30k - 3 cars - What you gonna buy/add to your collection?

30k - 3 cars - What you gonna buy/add to your collection?

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Notanotherturbo

Original Poster:

494 posts

206 months

Sunday 3rd June 2012
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Okay 30k to spend, you can't spend it all on 1 car, what you going to buy or add to what you've got?

Me - Early E55 Supercharged estate 12k
Mint late RX7 Twin Turbo 8k
VX 220 Turbo - for track days 10k

Japveesix

4,477 posts

167 months

Sunday 3rd June 2012
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Load lugging beast, £8k + say £7k to get it supercharged and well sorted? £15k


Open top summer fun and maybe a few track days, 200bhp Supercharged MX-5 £3,300


Some kind of monster supra (500bhp+) for posing and eating other cars on straight bits of road. This 600bhp black one might do to start, £12k ish:



However I'm already not happy with those, so might swap to an RS4 wagon, VX220 and skyline or maybe mustang of some sort smile

JayTee94

10,974 posts

156 months

Sunday 3rd June 2012
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I am on iPhone so no pictures but..

Daily

Vauxhall Insignia 2.0 CDTi SRi Nav - £10,000

Track/Weekend

Caterham (of some sort) - £14,000

Project

Renault Clio Williams - £4,000

Dalto123

3,198 posts

162 months

Sunday 3rd June 2012
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Right:

The everyday car - everything I need, not having a kids or a big family I dont need a big estate. This has enough space inside, good reliable build quality, and being so underpowered makes the other cars feel much faster wink
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2012...


The fun car - Love a classic Porsche (only have to look at my profile for that wink) and love the look of a turbo bodied targa:
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2012...


Track car - Ok so its a tiny bit over what I have left but it looks like a proper track attack car - motorbike engine + tiny lightweight body smile
http://pistonheads.com/sales/3955053.htm

big_rob_sydney

3,394 posts

193 months

Monday 4th June 2012
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Lexus LS430 - family car / barge sorted. 4k
Any cheap scooter 1k
500bhp Subaru Impreza 10k

Leaves you with another 15k for hookers and blow.

Not interested in a derv, about the only thing left might be a convertible. Pick up a cheap MX5 and drive it into the ground, while keeping the balance of cash on hand for "incidentals".

6fire

406 posts

150 months

Monday 4th June 2012
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Car 1 - £10k buys a sorted, tuned and fettled Triumph GT6
Car 2 - £15k buys a reasonable Porsche 996
Car 3 - £5k buys a good low mileage MG ZT CDTi for trundling about in

I'd also keep my Spitfire, change my current shed for a series Land Rover and look at sourcing a Vitesse, which is more than 3 cars I know, but I'm choosing to bend the rules. Need a bigger drive/garage though!

m8rky

2,090 posts

158 months

Monday 4th June 2012
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£5-6k on a nice Lotus Sunbeam.

£12k on a Citroen C6.

The best 911 I could buy with the remainder.

Dusty964

6,919 posts

189 months

Monday 4th June 2012
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A 964.

A Rangerover Classic.

Assuming 10k change from that, an Interceptor in whatever state


Twincam16

27,646 posts

257 months

Monday 4th June 2012
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I'd blow the majority of it - £20k - on a really good Lotus Carlton.

Another £5k would go on an Aprilia Shiver to ride around on.

And the remaining £5k would go on everyday/practical transport. Does an Integrale count? If not, an Alfa Romeo GT or a Fiat 20v Coupe.

TameRacingDriver

18,048 posts

271 months

Monday 4th June 2012
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E46 M3 (daily driver, howling straight 6 and luxury car comfort)

VX220 Turbo (mid engined go kart with a turbo)

TVR Cerbera (just for the V8 noise and the shattering performance).

billzeebub

3,862 posts

198 months

Monday 4th June 2012
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TVR Chimaera 4litre
LandRover Defender 90
Saab 900 Classic T16S Aero

or just sink the lot into a really good 993

Edited by billzeebub on Monday 4th June 08:50

Tyrewrecker

6,419 posts

153 months

Monday 4th June 2012
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TameRacingDriver said:
E46 M3 (daily driver, howling straight 6 and luxury car comfort)

VX220 Turbo (mid engined go kart with a turbo)

TVR Cerbera (just for the V8 noise and the shattering performance).
Not bad choices at all. Trying to think how I would tweak it.

CSL= £20K
MX5= £1K
Cheap Cerb= £9k smile

TameRacingDriver

18,048 posts

271 months

Monday 4th June 2012
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Tyrewrecker said:
Not bad choices at all. Trying to think how I would tweak it.

CSL= £20K
MX5= £1K
Cheap Cerb= £9k smile
smile

Is a CSL really that much better than a standard E46 M3 though?

I've done the MX5 thing now for a while, so that one is oot for me!!

I may have swapped the 220 for an Elise, but going Vauxhall means you get a shed load more power and they aren't that much less raw from what I've been told (as in, compared to most cars, they are still very raw).

ManOpener

12,467 posts

168 months

Monday 4th June 2012
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£20k on a TVR T350C

£2k on an old A6 Avant for load-lugging

The rest can go into turning either an Audi S2 or a E36 M3 into a track toy.

kwak

210 posts

151 months

Monday 4th June 2012
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TVR Cerbera for the weekends

Bentley Turbo R for relaxed cruising

Saab 900T16S for daily

Tyrewrecker

6,419 posts

153 months

Monday 4th June 2012
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TameRacingDriver said:
smile

Is a CSL really that much better than a standard E46 M3 though?

I've done the MX5 thing now for a while, so that one is oot for me!!

I may have swapped the 220 for an Elise, but going Vauxhall means you get a shed load more power and they aren't that much less raw from what I've been told (as in, compared to most cars, they are still very raw).
I don't think the MX-5 will be oot for me, had a few and lots keep coming back for a reason.
20k CSL has it's plus and negatives. Good residuals. Lots think they are worth the cash, lots don't (usually the ones who have less £$!). Higher BHP, lighter, awesome car.

220turbo v's N/A all personal preference and lots of camps for turbo but the overwhelming majority of light cars like the N/A or S/C power (linear).

All will be good smile

Welshbeef

49,633 posts

197 months

Monday 4th June 2012
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TVR Cerbera
Bentley Turbo R
Audi RS2/B5 RS4 avant.

That's a pretty special garage IMHO


Also for an earlier poster £20k for a very good Lotus Carlton.... You'll be lucky that's the lower end ie the dogs

deltashad

6,731 posts

196 months

Monday 4th June 2012
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Mercedes 250ce
BMW 1602, Turbo body, modern mechanicals
Lotus Esprit S1

....But I may change my mind this afternoon


anonymous-user

53 months

Monday 4th June 2012
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There was me thinking I'd get some change from an exige!

A mint 205 GTI - £6K (http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/3674486.htm)

A BMW 850Ci with a manual gearbox (saw one for sale the other day) and an ITB kit - £23k

A passat TDI for bumbling about in £1k

These choices are subject to hourly change by the way...

sparks_E39

12,738 posts

212 months

Monday 4th June 2012
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E39 M5 £7k
Aston Martin DB7 3.2 with the Aston performance upgrade £23k
Keep my E39 528i for day to day stuff