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

Next question from Dammit...... "can you fit a MTB in a Ferrari"

Followed by, "could i fit a supercharger"

I have (in theory) no requirement to fit an MTB into the run-around, so a 355 would be fine.

If, of course, they were somewhat cheaper.

Touché!

Here's a question: what has over 300 horsepower, is around 5 grand, and is new enough/has low enough miles to not immediately shit itself and cost 10k to fix? That's it for the requirements other than I can sit in it comfortably.

Thanks for the suggestion.
I did fit heavy duty springs and spacers and my Legacy, mostly to sort out the sagging rear but it didn't really help.
I will check them Passats. Cool

You should get a motorbike.

Admittedly 300bhp is not common, but on a power to weight ratio the equivalent is easily achievable.

How much weight are you talking about?

some sort of subaru impreza / mitsubishi evo

https://youtu.be/SBCHveQ6X1Q

I like the Nissan but the rest are grim

E90 335ci ?
https://www.pistonheads.com/buy/listing/11993428

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202110068180043

Remap might get it close to 300 and still have some cash left over for decent tyres!

Saab 9-5

Snap

Approx 200-250kg. Maybe I'm not sure. Never measured it properly. Maybe I should.
Basically a car load of vinyls (including rear seats down obvs)

They can stack up yes, possibly too high for a normal estate.
Is your Tourer the manual version?
C4's auto transmission are reputedly fragile. At least the dud one I ended up buying is a manual.

This is where I think the 300bhp restricts things. With the price factor I think it favours big old barges... and without sounding like a broken record I don't get why you'd want a massive car if you've got a massive people carrier.

I don't think you could get a mk5 Gti to 300bhp. But with some light tuning mods whatever bhp it makes will be felt a lot more than in something like the Saab or whatever old Ford made jag fits the brief.

So my vote is a mk5 Gti. £5k might even have money for new tyres and mods.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1989-Dodge-Ram-B250-Panel-Van-318-V8-Auto-/125013499107?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49286&mkrid=710-127635-2958-0

I would love one of these with a 70s mural. I'd call it "abdTRUCKtion"

A-Team paintjob surely?

You should get a motorbike.

Nailed it.

Better have a goddam Aztec warrior on that mural too

Some inspo for you - https://www.v8van.com/van-murals.html

I'm thinking Roger Dean album art type space prog

Needs matching tweed tracksuit.

Or a galleon