspirated hatch I should consider under 10k?
If you're willing to split I'll take the nipples