The perfect 2/3 car combination?
Discussion
Was:
Old X5 3.0d - good old tank
BMW 335d coupe - work car
Astravan Sportive 180 PS - all rounder, trips to the tip and quick as hell
Porsche 911 GT3 - big boy toy
12 months later....
X5 xdrive40 - perfect lugger and family bus, wife's daily driver
Audi TTRS - nippy work car
Mini Cooper D - commuting car
Porsche 911 - old skool. cool Wekends and Euro Trips
It's been an expensive year
Old X5 3.0d - good old tank
BMW 335d coupe - work car
Astravan Sportive 180 PS - all rounder, trips to the tip and quick as hell
Porsche 911 GT3 - big boy toy
12 months later....
X5 xdrive40 - perfect lugger and family bus, wife's daily driver
Audi TTRS - nippy work car
Mini Cooper D - commuting car
Porsche 911 - old skool. cool Wekends and Euro Trips
It's been an expensive year
BarbaricAvatar said:
Without getting ridiculous this time.
Daily: Mercedes CLS (W219). Probably a diesel and automatic version (320 CDI pictured).
Shop nipper: Renault Clio Trophy 182 (or an earlier 172).
Toy: Lotus Elise 190.
Close, but not quite,
I've got a CLS for the daily hack. Wife has a Civic for shopping and carting the kids around (It replaced her RX8). Plus an Ultima GTR for the weekend toy.
Daily: Mercedes CLS (W219). Probably a diesel and automatic version (320 CDI pictured).
Shop nipper: Renault Clio Trophy 182 (or an earlier 172).
Toy: Lotus Elise 190.
Close, but not quite,
I've got a CLS for the daily hack. Wife has a Civic for shopping and carting the kids around (It replaced her RX8). Plus an Ultima GTR for the weekend toy.
Edited by BarbaricAvatar on Saturday 13th December 13:25
I know, I know...
But since I bought a new car, I can't help but brag about my perfect 3 cars garage!! (sorry about that... )
Well, the new one first:
Porsche 911 Carrera, coupe, manual
Audi S4 Avant, automatic, 4.2 V8, quattro
The two black/black daily drivers together
Volvo 1800 S, just the perfect classic car for me and of great sentimental value to me!
There are all bases covered, I'd say. From a sunny sunday morning blast (911 or Volvo), european city trips (Audi or 911) to ski holiday (Audi) and classic car meets (Volvo) and just about every other opportunity!
The only thing missing is a small shopping car... Oh I should have kept the Lupo GTI... That was a great car too...
I'm contemplating rearranging my cars to achieve something like this, I'm currently a bit overstocked with Peugeot GTi's, ideally I'd like to end up with my 205 (modern classic) 986 S (everyone needs rwd and six cylinders once a week) and in addition to this I'd like to add an XJ8 as a nice rainy day car.
What will probably happen is that I'll buy an XJ8 and not sell my 106 or 306 though. It's just all of the road tax that frightens me!
What will probably happen is that I'll buy an XJ8 and not sell my 106 or 306 though. It's just all of the road tax that frightens me!
Had my three outside together briefly earlier, so took a photo:
The fleet by Lewis Craik, on Flickr
Given a bigger budget it would still look similar, just different cars:
The fleet by Lewis Craik, on Flickr
Given a bigger budget it would still look similar, just different cars:
- Lightweight mid-engined sports car
- Fun daily
- Cute shopping car for the wife
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