[dizzy619]

So I am looking to buy a roadster for the weekends/trackdays budget is £10k ..... What do we reckon?

[MarkG_M5Comp]

Originally Posted by dizzy619

So I am looking to buy a roadster for the weekends/trackdays budget is £10k ..... What do we reckon?

MX5

EDIT: This is track only - http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mazda-MK3-...sAAOSwfZ1WY1Ca

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Originally Posted by MarkG335

MX5

EDIT: This is track only - http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mazda-MK3-...sAAOSwfZ1WY1Ca

Not sure I would keep the 'stickers / badges'

However yes can't go wrong with an MX5.

[Tengocity]

S2000
MX5 (but with BBS mods)
Elise
VX220
Boxster

[dizzy619]

Originally Posted by Tengocity

S2000
MX5 (but with BBS mods)
Elise
VX220
Boxster

Nice list.... I do like the boxter mx 5 is cheap and low mileage for the money tho..... Not fast enough unfortunately...

350z?

[philiper1]

Z4!

[Tengocity]

Originally Posted by dizzy619

Nice list.... I do like the boxter mx 5 is cheap and low mileage for the money tho..... Not fast enough unfortunately...

350z?

That's why I said with BBS mods, so in other words adding forced induction. You can easily get 200+bhp out of them and they are plenty fun with sweetest gearshift around.

[Mark1966]

Any Elise takes a lot of beating but you cant go far wrong with an MX5.

You could just about squeak a Caterham or a well sorted Westfield.

Good hunting.

[Chris Peacock]

Originally Posted by dizzy619

So I am looking to buy a roadster for the weekends/trackdays budget is £10k ..... What do we reckon?

S2000 - no question, they come alive on track and punch well above the power figures would have you believe.

Plus they are appreciating so if you want one you need to move quickly.

[Ads14a]

+1 on an s2000 as my mate had one and it was much quicker than my other friends 2.0l mx5 and it sounded really good.. I personally always wanted a vx220 turbo as my uncle went on a track day in a caterham, an evo, a touring car and vx220t and he said the vauxhall was the most fun and it was a standard road car too.

[dizzy619]

Thanks everyone..... I now own a S2000... Pick it up tomorrow... That v-tec is just bonkers

[pienchips]

Congratulations, what year, colour, any upgrades?

Any question just ask, I've had a couple before (MY01 and MY08) oh and get yourself signed up to the UK section on S2ki.com

[dizzy619]

Originally Posted by pienchips

Congratulations, what year, colour, any upgrades?

Any question just ask, I've had a couple before (MY01 and MY08) oh and get yourself signed up to the UK section on S2ki.com

Cheers mate will do..
It's only an 2002 72k dark grey.. Bog standard..

First thing will be a decent service just so I know the oil is decent.

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Originally Posted by Lobb

Anyone else remember when the barber used to ask you, after a haircut, "something for the weekend sir"?

Yep lol.

Also remember while at school, popping to local chemists (with big red face) to get some condoms.

Then going to visit new gf.

Only to find out her mum was the woman that sold them to me.

'That hugely embarrassed boy sitting on the sofa'

[Mark1966]

You can't go wrong with an S2000, the wife had one back in 2002 and she absolutely loved it, cracking engine the likes of which we will never see again in a mainstream car unfortunately

[WeaverBeaver]

Good choice, hope you enjoy! Just be careful, S2000 can be a real widowmaker with very small window of recovery before ending up in a hedge. Perhaps new modern tyres and perhaps a few chassis mods can eliminate this very spiky handling. Had a mate who owned one and he had a couple of terrifying moments in it, so went back to a Z4

[SkyJawa]

Originally Posted by WeaverBeaver

Good choice, hope you enjoy! Just be careful, S2000 can be a real widowmaker with very small window of recovery before ending up in a hedge. Perhaps new modern tyres and perhaps a few chassis mods can eliminate this very spiky handling. Had a mate who owned one and he had a couple of terrifying moments in it, so went back to a Z4

Depends on the MY, they made major suspension changes over the years. Updated in 2002 as the early cars were a handful, then another big jump in 2004 for the facelift car and they kept tweaking things like the ARB's over the years post.

[RichardM]

Originally Posted by dizzy619

Cheers mate will do..
It's only an 2002 72k dark grey.. Bog standard..

First thing will be a decent service just so I know the oil is decent.

Looking forward to seeing the pictures Also if you don't mind saying how much did you pay for it?

I'd been thinking of getting a second hand Boxster but this could be a good option. An MX5 would be too slow.

[Chris Peacock]

Just watch the geo bolts as they seize solid if not regularly maintained and you then can't adjust the wheel alignment, one of the biggest issues to watch out for.

[dizzy619]

Originally Posted by Chris Peacock

Just watch the geo bolts as they seize solid if not regularly maintained and you then can't adjust the wheel alignment, one of the biggest issues to watch out for.

Thanks Chris I will get them checked and lubed on Thursday when the fluids are done..

[dizzy619]

Originally Posted by RichardM

Looking forward to seeing the pictures Also if you don't mind saying how much did you pay for it?

I'd been thinking of getting a second hand Boxster but this could be a good option. An MX5 would be too slow.

Yes I wanted a boxter to but the guy who does my cars said that it may well prove more problematic and expensive and possibly less fun than the Honda... Like many on here he felt the s2000 was a good bet.

Paid £6250

[RichardM]

How are you getting on with the Honda dizzy619 ?