29-10-2012, 01:41 PM
Thing is Grant, as I said on Whatsapp; you've got to be realistic if you're making this decision with your head.
I mean this in a nice way, but a luke-warm hatch with a little camber and suspension is going to be a lot less likely to get you into trouble than a 275-295bhp RWD Nissan, doesn't matter how you look at it. In addition to this, with a pair of big ol' rear tyres, you'll have to be doing some before you're near the limit. It's a bigger car, so will feel slower from the cockpit, meaning you, as an enthusiastic driver will be more inclined to go faster. The combination of the above will mean that when you overstep the limit, it really will bite you hard. With a fun FWD hatch, if you get the back end out, you steer into it and boot it. With a RWD car, if the back steps out, unless youre Tsuchiya you realistically will end up upside down in that pretty field 500 yards away... The same goes for the S2ks too; they've got a nasty reputation for being very skittish and snappy on the limit; the earlier models even more so due to the steering rack.
Bottom line imo is if you're doing it to save money and your license, then get something boring cheap economical and comfortable, or just use the work van for a bit and see how you get on.
If you want to go mad with it, for god's sake ignore me and get a 350z or something, and I call shotgun on the first passenger ride. But I just can't see that spending £6k on a car you don't absolutely need right now is a good idea, especially when it could potentially get you into a LOT more trouble with the law and every field in Surrey than the 306 ever will, modified or not!!
I mean this in a nice way, but a luke-warm hatch with a little camber and suspension is going to be a lot less likely to get you into trouble than a 275-295bhp RWD Nissan, doesn't matter how you look at it. In addition to this, with a pair of big ol' rear tyres, you'll have to be doing some before you're near the limit. It's a bigger car, so will feel slower from the cockpit, meaning you, as an enthusiastic driver will be more inclined to go faster. The combination of the above will mean that when you overstep the limit, it really will bite you hard. With a fun FWD hatch, if you get the back end out, you steer into it and boot it. With a RWD car, if the back steps out, unless youre Tsuchiya you realistically will end up upside down in that pretty field 500 yards away... The same goes for the S2ks too; they've got a nasty reputation for being very skittish and snappy on the limit; the earlier models even more so due to the steering rack.
Bottom line imo is if you're doing it to save money and your license, then get something boring cheap economical and comfortable, or just use the work van for a bit and see how you get on.
If you want to go mad with it, for god's sake ignore me and get a 350z or something, and I call shotgun on the first passenger ride. But I just can't see that spending £6k on a car you don't absolutely need right now is a good idea, especially when it could potentially get you into a LOT more trouble with the law and every field in Surrey than the 306 ever will, modified or not!!
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