Autoblog-advice: a powerful car as the successor of a Starlet
Posted on 26-12-2015 at 14:00 by larssb – 80 Comments”
Welcome to Autoblog’s Hilarious Starletdagen.
Because after the fabulous op-ed from esteemed colleague @MauritsH and the jewel that all-round petrolhead @Dizono on ebay, found it, Peter here the garage running with………A TOYOTA STARLET! That should, of course, on the directieplek. While enjoying a cup of coffee we went then for a time with Peter to the table, because why the heck you of a Starlet want?
Well, the 19-year-old Peter wants more oempf: preferably between 200 and 330 HP. Preferably generated by more than 4 cylinders, but less than 10. That should be doable. Because he is not more than about 4,000 miles per year driving, he closes zelfontbranders. Private at least, Peter is a truck driver. He has so much time to earn and little time to spend it, their budget varies therefore around € 11.000,-. Because of his vrijgezellenstatus have no practical or spacious car. If it is very good hurry, and preferably just as it sounds. And, also not unimportant, the car should not be more than 175,000 miles on the clock. During the inevitable stop at the oliebollenkraam we walk for a while through the well-known list:
Current vehicle:Toyota Starlet 1.3
Sale/lease: Sale
Business/private: private
Budget:€ 11.000 – € 12.000.
Annual mileage:approx. 4000 km per year
Brandstofvoorkeur:Gasoline
Reason for purchase:You are young, you want what
Family Composition:Single
Preferred brands/models:No
No-go models:No
A pleasant surprise: there are no preferences for brands, continents or years. And also no No-Go models. Himself, Peter has already brainstormed about a BMW 530i, so let’s just pause for a moment what it is. Also because the last time the door already flat were at the BMW dealer. But wait, what is he there in the showroom?
A Z4. So still a BMW
A real, classic two-seater and enjoy with your pinch ferd in the sun. Or in any case in the air. Much more fun is driving a car not for most. To Peters PK-requirement to fulfill is the search for a 3.0 i. If he is prepared to 8 HP by the fingers to see, it can also be the strongest 2.5 l for 2006 and Peter has considerably more to bring in models and options. Boss in own Bimmer.
V8 party: Audi S4 (B6)
Where we are with the Z4 2.5 a little HP to recently, it was according to Peters list, we’re shooting there this S4 over again. But that can never be bad. With 344 pieces from the 4.2 liter V8 is also the requirement that a fast car must have been more than met. Isn’t the Audi is not very very hard to do and if you once in a while, almost stationary, continuing to struggle doing it that too without a single protest. He asks, though there were a heavy sip of gasoline, but with 4,000 km per year, that is still good to review. The sound is priceless.
Partly German, is very different: Chrysler Crossfire
Although, actually, this separate compartment is very very German. He was even built at Karmann in Osnabrück, and subcutaneous is a nearly complete Mercedes-Benz SLK in hiding. Including the well-proven 3.2-litre V6. That R170 bits ‘n pieces from Stuttgart are of course not the state of the art technology, the Crossfire should the than also especially of his looks. It is striking that the small number of available copies (exclusive!) all still as good as the original, and onverprutst. Especially the back is very styled and has an automatic in – and tiltable spoiler. That seems to be on speed to 25 kg of additional downforce to generate, so when it fails it gives is a bag of cement here is the cheap fix.
Rare (and) hitsig: Alfa Romeo 156 GTA
He smoelt amazing, thanks to Walter de’Silva, and we’re not even under the hood looked. Because there radiates the strength and the character by which chrome inlaatbuizen and red lettering. The addictive tasty-sounding 3.2-litre V6 roars 250 HP to the front wheels. That’s also its main disadvantage: the section has quite some trouble with the transfer of the power that Alfa’s own zespitter developed. One piece of passion and emotion. But that last one can have two sides: looking for a very well-kept copy with manual gearbox, for a Selespeed-switched koopjeshoek instance makes you livid and the Alfa was unmanageable. And that is part and vice versa.
No surprises: Nissan 350Z
Also, not afterwards. The 350Z is as reliable as Peters truck, maybe that’s why his mind already wandered to this nice scrawny Japanese man. And all the ingredients for a delicious pot send are present: a 3.5-liter V6 with 280 HP to the rear wheels through a manual 6-speed. He feels very sturdy in the operation and control. For some, this is a disadvantage, but because you get really busy with the car is the sportiness. A roadster also fits within the budget, but this feels much weker and looks closed a lot less bullig. Sin. But not a word about dameskappers!
Yolo! A whole ‘Vette Chevy (C4)
It is, however, equally well search for a beautiful and original copy of this C4-generation Chevrolet Corvette. But it is absolutely worth it, such a laid-back, a V8 of 5.7 litres in the cabin with a deep-dark brown hum 250 HP to the wide achtersloffen conducts. That does not seem excessive, but with the torque of 470 Nm is a stoplichtsprintje not quickly in embarrassment. Only when accelerating above 120 km/h increases the sensation and you will notice that the achtcilinder not in Maranello built. The rest is not, the body of real ‘Murican plastic. Fantastic, rust does not and also that V8 is virtually indestructible. If the rest of the technique, and attention, gurgles this Fat with the annual mileage of Peter over the next 148 years, unperturbed by.
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