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Spending the Supra money.Ideas !


MichaelG
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Having sold the Soop last month the money is starting to burn a hole in my pocket. :rolleyes:

 

I had initially planned to keep it until the new year, and buy another Evo. Best car i have ever had performance wise......and i would love another one. But in the last week or so, i have been thinking about spending a wedge of it on something else.......

 

The girlfriend has a new Style Mini Cooper. Very nice car, lowered, bodykit, induction kit, 17"s, Stainless Exhaust, Tints, Chrome bitties, etc etc and of late i have been thinking about going VERY individual, and going the route of getting it Turbocharged. :eyebrows: Having trouble searching on the internet for a company who can do the job so far though, so its proving a bit harder than i thought. So first question is.......are there any Mini fans on here that can point me in the right direction ?

 

Second option, is to keep most of the money, and buy a project car, i have always liked cleaning up my cars to a stupid proportion, and quite fancy buying an old Series 1 Escort RS Turbo (totally still got appeal and becoming very rare now) and keeping it as a car to just tinker with over time and play about with (not full restoration as that would cost an arm and a leg) just buy a decent one to start with and keep it clean and good cond.

 

So........i was totally bored tonight, money is burning a hole, and i am probably talking shi* lol but wondered what you guys thought of either of these options......or would i be better just keeping the money til next year and stick with the Evo idea......

 

Mucho comments appreciated........as you can tell i am totally head up my ar5e as to what to do now and starting to wonder if i should have sold the car as i am a wreck without some sort of motor to play with lol. :violin:

 

Cheers !

 

Michael

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I have thought about something like that Clarkey, but i really wouldnt use it mate. :shrug:

 

Sold the Supra because i cleaned it to within an inch of its life then lost interest lol. :rolleyes:

 

Bobbeh - I dont have a clue about investment and would probably lose the lot lol !! :rolleyes:

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Well i got the money from the Supra, plus some of my own, plus i could put in some more between now and end of year if i dont do anything immediately......so anything between like 10-14k but didnt really want to spend all that again.

 

Hence the smaller project ideas.........

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blow it all on hats !

 

 

or a MkII escort... turn it into a rally monster.... there are a few up in my area which have been 80% converted into a full on rally car but are still used as an everyday run around !

Or a cheap early scooby turbo or EVO turbo for around £4to5K... and do the same thing... spend the rest on turning it into something mental.

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GTI-R - Ugly as sin and chocolate gearboxes. Build quality of an early transit van too :)

 

If you liked the evo but want to spend less, why not consider an ST205 model Celica GT-Four? Bloody quick with BPU mods, same engine as the rev3+ MR2 Turbo's except more power (decent chargecooler), much better brakes (v. similar to UK spec Supra brakes) and good ones can be had for around £6k now.

 

RE: the mini - Isn't Whiffin well into his mini's?

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Cheers for the pointers in the mini direction guys, thats definitely one of the more likely possibilities.......

 

Theres a series 1 RS Turbo i am considering on ebay, the guy wants £4600 for it.......near concours condition.....not far from it......but the only thing that keeps sticking in my mind is that its a 20 year old escort :shrug:

 

I did also consider a GTI-R for all of 5 mins but over 300bhp they are very unreliable and prone to blowing up unless you go for the Norris £7000 conversion :looney:

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Where's the fun in buying a concours one ;)

 

I too have a soft spot for the S1 turbo. I can definitely recommend the MR2 turbo, easily tuneable and cheap too. Insurance is also sensible, but they aren't exactly spacious !

 

I love the look of the Evo 5, so I'd be tempted by one of them aswell.

 

Decisions decisions eh ;)

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