15k Car - low depreciation...

[Ultrafunkula]

I've been looking for the same thing with a budget of 20k for a lower mileage car and considered the 370Z and Cayman. I don't do more than about 5k miles per year but the Gen2 2.9 Cayman seemed to strike a good balance between performance and running costs even so. Can you get a decent higher mileage one for 15K I wonder?

[nottyash]

nunpuncher said:

One born every minute eh?

Nothing against the 370z but the 350z depreciated horribly. Are the 370s really alot better?

Bottom line, yes.
I was after a cheap runabout so was looking for a 350z. They were pretty cheap inside. Didn't really like the rear.
370 is a far nicer looking car. Lighter, more powerful and better finished than the 350.
To drive it was a beast of a car, rear visibility is awful as is the tiniest stone rattling off the huge tyres because if the lack of sound proofing. Bit of a pain with speed bumps too.
For me I much preferred it to my E46 m3s, and my wife didn't like driving it. Which is a good thing.
The synchro rev is brilliant. Let's you enjoy a manual box but easily change gear like Colin McRae.
I only sold it to buy a house.
If you get bored spend £7000 on a Stillen supercharger install and your at 520 plus bhp.

[Alex_225]

If it was me and you were wanting to steer away from BMWs why not look at cars with AMG badges. You'd get a decent CLS 55 for around £15k along with a few other models, automatics too.

Then again I am a bit of a Merc fan so can only advise from my experience.

[LeighW]

Alex_225 said:

If it was me and you were wanting to steer away from BMWs why not look at cars with AMG badges. You'd get a decent CLS 55 for around £15k along with a few other models, automatics too.

Then again I am a bit of a Merc fan so can only advise from my experience.

£15k gets you a lot of waft. What could possibly go wrong?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mercedes-Benz-CL500-5-5-...

[fizz47]

Alex_225 said:

If it was me and you were wanting to steer away from BMWs why not look at cars with AMG badges. You'd get a decent CLS 55 for around £15k along with a few other models, automatics too.

Then again I am a bit of a Merc fan so can only advise from my experience.

This is what I am leaning towards most as well....

I have driven both the 350Z (Convertible) and 370Z. Had both of them for a week at a time and while they are very good cars in their own right- for me personally I didn't get as much sense of occasion as I would have liked.

I do really like the AMGs and would love to have a really big n/a engine- as fuel costs are going to be at a 60% or so discount for me it makes sense for me to do this now rather than later.

CLS's seem really good value but I actually don't need a 4 door car so still steering towards SLK 55's - I have never owned a convertible either so this will scratch 2 itches in one go...

[daemon]

johnwilliams77 said:

daemon said:

Nope. Neither am i. However the original post i was responding to was that you couldnt buy a Golf R for the OPs budget. You can

Well done. Thanks for the amazing contribution. Just to please your obvious pedantry:

There are not many examples of golf R's available at 15k so your options will be limited.

Sorry if proving you wrong when you were trying to be a smart ass offended you.

Edited by daemon on Friday 26th August 20:52

[daemon]

nottyash said:

nunpuncher said:

One born every minute eh?

Nothing against the 370z but the 350z depreciated horribly. Are the 370s really alot better?

Bottom line, yes.
I was after a cheap runabout so was looking for a 350z. They were pretty cheap inside. Didn't really like the rear.
370 is a far nicer looking car. Lighter, more powerful and better finished than the 350.
To drive it was a beast of a car, rear visibility is awful as is the tiniest stone rattling off the huge tyres because if the lack of sound proofing. Bit of a pain with speed bumps too.
For me I much preferred it to my E46 m3s, and my wife didn't like driving it. Which is a good thing.
The synchro rev is brilliant. Let's you enjoy a manual box but easily change gear like Colin McRae.
I only sold it to buy a house.
If you get bored spend £7000 on a Stillen supercharger install and your at 520 plus bhp.

Just on the 370Z - we paid £19,750 retail purchase for our 9K miles 2 year old GT last May.

Roll forward to today and we've just accepted a £18,000 trade bid for the car today with an extra 15K miles on it.

Does seem expensive for 15 months driving bearing in mind thats a walk away trade price we're selling it at.

[johnwilliams77]

daemon said:

Sorry if proving you wrong when you were trying to be a smart ass offended you.

Edited by daemon on Friday 26th August 20:52

It didn't
I am sorry you found that sentence so difficult to construct you needed two shots at it.

[daemon]

johnwilliams77 said:

daemon said:

Sorry if proving you wrong when you were trying to be a smart ass offended you.

Edited by daemon on Friday 26th August 20:52

It didn't
I am sorry you found that sentence so difficult to construct you needed two shots at it.

Well clearly it did by your aggressive response. And i note you didnt deny trying to be a smart ass in the first place.

And yes, two attempts - i wanted to be sure to use words of a small number of syllables so you could keep up.

[johnwilliams77]

daemon said:

Well clearly it did by your aggressive response. And i note you didnt deny trying to be a smart ass in the first place.

And yes, two attempts - i wanted to be sure to use words of a small number of syllables so you could keep up.

Nope
Just to reiterate: it didn't. HTH.

[daemon]

johnwilliams77 said:

daemon said:

Well clearly it did by your aggressive response. And i note you didnt deny trying to be a smart ass in the first place.

And yes, two attempts - i wanted to be sure to use words of a small number of syllables so you could keep up.

Nope
Just to reiterate: it didn't. HTH.

Well tone down the internet aggression then. You would do it in a pub with a stranger, so dont do it on here.

You were pulled on being a smart ass but being wrong. Deal with it and move on.

[johnwilliams77]

daemon said:

Well tone down the internet aggression then. You would do it in a pub with a stranger, so dont do it on here.

You were pulled on being a smart ass but being wrong. Deal with it and move on.

What a sensitive little soul. Bless you.

[daemon]

johnwilliams77 said:

daemon said:

Well tone down the internet aggression then. You would do it in a pub with a stranger, so dont do it on here.

You were pulled on being a smart ass but being wrong. Deal with it and move on.

What a sensitive little soul. Bless you.

Says Mr "oh oh somebody corrected me on the internet"

[SWoll]

I know you said move away from BMW's but how about an Alpina?



http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/b...

Rare, cool, unlikely to depreciate much and 50MPG with a 0-60 of 6.9 seconds. I love the changes they make to things like the steering wheel as they make it feel special, the engine is a cracker for a 4 cylinder and Alpina's sport suspension is much better judged than BMW's M-Sport setup.