Another one joins the garage
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Hang on! I’ll be storing them for nothing, I shouldn’t have to pay any shipping costs!Pondrew said:You wouldn't be able to afford the shipping to Aus, what with you being a lowly surgeon. :wink: :lol:BMWZ4MC said:Since you clearly have a few spares and limited space, can I store a couple for you. You even can decide which
Happy to look after your Beetle too if you like. My wife can use it to ferry the kids around. They should fit in the backseats with their sticky fingers and habit of kicking the back of the front seats… She prefers to park by touch - you don’t mind, do you?pvr said:
No drug dealing yet, crystallised some stocks and sold some headache buy to lets.
I don’t think I’ve made any calamitous purchases with a regard to depreciation. I think we’re at a bit of a cross roads with ICE cars, depending on what happens with legislation and direction of innovation EV market will prosper or be delayed uptake. Either way the best ICE cars will have a place in the enthusiast market.
As an overall driving proposition, the GT3 is hard to beat. It doesn’t have the visual drama but behind the seat it has sublime controls and the engine (with added Sharkwerks exhaust) is just incredible. The Cayman R is a bit too timid to be a weekend only car but people keep telling me it’s a good investment.
458 is the most recent purchase, white wasn’t my ultimate colour but a Spider with all the other right bits was difficult to find.
The R8 and McLaren are on par in my books, engine + soundtrack in the R8 is magic. Steering and performance in the McLaren is a league above the rest with the caveat the Exige ultimately wins on steering feel due to having no PAS.
Z4M is the classic car in the group now!
Wouldn’t mind a Caterham and a manual Gallardo of some form.
I don’t think I’ve made any calamitous purchases with a regard to depreciation. I think we’re at a bit of a cross roads with ICE cars, depending on what happens with legislation and direction of innovation EV market will prosper or be delayed uptake. Either way the best ICE cars will have a place in the enthusiast market.
As an overall driving proposition, the GT3 is hard to beat. It doesn’t have the visual drama but behind the seat it has sublime controls and the engine (with added Sharkwerks exhaust) is just incredible. The Cayman R is a bit too timid to be a weekend only car but people keep telling me it’s a good investment.
458 is the most recent purchase, white wasn’t my ultimate colour but a Spider with all the other right bits was difficult to find.
The R8 and McLaren are on par in my books, engine + soundtrack in the R8 is magic. Steering and performance in the McLaren is a league above the rest with the caveat the Exige ultimately wins on steering feel due to having no PAS.
Z4M is the classic car in the group now!
Wouldn’t mind a Caterham and a manual Gallardo of some form.
BMWZ4MC said:Presumably:Babw said:
Aston Martin,
R8,
?V8 NA is the SL(K),
Ferrari and McLaren,
?Jaguar or ?RR of some description,
Exige,
?what is the V6 NA - or is that the SL(K)?
Z4
Cayman and 911
Since you clearly have a few spares and limited space, can I store a couple for you. You even can decide which
DB9 GT Volante (2nd gen), R8 V10 plus, 458 Spider, 650s spider, E63S estate, Range Rover, Exige 460, Jeep Wranger Rubicon, 2GR MR2, Z4M, 991 GT3 PDK and Cayman R manual.
Never calculated the original prices (I’ve never bought a brand new car in my life) but many here have sub 10k miles but even driving a few in tandem the mileage only creeps up slowly so should be depreciation proof.
To put it into context I could probably sell them all and buy half a Carrera GT :lol:
The MR2 is a complete hooligan, it was a Covid project that myself and a friend took on, it's one of these things where the market value would be so little compared the spend on the car that I will likely just keep it for the memories. Most of the 2GR MR2's around the world are MK2's but this one is the bug eye MK3. At the last dyno run, it was around 350bhp naturally aspirated, quaife diff, brand new E153 gearbox etc
It doesn't have a very sophisticated chassis so it struggles to put down the power which makes you really focus the mind when driving it quickly. I've got brand new headlamps, tail lamps and will get the whole car painted when it finally comes home but the lack of parts from Toyota for this vintage of cars is an issue, I waited over 2 years for the gearbox which was one of, if not the last brand new E153 available from Toyota.
It doesn't have a very sophisticated chassis so it struggles to put down the power which makes you really focus the mind when driving it quickly. I've got brand new headlamps, tail lamps and will get the whole car painted when it finally comes home but the lack of parts from Toyota for this vintage of cars is an issue, I waited over 2 years for the gearbox which was one of, if not the last brand new E153 available from Toyota.
North West Surrey
I was expecting a Mk II, but that’s fantastic! Great that you did the work yourself too. It must surprise a few people on the road and track days.
The older I get, the more I want a Mk II MR2 and a V6 would be the cherry on the cake. They’re mostly free from rust in Aus, but they've either been ragged to death by teenagers or they’re highly polished collector’s cars with prices to match.
The older I get, the more I want a Mk II MR2 and a V6 would be the cherry on the cake. They’re mostly free from rust in Aus, but they've either been ragged to death by teenagers or they’re highly polished collector’s cars with prices to match.
