| Author | Message | ||
| William Huber (Solipsist)
Member Username: Solipsist Post Number: 572 Registered: 9-2001 |
E30 BMW 325es coupe. There everywhere & very low priced now. You can find some around $1500.00. I also like the idea of Porsche 944 & 1st gen. RX7. I must argree with Rob, you will have more fun with your 328. Are you driving @ TWS or MSR? | ||
| DMC (Machinnes)
New member Username: Machinnes Post Number: 30 Registered: 10-2002 |
Porsche's will be costly! We are putting together a 76 BMW 2002, a great car for little money to run. The RX7 also would be a excellent idea. | ||
| Rob Lay (Rob328gts)
Board Administrator Username: Rob328gts Post Number: 3135 Registered: 12-2000 |
Jim, LOL, all of the above. Here's some local Texas groups that do them... www.thedriversedge.net www.nasatx.com Panoz at Texas Motor Speedway www.texasworldspeedway.com Porsche Club of America (Maverick Region) | ||
| Jim E (Jimpo1)
Intermediate Member Username: Jimpo1 Post Number: 1118 Registered: 7-2001 |
I say get the RX7. Then you can join Rob in his series if you decide you want to race. What's DE? Driver Education? Dopey Engineering? Drinking Excessively? | ||
| Omar (Auraraptor)
Junior Member Username: Auraraptor Post Number: 162 Registered: 9-2002 |
914, cheap and easy to convert to a track car | ||
| Tillman Strahan (Tillman)
Member Username: Tillman Post Number: 286 Registered: 11-2001 |
Thanks for the ideas. I did look at a SM for other reasons, but the pricing I saw was close to 5 figures -- definitely higher than I want to go now. The 944 sounds interesting, as does the 3 series BMW. Any other ideas? Thanks | ||
| Lawrence Coppari (Lawrence)
Member Username: Lawrence Post Number: 453 Registered: 4-2002 |
Get a 944. I've got the turbo version and have used it as a DE car since 1996. Handling is excellent. You'll learn more with the slower car. | ||
| Randy (Schatten)
Member Username: Schatten Post Number: 540 Registered: 4-2001 |
I'd second the idea of a spec miata. if you check out specmiata.com you can see what its all about and what people shell out for an economical race car. typically they average putting in 7-8K after the loaner to get it competitive. otherwise.. start picking up grassroots motorsport magazine - they have buyer guides for budget racers in various dollar amounts. Otherwise, if you want something dirt cheap that can go quite fast - look at getting a CRX. | ||
| Jordan Witherspoon (Jordan747_400)
Junior Member Username: Jordan747_400 Post Number: 117 Registered: 12-2002 |
I second the idea for the 944...there seems to be a big field for that car. | ||
| Robin Overcash (Robin)
New member Username: Robin Post Number: 2 Registered: 1-2003 |
Old BMW 3-series works well for this. The E30 325s can be had for next to nothing...If you feel like spending a bit more, 8-9k will get you a heavily used E30 M3. | ||
| Dave (Maranelloman)
Member Username: Maranelloman Post Number: 651 Registered: 1-2002 |
How about a Spec Miata? | ||
| Rob Lay (Rob328gts)
Board Administrator Username: Rob328gts Post Number: 3124 Registered: 12-2000 |
You know what I think Tillman, you also need to get the 328 out there too. | ||
| DES (Sickspeed)
Member Username: Sickspeed Post Number: 863 Registered: 8-2002 |
How about a DES car...? That's where you spend an obscene amount of money on a hardcore exotic and let ME drive it on the course...  | ||
| Joseph (Mojo)
Junior Member Username: Mojo Post Number: 212 Registered: 9-2002 |
1st generation porsche 944, no power but cheap and handle great, and I think they look cool too. | ||
| Tillman Strahan (Tillman)
Member Username: Tillman Post Number: 284 Registered: 11-2001 |
Greetings, A buddy and me have decided to take some DE classes this coming year such as the Drivers' Edge events. We'd like to pick up a car specifically for these type events. Here's the requirements 1) Cheap! If we stuff it into a wall or roll it, it should be cheap enough to walk away from without hurting too much. Let's call it $3000 or so at the upper limit. 2) Rear wheel drive 3) Manual transmission, naturally 4) It doesn't need to be fast, but it should handle well. 5) Hardtop 6) Did I mention cheap? The first things that pop to mind are the 1st generation RX-7 and the Porsche 924. Does anyone have any other suggestions? Thanks |