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C8PPO

Original Poster:

20,881 posts

234 months

Friday 23rd April 2010
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Let's get all hypothetical for a moment.

Supposing you had a fleet of vehicles for you and the OH, currently sitting at 4 cars and 4 bikes. Amongst that fleet you have:

- an Italian coupe, FWD, decent performance, fantastic condition, you're quite attached to it, but you very rarely get to use it. It's notable amongst it's marque for it's condition, but there are quite a few of them still around on the roads. Questionable as to whether it will ever appreciate in financial value due to classic status, but that's not the key issue here.

- an Australian coupe, RWD, mahoosive grunty engine, it's in good condition, used daily, but although you hadn't realised it, whenever you come to think about selling it, you realise that you're quite attached to this one too. It's rare, with only c. 375 ever having been imported, and still attracts staring, pointing, jaws dropping, etc etc whenever you drive it. Questionable as to whether it will ever appreciate in financial value due to rarity, but that's not the key issue here.

The hypothetical conundrum is that you decide that keeping two coupe-bodied vehicles indefinitely is not necessarily the most sensible option in the world. So, which one do you sell?
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joebongo

1,517 posts

206 months

Friday 23rd April 2010
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Sell Italian I reckon. You could always buy another and it sounds like the Aussie would be harder to come by.

Animal

5,670 posts

299 months

Friday 23rd April 2010
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Ditch the Italian because it's FWD

varsas

4,076 posts

233 months

Friday 23rd April 2010
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Assuming you have something sensible, sell the Italian one. The aussie one sounds much more special. (alfa GTV vs some sort of Monaro?)

C8PPO

Original Poster:

20,881 posts

234 months

Friday 23rd April 2010
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Yes, it's a Monaro 6.0 VXR vs a very thoroughly restored Fiat Coupe 20VT Plus - one of the last made, it's quite special (for what it is, yadda yadda tongue out )

Justayellowbadge

37,057 posts

273 months

Friday 23rd April 2010
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Hypothetical rofl

Keep the Monaro.