Perfect 4 Vehicle Garage?

[Joe-53vdc]

Not been on here for years and can’t find the old one I posted up, but thought I’d throw up my stuff!

- mk8 transit custom daily, and to cart around the track bike
- Panigale V4S trackbike
- E92 M3, 1 of 25 in Santorini KA401 spec
- XJS V12 that my dad bought new, still not hit 10k miles

[MUN 802]

When/If the time ever comes, pweeedy please can I have first dibs on the Santorini E92 (ex E36 Santorini owner)
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Deserves its own thread

[cerb4.5lee]

The XJS!

[spikeyhead]

For me, I already have the first two and would love the others

Atom
Mondeo tdci in Titanium X spec
1930s Alvis, preferably a Speed 25 tourer
Aventador

[Joe-53vdc]

MUN 802 said:

When/If the time ever comes, pweeedy please can I have first dibs on the Santorini E92 (ex E36 Santorini owner)
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Deserves its own thread

Whilst it isn’t for sale, everything has a price! I don’t use it much since the van arrived so would sell for the right money.

[addz86]

Not bad… could do with the Clio in there I reckon

[Zlat502]

They are great, I am not into motorbikes at all but I must confess that Ducati is a lovely looking thing - especially in the green/gold colour scheme.

[Joe-53vdc]

addz86 said:

Not bad… could do with the Clio in there I reckon

I’ve had 5, including a ph2 V6, loved that car!

[addz86]

Joe-53vdc said:

I’ve had 5, including a ph2 V6, loved that car!

Hah I know me too, I know you from the good old Clio days

[catfood12]

Great selection OP!

Really awesome, a vehicle for every mood! And you can deliver stuff!

[LargeRed]

when I read the OP thread title ..... I expected to see a building ???

My land lady is just about to have a 4 vehicle garage and workshop build on the farm she owns.

[JoePep]

addz86 said:

Hah I know me too, I know you from the good old Clio days

Ah I've caught up now! Hope you’re keeping well mate, still got the kitcar?

[BricktopST205]

I do think you are on the right track. I think a perfect 4 car garage must include.

Large Estate/Tow/Utility Vehicle.
Fun Car
Convertible
Hot Hatch

[LargeRed]

For me it's


Jaguar E-Pace

Jaguar E-Pace

Jaguar E-Pace

and finally ...

Jaguar E-Pace,

as the Jaguar E-Pace is the second most unreliable car

well one in four must drive some of the time.

[Blib]

BricktopST205 said:

I do think you are on the right track. I think a perfect 4 car garage must include.

Large Estate/Tow/Utility Vehicle.
Fun Car
Convertible
Hot Hatch

Then, we got close-ish.

Until last winter we had...

Estate/Tow: Subaru Forester.
Fun: Electric powered, 1970 Fiat 500.
Convertible: Porsche 964 targa.
Hot hatch: Fiat 500 Abarth 595.

We swapped the 595 for a Panda Cross whrn it became apparent that the former couldn't cope with flood prone, Suffolk country back roads.

[addz86]

JoePep said:

Ah I've caught up now! Hope you’re keeping well mate, still got the kitcar?

All good here got my Caterham and a 182 Trophy these days.

Loving your E92, they’re one of the best cars I’ve ever had the pleasure to drive hard

[Gad-Westy]

Blib said:

BricktopST205 said:

I do think you are on the right track. I think a perfect 4 car garage must include.

Large Estate/Tow/Utility Vehicle.
Fun Car
Convertible
Hot Hatch

Then, we got close-ish.

Until last winter we had...

Estate/Tow: Subaru Forester.
Fun: Electric powered, 1970 Fiat 500.
Convertible: Porsche 964 targa.
Hot hatch: Fiat 500 Abarth 595.

We swapped the 595 for a Panda Cross whrn it became apparent that the former couldn't cope with flood prone, Suffolk country back roads.

I’ll go with this format otherwise I’m paralysed by too many options. Keeping it vaguely in the right stratosphere….

Volvo V90 T8
Ferrari 355 gtb
Elise 111r
106 Rallye s1

[HughG]

How is the fleet going OP?

I've just added a 4th, so now:
2005 Porsche Boxster (987)
1972 Alfa Giulia GT 2000 Veloce
2024 Polestar 2 LRSM
2018 VW T6 Caravelle

A hot hatch would round things off nicely, I'm not sure yet whether that will be an electric hot hatch to replace the Polestar in a couple of years time, or swap the Polestar and Caravelle for a hot hatch and something large electric, possibly Mk7.5 Golf GTi and Kia EV9.

[samjaynz]

I'm 3/4 of the way there for my perfect 4 car garage.

• 2018 Mitsubishi Pajero 3.2d - perfect vehicle for New Zealand South Island highway touring, going skiing, going off the beaten track, heading out into the great outdoors. Crap roads, gravel roads out in the whop whops and low speed limits mean this agricultural appliance performs more than adequately. Much cheaper to buy than an equivalent Land Cruiser but pretty much as good for the vast majority of uses. Very sad Mitsi don't make these any more (the ute-based Pajero Sport is nowhere near as good). Mine even has the nice leather seats, sunroof and decent sound system. Will never sell this, would go hungry before selling it as it's that useful.

• 2013 Ford S-Max 240 - possibly one of the only of its kind on the roads here (ex Singapore import). We bought it as a cheap stop gap from an in-home nanny business operator as suddenly needed a car that could easily take 3 across with twins in those massive bulky capsule seats that click in and out of a base - having also needed to buy a bigger house and sort a business acquisition out, funds were tight for a new Kia Carnival or whatever. Thought it was a bit of a risky punt as the Ford main dealer won't touch servicing it with a bargepole. 18 months later and it is an inseparable part of our family life. The more I drive it, the more I like how it drives (no people move has the right to drive as well as this thing does) and my wife loves the practicality and comfort for her and the kids. It's at the point where I'd spend the $$$ to have the iffy Powershift gearbox rebuilt if I had to, it is just part of the family and I want to see it last as long as possible. If I won the lottery I'd have it rebuilt from the ground up and probably be buried in it as lots of nice family memories with it.

• 1992 Citroen AX GT - of all the various cars I've owned, my impulse, late night, sight-unseen Facebook marketplace buy of an ageing, high-mileage French hot hatch is perhaps my favourite to drive. Ok, every outing in it brings a greater-than-necessary chance of my wife needing to claim on the life insurance (considering how minuscule it is compared to all the massive utes and 4x4s on the road here) but boy is it fun to drive. My last 'fun car' was a Hyundai i30N and I honestly, no word of a lie, find the Citroen more fun to drive in the purest sense of what fun to drive means (not the fastest, not the best, just the biggest smile on my face). It is such a "curios" in a world of massive, tech-laden cars. Gradually working on doing the old thing up and hope to keep it forever, seeing as it barely takes up more space in the garage than the lawnmower.

Leaving me room for one more hypothetical purchase, which would - if I had the $$$ and space - be a nice clean WRX STI, ideally the last of the 1990s shapes (V5, I think it was?) Ideally in the boy racer blue with the bronze/gold wheels ... full yobbo spec. Basically modern enough to have a few creature comforts like AC and a couple of airbags, but old enough to be a truly engaging driving experience. Always loved them growing up as a kid, a good friend had one when I was university age and I loved every chance to drive it. I'd love to get in and go for a big drive in the mountain pass roads an hour or so away from where I live. My goal is to get one by the time I'm 40 (I've got 6 years left to achieve said goal).

I had always wanted an NSX, but they are simply too rare and too pricey now for me to ever hope for one, short of winning the lotto or investing in the next Nvidia from the outset. I also suspect that at ~150-200k NZD for a manual one (on the chance you can find one) you'd probably find it would disappoint for the money compared to more modern cars available for a lot less.

[lukeharding]

That XJ-S is a bit special!