15K Fast saloon - What you having?

Monday 17th January 2022

If I had balls of steel I'd get a Maserati Quattroporte - I just love them. cloud9

But Monaro, VXR8 and Chrysler SRT options would probably be a safer bet in terms of repair bills. laugh

Original Poster

11 posts

32 months

Tuesday 18th January 2022

ZX10R NIN said:

Thats some serious choices there! thanks!

I dont think im brave pill worthy laugh

so the RS6 and CL600 are no gos

I think youre right VXR8 wise, i think i need to drive/passenger in one...im also wondering weather to stretch to 20K to really open up the choices and waiting a few months

C63 that youve linked also has me thinking

its not a bad place to be, at the end of the day its a 3rd car so in reality i could buy and sell and work through the list without losing too much

Original Poster

11 posts

32 months

Tuesday 18th January 2022

aaron_2000 said:

i work at Bentley, and im driving the latest versions regularly, because of this i dont think i could own the older one as its too dated.

But i have considered it

Original Poster

11 posts

32 months

Tuesday 18th January 2022

Mr Tidy said:

If I had balls of steel I'd get a Maserati Quattroporte - I just love them. cloud9

But Monaro, VXR8 and Chrysler SRT options would probably be a safer bet in terms of repair bills. laugh

Agreed i love them too, but for me it would have to be the Gran turismo! and thats out of budget (for now)

Definitely one ill own within the next couple of years

ZX10R NIN

27,691 posts

126 months

Tuesday 18th January 2022

R18RDD said:

Agreed i love them too, but for me it would have to be the Gran turismo! and thats out of budget (for now)

Definitely one ill own within the next couple of years

The C63 is a very good car BUT with a bit of bravery haggling & a little budget stretch you could land yourself a GranSport:

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202110118...

Your welcome biglaugh

aaron_2000

5,407 posts

84 months

Tuesday 18th January 2022

If you don't mind miles, no description so it could be a non runner for all I know

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/324880345848?hash=item4...

If you can stretch a little more

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/324964950065?hash=item4...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/384566093568?hash=item5...

Original Poster

11 posts

32 months

Wednesday 19th January 2022

aaron_2000 said:

GT is lovely….not the cheap one but that grey one…that’s back on my list and actually thinking I might save up to 20k and get a better c63 (2010 saloon)

FastEdd11e

203 posts

57 months

Wednesday 19th January 2022

An awful lot of 'brave' options in the thread! Wow.

Someone mentioned Evo Lancers but I think they start at £15k. A decent one is >£20k from what I've seen (I've been stalking them).

I'd go for an Impreza. £15k will get you an awful lot of choice.
No need to stick with the STI as you can get really solid WRX and map it to around 300bhp which is hooligan enough.
We've got a Prodrive WRX at around the 270bhp mark and it's a hoot.

Impreza is my vote.

However, if you can find a C63 then I would be really tempted.

the cueball

1,204 posts

56 months

Wednesday 19th January 2022

ZX10R NIN said:

RS6

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202108096...

Fuuuck me... that's my old car!

Dumped that into WBAC in 2017....

https://youtu.be/RALeNYT9Tgg

Turn the speakers up for the dyno run at MRC...

Edited by the cueball on Wednesday 19th January 15:43

Rumoclock

3 posts

39 months

Wednesday 19th January 2022

I daily my VXR8. Generally running costs are acceptable, and every drive is an event if you want it to be (hope your neighbours don't get offended by noisy cold starts!)

SturdyHSV

10,121 posts

168 months

Wednesday 19th January 2022

The Monaro seats are quite slow to give access to the rear, they take a while to slide forward and the backrests are thick, so it will always be a bit awkward posting a child in there. Only some child seats fit but decent options are available. Once in the back it's enormous though.

It's a big V8 and feels it so it's always quite fun just to be driving around in. The VXR8 is based on a newer platform and is a bit more sophisticated in all respects. This doesn't necessarily make it 'better' as you lose some of the muscle car type appeal.

Standard performance is similar between the two (assuming 6.0 Monaro), if you stretched your budget a touch you could get a supercharged one, at which point you're talking 600bhp plus so would hopefully be nippy enough hehe

You'll be hard pushed to find out that hasn't been modified (at least the exhaust), don't be afraid of modifications, if you buy a standard car you'll just end up inevitably paying for the same mods yourself hehe

Check the underside has had some rust prevention work done, from new they had an understandably more Aussie approach to rust prevention.

If you do want an auto, you can get the VXR8 with an auto but Monaros were manual only over here.

Of the options you've listed, personally the M3 doesn't feel very special in my experience, the Merc / Jag I'd imagine are closest approximations to the Aussie stuff, albeit wafty automatics with what I would imagine are not insignificant repair bills scratchchin

Impreza is a totally different proposition so you'll know better than me if that's what you're after.

If you're prone to bumping in to things then body panels for the Aussie stuff will take longer to arrive, drivetrain is easily sorted via RockAuto and some UK based specialists, odd things might get hard to find though long term, silly stuff like trim bits or rubber seals maybe.

ritch

527 posts

188 months

Wednesday 19th January 2022

OP - youve got me looking at XFs now..... this looks nice for just a wee bit over budget / in budget will a haggle

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202110058...

not sure about black wheels.

M.F.D

703 posts

102 months