What 2 car garage?...one brand new and one sub £1k shed!

[white_goodman]

Just for fun. You can have one brand new car - lets say a nominal £30k budget to allow for something a little bit interesting and your other car can't cost more than £1000. What would you go for?

The sensible money would be on a diesel for the new one (cheap running costs and any potentially expensive faults covered by a warranty) but life's a bit too short isn't it?

I would probably go for a BMW 135i (for the engine) or a well-specced Golf GTI (probably a better all-round package) if someone else was paying, although if it was my own money the new Skoda Octavia is a nice looking car and if history is anything to go by, the vRS version will be a performance bargain.

Although there are some nice old barges available for under £1k, I would be tempted by a convertible. A Saab 9-3 would probably be a fairly sensible choice but I might be tempted to take a gamble on an MGF VVC!

What would your 2 cars be?

[nagsheadwarrior]

Gt86 and an e38 740.

[Krikkit]

nagsheadwarrior said:

Gt86 and an e38 740.

/thread. Smoker for comfort, lairy RWD for a hoon. Although I think I'd have to have a 750 for extra comfort.

[MarsellusWallace]

Land Rover Defender 90 and a mk1 MX5

My current garage in fact.

[vit4]

GT86 and a Pug 406 diesel estate. Can't think of a situation where one won't be the ticket

[Fox-]

Krikkit said:

Although I think I'd have to have a 750 for extra comfort.

750i is no more comfortable than a 740i but likely a whole lot more dodgy at a grand.

[31mph]

nagsheadwarrior said:

Gt86 and an e38 740.

This.

[hornetrider]

Krikkit said:

/thread. Smoker for comfort, lairy RWD for a hoon. Although I think I'd have to have a 750 for extra comfort.

You want to spend a grand on an E38 750?? Good luck with that!

[DCLXIV]

£1k shed: MX-5 - fun
£30k new: BMW 320D - all you'll ever really need for everything else.

[james280779]

Does it have to be new? I paid less than 30k and currently have a Lotus Esprit Turbo, 911 Carrera, TVR Chimaera and for the week a Honda CRV Sport.

Nothing this side of 30k will make me trade them in, I would ideally like an Aston Martin DB9 V12 Manual/ Ferrari F355 and maybe something like a Mazda CX-7 as a daily- this would be closer to 40k though and none new (obviously)

[mini1380cc]

Initially I thought this would be easy, but 30k really doesn't get you anything exciting when new. Gt86 is the only answer.

The 1k part is easy, mr2.

[mikey P 500]

I have this for real, my daily is a new mercedes c class coupe cdi and my weekend/track car is a sub 1k mx5. Suits me perfectly.

[billzeebub]

Defender 90 new & Saab Classic Convertible 16v for around a grand

[ClassicMotorNut]

Brand new: Morgan 3-Wheeler
Sub-£1k: Austin Allegro (or more preferably a Vanden Plas 1500). I like them!

[Codswallop]

Caterham Superlight R300 and a W124 E-Class estate/ Mk1 Focus Estate would be a good mix.

[Benbay001]

Brand new Lotus Elise and dog of an old XJ

[james_gt3rs]

Codswallop said:

Caterham Superlight R300 and a W124 E-Class estate/ Mk1 Focus Estate would be a good mix.

Perfect.

[Twin Turbo]

I'm cheating a little......

38,950 (hey, this is make-believe )
http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/f...




995
http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/f...

[HustleRussell]

Codswallop said:

Caterham Superlight R300 and a W124 E-Class estate

YES! win.

[0llie]

Lotus Elise and a Range Rover Classic