RE: MX-5 30th Anniversary vs. Porsche Boxster (981)

[Wacky Racer]

skinny said:

mpcdonald said:

I always say, If you can't buy it new. you can't afford to run it second hand.

Whereas i always say, never buy new

If that were the case, i should have had 90k (current new price) in the bank to have bought and run my old 996, which cost 10k and 2k a year to keep.

I'm seriously considering swapping my mk1 mx5 turbo for a lightly tuned mk3, just something a bit more comfy and refined. Might cost me 6-8k?
I can't see the value in a 30k mx5, but also can't justify that kind of money on a 981. I'm very much at the lower end of the market!

I have an absolutely mint 10 reg MX5 white 20th anniversary model, with just over 20,000 miles, looks like a three month old car.

It is a summer Sunday toy, I doubt I'll do 1500 miles PA, it cost me 8k, so if I keep it ten years I should get 5k for it, insurance £150pa fully comp, cheap motoring indeed. It's a lovely car. Get one, you won't regret it.

[ChrisW.]

Nifty, I understand this --- I was re-building my NCB --- had four kids in paid school and was doing a lot of miles for business
But with fewer years now to spend i completely agree with you !

[MC Bodge]

mpcdonald said:

I always say, If you can't buy it new. you can't afford to run it second hand.

Why do you say that, though?

[Niffty951]

ChrisW. said:

Nifty, I understand this --- I was re-building my NCB --- had four kids in paid school and was doing a lot of miles for business
But with fewer years now to spend i completely agree with you !

We all make sacrifices I've been doing big miles recently. It's just such a hard puzzle to solve.
I even drove a diesel for a while!