Car appreciation... the aesthetics, the engineering, etc

and it's yellow!

Probably not a popular suggestion in this thread, but what about a motorbike? Cheap, easy to tinker on, unrivalled performance (for the money) and you can probably squeeze one in the garage. There's the new learning curve and if you want the adrenaline hit - track days my friend.

/thread.

Undoubtedly the most sensible suggestion.

Loved;

Road legal, tax’d and MOT’d – albeit a trifle harsh on the road….

On an almost related note, the fastest thing on 4 wheels I've ever squeezed myself into was a sylva stryker with a hyabusa engine and gearbox.

If you want to tinker in a shed and end up with a wicked motor, a bike engined kit car will cost at most 33% of that gt3, and will be considerably faster and more engaging.

now is clearly the time to go race car shopping

holy fuck thats nice.
is road legal if it has a number plate?

iff it's an app k car it wiill be like driving a speedboat on the road...

Can't tell if that's a good or bad thing...

hehe

i'll let you know in about three months...

It's all relative.

0-60 in 3 seconds for £3k is hard to beat.

and if you want the adrenaline hit

You twist the throttle.

I've never really driven any performance cars but I've chucked around a few "ordinary cars". Driving fast is a buzz. Twisting the throttle in second gear at 40mph on a 750cc bike however, is like "holy shit, how is this legal?"

Surely with this level of disposable income flying lessons are next on the list?

This is what I'd do. No need to borrow money either as flying lessons are more a slow, expensive drip than a big £60k bang.

On reflection as @Airhead said borrowing money when you have so much disposable income doesn't seem to make much sense, whatever it's for.

Are you not tempted by a house, or overpaying on your mortgage to become mortgage free?

I appreciate that a house is not fast or normally yellow.

Could you not paint your current Porsche yellow?

I mean, that all said, a 911 gt3 is a 911 gt3.

It would undoubtedly be the first car on my list if i had 60 to 100k in my back pocket, didn't drink, and had no intention of raising kids.

Also. We're going to HAVE to watch this.
Why don't you put your options down in terms of "projects what i want to tinker on". We'll tell you what you'll enjoy most and what we'll enjoy seeing you do (sticking a jet engine in a caterham and ragging the fuck out of it), you post it/film it/blog it.
WIN.

Dammit starts a YouTube channel and becomes an influencer.

He has the sports car and the beard.

only 30k

Also looks like

which becomes

Not to be a killjoy, but a 60k GT3 does make a shit load of sense. There's few cars out there that "do everything" (if you don't have kids).

A GT3's limits will be beyond most drivers on track, it's definitely a car to grow into over a number of years. It will cover huge distance in relative comfort and carry enough luggage for 2 people, so those weeks away in Europe people mostly only dream of are hugely achievable. It provides an acceptably noisy/quiet soundtrack over long and short distance, can be a hooligan when you want it to be or the perfect town car for when you get to the next city.

It won't decrease in value, it might even go up enough to cover the cost of the finance by the end of the term.

The spanner in the works is that you are two feet, both arms, and most of your torso deep into creating a GT3 spec cabriolet that will either get sidelined, or when finished will be surplus to requirements.

The million or at least sixty thousand pound question is what do you actually want from your car?

If you're happy to keep plugging away with the cab to fill the GT aspect of the GT3 then 10k will buy you a fresh import MX5. One of the ones with a bit of pep, plus a few mods for track, plus many track days with full day instruction.

Or if that 60k is really burning a hole for something fun and very track capable, then speak to retropower or someone similar to see what they can build for 60k. Compared to most of their builds, it'd be very very tame I assume but a restomod Alfa could be possible?

How about a 1st gen Cayman with a stupid engine in it?

Cayman

Quite a few cool ones on that race car autotrader that was linked earlier.

They're probably better handling than a rear engine porker too ;)

edit:

this is the one that caught my eye https://racecarsdirect.com/Advert/Details/99287/porsche-cayman-sv

i have an idea - track the cabriolet, then spen the £60k sponsoring P.H.A.R.T Racing

If you want to tinker in a shed and end up with a wicked motor, a bike engined kit car will cost at most 33% of that gt3, and will be considerably faster and more engaging.

This is why I have 2.5 of them. Albeit none road-legal at the moment.

I'm looking for a set of 5x100 PCD wheels in 17" or 18".

Ideal specs look like 7JJ x 17 w/ ET 48 to 55 offset ; 215/55R17 (45R18).
Must be as cheap as possible. Let me know if you've got anything, especially if they've got winter tyres on already.