Hi all!
New to the forum so please redirect me if this is in the wrong place!
I am looking at getting a 182 as a second car that I can use as a track car but I am new to track days so its not going to get hugely abused. I want to keep it relatively standard so that I can take advantage of 4 seats (only have 2 in my Z4!?) and also so it is still comfortable driving too and from tracks.
I have been looking at trying to get a fairly budget 182 with Cup suspension and prices seem to be creeping up. I get the impression 1500-2k+ is going to be needed for the base car. I totally appreciate that I could by a prepped car and save a lot of money in the long term but if I do decide to start undertaking more significant changes I want to enjoy the process.
The current conundrum is whether I prioritise cheap and cheerful, or push the budget up a little and try to pick up one of the really nice examples that sit around the 3-4k mark on the basis that if I look after it and don't bin it into a wall, and if I do decide to get rid of it in the next few years, it might have held its value better?
E.g. low mileage RB with stripes and in great nick at e.g. 80k mileage for 3-3.5k vs normal 182 cup with 130k+ mileage lots of dings etc, many owners, i.e. not a collectors car at 1.5-2k+
Any advice massively appreciated.
Thanks
New to the forum so please redirect me if this is in the wrong place!
I am looking at getting a 182 as a second car that I can use as a track car but I am new to track days so its not going to get hugely abused. I want to keep it relatively standard so that I can take advantage of 4 seats (only have 2 in my Z4!?) and also so it is still comfortable driving too and from tracks.
I have been looking at trying to get a fairly budget 182 with Cup suspension and prices seem to be creeping up. I get the impression 1500-2k+ is going to be needed for the base car. I totally appreciate that I could by a prepped car and save a lot of money in the long term but if I do decide to start undertaking more significant changes I want to enjoy the process.
The current conundrum is whether I prioritise cheap and cheerful, or push the budget up a little and try to pick up one of the really nice examples that sit around the 3-4k mark on the basis that if I look after it and don't bin it into a wall, and if I do decide to get rid of it in the next few years, it might have held its value better?
E.g. low mileage RB with stripes and in great nick at e.g. 80k mileage for 3-3.5k vs normal 182 cup with 130k+ mileage lots of dings etc, many owners, i.e. not a collectors car at 1.5-2k+
Any advice massively appreciated.
Thanks
