choosing a weekend car
04-10-2015, 05:39 AM
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choosing a weekend car
Hi All,
I am very tempted to buy a second car as an addition to my e60 530d .
this is after me seeing the c63 and want something that can be a reasonable fast car and can do drifting as and when .
I need something that is either turbo or is above 330 bhp for street weekend driving and of course is rwd.
I was thinking I can turn my drift car (E36 328) to that but it is gutless 210-20 bhp . I was thinking I can put a diy turbo on it but insurance went crazy high (£7k) compared to £600 for the standard 328 or m3 e46.
what I need from it :
1. rwd
2. either 330bhp or above , or turbo with at least 250ish so can just change the turbo and get better bhp.
3. something that isn't rare in this country and can get help from people on how to fix it . I am one of those that will do research and fix my own cars looking at forums etc .
4. plenty of spare parts and hopefully cheap so again going back to point 3 on not being rare.
5. no complicated electronics that no one can touch it apart from some guys with 20 years of experience
I am thinking of m3 e46 or e60 m5 but the e60 m5 scares me due to its tech installed on the car and having a 530d e60 i know how painful and complicated it is .
I got my quotes from go compare and what is interesting is, m5 is only 1.3k with 510bhp to ensure it fully comp while an m3 or 328i turbo charged is 7k with only one provider willing to do it .
is it because I have to approach individual companies rather than comparison that especciallise in modified cars as surely a turbo modification shouldn't increase the price by 7 times.
my budget is around 8k max . saying that I know m5 e60 is 15k minimum hence why I liked it and can stretch to it but only if there are no other options.
I think m5 is too big and lazy compared to a 5-6k m3 e46 despite its extra 150bhp
skyline r32 ?
many thanks for your inputs.
I am very tempted to buy a second car as an addition to my e60 530d .
this is after me seeing the c63 and want something that can be a reasonable fast car and can do drifting as and when .
I need something that is either turbo or is above 330 bhp for street weekend driving and of course is rwd.
I was thinking I can turn my drift car (E36 328) to that but it is gutless 210-20 bhp . I was thinking I can put a diy turbo on it but insurance went crazy high (£7k) compared to £600 for the standard 328 or m3 e46.
what I need from it :
1. rwd
2. either 330bhp or above , or turbo with at least 250ish so can just change the turbo and get better bhp.
3. something that isn't rare in this country and can get help from people on how to fix it . I am one of those that will do research and fix my own cars looking at forums etc .
4. plenty of spare parts and hopefully cheap so again going back to point 3 on not being rare.
5. no complicated electronics that no one can touch it apart from some guys with 20 years of experience
I am thinking of m3 e46 or e60 m5 but the e60 m5 scares me due to its tech installed on the car and having a 530d e60 i know how painful and complicated it is .
I got my quotes from go compare and what is interesting is, m5 is only 1.3k with 510bhp to ensure it fully comp while an m3 or 328i turbo charged is 7k with only one provider willing to do it .
is it because I have to approach individual companies rather than comparison that especciallise in modified cars as surely a turbo modification shouldn't increase the price by 7 times.
my budget is around 8k max . saying that I know m5 e60 is 15k minimum hence why I liked it and can stretch to it but only if there are no other options.
I think m5 is too big and lazy compared to a 5-6k m3 e46 despite its extra 150bhp
skyline r32 ?
many thanks for your inputs.
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