Mr deano's What car thread.

Mr deano's What car thread.

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Deanoqc

Original Poster:

5 posts

121 months

Sunday 20th April 2014
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Guys,
I am in the fortunate position of having up ten grand to spend on a weekend and sunny day toy, I am a massive porsche fan and have previously owned both 944s and Boxsters, I would love to own a 911but am also tempted by the lovely Lotus Elise from the same era, give me some advise and feedback guys please, bear in mind this car will do about 2000 miles a year for fun only.

Cheers Rich

SV8Predator

2,102 posts

165 months

Sunday 20th April 2014
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Why can't you put 'what car' in the thread title so as not to fool honest PH'ers who cannot abide yet another 'what car' thread?

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

RussH91

363 posts

160 months

Sunday 20th April 2014
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I'm sorry this is really starting to annoy me, this is a motoring website why can't we discuss cars? Yes people have different opions what are good or bad but shirley it helps OP to make an informed dicisions from other peoples experiences who may have ran the cars previous.
Also what's the harm in spending 10K in the classifieds of someone elses money? Sometimes it brings up left field choice which OP may not have considered which retrospectifly may appeal, not always mx 5 or 335d mapped. If you don't want partake in the classfied searching, don't. If you don't have a real world expreince in cars that are considered move on to the next thread.
OP sorry to go OT, I don't have any experiences on either car, but what ever you choose, enjoy it.

nagsheadwarrior

2,781 posts

179 months

Sunday 20th April 2014
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Seconded, I like a good what car thread, it's car shopping vicariously and stops the urge to spend my own cash!

Nothing to bring to this one though, sorry o.p

Deanoqc

Original Poster:

5 posts

121 months

Monday 21st April 2014
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Sorry to FOOL all you petrol heads out there in to talking cars, I mistakingly thought this was a car forum, as you can see by the amount of threads that I have posted, this was a first for me, thanks for the second two posts, the first one is nothing short of rude. Have a great bank holiday, Cheers.

FredClogs

14,041 posts

161 months

Monday 21st April 2014
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Monkeylegend

26,389 posts

231 months

Monday 21st April 2014
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Deanoqc said:
Sorry to FOOL all you petrol heads out there in to talking cars, I mistakingly thought this was a car forum, as you can see by the amount of threads that I have posted, this was a first for me, thanks for the second two posts, the first one is nothing short of rude. Have a great bank holiday, Cheers.
You think this is bad, wait for the inevitable dross about have you considered buying a house instead. They will be getting back from church soon.

Oh, and I would go with the Elise, or maybe a nice Z4.

Monkeylegend

26,389 posts

231 months

Monday 21st April 2014
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FredClogs said:
This is the car you're looking for http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/b...
Shhh, I would quite like that, but not so keen on black cars.

CraigJ

598 posts

205 months

Monday 21st April 2014
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I spent my 10k on a 911 last Jan (2013)

Had been looking at 911/M3/Elise. Had always wanted a 911 and found myself lookind at them more than the others.

Mine is now going to a new owner next weekend (fingers crossed) but in the 15 months I've owned it I loved every drive I had in it. I'm only selling mine now as i really fancy an M6.

Even though you have 10k to spent just remember they are old cars now and will more than likely need money spending. I have put about 2.5k into the 911 just to get it up to a decent condition. All wear and tear parts. Suspension/servicing/wheels/tyres/exhaust and other bits and bobs. Don't put off ringing Porsche either for parts as most of the parts I bought came from them as the were cheaper.

As with any car you will see good ones and bad ones so look at as many as you can first.

Also consider VX220, Z3M, Z4M, M3, Boxster 986/987 and Caymans arnt far off 10k now either.

Just remember they are performance cars and can come with performance car parts prices when things go wrong.


Deanoqc

Original Poster:

5 posts

121 months

Tuesday 22nd April 2014
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Cheers for the replies guys, much appreciated.