Lets see what you could've bought!

[WojaWabbit]

New game time! Kind of a twist on the "Barge bargains" and "Shed..." thing.

First, find a new 'normal' car.
Next, find a second hand 'pistonheadish' car of similar ilk, for similar money, in the classifieds. eg Hatch for hatch, saloon for saloon etc.
Then post up the pics/links and "Let's see what you could've won bought!

So, to start...

£12,495 http://www.ford.co.uk/Hidden/Compare/Fiesta/dei1=1...

or..

£11,994 http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/3059841.htm



£18,145 http://configurateur3d.peugeot.com/England/207/GR_...

or...

£17,950 http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/3724851.htm


Game on!!!

I know this isn't comparing like-for-like and "you can't compare running costs" and "no warranty" blah blah blah... but it's just a bit of fun

[Dave Hedgehog]

audi Q7 £108k

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/3208781.htm



mclaren slr

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/3587462.htm

[Zwolf]

New AM V8 Vantage for £90k

Or...

Mid '90s AM V8 Vantage.

New Jaguar XKR-S for £97k

Or...

AM DBS.

New Nissan GT-R for £74k

Or...

997 Turbo.

[Tidybeard]

Dave Hedgehog said:

audi Q7 £108k

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/3208781.htm



mclaren slr

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/3587462.htm

Bloody hell! That should be ruled a "no contest"....

What will that Q7 be worth in 3 years with 40k miles? £30k?

[bigandclever]

I can't even bring myself to post a picture, but a VW Golf Match tdi (6sp manual) for £21k or a 2010 Focus RS

[WojaWabbit]

Zwolf said:

New AM V8 Vantage for £90k

Or...

Mid '90s AM V8 Vantage.

New Jaguar XKR-S for £97k

Or...

AM DBS.

New Nissan GT-R for £74k

Or...

997 Turbo.

Wowsers, didn't realise the XKR-S was pushing £100k!

The DBS will also, I imagine, be worth more of it's c£100k in three years time than the Jag.

[Willy Nilly]

does the purchase price of the alternative car have to be adjusted for running costs?

[Zwolf]

Willy Nilly said:

does the purchase price of the alternative car have to be adjusted for running costs?

No.

Like it says in the opening post.

Six posts ago.

[Willy Nilly]

Zwolf said:

Willy Nilly said:

does the purchase price of the alternative car have to be adjusted for running costs?

No.

Like it says in the opening post.

Six posts ago.

well it should. Always makes me laugh, "oh you could have bought a Bentley Turbo R for the price of that Focus". Go on then, dare ya

[WojaWabbit]

Willy Nilly said:

does the purchase price of the alternative car have to be adjusted for running costs?

Nah, it's just a bit of fun... while also actually proving to be quite eye opening!

Like the Golf v Focus RS one. That gets ridiculous when you realise you'd have to pay c£26k for a Golf GTD!

EDIT: If you take depreciation into account, the examples of alternative car shown previously would hold their value to such an extent that it would offset the increased running costs.

Edited by WojaWabbit on Sunday 8th April 17:57

[Willy Nilly]

WojaWabbit said:

Nah, it's just a bit of fun... while also actually proving to be quite eye opening!

Like the Golf v Focus RS one. That gets ridiculous when you realise you'd have to pay c£26k for a Golf GTD!

I do hear what you are saying

[Tidybeard]

Willy Nilly said:

well it should. Always makes me laugh, "oh you could have bought a Bentley Turbo R for the price of that Focus". Go on then, dare ya

Perhaps sir would care to read the opening post of this thread, which sets the rules?

WojaWabbit] said:

I know this isn't comparing like-for-like and "you can't compare running costs" and "no warranty" blah blah blah... but it's just a bit of fun

[Zwolf]

Willy Nilly said:

well it should. Always makes me laugh, "oh you could have bought a Bentley Turbo R for the price of that Focus". Go on then, dare ya

WojaWabbit said:

it's just a bit of fun

However, do note that in two of my examples, the running costs would be approximate.

In the first, whilst the used suggestion has notoriously fiscally challenging running costs compared with the new one - the new one has £60k to depreciate by. The used one dropped from £225k to lows of ca. £60k and have been rising in recent years, which mitigates things.

As for the scenario you propose, Balmoral Green should be able to address your doubts, having done just that.

[Hoygo]

Ferrari 360 31-35 K (can't link any but found some around this price about 1 year ago)

Golf R 31-35 K (brand new)

Just asked my dad and said the Golf,because has better MPG and its new

[Zwolf]

360s are at t £10k more than that now, it's a struggle to find F355s in that bracket now and they dipped to late £20ks, as did 456s. 550 Maranellos dropped to £30-35k, but are now £45-50k.

New Golfs don't do that, quite the opposite. Still, they're new.

[RenesisEvo]

For £28,910 you can have a brand new MINI JCW loaded with goodies.

Or you could have this:

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/3666447.htm

[soad]

Some nice examples posted.

[EDLT]

Dave Hedgehog said:

audi Q7 £108k

Jesus titty fking christ. For a badged up Toerag?

[Stoatman]

http://www.volkswagen.co.uk/#/new/polo-v/configure...
Adding 4 grand of extras is easy

How about :

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/3671198.htm

Yes ones a tiny bit cheaper to run ! , but still they are both a 5 door hatch .

[theboyfold]

How about a pair of German Coupes?


http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/3784568.htm


Or


I know where I will be spending my virtual £40k!

How about a pair of German 4wd sports cars:


RS6 'PLUS' AVANT - LTD EDITION 1 OF 500 CARS

or


My RS3 with all the toys!

One 4 door automatic family car

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/3724571.htm

Or my other automatic family car