A theoretical 'what car' thread

[pincher]

If you had a theoretical £100k to invest in either a property or a car, which would you go for and why?

The property can be mortgaged (up to a combined total of £250k) but the car must cost no more than the available £100k.

Buying multiple cars is not an option and you don't have to spend the entire amount but should be looking for a reasonable ROI over the next 5 years or so.

[Crafty_]

Property.

Cars too much of a lottery as to what would lose money and how much.

[ALBA MELV]

A flat or a house in Aberdeen / Aberdeenshire for me.

[driverrob]

Just to stir things up; neither.
Buy a car to invest? Some rare model that would have to be kept virtually unused in a heated garage for years? No chance.
I couldn't get a mortgage at my age and I couldn't even buy a one-bedroomed flat near here for £100k.
I'd put it in a 5-year bond paying about 5%

[Fun Bus]

I'd buy the best example I could of a Ferrari 512TR or 512M and mothball it.

[mosc7pc2]

If it had to be a car, I would go for NSX type R/GTR 34 as an investment.

[AJS-]

Well that was a good waste of an hour! For a car I'd go for a mint F355, but hard to know if it will go up much in 5 years and even a "mint" 20 year old car is still a 20 year old car. My (perhaps deluded) thinking is that this was Ferrari getting back on track after the unloved 348 and for people around my age (mid to late 30s) they were one of the bedroom wall poster cars of my teens. In another 10 years or so when I'm rich I'll be in a position to buy one.

Property is almost certainly a better bet and if you could get into an up and coming area you'd clean up. Not as much fun though.

[4G63T]

mosc7pc2 said:

If it had to be a car, I would go for NSX type R/GTR 34 as an investment.

yes, they are just getting more and more expensive, and they will only go up in value when the new NSX comes out.


buy 3-4 NSX's and keep them locked up, keep for 10 years and they will be worth so much more.

[aspirated]

£100k should get me both a low mileage minter E46 M3 CSL and E30 M3

Edit: just saw the one car rule so I'd buy the lowest mileage CSL going.

Edited by aspirated on Wednesday 16th April 22:15

[4G63T]

mosc7pc2 said:

If it had to be a car, I would go for NSX type R/GTR 34 as an investment.

yes, they are just getting more and more expensive, and they will only go up in value when the new NSX comes out.


buy 3-4 NSX's and keep them locked up, keep for 10 years and they will be worth so much more.

[pincher]

CSL and NSX are good shouts - I think I would probably ignore my own rule and try to get one of each

[Lozw86]

A small flat in an up and coming area to rent out. I would not consider buying a car

[Boydie88]

http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/f...

LHD 360 CS

[CtrlAltDelicious]

Property with a garage. Got to park my current cars somewhere.

[Prizam]

Property and rent it out... with the rental income get a new M3 on PCP.

[so called]

Spend half on a TVR Sagaris and use the other half on a deposit for a detached in south Cheshire.
Just for info, my Tuscan is worth nearly double what I paid for it 5 years ago