Most Car for your £
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ging84

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9,548 posts

175 months

Wednesday 18th June 2014
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Not exactly a what car thread, more general, what people thing of as the most car you can get for you money.
Could be a £500 old barge, because it's one of the best cars of it's day at a 200th the price
Maybe a £1M sports car because it's a million times better than any other car.
Maybe it's a future classic which has bottomed out in value, and has bullet proof reliability so could be your daily drive at no cost.

AmitG

3,546 posts

189 months

Wednesday 18th June 2014
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Lexus LS400.

Proper old-school barge with wafty ride, normally aspirated 4-litre V8 and auto box.

Can be picked up for well under shed money. Unlikely to depreciate further.

Superbly well built, way better than the competition. Proper build quality, not just nice textures on the dashboard.

Masses of equipment. And uniquely at this price point, the chances are that everything will still work.

They go on forever and need relatively little maintenance. Find one that has been well looked after and it will keep going long after its rivals have gone to the scrapyard. I have seen two with over 300K on the clock, and many with over 200K.

Parts are expensive, but that's the only real downside I can think of.

I can't think of anything else that gives more car to the £.

Chapppers

4,483 posts

220 months

Wednesday 18th June 2014
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Noble M12. Rocket sled/ supercar experience for Golf money.

aspirated

2,540 posts

175 months

Wednesday 18th June 2014
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I think a Mk5 a Golf GTI DSG is in with a shout - jack of all trades for approx £5k

anonymous-user

83 months

Wednesday 18th June 2014
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aspirated said:
I think a Mk5 a Golf GTI DSG is in with a shout - jack of all trades for approx £5k
really dsg gets a bad ride on the forums.

TREMAiNE

4,164 posts

178 months

Wednesday 18th June 2014
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Clio 182?

Shirley there isn't much more fun to be had for £1500!

EDIT: And RX-8's from £2000 gives you a hell of a lot of car for the money - though at that price it is like playing the lottery!

mike9009

10,842 posts

272 months

Wednesday 18th June 2014
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Most car for your £? Surely a £4k VW camper. Think of all the money you will save not buying a house?

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

32,880 posts

246 months

Wednesday 18th June 2014
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Probably something enormous, enormously equipped and enormously petrol, A8 4.2, S600, 750iL etc.

ajb85

1,124 posts

171 months

Wednesday 18th June 2014
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I'm going to say a Saab 9-5 Aero. It's not even one of those 'cheap to buy, ruinous to run' sort of cars, they are cheap as chips and tough as old boots.

Boobonman

5,700 posts

221 months

Wednesday 18th June 2014
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Volvo 940 (big innit), Saab aero,

Oh,

MX5

Negative Creep

26,060 posts

256 months

Wednesday 18th June 2014
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Volvo T5's

Tuvra

7,926 posts

254 months

Wednesday 18th June 2014
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Rough ages:

  • 2006 BMW 760 £10k
  • 2005 BMW M5 or M6 £15k
  • 2007 Mercedes CL600 £17k
  • 2007 Mercedes CL63 £20k
  • 2005 Mercedes CL65 £16k

Master Bean

5,203 posts

149 months

Wednesday 18th June 2014
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+1 for the 9-5 Aero. My dad bought his new and it is now 9 years old with 160k on the clock. Worth about £800. Bargain.

ging84

Original Poster:

9,548 posts

175 months

Thursday 19th June 2014
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i think BMW 760 for £10k could be in with a shout
under the skin there is much which is the same as the rolls royce phantom, which at 10 years old still sell for £100k

Riley Blue

23,205 posts

255 months

Thursday 19th June 2014
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zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz said:
Probably something enormous, enormously equipped and enormously petrol, A8 4.2, S600, 750iL etc.
How about a 2003 66,000 mile A8 4.2 for £4,650 - like the one sat outside here?

Seb d

616 posts

226 months

Thursday 19th June 2014
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I bought a '98 E39 540i with 118k miles on it for £950, which is reckon is pretty good value.

iloveboost

1,531 posts

191 months

Thursday 19th June 2014
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Cheapest car with 12 Months MOT/TAX you can find. smile
Or a 'cheap' new car like a £5995 Citroen C1 something like that.

nick s

1,372 posts

246 months

Thursday 19th June 2014
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I'm going to go with a B5 Audi S4.

£2500ish grand. relative luxury inside, twin turbo silky V6. Quick remap and you've got a luxury cruiser, which is a lovely place to be and sit, with plenty of pace when needed! So much car for the money!

Sexual Chocolate

1,583 posts

173 months

Thursday 19th June 2014
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Sure I've seen a 06 plate 7 series BM with a huge spec for sale for about 9K. Looked like a lot of car for the money with all the toys one could need.

amusingduck

9,817 posts

165 months

Thursday 19th June 2014
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Sexual Chocolate said:
Sure I've seen a 06 plate 7 series BM with a huge spec for sale for about 9K. Looked like a lot of car for the money with all the toys one could need.
Also 9k
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2014...