What £5k special classic

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IceBoy

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2,444 posts

227 months

Monday 6th July 2015
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Hi All,

Future house purchase means, I will have space for another car.....don't tell Mrs Ice !! she will kill me! LOL!

So current stock:

Mk1 Golf GTI - sportline cabrio]
Mk2 Golf GTI - Big bumper model
Porsche 996 Turbo S
Mercedes E320 CDI AG auto - Estate - my everyday workhorse
Mercedes C200 CDI Elegance auto - Mrs Ice's car

So if I had £5k to spend on adding to the collection, as a special car, what would you have? I don't want something that will depreciate massively though!!

My thoughts so far:

Mercedes R129 SL, preferably 500 V8
Some sort of Ford - Cortina/Capri/Escort? - might be too expensive?
Mercedes coupe of some-sort?
Jag ? XJ/XJS ??
Lotus Elan from the 90's

I want it to be special enough, not sure the Ford's fit that bill?

Open to suggestions.
IceBoy

Johnny 89

827 posts

158 months

Monday 6th July 2015
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Get a nice TVR Wedge for your budget and enjoy 😎

BERGS2

2,812 posts

254 months

Monday 6th July 2015
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Oooohh lovely - in exactly the same predicament, so will keep a keen eye on the suggestions. :-)

My thinking:

Early BMW 6 series
VW Beetle (re-living my teens)
TVR S2 (first car i ever owned, terrible but i loved it!)

keep and eye on whats going through Barons if you're in the area - often stuff in the price bracket

http://www.barons-auctions.com/entry.php?pageid=93...

good luck!


IceBoy

Original Poster:

2,444 posts

227 months

Monday 6th July 2015
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Thanks BERGS2, I'm open to anything really but it has to be a head turner/special or just different.
IceBoy

Mr Peel

501 posts

128 months

Monday 6th July 2015
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Mini?

BERGS2

2,812 posts

254 months

Monday 6th July 2015
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IceBoy said:
Thanks BERGS2, I'm open to anything really but it has to be a head turner/special or just different.
IceBoy
you sent me on a 'wikitunnel' of looking for £5k motors..... ;-)

these

Are ageing very nicely IMHO - i had one about ten years ago - drove it to the south of france and back - rather agricultural, but was approached often by people wondering what it was.

IIRC, there were only about 2000 made - a very community like forum on here (well, at least it was a few years back!)


spoodler

2,186 posts

161 months

Monday 6th July 2015
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IceBoy said:
Thanks BERGS2, I'm open to anything really but it has to be a head turner/special or just different.
IceBoy
Have a look under "kit car" on eBay... forget any preconceived prejudices and evaluate each on its own merits, some are dodgy as, some are stunning.

BERGS2

2,812 posts

254 months

Tuesday 7th July 2015
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hmmmm......

scratchchin

well, certainly 'special'


redrabbit

1,530 posts

171 months

Tuesday 7th July 2015
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I was in a similar predicament recently. My shortlist was:

TVR wedge (rejected for now as too similar to my '86 Esprit, although it was also hard to find cosmetically tidy ones)
Reliant Scimitar (simple, classy: could only find projects when I was looking, but I will take the plunge one day...)
Fiat X1/9 (had two in my youth: great fun when sorted. £3k bought a good one 2 years ago, but look pricey now IMO)
80's 6 Series (don't know my Beemer E-numbers.....saw a few at dealers, all at p!ss-take prices, lost patience)
Porsche 944 or 928 (plentiful, but 928 prices ridiculous especially after being puffed up in classic mags)

Finally settled on a Porsche 944, 8v oval dash car...around £4k for what is a very solid car: took some finding though. Not as grunty as the S2 I owned about 15 years ago, in fact with only 165 horses (when new) you have to keep your foot in, but the balance is lovely and properly retro fun. Should be due to appreciate too, if movement in Turbo prices is anything to go by.



redrabbit

1,530 posts

171 months

Tuesday 7th July 2015
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In fact, since this is my favourite game and there's nothing on TV...

Scimitar:
http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C603204

Saab 900 Turbo:
http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C259479

BMW 525e: my mate got one last year: lovely bit of kit, wafting to Le Mans with Flock of Seagulls on the Blaupunkt:
http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C558352





anonymous-user

60 months

Tuesday 7th July 2015
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Citroen CX GTi Turbo - preferably a metal-bumpered one

Jaguar XJ Series 3 V12

redrabbit

1,530 posts

171 months

Tuesday 7th July 2015
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Perfect choices, how did I forget those? Series III on pepperpot alloys would be cool-as.

O/T, Spotted a very tired CX turbo parked kerbside in Lyons recently, commented to the wife that it had probably been there a while. Checked out the street on Google Earth and there it was, captured four years earlier... What a waste.

John_S4x4

1,351 posts

263 months

Wednesday 8th July 2015
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How about a McLaren M6 GTR http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/McLaren-M6-GTR-/26194742...

Very different !

IainT

10,040 posts

244 months

Wednesday 8th July 2015
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John_S4x4 said:
How about a McLaren M6 GTR http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/McLaren-M6-GTR-/26194742...

Very different !
That is pretty awesome!

Richair

1,021 posts

203 months

Wednesday 8th July 2015
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Porsche 924S, a Le Mans edition if possible would be my suggestion. These are great to drive, had a proper Porsche engine and £5k will buy a minter. The world is starting to wake up to just how good these are/were for their era without the silly stigma attachment. Or a 944S or S2 are both worth consideration.

R

Scoredraw

64 posts

111 months

Friday 10th July 2015
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IceBoy said:
Hi All,

Future house purchase means, I will have space for another car.....don't tell Mrs Ice !! she will kill me! LOL!

So current stock:

Mk1 Golf GTI - sportline cabrio]
Mk2 Golf GTI - Big bumper model
Porsche 996 Turbo S
Mercedes E320 CDI AG auto - Estate - my everyday workhorse
Mercedes C200 CDI Elegance auto - Mrs Ice's car

So if I had £5k to spend on adding to the collection, as a special car, what would you have? I don't want something that will depreciate massively though!!

My thoughts so far:

Mercedes R129 SL, preferably 500 V8
Some sort of Ford - Cortina/Capri/Escort? - might be too expensive?
Mercedes coupe of some-sort?
Jag ? XJ/XJS ??
Lotus Elan from the 90's

I want it to be special enough, not sure the Ford's fit that bill?

Open to suggestions.
IceBoy
If you're going for the Jag XJS, then try find a TWR manual 3.6 version 275 Bhp, so nearly as powerful as the 5.3 V12, but with an engine half the weight, so much more drivable. They certainly won't depreciate any further, in fact they're appreciating in value again.

Flip Martian

20,254 posts

196 months

Friday 10th July 2015
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As you like Mercs already I'd go for the R129 SL. Bound to appreciate in value and not drop much more I would have thought.

IceBoy

Original Poster:

2,444 posts

227 months

Wednesday 22nd July 2015
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Hi All,

What is the general consensus on the MR2 mk1 and mk2 ?

Ive always liked the shape of the Mk2 but the mk2 is just so retro!??

I know about rust issues, never owned a Japanese car of any description but would like one to add to the collection?

IceBoy

kurt535

3,560 posts

123 months

Wednesday 22nd July 2015
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5k XJS will turn into a 15k xis after you have spent 10k getting issues sorted on it. the XJS's day will come but only the pristine trailer queens will be in demand.

Maxus

1,013 posts

187 months

Friday 24th July 2015
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Your current fleet is very German so to continue the theme:

Mercedes W124 320CE
BMW 840/850

As a contrast how about an Alfa GTV?

Actually, I would go for a Mercedes SL R129 - starting to look very desirable and is likely to appreciate (I think they already are).