£25k budget - 3 car fleet

[Matt UK]

So, £25k is the price of a new Golf..

25 bags gets you a decent 3 car fleet by shopping used instead of new.

Car 1 - your daily driver
Car 2 - family wagon for doing family stuff
Car 3 - pure fun, kept as a hobby in your garage

What do you / did you go for?

[430T]

Daily - Maserati 3200 GT - £11,880 - http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2012...
Family car - BMW M5 - £4690 - http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2013...
Weekend/hobby - Austin Mini Van - £8995 - http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2013...

Total - £25,565

[AyBee]

430T said:

Daily - Maserati 3200 GT - £11,880 - http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2012...
Family car - BMW M5 - £4690 - http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2013...
Weekend/hobby - Austin Mini Van - £8995 - http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2013...

Total - £25,565

Change the M5 to the daily and add an Octavia VRS Estate for the family for £10k and a Lotus Elise for £10k as the fun, job jobbed

[JRH1]

Daily Driver- 10k http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/p...



Family Wagon- 6.5k http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/v...



Weekend Toy- 8k http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/m...

[chrisispringles]

Daily - E39 BMW M5, £7495.

Family wagon - E39 BMW 530i, £2250.

Toy - TVR Cerbera 4.5, £14995.

[ajb85]

Is this an 'I need your advice' thread or light-hearted pipe-dream type discussion?

[billzeebub]

Porsche Boxster 987 S
Subaru Forester XT
TVR Chimaera 4 Litre

[scotty_d]

Car 1 the work horse



Car 2 the daily hack



Car 3 the toy



All done for around the 25k mark

[Colonial]

Car 1 - Long distance hauler. Saab 9-5 Aero I figure 5k should get a decent one.
Car 2 - day to day run around. Mini Cooper S of some description. 7.5k
Car 3 - Fun - Lotus Elise. Remainder.

Being overseas this is all guess work, and if I was living back in the UK it would be in the centre of a city so would probably just spend 25k on a Golf GTI

[Type R Tom]

I love the idea of doing something like that, more likely 2 cars personally but it's all the cost of running them all, 3 x tax, insurance, servicing etc. Though I wonder if the cost of an "eco" car for mon-fri would save enough money to fund the weekend toy? Man maths required!

[mercGLowner]

Like this thread, bookmarked for future ideas!

[ian2144]

Good thread, Hi jacked from EVO mag

My three in £25k budget

Audi S3

Land Cruiser

Caterham

[lestershaw]

i went from this for £23,000 so in budget
range rover 4.6 lpg
xjr
chimaera 500



to my current "fleet" for £16,000
XJR
Chimaera 500
Grand Cherokee ltd petrol

Edited by lestershaw on Monday 25th February 07:40

[nottyash]

BMW 335d m sport touring, Z4 3.0 and a Subaru Legacy B4 RSK, is what I have. All perfectly usable everyday, until it snows, then its the Subaru I tend to use.

[philmots]

Good thread.. Also shows how silly it would be to buy a brand new Golf at 25k! (Unless you're pretty well off and simply didn't care)

[JDMDrifter]

Daily - Seat Leon Cupra R - £4000

Family hack - Vauxhall Insignia Estate - £7000

Weekend car - TVR Cerbera - £14000

Well rounded choice I'd say

[el romeral]

I can see the sales of new Golfs plummeting with such awesome alternatives within the same budget.

[Snowman23]

Great thread, I've mulled this over for some time

I would go

Daily - Clio 200 Cup £9k
Estate - E91 320d £8k
Weekend - Elise S1 £8k

I think these 3 would cover off all the bases for me, especially as the Elise could be nicely upgraded over time

[Bear Phils]

Subaru Impreza WRX STI (blobeye model) £6200
http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/s...

E39 540i Touring £2500
http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/b...

TVR Cerbera 4.5 V8 £13950
http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/t...

£2300 to spare, I can even get a track day car with that

[simoid]

philmots said:

Good thread.. Also shows how silly it would be to buy a brand new Golf at 25k! (Unless you're pretty well off and simply didn't care)

am I due a whoosh?

A brand new Golf GTI that does cruising, pottering and hooning exceptionally well?