first drift car / daily BMW E36 convertible 320I (2 litre staight six)

e36 vert 2 lire straight 6 first skid car?

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mickyboi93

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HI all I'm looking into getting my first skid car but it has to be my daily also so Ive been looking at a couple of E36 2 litre straight 6's .. just wondered what your thoughts were on it as a first skid car / daily ?
 
jo_nathon said:
I would only go with a convertible if you plan on caging it or at least doing a roll bar.
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That is one of my main concerns about skidding a vert .. I'm also looking into a 1.8 mx5 its abit easier to source a roll over bars and cheaper maintenance for a first skid car?
Thanks for your advise jo_nathan :thumbs:
 
I would personally avoid unless you can be arsed with the hassle of adding a cage or roll bar.

EDIT: Can you afford to have your daily off the road for the length of time it would take to have the above work carried out? Also think about how much would a roll cage etc increase your insurance by.
 
I didn't think of it that way cheers for the input, for some reason my insurance is ok for a straight 6 (2litre - 2.8Litre) vert, but for smaller engines and compacts / some saloons goes up like crazy for someone my age (24) :confused:
what's your verdict on an mx5 as a daily and learner drift car?
 
mickyboi93 said:
I didn't think of it that way cheers for the input, for some reason my insurance is ok for a straight 6 (2litre - 2.8Litre) vert, but for smaller engines and compacts / some saloons goes up like crazy for someone my age (24) :confused:
what's your verdict on an mx5 as a daily and learner drift car?
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There's loads of threads on here covering beginner drift cars and MX5's
 
Depends if you fit in one or not, mx5's nearly never break so a good choice for reliability. Shit if you want to do anything though.
Compacts are cheap and have all the space in the back for wheels and tools on skid days.
Coupes/saloons are a bit more expensive but have more grip than a compact out the box.

It'll cost the same to get any of them ready for drifting, when viewing either make sure it's not about to break in two. Both famous for rust
 
Andy318ti said:
Depends if you fit in one or not, mx5's nearly never break so a good choice for reliability. Shit if you want to do anything though.
Compacts are cheap and have all the space in the back for wheels and tools on skid days.
Coupes/saloons are a bit more expensive but have more grip than a compact out the box.

It'll cost the same to get any of them ready for drifting, when viewing either make sure it's not about to break in two. Both famous for rust
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Cheers bud .. rust that's one thing I'm always looking out for! I might be going to look at a couple of 1.8 mk1-2s in the coming weeks so fingers crossed! ;)

once again thanks for the advise its really appreciated
 
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