What 3 car garage? (£50k limit)

[white_goodman]

I'm sure some of you are lucky enough to have the use of 4 or more cars but for most of us due to funds/parking space, 3 is a more realistic proposition and 3 cars should be enough to meet most people's needs. What would your 3 car garage be? My only stipulation is a £50k combined limit to keep things realistic and out of the realms of fantasy. Here's my selection:

1. Daytona Grey Audi RS4 Saloon/Avant for my DD (£25k)
2. Black Abarth 500 for the OH (or a green Fabia vRS if we have kids) (£16k)
3. Silver/Grey S2 Lotus Elise for fun/weekend action (preferably a Toyota-engined one but a K-Series might have to do as I'm maxed out on my £50k limit).

To be honest, I'm pretty happy with my WRX Estate as a DD so perhaps I could save some money there (although the Audi sounds better and has a few more toys)! I might consider upgrading to one with the Prodrive Performance Pack if I can get a reasonable insurance quote this time.

Without breaking the £50k limit, what would your 3 car garage be?

[BarnatosGhost]

560 SEL daily driver - £5k
Turbo MX-5 - £5k
Ferrari 456 - £40k

[white_goodman]

BarnatosGhost said:

560 SEL daily driver - £5k
Turbo MX-5 - £5k
Ferrari 456 - £40k

Good shout!

[Diablos-666]

TVR T350 - £21k
Caterham - £10k
911 993 - £19k

[mgroadster]

(already owned)My current LWB transit most versatile and useful vehicle I have ever owned.(value 6k)

(already owned)My 1970 MGBgt. for fun (5k)

That leaves me 39k. So I'll spend upto 30k on the best volvo I can get for the money and go on the beer with the remaining 9k

[900T-R]

TVR Sagaris - £35K
TVR Chimaera 450 - £10K
Clio 172 Cup - £3K

[Baryonyx]

Sierra Cosworth, Lancia Delta Integrale and a Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution XI.

Or for a true budget garage, a Volvo S60 2.0 Turbo, a BMW 728i and Honda Civic Type R. I could get that sorted for 10k!

[MDahmen]

Ferrari 355 or 328 - 35k - for when you just want to drive
E39 M5 - 10k - for when you have to take more than 1 passenger
Golf MK5 - 5k - for the wife/gfriend/kids

[Presuming Ed]

Already have a similar setup

Fun car - Porsche 993
Daily hack - Merc 220 Cdi estate
for the missus - Alfa Mito

[Froomee]

Escort Cosworth monte carlo-20kish
M3 CSL-25Kish
Ford Racing Puma-5kish

[sparks_E39]

Aston Martin DB7 GT £37k
Jaguar XJR V8 Supercharged 2004 Vintage £8k
2004 Honda Civic Type R £5k

[George H]

TVR Tamora - http://pistonheads.com/sales/2874370.htm - £15k

Clio V6 - http://pistonheads.com/sales/2791994.htm - £13k

Defender - http://pistonheads.com/sales/2840273.htm - £20k

[Zwoelf]

DB7 Vantage: http://pistonheads.com/sales/2880697.htm



OR Ferrari 456 GT <£30k: http://pistonheads.com/sales/2679006.htm



BMW 750i Sport (E38) <£9k: http://www.gmscars.co.uk/bmw_750_sport_greydetails...



BMW M5 (E39) <£11k: http://pistonheads.com/sales/2861629.htm



Should do it nicely.

[andy43]

Griff big valve - 15ish.
993 Turbo - 30ish. Unless they've gone up again
C43 estate - 5ish (if I didn't need a day-to-day 4wd).
Legacy 3.0 specB - 5ish ('cos realistically I do need a 'shed' 4wd for the winter - 993 would be tucked up in bed ).

[pistonchris]

£4.500

£4.000

£40.000

[Zwoelf]

andy43 said:

993 Turbo - 30ish. Unless they've gone up again

You can pretty well double that budget for a 993 I think. It'll get you a 996 though...

[AB]

Fantastic thread, rings true for many I'm sure.

You'd want 'fun'... then you'd want 'safe', then you'd want 'something inbetween'

£50k for all that is an excellent budget. The question posed is excellent.

[wackojacko]

E39 M5 - 10k
TVR Tuscan with a 4.3/4.5 upgrade - 20K
Cayenne Turbo - 20K


Perfecto !

[TotalControl]

Honda Integra DC5 - £10k
Mazda MX5 turbo - £5k
Audi RS4 Avant - £30k

Save £5k for upgrades to the first 2.

[Japveesix]

Daily / load lugger - Hirsch 9-5 Aero estate - £9,800



Silly fast and eye-catching convertible (sort-of) - Tuscan S - £21,500



Big V8 550bhp (ish) beast - £17,500:





Or an alternative:
RS4 Avant - £14,500 -

500bhp single turbo supra - £16,000

Caterham R300 - £19,000