'Real world' dream garage. 3 cars. 20 grand

[Mikeylad]

Title says it all really.

Ladies and gentlemen, you have 20 thousand pounds to buy three cars. not two unless to proceed to three. not four. five is way out.

you have to drive, maintain, and insure these and no others for the rest of your days.

chocolate hob-nob to the closest to correct answer. When i say correct answer, i mean my answer, naturally.

[Graham.J]

I've just bought a pack of hobnobs so NER!!

Land Rover 90 - £7000

Westfield - £7000

Audi A4 - £6000

[BCA]

1) Lotus Elise (mk1 early - 11k?)
2) Jag XJR (oldish with high miles - 7k?)
3) Mini Cooper (old - a nice project car within 2k)

Edited because I re-read the topic

1)Westfield - anything lightweight and fun, track car 10k budget.
*insurance - not needed/ limited mileage so relatively cheap.
2)Subaru Impreza (decent turbo jobbie)- nice and quick and more reliable than the jag, not sure on the price but probably around 8k -everyday car/wet trackday car
*insurance - probably high, but its the everyday motor!
3)Ford Ka - shopping trolley, nothing more.

Edited again because I know I would do this:
1) TVR Cerbera 4.2 - 96/97 15k (everyday car)
2) Saxo VTR - 3.5k and insurance friendly(for when the TVRs in for a service)
3) Mondeo -whatevers left cash wise (to shove high miles on)


>> Edited by BCA on Saturday 29th March 00:34

[danhf]

1) Lancia Fulvia 1.3S £3k (daily hack)
2) Lancia Delta Integrale 16v £5k (track)
3) Lancia Delta Integrale Evo2 (with 16v turbo) £12k (fast road/track)

Stick her hobnobs

Dan

[shadowninja]

For the sun... TVR Chimaera 4.0: £12000
For the snow... Nissan Pulsar GTi-R: £5500
For the rain... Nissan 200sx Turbo (S13a): £2500

Almost my garage... hmm I have a spare £5500 too

[PatHeald]

For Go: TVR 3000S Turbo
For Snow: S3 SWB Landy
For Tesco: Mini 1275GT

All cheap to insure, all easy to fix, all good fun.

[mechsympathy]

1 seat: Kawasaki Z1000 £7000

2 seats: TVR Chim 400 £12000

More seats: 2 door Range Rover £1000

Or
Practical: 2 door Range Rover £1000

Fast: TVR

Faster: Z1000

Or
Wife hates: RR

Wife hates more: TVR

You must be fing joking: Z1000

:chucklestoself:

[samn01]

Lotus Elise - 12K for fun
Scooby Turbo - 7K for all weather fun / fun for 4 peps
Old Volvo estate - 1K for taking the kids and dog to the park.

[jvaughan]

£7K Volvo T5 Estate. Fast Dog Kennel & Rubbish remover
£9K TVR 400SE 4litre Firebreathing MOnster
£4K Honda Africa Twin XVF750 Commuter transport

Not a dream .....

[robp]

£15k on a nice Griff (black, convertible) for having fun, oversteer and making a nice sound
£3k on a mondeo 2.0 for general thrashing and commuting
£2k on a golf / pug 205, stripped out, trackday use and occasional trips to the shops

[Alan420]

Right now I'd settle for about 4,000 £5 notes!

Failing that, a VX200 turbo (launched last month so should have lost 1/2 its value by now), 205GTI and a VERY powerful kit car with the change.

[agent006]

Fancy/fast - BMW 540 - £10000
Boring - Laguna V6 - £4500
City - Black Cab - £5500

[JonRB]

Hmmmm

I guess it would be
Corrado VR6 - £7k
Lotus Elan SE Turbo - £8k
Modifications for above two - £4k
Some banger for load lugging - £1k

What a coincidence - I already have the 1st two*.

(* I'm contractually bound to point out that the Elan is actually Cosmic's)

[pwig]

Lotus Carlton. (12k)

Mini (1k)

High Mileage Merc S500 (7k)

[Bodo]

Landrover 88 S2 (3k) [dodgier than mine of course]
Mini Mk1 (2k)
Porsche 911 3.3 Turbo (15k)

sorry, no room for a people carrier

>> Edited by Bodo on Saturday 29th March 22:21

[sjg]

MK Indyblade (seven clone) - let's say we have to buy a turnkey one for 9k, call it 10 with some extra frills. Or just a s/h Westfield of some descrption.

306 Rallye - 7k (for towing it and road use)

Cinquecento Sporting - £2k, then 1242cc conversion and a few other mods (for shopping)

Seriously considering the first two next year. The cinq's just there to make up the numbers

[DennisTheMenace]

Sorry its gonna have to be mix including bikes

ZX12R , Absolute missile what more could a man want



errrrrm

chevette HSR , Top fun , dont knock it untill you've tried it

pushbike after ive lost my licence on the 12R


Edited cos.............. cos it looks good

>> Edited by DennisTheMenace on Sunday 30th March 00:30

[danhay]

1. Ferrari 308GT4 £12k
2. V6 Cavalier £1k
3. Honda CBR1100XX £3k

That leaves £4k to pay for the Ferrari servicing and repairs!

[mikeylad]

sjg said: MK Indyblade (seven clone) - let's say we have to buy a turnkey one for 9k, call it 10 with some extra frills. Or just a s/h Westfield of some descrption.

306 Rallye - 7k (for towing it and road use)

Cinquecento Sporting - £2k, then 1242cc conversion and a few other mods (for shopping)

Seriously considering the first two next year. The cinq's just there to make up the numbers

some interesting ideas from all. although i have to say anyone putting a cinq into any garage, never mind a dream one, should take a little time to think things through. remember we are talking about cars, not fishtanks.

no hobnobs for you.

[Graham.J]

What were your choices Mikey?

I've run out of hobnobs, do I win?