Lovely Cars: Interesting, Classic, Retro, Barge 5-10k

Lovely Cars: Interesting, Classic, Retro, Barge 5-10k

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DAVIDOXE

494 posts

115 months

Sunday 11th December 2016
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Fast Bug said:
Great looking car well done hope it works out well for you.

anonymous-user

55 months

Sunday 11th December 2016
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Audi TT Sport Quattro

84,000 miles

£9,490

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2006-06-Audi-TT-Coupe-1-...


anonymous-user

55 months

Sunday 11th December 2016
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Interesting colour combination.

BMW M3 Evolution 4 Dr

82,000 miles

£9,995

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1996-BMW-M3-M3-Evolution...


Lowtimer

4,286 posts

169 months

Monday 12th December 2016
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Strong money for one of those, I'd say. And the two-door is where the market is. But I prefer the four-door as a bit of a sleeper, especially if you lose the boot spoiler.

Appears to be a close twin of this one, the one raced against the Merc 190E 2.3-16 and the Cosworth Sapphire on Top Gear. In which case wasn't there something horribly wrong with the front suspension?
http://www.classiccarauctions.co.uk/1996-bmw-m3-ev...
Edited to say here the CCA one is being sold 18 months previously by CCA for £5850. Nice flip for someone.
http://www.classiccarauctions.co.uk/1996-bmw-e36-m...
https://thegarage.jalopnik.com/you-can-buy-the-ter...


Edited by Lowtimer on Monday 12th December 08:33

anonymous-user

55 months

Monday 12th December 2016
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[quote=Lowtimer]Strong money for one of those, I'd say. And the two-door is where the market is. But I prefer the four-door as a bit of a sleeper, especially if you lose the boot spoiler.

Appears to be a close twin of this one, the one raced against the Merc 190E 2.3-16 and the Cosworth Sapphire on Top Gear. In which case wasn't there something horribly wrong with the front suspension?
http://www.classiccarauctions.co.uk/1996-bmw-m3-ev...
Edited to say here the CCA one is being sold 18 months previously by CCA for £5850. Nice flip for someone.
http://www.classiccarauctions.co.uk/1996-bmw-e36-m...
https://thegarage.jalopnik.com/you-can-buy-the-ter...


I would have agreed with you regarding the M3 but they are starting to climb in value.

The coupe obviously would command a higher price but the saloon will follow behind nicely.

The problem is you can pick them up cheaper but would not like the bills getting it back to speed.

Lowtimer

4,286 posts

169 months

Monday 12th December 2016
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Amen to that, though given that I've done that on two cars recently and am well on the way to doing it on a third, I suspect that I'm going to end up in that situation with amy old car I buy. Which is one reasaon I only buy things I intend to keep indefinitely. Nevertheless I am tempted by one of these. I like small innocent-looking cars with hidden depths.

Filibuster

3,164 posts

216 months

Monday 12th December 2016
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Fast Bug said:
You absolutely have to do a reader's car on this beauty!

anonymous-user

55 months

Wednesday 14th December 2016
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Seems a lot of car for the money.

Doubt the depreciation has stopped yet however.

MOT checker is pretty faultless.

Lexus GS 3.5 450H

53,000 miles

£9,495

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2016...


anonymous-user

55 months

Wednesday 14th December 2016
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Alfa Romeo Brera 3.2 JTS V6 SV Q4 3dr

26,000 miles

£9,990

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2016...


Fast Bug

11,703 posts

162 months

Wednesday 14th December 2016
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I like those Alfa's. I worked for FIAT UK when they were new, always had some lovely ones in the car park.

Been out and about in the snotter today, I'd forgotten how cold ali gear knobs can be!

anonymous-user

55 months

Wednesday 14th December 2016
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Fast Bug said:
I like those Alfa's. I worked for FIAT UK when they were new, always had some lovely ones in the car park.

Been out and about in the snotter today, I'd forgotten how cold ali gear knobs can be!
Think this could b a classic in the next few years. Picked out the 3.2 as many people state the diesels are not as friendly when it comes to MPG as you would think.

Saying that the 3.2 will not be good but at least you have the wonderful noise.

It was -10 here last week. It was especially a shock going for first gear biggrin

Hitch

6,107 posts

195 months

Thursday 15th December 2016
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ELUSIVEJIM said:
Saying that the 3.2 will not be good but at least you have the wonderful noise.
Not quite. Doesn't this unfortunately use a GM derived v6 rather than the Busso?

Krikkit

26,534 posts

182 months

Thursday 15th December 2016
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Hitch said:
ELUSIVEJIM said:
Saying that the 3.2 will not be good but at least you have the wonderful noise.
Not quite. Doesn't this unfortunately use a GM derived v6 rather than the Busso?
It does indeed!

0a

23,901 posts

195 months

Thursday 15th December 2016
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golfer19

1,565 posts

134 months

Thursday 15th December 2016
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That is a fine motor car.

0a

23,901 posts

195 months

Thursday 15th December 2016
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It's lovely indeed, isn't it.

Pretty much as fast, comfy, and well equipped a car as anyone could need for Dacia money.

CharlesdeGaulle

Original Poster:

26,288 posts

181 months

Thursday 15th December 2016
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Bit too much 'airport taxi' for me in Black.

anonymous-user

55 months

Friday 16th December 2016
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I grew up in the 90s so this has a weird appeal for me

http://retrorides.proboards.com/thread/194373/1996...

I cannot remember the last time I saw one, let alone in that condition. Those little fillet inserts under the pop up lights always looked like a bodge to me.


CharlesdeGaulle

Original Poster:

26,288 posts

181 months

Friday 16th December 2016
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Out of budget, but if you turned up with 10 grand in your hand the week before Christmas, you might be able to snare a classic.

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C820372


ReaperCushions

6,031 posts

185 months

Friday 16th December 2016
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dme123 said:
I grew up in the 90s so this has a weird appeal for me

http://retrorides.proboards.com/thread/194373/1996...

I cannot remember the last time I saw one, let alone in that condition. Those little fillet inserts under the pop up lights always looked like a bodge to me.

I also have a very odd affinity to these.

I'd lose the spoiler and yellow fogs though.