Cars that you'd like to buy but circumstances just won't allow

An Exige - but I'd never be able to use one properly. Not refined enough for me to use as my main car and too expensive to use on the track.
 
I'd love an e46 3 series coupe.

I have a Focus St, so not really that bothered about fuel economy but the bmw running costs and the size of the car stop me from getting one.

I'm rubbish at parking my car you see, let alone a 3 series coupe. I would really love one, but am scared that I would knock it when parking. I suppose it's a confidence issue really.
 
The 3 series coupe I had was one of the easiest cars I have ever parked, it had rear parking sensors on, and in a car that size it makes parking it really, really easy. But even without they are easy enough to park, they really aren't that big at all.
 
You guys are obviously used to big cars though. The biggest car I have ever driven is my focus st170 you see.

Its totally a confidence issue. I would hate to buy a lovely car and prang it because of my inability to park.
 
I've Wanted a 911 of some description for years. I could now afford one but I work for BMW and have a Company car which costs me a huge amount in tax.
I could opt out and buy a early 997 but I have a daily commute of 60 miles 6 days a week but I think the running and insurance costs would make it unrealistic for me. I would also attract a fair amount of abuse handing my 335i back and turning up to work in a 911 when I am supposed to be extolling the virtues of 'The ultimate driving machine'

The sensible thing to do would be to follow my other want and buy some sort of Caterfield but I live in Liverpool City centre and I only have one secure parking space so that puts paid to that for the time being.
 
what you mean is you arent used to driving a car that has something behind the window, a boot :p

you get used to it fella, its not like the car is really that bigger.
 
edwardcasbon1 said:
You guys are obviously used to big cars though. The biggest car I have ever driven is my focus st170 you see.

Its totally a confidence issue. I would hate to buy a lovely car and prang it because of my inability to park.
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They've got parking sensors anyway. It's really not hard.
 
[TW]Fox;13890463 said:
Yes, you can just press the PDC button. Why on earth would you want to, though?
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i turn it off in my dad's e60 all the time. it's quite annoying if you reverse for a few seconds before driving off, as it takes ages to activate, then ages to disengage. it takes up the screen too, which means that you can't fiddle with the radio as the pre-lci idrive is a mess

the computer is very slow, but that's another issue in itself, and not at all relevant to the E46 :p
 
Sorry, OT, but my old Merc's front parking sensor's used to drive me mad sometimes. Sitting in trafic they went off whenever someone walked in front of the car when crossing the road, so pretty much every time I was first in the queue at a pesestrian crossing.
 
I'd like to buy a Scania R620 and work for myself.....

Alas, buying & running an HGV as an "Owner driver" in this current economic climate is financial suicide.


Not to mention I don't have the £150k or so required to purchase such a rig! :o
 
mjt said:
http://www.classiccarsforsale.co.uk...orderby/gbp_price/desc/1/searchtype/returning

rather pricey :eek:
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The Citroën SM (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citroen_SM) is not only expensive to buy but it used to need to be serviced by a Maserati trained mechanic for the engine and a Citroën trained mechanic for everything else.

It was based on the very sophisticated and incredibly comfortable Citroën DS (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citroen_DS) and evolved into the more practical Citroën CX (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citroen_CX). For its day the Citroën SM was incredibly advanced.

Citroën went bankrupt in the 1970s partly as a result of the oil crisis but also because it had rested on its laurels for too long and didn't feel the need to redesign the appearance of the car every 12 months; it was acquired by Peugeot who proceeded to destroy the company.
 
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