Financing a cerbie

[julesy]

Have been weighing up buying a Cerbie as a third car for some time now, but with wife, kid, house etc.. there is not much financial headroom to go ahead.

The only way I can get to the promised land of Cerbera ownership is to extend my mortgage by £20k or so - problem is my wife ain't too keen on the idea of funding a car over 20 years or so.

Someone please tell me this is the right thing to do, as I can't wait for 5 years or so to save up the cash required.

BTW - I'm leaning toward a 4.5 98/99 model, private buy, partly because of the (apparent) extra power, and partly because it seems like I'd avoid the 4.2 clutch problem that has been mentioned on this forum.

[julesy]

Thanks for the support - the £3k per year maintenance I can cover with an annual bonus - it's just the monthly finance charges I'm trying to bring down so I can cover the wifes passion for doing up the house and buying clothes !

[julesy]

Pete,

Thanks for the moral support - good thing about the wife, which is helping matters, is that she thinks the Cerbie is the business - I'm sure it won't reduce her requirement for the pound notes though.

BTW - my other half is pretty short (actually pretty and short, but that's a different matter) at 5'1" - does anyone know if this presents a problem in driving a Cerb ??

Ta
Julesy