What to do? Something to replace the F-Type, for six months?

[Robbidoo]

I want to buy a car for the next six months. In July I will be changing job, and I'm not sure if that will mean going back to the UK or staying here in Luxembourg. So anything I buy I will potentially have to move on again when that time comes (so this rules out new / leases etc.)

Mrs Robbo and I just welcomed our first child into the world last week. We got a second hand Stokke Xplory buggy which with the bassinet is fking massive.

Right now I have an F-Type R RWD, but it's sold and is going next week.

Mrs Robbo drives an E61 530d SE, which is really comfortable and of course very practical, but is getting a bit long in the tooth now at 13 years old and 170K miles.

I had a 997.2 before the Jag, and I really enjoyed getting up early to give it a blast around the fantastic B-roads I'm lucky to be living near in Luxembourg. I never really got the same from the Jag - it didn't feel nimble enough and in anything other than the bone dry, it felt like I was a split second away from sticking it in a field. We had some epic trips around Europe in it, and it felt like as a GT was when it was at its best.

So the way I think about it, I have a few options:

1. Be sensible, drive the 530d for six months and save some money until my next few years are known.
2. Get a pure weekend / toy car that won't really be practical for the family and I going anywhere, and keep the 530d as the family car
3. Try for that holy grail of one car that does everything. (We are hoping to do a trip of about 3 weeks back to the UK, so an option #3 car will need to accommodate that.)

For option 2, top of mind are:

Elise S1
+ As good as it gets dynamically
+ Depreciation should be pretty much flat
- Would be looking at K-series era, so reliability is a question
- May be hard to sell-on as the market over here is small

987 Boxster
+ Should get me that Porsche B-road blast feeling that I've been missing
- Expensive
- Will lose a few grand on it

For option 3:

Guilia Quadrifoglio
+ Seems to tick every box for a driver
- Rear seats don't fold, suggesting storage might be a bit tight for a long trip.
- Depreciation is likely to be awful

M3 (would have to be a 2015 one for budget, which I read have a hard time getting their power down vs the 2017 refresh)
+ Great interior
+ Good practicality
+ Known quantity and reliable
- Dynamically not the best in class


So what am I missing? Any cars I haven't thought of? Any issues or man-maths that I should be considering?

[steve-5snwi]

Keep the BMW for 6 months and see what the future holds would be my choice. Then decide what to do, otherwise C63 Estate (or E63) Or Porsche Macan Turbo as the main cars.

[ZX10R NIN]

+1 to the above I'd wait & see what's happening.

[Robbidoo]

These are not the spend-everyone-elses-money replies I was expecting on PH. Very telling though, appreciate the opinions.

[MorganP104]

I'd go with what others are saying here.

If you needed a car for a year or more, then we might be coming up with all sorts of suggestions.

But 6 months? Why complicate your life unnecessarily, and potentially cost you money if your circumstances do indeed change in 6 months.

If you REALLY must scratch an itch that only buying a car will satisfy (I feel you, brother), buy something sheddy and interesting. With any luck (and a decent wash), it'll be worth more than you paid for it in 6 months time.

If you do decide to go shedding, start a thread, and we'll all chip in with some wacky (and cheap) options.

[loudlashadjuster]

I'd be tempted by the interesting not-quite-shed option too. Only problem is moving it on to a potentially limited market, but if the outlay is modest enough then even giving it away would probably only lose a couple of months of a Guilia's depreciation.

[Ardennes92]

If it's an interesting shed, it could always come to the UK? Or why not get RHD and prepare for 6 months time