15k Car - low depreciation...

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Have another thread running on company car and basically came to the conclusion to take a brand spanking new Audi A6 diesel would not make any financial sense for me.


Therefore I have decided I have upto 15k to spend on a fun car.

Here is my criteria..

Low depreciation,

Fast and fun.

Motorway MPG must be higher than 30 mpg but other than that nice big engines are a plus.


Are high mileage Porsche Caymans a good bet?

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Sorry forgot to add

Would prefer an Auto.

I have had 3 series and 5 series and 6 series in the past (although not the M version) so looking to move away from those models.

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edo said:

Tough to get a nice one these days for 15k.

OP, why 30mpg? What sort of mileage per annum are you thinking you will do?

auto, fun, 15k, quick, I would suggest Cayman or Boxster. No need to be buying high mileage with your budget.

968
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2016...

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

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

I only do about 10k miles per annum- but for 2 weeks a month my commute is 50miles roundtrip on m25 hence why I thought 30mpg may be a good shout.

Thinking about it more - it doesn't really matter as my private fuel will get paid so essentially paying only 40% for my fuel.


What are older porkers going to be like for maintenance?

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Thanks for the replies...


Some interesting options


Current thinking is as follows in no particular order.


1) buy a 3k run-about and additionally spend 12-15k on a caterham (struggling to find a choice of caterhams though)

2) Porsche 996 - like this idea and need to look into this more as totally diffierent to anything I have owned before...

3) buy an SLK 55 AMG - will these hold value ?

Edited by fizz47 on Thursday 18th August 09:04

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Tuvra said:

I'd say Yes, definitely.

How about a Z4M?

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Very very tempting and love the look of them - in my mind a future classic.

Only issue with them is they are manual and for every day commute on M25 I hate doing it in a manual.
Also wife will be driving it when I'm not around and she is much more comfortable in an auto. If they were SMG gear box I would have purchased in a heartbeat.

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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...