Where to spend 40 grand

[Oli.]

Mortgage and get a mid range car on finance.

[thinfourth2]

We have a mental patient

Somone has chosen the VAG option

[Rotary Madness]

You only get one shot at life, so supercar please

[Simond S]

Deposit on a repo flat. 15 yr mortgages at stupidly low rates at the moment.

Sell in 15 yrs to buy yourself a new supercar, or use the rent to enhance your lifestyle

[Killer2005]

I'd go for the 7, but not the Panda. Get an older car and then put whatevers left on the mortgage.

[Pints]

uuf361 said:

Conversely I know of 2 other owners who all got rid of theirs in shorter times than I did (I had mine 5 months)....mine had just 700 miles on the clock when I picked it up so was effectively 'new'. It looked great and sounded awesome but was slow, thirsty, handled like a boat (all relatively) and was very poorly put together with rubbish reliability (it went back to the dealer twice a month each month!), with woeful throttle lag, suspension issues, faulty electrics etc......should have been a much better car and was utterly disappointing

Oh dear. Mortgage and a snotter it is for me then.

[Stu R]

33 grand on a truck, 7 grand on a dirt bike.

[andy43]

Bungleaio said:

With three grand in reserve just in case

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/3037065.htm

Winner.
Or the 355. Depending on braveness

[bob1179]

Jasandjules said:

DB7/9 Volante.

I did this.

Cheap insurance, cheap to tax(ish) and reasonable parts and servicing, well reasonable for a car that cost 100k new.

It has a noisy exhaust and sounds like an old Formula 1 car when you hoof it through the gears. Everybody also thinks you are mad for buying a potential ticking time bomb of old British built sports car goodness!

[tr7v8]

Mine would be £20-£30K some flavour of Pork, £2-3K on a run around & the rest against the Credit cards etc. Mortgage wouldn't make sense as the interest rate is so low!

[LukeSi]

A Sagaris while there are still some at that price, guaranteed investment, it will be worth 50k in a few years.
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/3243807.htm


61k miles but looks quite decent.

[Dave Hedgehog]

as i have just spent 40k on a golf i know which i would choose

makes the R32 at 30k seam like good value

[Wills2]

964 Turbo?





Maserati QP?



Ariel Supercharged?



Cobra (dax)?




Oh I don't know!

[james_gt3rs]

That 355 would be very tempting...

[Willy Nilly]

Ideally, I'd buy a new bike, probably summat like a BMW F800 or Honda VFR800 and chuck some decent optional extras in then pocket the change. If a car had to be purchased it would be summat like a Jazz and pocket the change from the car and new bike.

[thinfourth2]

Dave Hedgehog said:

as i have just spent 40k on a golf i know which i would choose

[pacman1]

http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/sales/3479341.htm

Looks like a super car for 20k to me!

Spend the rest on your mortgage.

[Dave Hedgehog]

thinfourth2 said:

Dave Hedgehog said:

as i have just spent 40k on a golf i know which i would choose

jealousy

[Fox-]

thinfourth2 said:

For 40 grand you could get

1 A slab of brand new VAG excitement such as a hot golf or an Audi S1

Thats a £13k car.

thinfourth2 said:

2 A lump of brand new diesel dullness from the king of RWD and fake engine noises BMW

Thats an £18k car...

thinfourth2 said:

3 Or you could be odd and buy a brand new panda

with change for a wee brand new toy

Or you could buy either of the first two AND have change for a Caterham, too.

[Otispunkmeyer]

Pints said:

Let's not forget £40k will get you an AM V8 Vantage.

Was about to post this. This is what I would get and then use it sparingly because running the damn thing is still gonna cost a fortune.