What else could you have bought?

[p4cks]

Easy one this one. Pick four cars in total that you could have bought with the SAME budget that had when you bought your current car.

To spice things up a bit, I think something old, something new, something awful and something blue would be fitting. I shall start...

My current steed


And I could have had;
Something old
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2182410.htm


Something new
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2411268.htm


something awful
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/814922.htm


and something blue
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2629644.htm


Could you have done any better/worse?

[sebhaque]

My current car:


So the same choices as op

I remember being torn between a Golf GTI, a 3.2 A3, an Astra VXR, or even an Impreza WRX before I got my 120d. In the end the head won over the heart and I got something I'd enjoy while still being relatively sensible.

[Stuey145]

Well seeing as i paid a whopping £300 for this, the other choices would be somewhat 'limited' and certainly nowhere near as much fun!

[DaveShark]

Stuey145 said:

£300 for this..

Well done sir!!

[YBTurbo]

Right,

Current and my first, Standing about €1000 incl new engine.


Old,


New,(Well newest for the money)
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Awful,

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Blue,

[jsg612]

What I have... 2011 Megane Coupe

Something Old... 996 Carrera 2 http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2593964.htm

Something New... A1 S-Line 1.4 TFSI http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2521310.htm

Something Awful... Kia Sorento 2.2 http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2530811.htm

Something Blue... 1600 Classic http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2563324.htm

Still prefer the Megane as I can't get insured on the others at my age, besides the A1!

[adycav]

Current car:




Something old:

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2595721.htm





Something new:

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2271659.htm





Something awful:

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2574057.htm





Something blue:

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2610250.htm

[Baryonyx]

I could have had something like a Pugeot 106 and had change left over...

[Herman Toothrot]

My current car : VX220


Could have got this, 2nd choice :

3.2 Boxster S

Or if I wanted to go back to a Jap motor :



Or if I wanted to have something new and rubbish :

[WeirdNeville]

Well, I got my 328i touring for £700:


So for that I could have had:

Something nippy:


Something Red:



Something odd



Or a total shed.

[XJSJohn]

Fun thread ...

OK 370Z bought for $170,000

Struggled on New as i seem to be at a bit of a hole in the market so its either this BMW 318i at $145,000 or this RR Phantom Drop Head Coupe at $1,388,888

Old - Merc 230SL (1964) Shame its on a classic plate so can only be driven 28 days a year!

Sporty (and possibly ugly with those wheels) Maser Spyder 4.2

And something blue, an Audi A5 2.0TSI

exchange rate SGD2.0 / GBP1.0

edit to add had a look at what i would get for teh same money in the UK!

Blue 997 Turbo Cab

Bad streach hummer and blinged hummer

New Audi RS6 Avante

and old (ish) a 2008 Audi R8

There are some plus sides to the UK Evidently!

Edited by XJSJohn on Monday 21st March 03:00

[anonymous-user]

XJSJohn said:

Fun thread ...

OK 370Z bought for $170,000

Struggled on New as i seem to be at a bit of a hole in the market so its either this BMW 318i at $145,000 or this RR Phantom Drop Head Coupe at $1,388,888

Old - Merc 230SL (1964) Shame its on a classic plate so can only be driven 28 days a year!

Sporty (and possibly ugly with those wheels) Maser Spyder 4.2

And something blue, an Audi A5 2.0TSI

exchange rate SGD2.0 / GBP1.0

edit to add had a look at what i would get for teh same money in the UK!

Blue 997 Turbo Cab

Bad streach hummer and blinged hummer

New Audi RS6 Avante

and old (ish) a 2008 Audi R8

There are some plus sides to the UK Evidently!

Edited by XJSJohn on Monday 21st March 03:00

Are my maths failing me? SGD2.0 / GBP1.0 = $170k = £85k for a 370Z?!

[Tuvra]

I too very nearly got in to a 370Z roadster, seeing how rare they are I do kind of regret not going with it.

[juansolo]

Something old(ish) and blue (a 993 Carrera 2 was my other option at the time)



Something awful would have be a Cayenne...

Not into buying new. I'd rather someone else took the depreciation hit.

[K50 DEL]

Not really relevant for my current steed, but when I got my 2003 WRX the other options were an Evo, a Leon Cupra R or a Focus RS.
Went for the Impreza as the Leon felt fragile, the Evo had 4.5k service intervals (about 1 months driving at that time) and the RS just didn't feel as nice as the WRX.

Do I regret it..... not for a minute though I wish I'd held out for an STI

[XJSJohn]

Opulent said:

Are my maths failing me? SGD2.0 / GBP1.0 = $170k = £85k for a 370Z?!

cars are not cheep here ... 130% import duty then the dreaded COE on top!

however car finance is only 1.88% and can run for up to 10 years

[Cupramax]

p4cks said:

And I could have had;
Something old
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2182410.htm

Since when did a Fiat 500 have a 1.2 engine?

[XJSJohn]

Tuvra said:

I too very nearly got in to a 370Z roadster, seeing how rare they are I do kind of regret not going with it.

excelent cars, i am loving mine, and also do rather enjoy the exclusivity that the car has by its limited numbers sold to date.

I have a few followup ramblings on my ownership of it on my origional "whatcar" thread here somewhere.

[Deluded]

Cupramax said:

Since when did a Fiat 500 have a 1.2 engine?

They didn't, although it's not that uncommon to do a Fiat FIRE engine conversion which came in 999cc 8v, 1108cc 8v, 1242cc 8v & 16v and 1368cc 8v & 16v.

Possible this has had such a conversion? The description is pretty poor. Either that or the seller is a thicko.

[carlove]

Current car: Alfa 159

Something old
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2594071.htm

Something new
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2011...

something awful (had to go a bit cheaper)
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2591379.htm

something blue
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2613931.htm