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enigma · 02-17-2015, 03:17 PM

Kimsey47 · 02-17-2015, 03:19 PM

No Honda S2000???

thill · 02-17-2015, 04:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Kimsey47

No Honda S2000???

If you can find an S2K for $7500 in good shape you better grab it

They are about twice that price near me if they are in good condition.

cdrazic93 · 02-17-2015, 04:16 PM

This doesnt make sense,

wouldnt it be f(cars) d(cars) = miata?

cdrazic93 · 02-17-2015, 04:21 PM

Since everyone already suggested miata, I would suggest an old Mini. With extended axles and some nice tires those things are like golf carts with roofs.

airjonny · 02-17-2015, 04:22 PM

I thought I was done with Calc! Stahp!!

cdrazic93 · 02-17-2015, 04:28 PM

Off the top of my head i can also think of a middle 90's SC400, or last gen Celica.

Dream20b · 02-17-2015, 04:39 PM

Fox body Mustang.

UtahSleeper · 02-17-2015, 05:00 PM

3rd gen celica.

Cheap and built proof motor.

hmong337 · 02-17-2015, 05:00 PM

I'll give this one to the mr-s. Probably the best track slut to get in the $7500 range.

TylerLieberman · 02-17-2015, 05:18 PM

I'd suggest a dc2 integra, as they're awesome little cars.

But suggesting anything fwd on this forum is sacrilegious apparently.

Sideways&Smiling · 02-17-2015, 06:02 PM

Miata, 240sx, last gen MR-2, RX8, are your best bets. Each have their own pros and cons. Some worse than others. haha.

Kimsey47 · 02-17-2015, 06:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by thill

If you can find an S2K for $7500 in good shape you better grab it

They are about twice that price near me if they are in good condition.

Roger... But if you did five year finance for a $12000 S2000 your car payment is like $170-190 unless your finance rate sucked.

strat61caster · 02-17-2015, 07:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Kimsey47

Roger... But if you did five year finance for a $12000 S2000 your car payment is like $170-190 unless your finance rate sucked.

I just went and looked, there's maybe 4 decent S2k's under $15k (none under $13k that don't need at least a few thousand in repairs off the bat if done professionally, I dismissed salvage titles).

It's a 15 year old car with at least 80k miles on the clock, it WILL need work to get to the track reliably. Not to mention most previous owners typically don't know what a torque wrench is and treated it like any other Honda.

IMO it's a gamble if you could actually hit the track with an S2000 that I would have 100% confidence in driving at the limit with a budget any smaller than $15k (full fluid flush, tires, brakes, full on inspection of every nook and cranny, roll bar). Better off shelling out $15k-$20k for the car to start with a clean well maintained one and sparing no expense preparing the car.

Waay outside OP's desired budget. Sure he could probably make it work but there's cheaper fun to be had and S2000's are still coming down (last I checked there were only one or two under $15k and they were garbage, now there's a couple worth looking at in person and >10 riced out, salvaged, and beaten half to death).

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cdrazic93 Junior Join Date: Aug 2013 Drives: a car Location: Probably at school Posts: 4,341 Thanks: 3,184 Thanked 2,512 Times in 1,502 Posts Mentioned: 20 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Since everyone already suggested miata, I would suggest an old Mini. With extended axles and some nice tires those things are like golf carts with roofs. __________________ "Ah! What music! They could have never imagined, those pioneers who invented the automobile, that it would posses us like this, our imaginations, our dreams. Men love women, but even more than that, men love CARS!"-Lord Hesketh

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