The 128 3p is great - amazing little thing. I had one all too briefly - my second car. Ah... wrote it off badly on the A3. Showing off to a girl. It was a 1300cc - I seem to remeber it had excellnt brakes.
There is a 308-16 here that looks clean. Maybe a little on the steep side.
I'm with Christian, you can never have the perfect car. The grass will always be that little bit greener somewhere else...
Too true.
Whilst I may have thought I have the perfect car I keep looking back at one that I originally dismissed.....it does not do half the things mine will, nor does it make any practical sense, however it posesses a certain presence in a very subtle way and is moe Q than mine.
I shouldn't, I really shouldn't but I really want to. And quite badly.
I'm with Christian, you can never have the perfect car. The grass will always be that little bit greener somewhere else...
Too true. Whilst I may have thought I have the perfect car I keep looking back at one that I originally dismissed.....it does not do half the things mine will, nor does it make any practical sense, however it posesses a certain presence in a very subtle way and is moe Q than mine. I shouldn't, I really shouldn't but I really want to. And quite badly.
Maybe your only option is to get the loan and buy a few so that by juggling them around you can avoid any disappointment, or at least decide which you really want.
You need to sharpen the focus, but I'll give it a try. I get four seater, reliable, an eye on mpg but you'd look at a V8(?). Zero depreciation means a classic, but even then it's not guaranteed. You want to smell leather, you like open windows (huh?) and a nice engine sound. You don't want flash but you'd like discreet cred that will be spotted by those in the know.
If you can stretch a bit, check out the Jag/Daimler XJC 4.2. Available with 4sp + o/drive, pillarless, lots of specialists who have sorted out solutions to any problems, leather, an engine that won Le Mans 5 times. Creamy ride, good performance, great grand tourer. With your budget I'd buy one with sound mechanicals but poor cosmetics, and improve it when funds permit. Job one: now that we have paint that can cope with flexing metal, remove the vinyl roof and repaint.
For less money, I suggest the Fiat 130 Coupe.
Reality check: no classic will enjoy short daily drives to the station car park. Spend a few hundred on a Corolla or something for that.
27 August 2008
The 128 3p is great - amazing little thing. I had one all too briefly - my second car. Ah... wrote it off badly on the A3. Showing off to a girl. It was a 1300cc - I seem to remeber it had excellnt brakes.
There is a 308-16 here that looks clean. Maybe a little on the steep side.
http://www.dawhitecars.co.uk/used-cars/peugeot-306-2-0-rallye-3dr-derby-201227477341926
How about a W126 SEC? - prices very stable and on the turn. Possibly the best cars ever constructed. Have a go in one if you can.
Bring back steel wheels.
7 August 2008
I'm with Christian, you can never have the perfect car. The grass will always be that little bit greener somewhere else...
Too true.
Whilst I may have thought I have the perfect car I keep looking back at one that I originally dismissed.....it does not do half the things mine will, nor does it make any practical sense, however it posesses a certain presence in a very subtle way and is moe Q than mine.
I shouldn't, I really shouldn't but I really want to. And quite badly.
I'm now on all fours
6 September 2011
I'm with Christian, you can never have the perfect car. The grass will always be that little bit greener somewhere else...
Too true. Whilst I may have thought I have the perfect car I keep looking back at one that I originally dismissed.....it does not do half the things mine will, nor does it make any practical sense, however it posesses a certain presence in a very subtle way and is moe Q than mine. I shouldn't, I really shouldn't but I really want to. And quite badly.
Maybe your only option is to get the loan and buy a few so that by juggling them around you can avoid any disappointment, or at least decide which you really want.
27 July 2010
You need to sharpen the focus, but I'll give it a try. I get four seater, reliable, an eye on mpg but you'd look at a V8(?). Zero depreciation means a classic, but even then it's not guaranteed. You want to smell leather, you like open windows (huh?) and a nice engine sound. You don't want flash but you'd like discreet cred that will be spotted by those in the know.
If you can stretch a bit, check out the Jag/Daimler XJC 4.2. Available with 4sp + o/drive, pillarless, lots of specialists who have sorted out solutions to any problems, leather, an engine that won Le Mans 5 times. Creamy ride, good performance, great grand tourer. With your budget I'd buy one with sound mechanicals but poor cosmetics, and improve it when funds permit. Job one: now that we have paint that can cope with flexing metal, remove the vinyl roof and repaint.
For less money, I suggest the Fiat 130 Coupe.
Reality check: no classic will enjoy short daily drives to the station car park. Spend a few hundred on a Corolla or something for that.