Cars you like and can afford but don't buy

[Erudite geezer]

Cars please you admire and can purchase but reason you don't.

I would have purchased a 7 or 8 year old Citroën C6 (which I've always admired) but the fuel economy puts me off.

[LukeR94]

Citroen Saxo VTS,

Fun to drive, cheap as chips, and due appriciate anytime soon.




But I'd look like a right chav.

[dai1983]

205GTI (owned a poor 1.6)
306 GTI/Rallye
106 GTI/Rallye and Saxo vts
MK3 MR2
Mk2 golf GTI
MX5 mk1-3
DC2
ATR (owned one for two years)
CRV
Ford Puma 1.7
Fiat Coupe 20vt/Alfa GTV v6
Fisher Fury
944/924
S2000

Don't buy since as a family we don't need a second car. Next year I will probably sell my R1 and put some of the money on an example of the above.

Problem is that I can never make my mind up about what I want. Modernish v old, rwd v fwd and standard v engine swap etc

[Jonny_]

Maserati Quattroporte and 4200.

Stunning cars, the QP is even vaguely practical, but I just can't bring myself to take the risk with ageing Italian electrics, gearboxes, etc etc.

[MrBarry123]

Jonny_ said:

Maserati Quattroporte and 4200.

Stunning cars, the QP is even vaguely practical, but I just can't bring myself to take the risk with ageing Italian electrics, gearboxes, etc etc.

Good call on both!

[Whitean3]

F355 spider. Nowhere to keep it, plus wife and young family means it wouldn't get used.
Any number of bargain barges- love them but we just don't get 'bargains' here in Switzerland

[RGambo]

V10 m5. Massive running cost.
M6 (new one) colossal depreciation.
C63 amg too small for my needs.
550 marenello , stupid service costs.

[InductionRoar]

Griffith 500.

[feef]

Jonny_ said:

Maserati Quattroporte and 4200.

Stunning cars, the QP is even vaguely practical, but I just can't bring myself to take the risk with ageing Italian electrics, gearboxes, etc etc.

Yup... the QP would be my one-car-quiver.

[Kitchski]

LukeR94 said:

Citroen Saxo VTS,

Fun to drive, cheap as chips, and due appriciate anytime soon.




But I'd look like a right chav.

You care what people think that much?!

[Bonefish Blues]

Jonny_ said:

Maserati Quattroporte and 4200.

Stunning cars, the QP is even vaguely practical, but I just can't bring myself to take the risk with ageing Italian electrics, gearboxes, etc etc.

Mine was a 4200 in convertible flavour. I just wasn't well-endowed enough in the testicular dept so I kept the 996. Regrets, I have a few...

[Mound Dawg]

Alfa GTV Twinspark. A pal's got one as a track slag and every time I drive it I get out with a big smile on my face.

But there's too much Fiat about it for me, it's more like a souped up version of my Punto than an Alfa Romeo, even though it's a proper laugh to drive.

Sorry.

[flux]

Jonny_ said:

Maserati Quattroporte and 4200.

Stunning cars, the QP is even vaguely practical, but I just can't bring myself to take the risk with ageing Italian electrics, gearboxes, etc etc.

Amen brother

[GroundEffect]

C63 AMG or E92 M3.

I could afford one, but from my experience of 2 years of Z4M ownership...AMG/M tax makes my eyes water.

E92 335i will do. I loves turbo boost anyway.

[Defcon5]

Bork factor puts me off most cars in this category.

[PlayersNo6]

Two cars we've recently found excellent, low mileage, FSH examples of, but I've discounted for the following reasons :

P38 RR - porous bore liners
Cayenne S - cylinder scoring

You can't identify the problem on either before it actually occurs. Literally the Triumph Stags, engine wise, of their respective generations.

[vikingaero]

Quite like the idea of a Insignia VXR Tourer Automatic as the replacement for our Mazda 5. Fast, comfy, gadget laden, discreet (with standard 18 inchers) and not a Howdi/Beemer/Merc. What puts me off is the thought of paying around £1,200 for new brakes.

[LukeR94]

Kitchski said:

LukeR94 said:

Citroen Saxo VTS,

Fun to drive, cheap as chips, and due appriciate anytime soon.




But I'd look like a right chav.

You care what people think that much?!

When your 20 years old and not a chav, you do anything you can to not look like a chav, so yes.

[Plastic chicken]

I could probably afford a decent used Range Rover, but I don't want to look like a footballer/drug dealer, and I don't need to go up any steep muddy hills in the foreseeable future.

[Glade]

Most people could afford a Westfield.
You could get a serious piece of kit for say £12k

Most people don't do it. Because of what they need day to day, for comparison that's less than a new fiesta with a bit of kit... £14k for a titanium iirc??

So there must be a lot of stuff that is awesome but people don't buy it.

IMO the worst thing is when they buy an pov spec Astra for the same cash, it would destroy my soul. I hope everyone on this site would choose something more interesting.