Yep, it's another of those tedious what car posts again...I'm thinking about treating myself to a new toy sometime in the next 6 months as I want to try and get in at least one proper silly car whilst there's only 2 people in my family!!So, I'm opening the floor to ideas. However there are some conditions:1. Price must be no more than £7k, ideally nearer £6k (or less obviously).2. It should hold it's value pretty well as I don't want to lose too much money over say 2 years of ownership.3. It needs to be quick. Say 0-60mph in

The main issue with Chimeras (apart from oil starvation on trackdays)seems to be the infamous "Blackpool rot" as TVR apparently never gotaround to coating the chassis in something that didn't promotecorrosion. They're probably the easiest TVR to live with, although I'dalso keep an eye out for a S series.You won't. A good one will be 5k+ and good ones are very hard tofind. And you really, really don't want a project Mk1 MR2.Anything mechanical should be very cheap for these. Pretty mucheverything you need for these (even to restore) should be availablealthough you might have to ship it over from the US.That'll be a grotty bent one.7k will buy you an early Elise, just check it over very carefully asthere are some nasty rattleboxes out there.Other ideas that are available for less that 7k:- Corvette C4. It'll be a slushy, but you can get a decent on for that sort of money. Galvanised chassis and the body is much better quality than TVR. Handles much better than a Camaro, too- Porsche...

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Carl Gibbs 16 years ago

List of jobs to make a sub 5s to 60mph 360: Find a decent 360 Find a decent 2.3 Turbo lump Tune turbo lump to at least 300bhp Fit turbo lump and associated electrickery Fit uprated clutch Find new transaxle to take power Find a quicker steering rack Have new exhaust made Have new brakes fabricated Uprate front suspension (cut springs = bad) Fabricate new suspension at rear (lowering blocks and leaf springs = bad) Fit bucket seats Fit new wheels and decent tyres

List of jobs to make a sub 5s to 60mph Chim: Find a decent Chim

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Elder 16 years ago

Doable

You make that sound like they made any ;)

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Carl Gibbs 16 years ago

With plenty of time and money maybe. I'm limited on both counts. And you'll still be left with a Volvo 360!!

Seems to be plenty about from what I've seen. Hopefully after Christmas the prices will dip a bit more and I'll be able to snap one up well within my budget if that's what I decide to go for (it's still top of my list, followed by the Skyline and something from across the pond)

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Elder 16 years ago

I keep going back and looking at

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And like you, I have a mortgage to get sorted shortly.

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