5 Grand depreciation free fun car
5 Grand depreciation free fun car
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snotrag

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15,644 posts

241 months

Thursday 8th November 2012
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A nice easy what car for a Thursday evening.

£5000 max
It will live outside quite often.
You have another car, but this one will get used fairly regularly.
The car needs to suffer absolute minimum depreciation once purchased.

Must be fun to own and special.

What do you buy and why?

F355spider

1,395 posts

261 months

Thursday 8th November 2012
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S1 RS Turbo
205 GTi 1.6

Jimmy No Hands

5,100 posts

186 months

Thursday 8th November 2012
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944 S2

80quattro

1,821 posts

225 months

Thursday 8th November 2012
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I already have one of these, a BMW M535i.
If I was buying another, I'd probably get a C32 AMG.

dry664

304 posts

169 months

The Horse Man

259 posts

201 months

Thursday 8th November 2012
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Jimmy No Hands said:
944 S2
Indeed.

Guards red. With cream leather.

I'll take two. Maybe a turbo too?

kiethton

14,648 posts

210 months

Thursday 8th November 2012
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Cheap chim?

Although replace depreciation with repairs....

JFReturns

3,828 posts

201 months

Thursday 8th November 2012
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Ford Racing Puma.

E30Addict

825 posts

202 months

Thursday 8th November 2012
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E36 M3. They offer a lot of bang for your buck.

J4CKO

46,839 posts

230 months

Thursday 8th November 2012
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Jimmy No Hands said:
944 S2
Thats what I did, 944 Cab for £4250, would hope to get most of my money back, rock bottom is three grand so even if I have to let it go I wont have lost much.

Just be careful, a cheap 944 can cost more than its purchse price in repairs pretty quickly.

Jimmy No Hands

5,100 posts

186 months

Thursday 8th November 2012
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Oh God that 911 is tempting.

Majorly want.

HughesR1

286 posts

204 months

Thursday 8th November 2012
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J4CKO

46,839 posts

230 months

Thursday 8th November 2012
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5 grand 911, I dont know they existed, is that potential financial ruin, I know old 911s can look ok but be rotten to the core.

h0b0

9,072 posts

226 months

Thursday 8th November 2012
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J4CKO said:
5 grand 911, I dont know they existed, is that potential financial ruin, I know old 911s can look ok but be rotten to the core.
The number plate comes with the car and that has a value of around 4k so I would be somewhat suspicious of the quality of this 911. But, even if it is scrap you can weigh it in and get 1k and sell the plate and break even

T-bagger

468 posts

234 months

Thursday 8th November 2012
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E30Addict said:
E36 M3. They offer a lot of bang for your buck.
One of these, I bought a good one for 5k, had it for 2.5 years (spent about 1k) doing little bits then sold it for 7k. Admittedly it was a one-off individual Evo version.
A good one is quick, comfortable, practical and very reasonably priced. Not bad to look after as a DIY mechanic either.

Paul671

337 posts

237 months

Thursday 8th November 2012
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clockworks

7,686 posts

175 months

Thursday 8th November 2012
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h0b0 said:
The number plate comes with the car and that has a value of around 4k so I would be somewhat suspicious of the quality of this 911. But, even if it is scrap you can weigh it in and get 1k and sell the plate and break even
The way I read it, it's an eBay auction. If it really was for sale at £5k, that would be bargain of the century.

h0b0

9,072 posts

226 months