Fantasy car buying

[mickl]

following on from sportcouperich's thread on buying a 5 series.

if you had a hypothetical budget of £25k, what car/cars would you buy?

I'll start:

2ndhandLotus Elise for weekend fun
an older Merc W124/W202 for daily work and commute.

anything left over, spend it on tyres and track days for the Elise

 

[SportsCoupeRich]

all 25k on an old Porsche 968 Clubsport track edition with full roll cage and the rest on tyres and track fees!

 

[Flash]

R129 SL600/SL60 AMG (with all the options/extras)

Flash

 

[SportsCoupeRich]

all 25k on an old Porsche 968 Clubsport track edition with full roll cage and the rest on tyres and track fees!

oh - and its in yellow wih the yellow wheels and black graphics!

http://personal.inet.fi/surf/porschenet/pics/968/968css.jpg

 

[Doodle]

£25k? Hmmm...

C43/E55 AMG and a Skyline GTR32 for me.

Any money left over and I might consider trying to shoe-horn the motor from a E300TD into the C250, just because...

 

[Mambo]

BMW M5 (shape just gone, E39?)

 

[scotth_uk]

Completely standard Nissan Skyline R33 GTR and a C43 in mint condition.

Other option would be a 190e Evolution 2 (if I could get one for that much).

Hard to go past the M5 though.

 

[fwb44]

1995 Bentley Turbo R Active Ride / 150K-miler M-B E300 TD est.

 

[mobeyone]

c55 w202 - there is one knocking about and god damn that car must be fast.
Or.. E55 (12-15k) and a bmw m roadster.. lots of fun!!

But.. M5... sold!

 

[Howard]

Earlyish Honda NSX (with some haggling )

300 ce 24v or E320 coupe ...... (with some more haggling)

 

[didgit]

my dream car Rolls Royce silver shadow mkII
and rest of money to run it

 

[janner]

1) SL60 AMG
2) BMW M3 Coupe
3) Ferrari 348
4) Ariel Atom
5) Any road legal Radical

 

[OGiii]

4 of those new little Toyota Aygos - anybody for 2 a side football

 

[glojo]

if you had a hypothetical budget of £25k, what car/cars would you buy?

In what role?

For a flying machine the Nissan Skyline
Soft top would be an SL
Executive car???
Bentley, Rolls or the a 320CDI S-class will just squeeze into the budget.

Would I buy any of these in lieu of what I have?

Nope.

My vehicle is perfect for the role I want. All of the above are impracticle for the tasks that are performed by our E-class estate.

Regards,
John the Dreamer

 

[SimonsMerc]

A 993 shaped Porshe 911 Carerra 4 cabriolet. Preferably a dark metallic colour, with all the options, a full service history, not more than 50k miles, and with my wife inside ;-)

-simon

 

[Steve_Perry]

A 993 shaped Porshe 911 Carerra 4 cabriolet...

Like this one?

http://hanwells.net/showroom/index.php?cat=4 2nd one down.

1996 (P) Porsche 993 Carrera 4 Convertible

Finished in Midnight Blue
Navy interior.
18'' Turbo wheels.
Full Service History.
Air Conditioning.
Turbo seats.
Immaculate condition £25,750

S.

 

[SimonsMerc]

Like this one?

Almost! It's almost perfect...it's just missing the wife sitting inside ;-)

Unfortunately I can't afford it right now :-( But one day I will be buying me a 911 to fall in love with!

-simon

 

[Swiss Toni]

£25k?

Well....

450 Vauxhall Chavaliers (which I would park in Bus Lanes)

or

400 V8 Range Rovers (Which I would park outside Greenpeace HQ) (Do they have a Car Park alongside the wigwam?)

or

475 Yugos (might have to import a few to achieve this...) and park them alongside speed cameras (I'd paint them yellow to keep it all safe).

or

200 BMW 3 Series which I'd park in Motorway Services with their indicators on (just to show they do work).


(Volume of each model based on the selling / scrap price of cars that have passed through my hands....)

:bannana:

PS

In reality, I bought several 3 yr old Mercedes from Mercedes Finance, selling after 3 months and buying another. At the end of 12 months I'd have enjoyed 12 months of depreciation-free motoring and be wondering what to spend my £30k budget on... (Don't believe it can be done? GOOD! You keep me in cheap motors!!!)