If you had £30k to spend...

[TTwiggy]

...and it had to go on a car, and that car had to be a 'toy' (track use/high days and holidays/etc), then could you do better than one of these?

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2257584.htm

By the way, this is a flight of fancy idea only, and I'm not actually looking for advice, but feel free to come up with your own ideas.

[Greg_D]

it's very nicely done, but you do realise that it is a kit car and you could build one just like it in your garage for a chunk less cash...

Nice car though!

[TTwiggy]

Greg_D said:

it's very nicely done, but you do realise that it is a kit car and you could build one just like it in your garage for a chunk less cash...

Nice car though!

Granted it's a kit car, but given that there's only a few genuine 550s in existence, and they cost upwards of £1 million, any (normal) person wanting a 550 is going to have to accept a 'kit'. This is a very nicely executed 'kit' though, in the same vein as a Caterham is a very nice Lotus 7 'kit'.

I just think that the 550 is so achingly beautiful.

It would need 'little b*****d' painted on the side though

[wackojacko]

If I had 30k to spend on a 'toy' it'd be :

either

-a Sagaris
-E46 M3 CSL
-996 GT3
-Z4 M

[Proxy]

Anything from TVR, or a Caterham or Westfield for me.

[IanMorewood]

You wouldn't want to track it that would be my first thought.

[Mr Roper]

wackojacko said:

If I had 30k to spend on a 'toy' it'd be :

either

-a Sagaris
-E46 M3 CSL
-996 GT3
-Z4 M

Hard pushed to find a sag for 30k.....

[PlainSpain]

If i already had an everyday car, a supercar, a family car & a 4x4, then i would gladly buy this to fill the 'useable classic car' void in the garage - and had a spare £30k burning a hole...

[farrendahl]

Can I substitute track for off roading and relive my youth with a nice Defender 110 I'm sure I could knock them down on the price

[Mr Roper]

farrendahl said:

Can I substitute track for off roading and relive my youth with a nice Defender 110 I'm sure I could knock them down on the price

or better yet.......

http://www.racedandrallied.com/rally-cars-for-sale...

[FamilyDub]

Boringly, I wouldn't be able to see past a nice black CSL.

[TTwiggy]

IanMorewood said:

You wouldn't want to track it that would be my first thought.

I reckon it would track fantastically. Yes, you're not going to want to mix it on 'public sunday' against the Barry Boys in tuned WRXs, but against other classics and lightweights, I imagine it would be superb.

[B.J.W]

Mr Roper said:

wackojacko said:

If I had 30k to spend on a 'toy' it'd be :

either

-a Sagaris
-E46 M3 CSL
-996 GT3
-Z4 M

Hard pushed to find a sag for 30k.....

Or a 996 GT3

[farrendahl]

Mr Roper said:

or better yet.......

http://www.racedandrallied.com/rally-cars-for-sale...

Nope, as much as the Wildcat would be a shed load of fun (and I would happily pimp out the other half to get one-and he wouldn't complain lol), the draw of revisting my youth is far too strong so it would have to be the Defender (or better yet a mint series III)

[christofmccracke]

996 turbo does almost everything really
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2243867.htm

[RPastry]

TTwiggy said:

I reckon it would track fantastically. Yes, you're not going to want to mix it on 'public sunday' against the Barry Boys in tuned WRXs, but against other classics and lightweights, I imagine it would be superb.

what rollover protection would you fit for track days?

[Ozii]

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2019352.htm

This. And a holiday!

[TTwiggy]

RPastry said:

what rollover protection would you fit for track days?

Some sort of hat?

I've seen Caterhams and MX5s on track with no rollover protection (plus, the roof of a saloon car is hardly going to save you in a big roll), so, while it might be prudent, is it actually a requirement?

[43034]

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2461988.htm


With enough left over for the one of these too.



http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2391490.htm

[BlueEyedBoy]

and a bit left over for a bit of tuning.