£800 to spend.... What's my options?

Don't ever mention drift car to people IMO, just makes you sound like a nobhead to most.

It's a track car with a locked diff if anyone asks.

 

Yeah never say drift car. Lol

I took my 4x4 to get mot a few weeks back. Full external cage, tray back wct and they got really shitty with me and said its a piece of shit and he was doing me a favour and shouldnt even be moting it. It passed with 2 advisorys..

Just turn up, keep quiet and if they say theres no back seats just say thata how you bought it. It will only be an advisory.

 

How big is your wife???

 

Stand your ground with the mrs, I've been battling for 4 years and still drifting, she will get used to it eventually.

 

Jeez how big is she? My wife only needs one seat.

 

It cant be tested on the brake rollers with a welded diff,and also if its got a LSD its not supposed to go in the rollers as it tests each side one at a time,they need to go out for a decelerometer test.
No rear seats is an advisory,no seats,no belts needed.
You can stand by the car with your smartphone reading this as they test it.

https://www.gov.uk/topic/mot/manuals

 

im sure the mot tester will love you for that

 

I obviously vote for the mx5, i'm currently learning to drift and the way the mx5 reacts is already teaching me quite a lot, as everyone says, power isn't everything. I just got some coilovers and a bride seat and i started hitting the track, no need for big budget builds or turbos, the punchy 1.6 is enough for me to have fun.

 

In my personal experience I have drifted MX5, E36's, S13/14's

All have their own characteristics and great cars. If I was starting out fresh and listened to only one bit of advice it would be to start with an MX5 and welded diff.. get good in that and progress to 6pot E36.. then eventually reward yourself with an S body.

It'll be second nature to you pretty quick.

 

At £800 BMW 6 pot, MX5, Volvo are pretty much the only options. Still stand by a 323 or 328.