Cars where the heart says 'yes' but the head says 'hell no'
Discussion
Matt Harper said:
Mr Teddy Bear said:
Liquid Tuna said:
I'd love one of these. Cheap enough to buy, but I hear they're not even slightly reliable.
Don't touch one of those things with a barge pole; unless you have VERY deep pockets, find it funny to be locked out by the vehicles security system, don't mind the thing refusing to start because there is interference with the fob signal. I could go on and on. Just noooooooooooo. Oh and own your own oil well.
don4l said:
My daily driver.
It can be great fun when someone in a flash car tries it on.
It is also supremely useful if you spend a lot of time in the countryside.
I think I love you. Or at least am willing to be adopted... It can be great fun when someone in a flash car tries it on.
It is also supremely useful if you spend a lot of time in the countryside.
Any room for a semi house trained 34yo with decent sense of humour and a similar political outlook?
For me, the RX7. I adore them. Have driven a few, including on track. Twin turbo, big single, don't care. All sublime, and wrapped in possibly the most beautiful body of the 90s. Several times I've had the money, I've had the motivation, yet I just cannot actually hand cash over and sign the V5. Something in my hindbrain prevents it.
Same goes for a Speed Six TVR, especially the T350. Similar story to the RX7, except more variable between individual cars that purport to be 'stock'. Always have a niggling feeling there's an even better one around the corner, and that 30k miles a year in one would bankrupt me...
Falsey said:
Budget to get into a fairly recent 911 of some sort, I fear not budget to keep one running for very long..
One day.
Unless you have DMS issues then running costs can be surprisingly low. In 4 years of ownership I only needed tyres and servicing on my 997 GTS, I also had a rear set of discs but think I got scammed a bit by the OPC and could have just had them skimmed. One day.
tuffer said:
Probably not to everyone's taste but I have a hankering to build a hot rod, found a donor car and a suitable builder, now just need to pull the trigger. However, the overall cost is looking like I could trade in the GTS and buy a McLaren and have some change....
The simple answer is do it yourself !If you bought a frame you could just bolt it together (suspension etc), hell some of the frames come as rollers nowadays, the rest is just a case of bolting the rest of it together. Sub out the paint/interior and you're done.
Sure, if you want a top quality car you might decide you need the skills of a builder, but you can build one at home.
Or buy a finished car and just repaint/trim/change wheels etc to suit your taste. In all honesty thats the much cheaper way of doing it.
Pulsar GTI-r back when they were 10 a penny. Even seeing one sideways savagely boosting its way around a rounabout wasn't enough. Gearboxes, bottom ends and an engine bay packed in a way that made small jobs so bloody arkward. Then they started to rust, big time.
Should have bought one, mind, still regret it to this day.
Others, P38 rangie, B5 S4, the twin turbo V8 RS6 and strangely the original Merc A class, I really like em but too much woe!
Should have bought one, mind, still regret it to this day.
Others, P38 rangie, B5 S4, the twin turbo V8 RS6 and strangely the original Merc A class, I really like em but too much woe!
Edited by exgtt on Friday 1st July 18:31
Sway said:
don4l said:
My daily driver.
It can be great fun when someone in a flash car tries it on.
It is also supremely useful if you spend a lot of time in the countryside.
I think I love you. Or at least am willing to be adopted... It can be great fun when someone in a flash car tries it on.
It is also supremely useful if you spend a lot of time in the countryside.
Any room for a semi house trained 34yo with decent sense of humour and a similar political outlook?
For me, the RX7. I adore them. Have driven a few, including on track. Twin turbo, big single, don't care. All sublime, and wrapped in possibly the most beautiful body of the 90s. Several times I've had the money, I've had the motivation, yet I just cannot actually hand cash over and sign the V5. Something in my hindbrain prevents it.
Same goes for a Speed Six TVR, especially the T350. Similar story to the RX7, except more variable between individual cars that purport to be 'stock'. Always have a niggling feeling there's an even better one around the corner, and that 30k miles a year in one would bankrupt me...
If you haven't watched this YouTube, I think that you will enjoy it. 1:40 is particularly good.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inG28b-b82k
I don't regret going with the heart. My wife, although initially anti, now understands that we are very lucky, and she would be heartbroken if we had to sell either of them.
Kierkegaard said:
I would love a Mercedes SL R230, especially the SL55 AMG...
...but, the thought of the sheer expense if anything went wrong with it...which would be a leaking roof, potentially failed & pricey to replace ECUs, pricey ABC suspension failure, SBC brake failure and just the generally flakey build of an early 2000s Mercedes.
Head says no, hell no! But heart pines for one!
My father had an '03 SL500 and just about everything you mention above went wrong with it over the space of two years. He'd often come out to find the car leaning badly to one side from ABC failure, the roof leaking and the battery unable to hold charge. It also went into limp home mode at the slightest whiff of being driven properly....but, the thought of the sheer expense if anything went wrong with it...which would be a leaking roof, potentially failed & pricey to replace ECUs, pricey ABC suspension failure, SBC brake failure and just the generally flakey build of an early 2000s Mercedes.
Head says no, hell no! But heart pines for one!
When it worked it was great, but that wasn't often.
addz86 said:
I've wasted so much time lusting over these on eBay
Had mine just over 12months now after I succumb to the lust. Slow and has cost about 50p a mile in repairs so far (ABS/TC lights are a familiar sight).Drags the trailer well, can kip in the back, slushbox means a relaxing drive (unless you want to get out of a junction a bit quick). Does about 30mpg (300TDi) and is a lovely place to be while you are "looking down on the riff raff".
Completely classless too, it fits in whether I turn up in it covered in mud with my scuffs on or clean when suited and booted. Financially not my brightest move but very glad I've got it
DON'T go looking on the Range Rover Classic thread that is floating around on here
Crafty_ said:
tuffer said:
Probably not to everyone's taste but I have a hankering to build a hot rod, found a donor car and a suitable builder, now just need to pull the trigger. However, the overall cost is looking like I could trade in the GTS and buy a McLaren and have some change....
The simple answer is do it yourself !If you bought a frame you could just bolt it together (suspension etc), hell some of the frames come as rollers nowadays, the rest is just a case of bolting the rest of it together. Sub out the paint/interior and you're done.
Sure, if you want a top quality car you might decide you need the skills of a builder, but you can build one at home.
Or buy a finished car and just repaint/trim/change wheels etc to suit your taste. In all honesty thats the much cheaper way of doing it.
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