Sunday 21st June 2020

£100k Garage | Jack Nash

Nobody said the Brave Pill had to have four wheels...

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Name: Jack Nash
Previously owned: Fiat 126 BIS, VW Polo, Fiesta XR2, VW Golf GTI 8v and 16v, Alfa 145 Cloverleaf, AX GT, Golf VR6, Chevy Nova V8(!), Porsche 968 Sport, Mercedes Vito V6, Ford Focus RS Mk2, Panda 4x4 to name but a few.
Currently owned: 2003 Porsche 911 (996) C2, Triumph SpeedTona 955i, CCM R30
On the shortlist: Air-cooled Porsche 911, Peugeot306 Rallye.

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The Shed - Suzuki SX4
Cost: £1,500
Balance: £98,500
Why I chose it: "Having previously owned a Panda 4x4 TwinAir and enjoyed driving to work in the snow the only thing to stop it was a snowdrift! Great fun and perfect daily for when the roads are gritted and the other vehicles safely tucked up."

The Brave Pill - Ducati Panigale FE
Cost: £27,980
Balance: £70,520
Why I chose it: "Having ridden bikes since I was 21 and starting track days shortly after you will certainly need a brave pill to master the mighty Panigale. A season ticket of European track days, Gold holiday insurance (!) and V02 slicks with any remaining money. Last of the big V-Twin (or L-Twin if you are a Ducatisti), and I love it."

The one still on sale - Mercedes-Benz Vito 114
Cost: £17,995
Balance: £52,525
Why I chose it: "The Panigale isn't getting itself to the track! I do love a van. Very versatile, one day full of bike clobber next day the family, dogs, etc. Unfortunately, Mercedes ditched the awesome 3.0-litre V6, so I'll have to make do with the four-cylinder. I bet this is the one that gets used 95 per cent of the time."

Porsche 911 backdate
Cost: £44,950
Balance: £7,575
Why I chose it: "A very difficult choice! I couldn't decide between this, a nice 993 C2 or a 996 C2 with change. In the end the backdate got picked; I love the colour combo and signs of patina. I would spend the summer driving to work, attending Sunday Scramble, Boxengasse and planning a road trip. But then that 993 in Guards Red has caught my eye again..."

Renaultsport Clio 200
Cost: £7,491
Balance: £84
Why I chose it: "I have a long and happy history of hot hatching - nobody does it better than the French! An absence of 306 Rallyes in the classifieds meant the RS got the nod; I would have preferred Alien Green and a Cup chassis, but they aren't essential - any Clio 200 is better than none!"

[hepy]

Van is very left field!

Great £100k garage, love the paint scheme on the bike.

[Arsecati]

Definitely wouldn't have had the Pani as a Brave Pill - mine was one of very first made 8 years ago and now has well over 20k miles on it, with loads of track days on it (I'm actually an instructor at our local track). Funnily enough, I do also have a Triumph 955 Daytona (converting to a cafe racer replica at some point!), and also race a 675 (and race a GSXR1000 too!!). Loads more bikes too....... but I better leave it at that! Anyway, deffo stick with the 1199/1299s and not the V4 - the Pani is too much for the roads as it is to try get some fun out of, the V4S is on another level again, and just impossible to get even 50% of it's capabilities on the road. To be honest, I actually miss my older 1098....... deffo will get a 1098R some day: I have goosebumps just thinking about it!

[Turbobanana]

Interesting and creative Garage.

I trust the OP knows that a Suzuki SX4 is not 4wd in this spec: they did make a 4wd 1.6 4Grip version (petrol) but this is clearly not one of them. Just thought I'd clear that up before the hypothetical snow arrives and you end up looking like an arse.

[Gus265]

Well I’m not a fan of vans (unless it was B.A’s but he wouldn’t give that up without the fight I couldn’t win) and I also am not a motorbike fan. However, on saying both of those things, if I were, that is a good garage! All different experiences and nice choices. I’d have to put Fuchs on the 911 though.

[Jcwjosh]

This is probably one of my favourite 100k garages for a while.. Nice choices !

[Mr Tidy]

A very different garage which is refreshing, and no overlap unlike some.

And the van makes perfect sense if you have a bike for track days.

[Water Fairy]

Interesting garage but you could have ditched the van and towed the bike with the Suzuki and then bought something else.

That said I have a T5.1 and a cb1000r Neo......................

[anonymous-user]

Excellent, thoughtful choices. Esp like the clever take on "brave" for brave pill. I suspect I'd feel heroic if I managed even to get a Panigale into 2nd gear : )

[roca1976]

There would certainly be cool points for towing a Pani behind a Suzuki worth less than the Ducati Titanium exhaust!

cheers for your nice comments about it being different to the 'normal' selection, apart from the Shed it would be my actual choice of vehicles and I am still trying to work out how to fund that 911...

[Arsecati]

roca1976 said:

There would certainly be cool points for towing a Pani behind a Suzuki worth less than the Ducati Titanium exhaust!

cheers for your nice comments about it being different to the 'normal' selection, apart from the Shed it would be my actual choice of vehicles and I am still trying to work out how to fund that 911...

Up until a couple of years ago, I had an old Ford Transit to ferry the race bikes around (Gixxer Thou and Triumph 675). But on occasion, I'd bring the Pani along for a blast: the Transit was a 2002 and worth under a grand - I got some looks at the track rolling a £24k Pani S out the back of a white (and rust brown!) Ford Tranny!!

[Krikkit]

Turbobanana said:

Interesting and creative Garage.

I trust the OP knows that a Suzuki SX4 is not 4wd in this spec: they did make a 4wd 1.6 4Grip version (petrol) but this is clearly not one of them. Just thought I'd clear that up before the hypothetical snow arrives and you end up looking like an arse.

I wouldn't have one of the 4WD versions - the rear diff hangs well below the rear bumper line and is shockingly low to the ground. I could see someone reversing over very minor obstacles hidden in rough ground and giving it a right clout.

Great 100k though, love the alternative choice of the 1299FE, what a machine.

[roca1976]

Well I put my money where my mouth is! Shortly after the feature I decided life was too short and cashed in all my chips and took the plunge on an old 911 located in the USA.