Am I beyond help? Am I alone in this affliction?

[irocfan]

I have to admit that I know one car I won't be considering and that's a FFRS

[bigkeeko]

Hello Pat. A couple of years ago I could have said we suffered the same affliction. I have given up on cars. No more, no interest and I was exactly like you. The ONE! A keeper! then actually thinking about selling it on the drive home! WTF?

I have occasionally had a look at cars and scrolled through some (what would have been previously) tasty motors and none have did it for me but I have to be honest. A 2004 mach 1. Underrated to fk motor car.

[SidewaysSi]

irocfan said:

I have to admit that I know one car I won't be considering and that's a FFRS

I would hope not! Good shopping cars but not really that great.

The BMW M4 is a better machine but not my sort of thing to be honest. My neighbour has one and I have driven it a few times but did nothing for me.

[Ahbefive]

HumanDoing said:

Ahbefive said:

Your comprehension is so poor. I never said it was, I was referring to all the RS threads that you guys obsess with.

Ever heard the story about the pot that was black that pointed at the kettle and said words to the effect of 'you're black'?

Now you are just being racist.

[Ahbefive]

SidewaysSi said:

I would hope not! Good shopping cars but not really that great.

Likewise with an old e36. Good as a £1k runabout but to piss £10k on one is just plain retarded.

[willisit]

My wife tells me I enjoy the chase more than the catching. I fixate, buy, then... they just don't get used. Like I've won and now I'm bored, so then I find the next "keeper" and go after that.

Hardly alone...

[Ikemi]

SidewaysSi said:

Lord Marylebone said:

I have a slightly different affliction.

I just can't find 'ordinary' performance cars interesting in the slightest.

I've tried. I really have.

I wish I liked things like Focus RS's, Golf R's, M3/M4's, Audi RS4's, fast Mercs, etc but I just can't stand them. They do nothing for me.

As it stands right now, I have just sold a couple of classic Porsches that I've had (and loved) and I'm browsing for a new toy, and I absolutely cannot bring myself to even look at anything less than a Ferrari 430 or a Lambo Gallardo.

In my mind, I consider anything less than either of those, to be 'crap' and not worth having. I would rather take a taxi than buy something less special.

I had a DB9 recently, but sold it as it just wasn't doing it for me either.

So it looks like I'm about to blow my wad (of cash) over a 430, and presumably suffer the running costs along with it.

I just wish I was a normal guy who could go out and buy an M4 or a new Focus RS and be over the moon happy with it.

I meet people all the time who have just bought a secondhand Porsche Boxster or whatever, and they are absolutely made up with it. Like they've just won the lottery. Their dream car apparently, yet I look at it and think 'I would rather walk'.

It's only in the last couple of years I've ended up like this.

I think I need help.

We all want different things in cars. I too look at Boxsters, M4s and FFRSs as deathly dull devices. Over assisted modern rubbish IMO.

But I am not too interested in Ferraris either as I want something that flies under the radar and look for feel, handling and exploitabilty on road which those cars cannot provide.

So I just modify my older cars and look to classics to provide me with the hit I need. Curently have a couple of cars which I am spending a lot on (E36 328 and Lotus Elise ) which when finished will be my perfect fast road/track cars which will be a lot more exciting and match my needs than anything new or more expensive.

Will end up keeping them for the rest of my days so don't mind some expenditure up front. Rather than spend £10-15k on a new car, I am just making my current cars perfect.

... and if you carry out a Honda supercharged or Audi turbo engine conversion on an Elise, it can be much faster than a Ferrari 430 too! I know from experience.

[mattman]

I share your affliction OP - 56 cars in 24 years for me at all sorts of budgets. Now I actually prefer the hunt and purchase than the ownership experience though. Hence changing cars regularly, as the thrill soon subsides.

I signed up to a cheap 2 year lease on a scirocco which ends in June and I'm already preparing my shortlist as I can't do another lease. The car is brilliant, always starts, needs nothing but it's not got me.

I want the 'keeper' next - have been looking at the lower end of the cost scale at Conti GT, Cayman's, boxsters, Vantage perhaps but worried that splashing 20-30k on a car I'm unlikely to keep more than 12 months isn't sensible. I'm 44 and also think I should enjoy it while I can!

To add to the conundrum - I love a bargain and the high of buying a car under list/book price and making a few quid along the way.

I have it bad......