This is the kind of pointless nonsense inside my head...
This is the kind of pointless nonsense inside my head...
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Sterillium

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22,371 posts

252 months

Saturday 27th May 2023
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Pointless musing.

If you had to drive a sub-5-seconds-to-sixty, petrol car, as your daily driver for the next fifteen years, what would you choose?

> The car is free
> Fuel is paid for
> Insurance is paid for
> But you have to pay for maintenance and servicing
> It's the only car you can own or use
> Has to be petrol-powered
> Has to be road legal

GiantCardboardPlato

5,974 posts

48 months

Saturday 27th May 2023
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Elise

48Valves

2,741 posts

236 months

Saturday 27th May 2023
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RS6

Sporky

11,660 posts

91 months

Saturday 27th May 2023
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I'm going to assume a V60 Cross Country or a petrol Golf Alltrack can be remapped to be that fast.

DanL

6,586 posts

292 months

Saturday 27th May 2023
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M5, or one of the fast SUVs (Bentley, perhaps?).

With a 15 year horizon it’s got to be at least vaguely practical.

Sterillium

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22,371 posts

252 months

Saturday 27th May 2023
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48Valves said:
RS6
This would be my first thought... but the running costs... boxedin

Mouse Rat

2,075 posts

119 months

Saturday 27th May 2023
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Range Rover, Alfa QV or Maserati QP.
mmmm Maserati QP with a tow bar.

bompey

622 posts

262 months

Saturday 27th May 2023
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Macan GTS,
or Cayenne turbo GT

spoodler

2,299 posts

182 months

Saturday 27th May 2023
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GMC Syclone...

Edible Roadkill

2,227 posts

204 months

Saturday 27th May 2023
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Probably an M3 touring

Darkeeboy

17 posts

49 months

Saturday 27th May 2023
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5.0 GT… Oooh the noise!!

48Valves

2,741 posts

236 months

Saturday 27th May 2023
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Sterillium said:
48Valves said:
RS6
This would be my first thought... but the running costs... boxedin
I would be happy to cover them if everything else was paid for.

Sterillium

Original Poster:

22,371 posts

252 months

Saturday 27th May 2023
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48Valves said:
Sterillium said:
48Valves said:
RS6
This would be my first thought... but the running costs... boxedin
I would be happy to cover them if everything else was paid for.
Good point. Sign me up.

biggbn

31,854 posts

247 months

Saturday 27th May 2023
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Any modern morgan that gets there under 5.

hiccy18

4,014 posts

94 months

Saturday 27th May 2023
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With those criteria I'd be quite happy with my M135i, thanks. I am suffering from a lack of imagination, so alternatives considered would be a manual F30 M3 Competition or an Alfa Guilia Quadrifoglio. Or a C6 Corvette. smile

CG2020UK

2,932 posts

67 months

Saturday 27th May 2023
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The OG M2 LCI or a 1M.

croyde

26,086 posts

257 months

Saturday 27th May 2023
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Darkeeboy said:
5.0 GT… Oooh the noise!!
This all day, I miss mine.

Or a QV.

Gary C

15,041 posts

206 months

Saturday 27th May 2023
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Sterillium said:
Pointless musing.

If you had to drive a sub-5-seconds-to-sixty, petrol car, as your daily driver for the next fifteen years, what would you choose?

> The car is free
> Fuel is paid for
> Insurance is paid for
> But you have to pay for maintenance and servicing
> It's the only car you can own or use
> Has to be petrol-powered
> Has to be road legal
288 GTO

SWoll

22,540 posts

285 months

Saturday 27th May 2023
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Would have to be something I'd never tire of looking at, that makes an amazing noise, has enough practicality to seat 4 comfortably and bootspace for a weekend away.

Maserati Granturismo Trofeo






biggbn

31,854 posts

247 months

Saturday 27th May 2023
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Lexus lc500 convertible would be another shout for me. I'd never tire of the looks, big n/a v8 and the reliability of a rock.