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Best Jap Car for track days?!


Claire Helen

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God tier:

Mazda MX5

 

Mid tier:

MR2

 

Bad tier:

Anything that costs more than £50 to fix

 

So Im in "god tier" and "bad tier", hmmmm ;) honestly hard to beat the MX5 for fun vs cost. Missus has finally suggested that it may be a little slow, so supercharger is being considered :D

 

God Tier

http://www.ultimatecarpage.com/images/events/lemans2002/1930_bentley_blower.jpg

 

Hooning around your local trackday in a priceless 'Blower' Bentley. :eyebrows:

 

Be impressed if it makes it a full lap.... I could never bring myself to take something like that out, but 240z will be going onto track once complete

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So MX5 seems to be the car of choice for cheap and fun runs! Just power is an issue on the straights, so find bendy circuits lol!

 

For those of you that have these second race/fun cars what do you do about insurance, do you just pay for the year or do you do classic insurance for 20+ year old cars or have a trailer etc? I take it none of you use your daily's lol!!

 

I am not bothered about insurance for the track if I smash my car up lol, but need to be able to drive it to the track.

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All my cars on a multi car policy, works out very reasonable when the GTR is included. I used to buy track day insurance but the cost was getting silly...

 

No trailor, car is road friendly and regular services and MOTs is quite useful in keeping the car up to scratch since I dont DIY it.

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Agree with Chris Wilson, RX-7 is an absolute animal on the track

 

I went in a very mildly tuned/modified rx-7 round the nurburgring and i was quite astonished how it handled, it walked over most things there including the mad germans in their M3's, the GT3RS were a different story though, couldnt quite catch those boys

 

Obviously the driver was not shy and has years and years of experience

 

Not the cheapest car to begin with though these days

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Agree with Chris Wilson, RX-7 is an absolute animal on the track

 

I went in a very mildly tuned/modified rx-7 round the nurburgring and i was quite astonished how it handled, it walked over most things there including the mad germans in their M3's, the GT3RS were a different story though, couldnt quite catch those boys

 

Obviously the driver was not shy and has years and years of experience

 

Not the cheapest car to begin with though these days

 

Love the RX7's, my best friend had one and drove it into the wall lol!! Just too expensive for my first track car, want something cheap to see if I enjoy it etc, that's why I'm not putting my supra out there! I'd cry if I so much as scratched it. This way I can give it my all and not be too worried :)

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Love the RX7's, my best friend had one and drove it into the wall lol!! Just too expensive for my first track car, want something cheap to see if I enjoy it etc, that's why I'm not putting my supra out there! I'd cry if I so much as scratched it. This way I can give it my all and not be too worried :)

 

Have to agree, would love one, but the worry of engines is too much. S2000 is great handling car as well and not very heavy either.

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Not a fan of the MR2, driven a couple and don't do it for me generally. Maybe go for a car that isn't jap may be another option, although the MX5 has got allot of thumbs up!

 

Have you driven an MR2 on track? It is a different experience cruising on the road, and going flat out on a track.

 

With just a few basic modifications, the (Mk2) MR2 is a great track car.

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