Most complete car?

[m44kts]

Chris71 said:

Folding rear seats?

Roof box.

[Cemesis]

I have had 4 M5's and kept buying them as they are the ideal 'do anything car'. Problem is, the fuel cost is now so high that along with tyres, insurance and other related bills, it now costs more to drive it for the 15,000 miles I do a year, than it would cost to buy it in the first place.

[kiteless]

Another vote here for RS4 (the B5 model)

[white_goodman]

OdramaSwimLaden said:

Without even reading you post that's the first car that came to mind.

my e39 M5 did 35k miles in 3 years and although it is out hp'd by many cars these days, back in 2001 it was the car. It did ski trips, track days, house moves, daily work runs, drag strips, general st and did a Calais - Nice run in under 7 hours.

It had it's vanos replaced, sat nav unit replaced, 2x chocolta clutches (both under warranty), lots of tyres (not under warranty!) and that was it. A truely great (manual) all rounder.

Off to the classifieds now.........

I thought that this might be a popular choice. It's interesting that no-one has mentioned the newer M5s. Is this because the performance to running cost ratio on the E39 was spot on or are the later models too big, complicated and potential moneypits!

[thinfourth2]

There is nothing in existence that can do everything i want of a car

There is nothing in existence that can do everything my current 2 road cars can do

There is nothing that can do 50mpg, tow 3500kg, run a hydraulic pump off the gearbox and be fantastic offroad.

[Watchman]

Legacy GT or Spec-B.

[BDR529]

Inkiboos M3 touring?

[Davey S2]

Orbin said:

supercharged ffrr. .

'fun and not out of place on a trackday'

[Orbin]

Davey S2 said:

Orbin said:

supercharged ffrr. .

'fun and not out of place on a trackday'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bXmOW6ELmM

[BusaMK]

V8 M3.

[0a]

I take it 'complete' includes list price and running costs?

[anonymous-user]

Audi RS4/6 or maybe even a Madzda CX-7 2.3 turbo if you are on a budget!

[veevee]

mattmoxon said:

2006 Mustang GT job done.

• Works on a track: yes (drag or circuit)
• Practical: yes, huge boot and 2+2 seating
• Comfy on long trips: yes
• Not ruinous to run: Yes, spares and servicing not much different from a family hatch, tax is £215 PA, fuel, 20mpg day to day 30 on a run. Insurance, even with mods just above hot hatch money. Tyres are expensive but as long as you aren't doing burn outs all the time a set will last almost 2 years.

Couple with easy to drive, great performance and a fantastic sound track can't think of a better car, it just works.

Coupe/3 door is never going to be as practical as 4/5 doors/estate though. Same goes for M3.

335i touring would be nice IMO. 550i touring?

[tyranical]

I had no idea that an accord type R ticked the "looks good" box.

It may do alot of things very well but it looks really dull and boring.

[Mr Gearchange]

RS6 Avant.

Will get everyone amd all their stuff anywhere in all conditions very very quickly.

Anything else is compromised one way or another.

[Chrisw666]

If you remove the track requirement some kind of BMW diesel estate probably runs most audis close if you need sensible, I'd like to think the best all rounder would be a 997 c4s so I could convince the OH.

[ruff'n'smov]

M5---what a load of bks

[HowMuchLonger]

Orbin said:

Davey S2 said:

Orbin said:

supercharged ffrr. .

'fun and not out of place on a trackday'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bXmOW6ELmM

[North West Tom]

911 Turbo.

[HowMuchLonger]

North West Tom said:

911 Turbo.

But can it do this?


or this?