20k - something "special" for the old man

[tallstevef]

Another what car thread - but with the more "senior" driver in mind!

Dad currently has a 1.4 Jazz, which is pretty good as a little around town car. Ride is a bit jiggly, brakes a bit grabby but aside from that it's fine. Yesterday he mentions "what sort of car could you get for upto 20k?".

His criteria would (probably!) be:

Nothing more than 8-10 years old
Nothing too low / had to get into (no Elises here!) he's 68 with a bit of a weight problem!
Comfortable ride

I came up with the usual suspects:

BMW 6/8 cylinder models (maybe //M)
Ranger Rover
Audi S/RS 4/6
Merc C/E/SL 6/8 cylinder models (maybe AMG)
Jag XK/XJ 8 (maybe R)

Any others? He was partial to his old Calibra (2.0, 8v... I know!) so maybe a Monaro!?!

[james_gt3rs]

Some Lexus barge? Way under budget...

[cirian75]

6.0L Monaro

[Monaro5.7]

I have a Monaro and my mother of 60 finds if difficult to get out of as it 2 low.

But +1 from me

You could get a VXR8 for that kind of money tho

[Phil117]

Go for a 1.3 Jazz HX

[cirian75]

Phil117 said:

Go for a 1.3 Jazz HX

[Phil117]

Oh I tell a lie.

You can get a HX-T for that money!

[Johnnytheboy]

Range Rover (Sport?)

[JDMDrifter]

Jaguar V8 of some flavour, can you get a supercharged XF for this money. Not an XFR just a 4.2 XF?

[jamieduff1981]

JDMDrifter said:

Jaguar V8 of some flavour, can you get a supercharged XF for this money. Not an XFR just a 4.2 XF?

You'd get an SV8 no problem.

[Krikkit]

jamieduff1981 said:

JDMDrifter said:

Jaguar V8 of some flavour, can you get a supercharged XF for this money. Not an XFR just a 4.2 XF?

You'd get an SV8 no problem.

Fits all the criteria imo. Feels special, interesting to drive, comfy for wafting about when not on it, fire-breathing when you are.

[Beefmeister]

I'd be going for something like this:



http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2013...

645ci available with under 50k miles for around £10k too. Coupe's even better value if he doesn't like cabs.

Good looking, big V8, good performance, easy entry/egress.

[LuS1fer]

Mustang GT.

[schmalex]

Beefmeister said:

I'd be going for something like this:



http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2013...

645ci available with under 50k miles for around £10k too. Coupe's even better value if he doesn't like cabs.

Good looking, big V8, good performance, easy entry/egress.

Exactly what I was going to suggest.

ETA. To be honest, I'd be steering him away from ///M, AMG, RS models. They may be a little too frenetic and the servicing premium may weigh heavily on him if he isn't using them to their full.

A big, lazy V8 with oodles of torque and a nice exhaust woofle will make him feel like a king.

Edited by schmalex on Tuesday 12th November 15:13

[4a4]

996 Turbo?

6 series is a goooood shout

[Monaro5.7]

Think out the box, can be got for under 20k

http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/m...

[scarble]

S-Type R for that money easy? Not fashionable but I like them as barges and unfashionable = cheap.
Calibra Turbo? idk what they go for these days but factor in a couple of transfer box rebuilds

05-07ish CL500/CL55K for 15-20k.

Stretch for an NSX?

eta: 6-series is a great suggestion too
ooooooo so is Maser. Probably the most outwardly special.

[_Neal_]

schmalex said:

ETA. To be honest, I'd be steering him away from ///M, AMG, RS models. They may be a little too frenetic and the servicing premium may weigh heavily on him if he isn't using them to their full.

A big, lazy V8 with oodles of torque and a nice exhaust woofle will make him feel like a king.

Definitely this. I'd also suggest auto for ultimate magisterial wafting. Jag XF sounds like a good call, as does the CL500.

[deltashad]

Play it reasonably safe and go for an alpina d3

[Dusty964]

More than 10 years old, but db7?