Big brother, Little Brother

[mondeoman]

You know what its like when your littlest brother comes knocking for advice about cars .... well, thats what happened to me last week.

He's got a Porsche Boxter with no extras, but he has now aquired a girlfriend and 4 year old son, so needs (?) an extra seat and can afford up to £30k. Now, he's much more of a "drive it cos it looks good" person rather than someone searching for the ultimate motoring performance, but he does like a car that travels quickly.

After much soul-searching and mental gymnastics, I came up with a shortlist of:

6 yo 911 Carrera
2-3 yo BMW M3
New Mazda RX8
New Audi TT
3 yo Cerbera.

He does bugger all mileage now his girlfriend has moved in with him - his commute is a total of 3k miles a year, plus some social, so call it a lot less than 10k pa.

Expensive repair bills would not really be welcome, and reliability would be a real issue - can you imagine the grief I'd get if he bought a bad un? but I reckon the Cerbera is a real contender in this contest.

In his opinion, the M3 doesn't look "sporty" enough, the TT is "everywhere", the RX8 "looks odd" so we're down to (realistically) a 911 or Cerbera.

Your thoughts an opinions would be gratefully received.

Ta
Mondeoman

[jeremyc]

What about a Maserati 3200?

Plenty of good ones about for £25-30K.

[gazzab]

911.

[mondeoman]

jeremyc said:

What about a Maserati 3200? Plenty of good ones about for £25-30K.

I did suggest an older, manual 4200 (I lke em) but he wasn't interested. Brothers eh???

[RUSSELLM]

3 year old low mileage xkr (400bhp)

[morebeanz]

If reliability is REALLY an issue then he would have to shop around for the best Cerbie he could find. That said, I don't think that any of the other machines come close in terms of wow-factor.

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