The £50k Garage - so if you had a budget if £50k...

[ruggedscotty]

Soooo....

a sum of 50k appears and you think.... Im going to get a couple of nice cars... what would you go for...

unique sporty or lux.... or a bit of everything...

[255SNK]

i8 & A6 AllRoad.

[paul_c123]

Retail prices? Hmmmm.......VW Golf convertible 2.0TDI auto for around £5000; and whatever Porsche 911 I can get with the change, probably a coupe and probably a fairly plain 991.

For practicality......I believe you can buy a towbar for the Golf.

[Quickmoose]

A manual 981 Boxster and a 3-series auto diesel touring

[Davie]

Space is my limiting factor... and the fact I haven't been handed £50k to spend on cars as yet.

I'd probably struggle a bit as I tend to overthink but probably keep my Transporter then a fast estate, probably a C7 RS6 then something 90's performance orientated, which I'd love to say a Lotus Calrton but that sip has long since sailed at this sort of budget so probably a nice manual 850R estate to relive my youth. Problem being there's so many cars out there that would work and that I'd like to try before I die. Easier said then done however!

[Rotary Potato]

This is right on the cusp of what I'm hoping to do in the next couple of years.

I currently am eyeing up a Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio for a daily and a TVR Cerbera V8 as a second car.

At today's prices you could just about do both for £50k, although it'd need patience and standing in front of the right private buyer to get a halfway decent example of each on the driveway for the nominal £50k.

Although my own aspirations will have to wait until the turmoil all this tariff malarkey has caused is over! A good portion of the money I was mentally setting aside for this escapade are in stocks that have literally had the arse drop out of them over the last week. Fortunately I've no need to sell in any sort of hurry, can can afford to wait this out.

[corroded]

Manual 997.2 and a Yeti.

[the-norseman]

Giulia QV

[andburg]

F type convertible and and mg4 extended range or xpoweras a daily

[keo]

Pushing it slightly and being honest I don’t think I’d be happy with models this “low” in the price range. But…

Audi R8 V8 manual and a Caterham 7

[ZX10R NIN]

MV F4 1000, that's the performance side of things taken care of:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/197158524768?_skw=MV+F4...

S1000RR, track bike:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/286465611823?_skw=race+...

E400d to do all the day to day stuff:

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202503260...

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202501027...

53:

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202501067...

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202502048...

[soad]

Morgan Aero 8: roughly £45k (there’s one on eBay)
Audi TT with the rest

[andburg]

Rotary Potato said:

This is right on the cusp of what I'm hoping to do in the next couple of years.

I currently am eyeing up a Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio for a daily and a TVR Cerbera V8 as a second car.

At today's prices you could just about do both for £50k, although it'd need patience and standing in front of the right private buyer to get a halfway decent example of each on the driveway for the nominal £50k.

Although my own aspirations will have to wait until the turmoil all this tariff malarkey has caused is over! A good portion of the money I was mentally setting aside for this escapade are in stocks that have literally had the arse drop out of them over the last week. Fortunately I've no need to sell in any sort of hurry, can can afford to wait this out.

Financial drops and the ability of americans to now import and register a TVR. The internet is awash with speculation that the american market is going to suddenly want a loads of TVRs, i don't see it myself but it's possible.

[callahan]

Jag XJR, mainly because of the review featuring this car: http://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/2025030296...

Some kind of MX5 from BBR or, preferably Rocketeer (I can't find any for sale but the remaining budget should be enough), like this : http://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/2024112968...

Edited by callahan on Tuesday 8th April 14:11

[alock]

Recently bought my dream bike. It was a fairly scary £17k.



Next year I see a BMW i4 40 joining this for mid £20k ish. That'll do me for just over £40k

[StoutBench]

FJ Cruiser 22-25k and a MK1 GR Yaris 25-28k, reckon that covers all bases.

[Mr Tidy]

I'd look for a lower mileage Z4MC ideally in a better colour than mine, and a 5 door M135i or M140i depending how much I had left over for a daily driver.

[Billy_Whizzzz]

Quickmoose said:

A manual 981 Boxster and a 3-series auto diesel touring

That’s my reality and it’s pretty perfect - 981 Spyder for nice days, G31 530d touring for daily hack.

[flatso]

ZX10R NIN said:

MV F4 1000, that's the performance side of things taken care of:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/197158524768?_skw=MV+F4...

S1000RR, track bike:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/286465611823?_skw=race+...

E400d to do all the day to day stuff:

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202503260...

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202501027...

53:

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202501067...

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202502048...

@zx....just wondering what your opinion is in the debate MB w/S213 vs BMW G30/31platform wise. I am looking at them in estate form. (e400 vs 540i, e400d vs 540d)

Thanks

p.s. perhaps dm me in so we do not hijack the thread.

[the-norseman]

alock said:

Recently bought my dream bike. It was a fairly scary £17k.



Next year I see a BMW i4 40 joining this for mid £20k ish. That'll do me for just over £40k

Nice I've got a modified 12k version.