What to do re next car?
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I'm really stuck on what to do about my next car purchase. Will be building a garage early next year and it should be long enough to accommodate a couple of cars and I will have room in the drive for another.
I have a budget of circa 30k to 35k. I am struggling to find a car that ticks all the boxes.
I have a very varied car history including a Caterham, Impreza, 996 turbo, Elise, DC2 Type R and loads of others. I will probably only do around 4k to 5k a year with a mixture of weekend drives, an annual hoon in Scotland and some track day here and there.
I would probably say I am a bit more inclined to go for a car biased towards road feel and handling but I owned a 156 GTA and feel in love with the engine so maybe a V6 or V8 engined car this time?
I really fancy a Jaguar F Type (V6 or V8) but am a bit worried what ongoing reliability issues could be. Was also looking at the me shape MX5 as a used model seems good value to me and a trip to BBR could really give it the wow factor.
There's always the default choice of an Elise or Exige.
Dare I mention a TVR if I am scared of reliability??? I don't really want to be in a position whereby I have to spend say 6k plus to deal with a broken car. Servicing costs I don't mind but not repairing faults.
Alternatively I was looking at possibly buying two or maybe even 3 cars. Let's say a Honda S2000, an E46 M3 and maybe a hot hatch thrown in.
Any thoughts or advice will be appreciated.
I have a budget of circa 30k to 35k. I am struggling to find a car that ticks all the boxes.
I have a very varied car history including a Caterham, Impreza, 996 turbo, Elise, DC2 Type R and loads of others. I will probably only do around 4k to 5k a year with a mixture of weekend drives, an annual hoon in Scotland and some track day here and there.
I would probably say I am a bit more inclined to go for a car biased towards road feel and handling but I owned a 156 GTA and feel in love with the engine so maybe a V6 or V8 engined car this time?
I really fancy a Jaguar F Type (V6 or V8) but am a bit worried what ongoing reliability issues could be. Was also looking at the me shape MX5 as a used model seems good value to me and a trip to BBR could really give it the wow factor.
There's always the default choice of an Elise or Exige.
Dare I mention a TVR if I am scared of reliability??? I don't really want to be in a position whereby I have to spend say 6k plus to deal with a broken car. Servicing costs I don't mind but not repairing faults.
Alternatively I was looking at possibly buying two or maybe even 3 cars. Let's say a Honda S2000, an E46 M3 and maybe a hot hatch thrown in.
Any thoughts or advice will be appreciated.
What about a Mustang they're a car that get's under your skin & with some fettling that can be turned into something special:
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370Z Nismo
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Evora S
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...
Cerbera
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...
T350C
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...
370Z Nismo
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...
Evora S
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...
Cerbera
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...
T350C
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...
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