Perfect garages

[sjmoore]

I suspect that like lots on this site my garage changes (too) frequently but even for me went over the top by replacing all three of our cars in the last month! We now have what seems an almost perfect garage:

VW Polo GTi for my wife
BMW 330 xd as daily commute/family car
Porsche 993 Carrera 2 for the weekend

Knowing me I'm not sure how long this combination will last...but not sure how I would improve it. Any suggestions?

[Hitch78]

VW Golf GTI for the wife
BMW 335i for your daily
Porsche Carrera GT for the weekend.

Think you need to start working harder chap!

Edited by Hitch78 on Monday 17th January 08:41

[TAHodgson]

500 Abarth - Missus Mobile
Jaguar XJ 2.7 Diesel - Daily
Atom V8 - Toy
Old mini - ongoing project / earner / kid's first car.

[xPOW]

X5 - wife's family run around
Abarth 500 - my summer everyday car
Defender 90 - my winter everyday car (and offroading toy)
Caterham R500 - track car
Ferrari 355 - summer cruising car

[DaveShark]

Im not quite there yet..

Fiat Grande Punto Sporting - GF's car
Alfa 156 V6 - Daily Summer car
Alfa 156 V6 - Daily Winter car!
Alfa 156 v6 - Trackday car!!!

Hopefully in the not too distant future I will include...
Citroen C6 - Daily
Lotus Seven/Elise - Fun summer car
Jag XJR - Project

The GF can keep the Fiat for a while yet.

[sjmoore]

Hitch78 said:

VW Golf GTI for the wife
BMW 335i for your daily
Porsche Carrera GT for the weekend.

Think you need to start working harder chap!

Edited by Hitch78 on Monday 17th January 08:41

I gave my wife the option of the Golf GTi but she is small and preferred the Polo.
I did think about the 335 xi but I have a long commute and 330 xd was sensible choice...but still not sure it was the right one.
If you can give the Swiss police a sense of humour and can turn the GT into a four seater I'd gladly buy one! Plus I'm fed up with losing money on cars. 993 replaced an M3 that replaced a 997 on the basis that it won't cost me £15k a year just for sitting on my driveway... Having had a really good drive yesterday I don't think the newer/faster cars give any more enjoyment either. Of course they are quicker but then my speed is determined nowadays but what would happen to me if I got caught (there are income related fines here in Switzerland and driving a Carrera GT properly would cost me an amount I don't want to think about.....)

[sjmoore]

xPOW said:

X5 - wife's family run around
Abarth 500 - my summer everyday car
Defender 90 - my winter everyday car (and offroading toy)
Caterham R500 - track car
Ferrari 355 - summer cruising car

That is quite a garage....you must have quite a wife too to have been able to buy that lot!

[wackojacko]

Step father (lakelord)
- Weakend -Noble M12 GT03 slightly tweaked
-Daily -CL600 Bi-turbo
- barge - Saab 9000cde

Mother
-weakend/daily-CLK 430
- Work commuter - 308 1.6
Me
- first car - Astra bertone coupe

Also for all to use we have a yamaha stand up jet ski

Edited by wackojacko on Monday 17th January 12:52

[xPOW]

sjmoore said:

xPOW said:

X5 - wife's family run around
Abarth 500 - my summer everyday car
Defender 90 - my winter everyday car (and offroading toy)
Caterham R500 - track car
Ferrari 355 - summer cruising car

That is quite a garage....you must have quite a wife too to have been able to buy that lot!

yep, available to hire for a good rate too lol she's a petrolhead too, and might be coming the the PH in Oxford too if she can

edited to add - wife for hire that is not the cars!

Edited by xPOW on Monday 17th January 13:01

[soad]

sjmoore said:

Porsche 993 Carrera 2 for the weekend

That's a stonking nice motor!

[HowMuchLonger]

sjmoore said:

xPOW said:

X5 - wife's family run around
Abarth 500 - my summer everyday car
Defender 90 - my winter everyday car (and offroading toy)
Caterham R500 - track car
Ferrari 355 - summer cruising car

That is quite a garage....you must have quite a wife too to have been able to buy that lot!

Forget the cars, it's the plates that make it the perfect garage.

[caymanred]

sjmoore said:

Hitch78 said:

VW Golf GTI for the wife
BMW 335i for your daily
Porsche Carrera GT for the weekend.

Think you need to start working harder chap!

Edited by Hitch78 on Monday 17th January 08:41

I gave my wife the option of the Golf GTi but she is small and preferred the Polo.
I did think about the 335 xi but I have a long commute and 330 xd was sensible choice...but still not sure it was the right one.
If you can give the Swiss police a sense of humour and can turn the GT into a four seater I'd gladly buy one! Plus I'm fed up with losing money on cars. 993 replaced an M3 that replaced a 997 on the basis that it won't cost me £15k a year just for sitting on my driveway... Having had a really good drive yesterday I don't think the newer/faster cars give any more enjoyment either. Of course they are quicker but then my speed is determined nowadays but what would happen to me if I got caught (there are income related fines here in Switzerland and driving a Carrera GT properly would cost me an amount I don't want to think about.....)

you won't lose money on the GT my friend....do it!!

[6potdave]

Slightly less exotic than most!

We have a Toyota MR2 for fun (my daily)
Ford Focus C-Max for family stuff / carrying the dogs, economy etc. (The Missusmobile)

We swap and change depending what the journey entails, if I'm carrying more than one person I use the CMax, if the missus fancies a play she takes the MR2.

[Sline]

Im happy with mine for the ripe age of 23.

Audi A4 3.0 V6 Cabriolet Sportline - Wife and I's run around
Land Rover Defender EX MOD 3.9 V8 - Offroading toy
TVR Tuscan RR - Summer/WE car
VW Golf gti mk1 - My first car and very long term project

Im currently looking for something a bit more interesting to replace the Audi with, im thinking an XKR should fit the bill after buying my mum an XJ8 for xmas theres no beating a Jag for the money.

[Blakeatron]

I must be doing something wrong

Family car - VW Touran sport
My car/offroad toy - Mitsi Pajero
Track toy - aprilia rsvr
Everyday van - transit connect
Delivery van - merc sprinter

[falkster]

Audi Allroad 2.7 TT (winter daily)
Boxster S (wife's daily)
E30 M3 (mine)
968 Club Sport (mine)

I let her take the dogs out in the audi but that's it!

[C2james]

a few years ago we had:

BMW X5 4.4
TVR chimaera 4.0
mercedes clk 320 convertible

[caymanred]

always love having a look at my dads......


daily driver- audi rs6 v10 or
997 turbo

weekend car- f430 spider or
carrera GT

mums car....Defender



will try and get some pics tonight if i can!

Edited by caymanred on Thursday 20th January 11:41

[kiethton]

Mum's - fiesta 1.4 (driving school car)
Mine/Dad's - Jaguar S-type V6 (people mover)
Mine/Dad's - Astra 1.7 SRi sporthatch (mile muncher)
Brother - Fiesta 1.25 (decent insurance due to age)

this will all change when the astra goes to be replaced by a BMW 335i at the weekend which will be all mine!

[KMT]

I have my dream garage - they say variety is the spice of life...

Daily bus - Range Rover Vogue (black, of course)
Wife's bling - Porsche Boxster (white, black wheels - very predictable!)
My toy - Westfield megablade (black and white - spotted the trend yet?)
Yamaha R1 (red (yikes!), white and black (phew!))
Kawasaki KLX 250 (black, hee)
Ultra Groundpounder 330R - you will need to google this - trust me its worth the effort! (black with, er flames)