Now I'm in trouble. Impreza purchase, wife yet to be told!

[Heaveho]

Thanks lads, don't want to ruin dinner, and am currently basking in the warm glow of unexpectedly beating Spurs today, so may well postpone the unveiling of my new purchase / recent misdemeanour until a more opportune moment!

[a11y_m]

Sounds like the same rule that applies for bicycles could be applied to car ownership too:

"While the minimum number of bikes one should own is 3, the correct number is N+1, where N is the number of bikes currently owned.”

You always need 1 more...

[Heaveho]

Well, it could have gone worse. Could have gone better though. With hindsight, telling her about the 2010 Cayman on my watchlist wasn't smart! However misguided the logic was, I reckoned telling her about something more expensive that I was going to buy, then saying I wasn't, would help to diffuse the potential explosion generated by the Impreza bombshell. Guess what? Not happening! If I'm being generous, we'll call it a 50% success rate. In as much as, with much muttering, she's accepted the Impreza on the usual notion that I'll only have it for a little while, but the Cayman is, beyond any semblance of doubt, out of bounds.

When I say out of bounds, it is still on my watch list and finishes today. As it stands, it looks like a bargain............

Pics of the source of the current domestic imbalance









Sorry for the crap pics

Edited by Heaveho on Monday 26th August 15:24

[TotalControl]

You brave bd.

In all honesty though, could you not consolidate? Or buy a house that can accommodate all those cars?

[Heaveho]

TotalControl said:

You brave bd.

In all honesty though, could you not consolidate? Or buy a house that can accommodate all those cars?

Ha, think you posted at the same time as me, or just before..........if so, have a look at the pics I just posted and tell me, in all honesty, you wouldn't have done the same............

[67Dino]

Ouch. Think the solution to your car-buying addiction is to buy a newer model of the same car, in the same colour, and then hope the other half doesn’t notice. eg “It does look like new, doesn’t it? Just had it valeted”.

[Heaveho]

67Dino said:

Ouch. Think the solution to your car-buying addiction is to buy a newer model of the same car, in the same colour, and then hope the other half doesn’t notice. eg “It does look like new, doesn’t it? Just had it valeted”.

Good call, private plates may assist in the quest for discretion!

[Eyersey1234]

Glad to hear telling your OH went reasonably well

[Heaveho]

Eyersey1234 said:

Glad to hear telling your OH went reasonably well

Thanks, IIRC, you've got form with your car buying history, nice to have some empathy from one who genuinely understands! Apologies if I've mixed you up with another sufferer!

[Eyersey1234]

Think you have mixed me up with someone else, though I have recently added a Matiz to the fleet and was a bit concerned about telling my OH. Fortunately she seems to like it.

[baptistsan]

He who dares

I like it! If the Mrs decides it really must go then give me a shout! I'd happily give it a new home

[Heaveho]

baptistsan said:

He who dares

I like it! If the Mrs decides it really must go then give me a shout! I'd happily give it a new home

Lol, it's a bit of a hit with my mates already. The shameless harridan of misery currently masquerading as my wife may yet have to be appeased by a sacrificial offering. If things really deteriorate mood wise, or I fancy something else in a while, I'll bear you in mind though. My cars tend to be better when I sell them than when I buy, although, as things stand, this will be a difficult one to noticeably improve. It'll stay completely standard whatever else, that's the main appeal of it to me.

I had one of these on an X plate back in the early 2000s, and sold it after running it until about 2005 or 6, the last 2 years of which I also owned my current 2003 Evo 8. I'm looking forward to seeing how I feel about the comparison now. Back then, for me, the Evo was better in every way. For cars that are meant to appeal to similar people, they're two very different propositions.

[anonymous-user]

I owned a Brand new W plate one back in 2000 so I do hanker for one of these every now again to keep in the garage, polish and generally look at and relive my youth. I think you got a great deal there, I saw a less original one on eBay a few months ago and the guy was asking £7.5k for it.

I suspect in a few years time when they have all rotted away these will be like Sierra Cosworths and people will be amazed they were only £4k a few years earlier.

[rossub]

Heaveho said:

Lol, it's a bit of a hit with my mates already. The shameless harridan of misery currently masquerading as my wife may yet have to be appeased by a sacrificial offering. If things really deteriorate mood wise, or I fancy something else in a while, I'll bear you in mind though. My cars tend to be better when I sell them than when I buy, although, as things stand, this will be a difficult one to noticeably improve. It'll stay completely standard whatever else, that's the main appeal of it to me.

I had one of these on an X plate back in the early 2000s, and sold it after running it until about 2005 or 6, the last 2 years of which I also owned my current 2003 Evo 8. I'm looking forward to seeing how I feel about the comparison now. Back then, for me, the Evo was better in every way. For cars that are meant to appeal to similar people, they're two very different propositions.

You can’t compare a bog standard UK model Impreza with an Evo! Miles apart.

[LordHaveMurci]

Joey Deacon said:

I owned a Brand new W plate one back in 2000 so I do hanker for one of these every now again to keep in the garage, polish and generally look at and relive my youth. I think you got a great deal there, I saw a less original one on eBay a few months ago and the guy was asking £7.5k for it.

I suspect in a few years time when they have all rotted away these will be like Sierra Cosworths and people will be amazed they were only £4k a few years earlier.

I bought a 12mth old R plate, mainly because I was too impatient to wait for a new one (delivery time was quite long back then). Kept it for 4 years, sold just as they started to fall into the wrong hands, my last insurance quote was hilarious

Like you, I quite like the idea of tucking one away, enjoying it occasionally & waiting for them to appreciate nicely in value.

[rossub]

I bought a 1993 WRX in 2003.

I drove to work in it today

[Heaveho]

rossub said:

You can’t compare a bog standard UK model Impreza with an Evo! Miles apart.

Yep, people did though.

[Heaveho]

rossub said:

I bought a 1993 WRX in 2003.

I drove to work in it today

Bravo, owned my Evo for exactly that period of time. Tells you all you need to know about how much spare time I get that it's only just passed 50k miles!

[rossub]

I’ve only managed half of that in the Impreza over the same period. Unfortunately it had 70k miles when I bought it though!

Not taking them out in our winters is the key to their survival.

[RS Grant]

67Dino said:

Ouch. Think the solution to your car-buying addiction is to buy a newer model of the same car, in the same colour, and then hope the other half doesn’t notice. eg “It does look like new, doesn’t it? Just had it valeted”.

A friend’s dad did exactly that and got away with it..

He had an R8 V8 and wanted the V10 version when they were launched, so bought one in the same colour combination as his outgoing R8 and my friends mum never noticed any difference... in fact I believe she only became aware of the switch after his dad sadly passed away and it came out while they were all reminiscing about the cars he’d had.