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Easily achievable out of the box?
Alfa 147 3.2 V6
You’ve also got the Mk4 Golf with the 2.3 V5, 2.8 or 3.2 sixes, or the Mk5 Golf R32 with the same 3.2 VR6. The Audi A3 also featured the 3.2, and later S/RS A3’s had a 2.5 5 cyl. The Mk2 Ford Focus and Volvo C30 had a 2.5 5 cyl, as did the Mazda 3.
Early BMW 125i/128i/130i/135i all had a 3.0 six, as did the (very pricey) 1M Coupe.
For a few more £££‘S BMW F20 generation 1 series M135i/M140i have a 3.0 straight 6 turbo with between 320 & 340hp. The B58 in the M140i is easily and cheaply tuneable to 420bhp, and far beyond (engine is the same as in the latest M340 and Supra) with a little more work.So a wealth of small car/big engine options from £1000-£25,000+
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There’s a huge Volvo breakers on the A1 North just before the A428 St Neots turnoff
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Mk1 Twingo
Mk 1 Clio
Any R5
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- Mk3 Fiesta 1.1 - friend drove into it and wrote it off. Managed an indicated 100mph downhill, despite only having 50bhp.
- Mk4 Fiesta 1.25 - brilliant little car, 75bhp but handled like a dream.
- Mk4 Escort XR3i Cabriolet - had full RS Turbo kit and interior, but was in all other respects a dog. Worth a couple of grand in parts but ended up selling it -whole- to a cab driver for £400 a couple of months after sticking a £500 Magnex s/s exhaust & manifold and 4 Goodyear Eagle F1's on it.
- Mk5 Fiesta Zetec-S - was only a year old when I got it, in that lovely Imperial Blue with chrome wheel centres and a mesh grille. Had 103bhp but was quick enough to keep most things at the time honest, especially as it had a very sorted chassis. If they'd have managed to put a more powerful engine in it it would be seen as a classic like the Clio 172/182 are now.
- Mk5 Golf GTI - had a big break whilst living in London so borrowed cars as I needed them. Got this just before leaving the city. Highly competent, pretty quick, but lacks a bit of excitement. Will replace it in a year or so, maybe with a Mk7/7.5 R, but maybe with something a bit more emotional.
- Mk3 Fiesta 1.1 - friend drove into it and wrote it off. Managed an indicated 100mph downhill, despite only having 50bhp.
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Rumour has it that was D.O.C Records in Holloway, now long gone
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Why is buying an Air a bad idea? The MB is all but useless with no USB ports and the Pro is incredibly overpriced.
Surely RAM as opposed to a new HDD would make it run quicker, or have I got that wrong?
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I've currently got a mid-2012 13" Non-Retina MacBook Pro with 2x 4GB RAM (purchased in October 2013) that's starting to slow down, especially when using Safari.
Before I drop £1200 on a new MacBook Air with 500GB SSD, is it worth getting someone like macupgrades.co.uk to install 2x 8GB RAM & a 500GB SSD at a cost of around £300, or is this likely to be a false economy? Would I end up having to replace it next year no matter how much I spend on it? Would the Air still be quicker anyway?
The screen & battery on my current one are fine, and it's cosmetically decent enough too.
I spent about £900 on this one (bought it in the US when the exchange rate was better), so to spend another £300 on it would still be the same cost as a new Air. However, I could also get £200 back from this one, bringing my net cost down.
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