InitialDrift
Member
Hey, ill be wanting to get a RWD sometime, anybody got any ideas for a nice cheapo RWD?
Cheers
Cheers
Nice Starter Drift Car?
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InitialDrift
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Well, im, 16! Dont get me wrong though, im not the kinda guy who puts a huuge spolier and a new exhaust on a 1.2 corsa.
Yeah i know, i probs wouldnt be able to get a RWD as a first car, insurance and that...
but any ideas as a second car?
amd budget...
i dunno, i guess i could do about a grand maybe more!, and slowly make modifications to it
cheers!
Yeah i know, i probs wouldnt be able to get a RWD as a first car, insurance and that...
but any ideas as a second car?
amd budget...
i dunno, i guess i could do about a grand maybe more!, and slowly make modifications to it
cheers!
InitialDrift
Member
haha sweet man
yeah sounds like thatll have to be your second car though!
well, i couldnt get an s13 as a first, insurance would be through the roof!
unless your rich, we have to face that our first cars,
will be shit.
haha
i quite like an mr2, but due to the mid engine, its not as ideal for drifting as a front engined car!
haha
yeah sounds like thatll have to be your second car though!
well, i couldnt get an s13 as a first, insurance would be through the roof!
unless your rich, we have to face that our first cars,
will be shit.
haha
i quite like an mr2, but due to the mid engine, its not as ideal for drifting as a front engined car!
haha
Papercutout
Active Member
First drift car at 17? volvo 340 or (better still) volvo 360. 340 comes in 1.4 (weak) or 1.7 (not tooo bad), and the 360 is best in 2.0 form, I like the saloons personally.
InitialDrift
Member
yeahh, theyre alright i guess!
id rather save the money, and get my second car as a rwd
maybe i could pick up a cheap 200sx or something?
id rather save the money, and get my second car as a rwd
maybe i could pick up a cheap 200sx or something?
Papercutout
Active Member
Seat time is what matters when you get down to it with drifting - meaning clutch kicking a little 1.7 volvo around on an airbase is going to get you far further than buying a gay FWD car and razzing around in that for a year.
You don't need to limit yourself to a shitty Volvo as so many tend to think.
If you use your imagination , you can. If my personal experience (I spent months trying to work out the perfect first car), insurance prices not vary too much between 1600cc - 2000cc cars as long as they're not turbocharged.
There are a couple of "sleeper" cars that are ridiculously cheap to insure, for example you can have an Aristo, VR4 Galant and 2.3l "turbobrick" Volvo for the same price as a 1.6 Saxo (I kid you not), so if you find yourself something usual that you like, you may just be able to snag some affordable insurance!
As suggestions for a First Car, you're not going to find anything better than an MX5. The insurance is cheap enough for our age, there is a very healthy aftermarket for them and they handle like they are on rails with minimal tinkering - If I wasn't such a big chap and haven't been dropped enough times on my head as a baby to think £2500 is a reasonable amount to pay for insurance, I'd have one in a heartbeat because they are just so "Right". But for now I'm sticking with my first love, a A70 Supra
Oh, and If you like MR2s, go for one (bear in mind, you're limited to just MK1s. I've had more luck getting decent quotes on a Twin turbo supra than an NA MK2 MR2
)
Don't buy a car just to drift. Buy a car that you like for it's own merits, if it can get sideways that's just a bonus.
If you use your imagination , you can. If my personal experience (I spent months trying to work out the perfect first car), insurance prices not vary too much between 1600cc - 2000cc cars as long as they're not turbocharged.
There are a couple of "sleeper" cars that are ridiculously cheap to insure, for example you can have an Aristo, VR4 Galant and 2.3l "turbobrick" Volvo for the same price as a 1.6 Saxo (I kid you not), so if you find yourself something usual that you like, you may just be able to snag some affordable insurance!
As suggestions for a First Car, you're not going to find anything better than an MX5. The insurance is cheap enough for our age, there is a very healthy aftermarket for them and they handle like they are on rails with minimal tinkering - If I wasn't such a big chap and haven't been dropped enough times on my head as a baby to think £2500 is a reasonable amount to pay for insurance, I'd have one in a heartbeat because they are just so "Right". But for now I'm sticking with my first love, a A70 Supra
Oh, and If you like MR2s, go for one (bear in mind, you're limited to just MK1s. I've had more luck getting decent quotes on a Twin turbo supra than an NA MK2 MR2
)Don't buy a car just to drift. Buy a car that you like for it's own merits, if it can get sideways that's just a bonus.
InitialDrift
Member
cool thanks alot papercutout + dons1mpson!
yeah the thing about seat time is a point!
and i wouldnt just buy it to drift, id buy a car that i like, that can drift.
and the sleeper cars?
tell me more haha!
yeah the thing about seat time is a point!
and i wouldnt just buy it to drift, id buy a car that i like, that can drift.
and the sleeper cars?
tell me more haha!
Goddaz
Member
Am not gonna insure it ;D?? trailer fairy!!yeahh, theyre alright i guess!
id rather save the money, and get my second car as a rwd
maybe i could pick up a cheap 200sx or something?
InitialDrift
Member
whaa?
lozza
ChickFoot FTW!
Sierra or Volvo if your only 17 and want a RWD car.
Why bother trailering a car? A decent trailer costs loads, then the cost of the car and having to get someone who can trailer it all the time?!!? madness! just buy a cheaper car u can actually drive, you'll learn most driving it day to day anyway!
Why bother trailering a car? A decent trailer costs loads, then the cost of the car and having to get someone who can trailer it all the time?!!? madness! just buy a cheaper car u can actually drive, you'll learn most driving it day to day anyway!
InitialDrift
Member
no haha i wasnt going to trailer anything!
(when i said second car, i meant next car after my first one, not as in actually owning 2 cars!)
but, thanks to everyone whos posted
keep em coming, all good so far!
(when i said second car, i meant next car after my first one, not as in actually owning 2 cars!)
but, thanks to everyone whos posted
keep em coming, all good so far!
InitialDrift
Member
that a 340 or a 360?
lozza
ChickFoot FTW!
no haha i wasnt going to trailer anything!
(when i said second car, i meant next car after my first one, not as in actually owning 2 cars!)
but, thanks to everyone whos posted
keep em coming, all good so far!
meant the other guy who said he was going to trailer a car about
you've got the right way of thinking, but you can get a cheap rwd for first car! Spin-kings volvo would be perfect.