What cheap, great sounding, weekend hobby car?

MikeHiow · 5 Jan 2011 at 18:28

[TW]Fox;18149629 said:
E60 545i surely

Not really, the "joke" got old half way through your first post in this thread

Vita · 5 Jan 2011 at 18:29

[TW]Fox;18149596 said:
Can't see any for sale on PH right now, so have an E55K AMG instead, it's a better car anyway.

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2310934.htm

Wow, they've depreciated a lot. Last time I checked they were around the £18-22k mark.

[TW]Fox · 5 Jan 2011 at 18:32

Gadge said:
It doesn't have to have a v8! Just great sounding, v12 for all i care, it would be a weekend only blast-a-bout.

As you've got 5 years why not save up more money?

£100 a month and you've got £8000 to spend

Gadge · 5 Jan 2011 at 18:35

[TW]Fox;18149696 said:
As you've got 5 years why not save up more money?

£100 a month and you've got £8000 to spend

Not gonna happen with mortgage and other spends, the 2k wont bother me that much. I could do but something now, just got a lot on with house move and near the end of a part time degree.

It could be next year for my little hobby car, im just giving myself some space.

[TW]Fox · 5 Jan 2011 at 18:39

If you cant save £100 a month can you afford to play around with a V8 engined car?

Gadge · 5 Jan 2011 at 18:42

[TW]Fox;18149752 said:
If you cant save £100 a month can you afford to play around with a V8 engined car?

yes. Don't worry about my financial situation, just worry about recommending the correct car!

Seen V8 CLK's for over £5k. Maybe cheaper in the future...

[TW]Fox · 5 Jan 2011 at 18:43

Gadge said:
yes. Don't worry about my financial situation, just worry about recommending the correct car!

Seen V8 CLK's for over £5k. Maybe cheaper in the future...

It's a bit difficult not to say 'lol' when in one post you claim you couldnt afford to save £100 a month yet in another you consider a V8 Mercedes CLK.

This entire thread is hilarious, frankly.

If you've got the disposable cash to play with that sort of car, you've got the disposable cash to save 100 quid a month towards it before buying it surely?

thepeteh · 5 Jan 2011 at 18:43

Gadge said:
Sometime in the future, within the next 5 years I would like to get a small weekend car with a great sounding engine and fun to drive. ie a V8.

With a relatively small budget, say £2k, what cars would be available?

The plan would be to slowly repair it and "do it up". It does'nt need to be purchased in A1 condition, because it would be a hobby slowly fixing it up.

Anyway...what would be a great sounding, small hobby car?

Does this mean you are 12 years old and hope to have a weekend car aged 17? :confused:

Gadge · 5 Jan 2011 at 18:46

[TW]Fox;18149779 said:
It's a bit difficult not to say 'lol' when in one post you claim you couldnt afford to save £100 a month yet in another you consider a V8 Mercedes CLK.

This entire thread is hilarious, frankly.

If you've got the disposable cash to play with that sort of car, you've got the disposable cash to save 100 quid a month towards it before buying it surely?

yeah i have to be honest but it just gets blown on other stuff...whisky and cigars lets say! "lol"

Come on Fox (whats your real name btw?) your meant to be the oricle of car suggestion, what about some classics?

[TW]Fox · 5 Jan 2011 at 18:47

Gadge said:
yeah i have to be honest but it just gets blown on other stuff...whisky and cigars lets say! "lol"

So if you cant put £100 into a car pot every month because it gets 'blown' how is it suddenly not going to get blown once you've bought it?

what about some classics?

I know very little about classics. Triumph of some sort?

Gadge · 5 Jan 2011 at 18:47

thepeteh said:
Does this mean you are 12 years old and hope to have a weekend car aged 17?

Nope, not quite. Wish i was though...

Gadge · 5 Jan 2011 at 18:48

[TW]Fox;18149815 said:
So if you cant put £100 into a car pot every month because it gets 'blown' how is it suddenly not going to get blown once you've bought it?

I know very little about classics. Triumph of some sort?

The wife would kill me if i sneek £100 away every month for a car! She wants to go Australia every year!

[TW]Fox · 5 Jan 2011 at 18:50

Gadge said:
The wife would kill me if i sneek £100 away every month for a car! She wants to go Australia every year!

And she wont kill you if you bury more than £100 every month in a V8 CLK on the drive?

Gadge · 5 Jan 2011 at 18:51

[TW]Fox;18149833 said:
And she wont kill you if you bury more than £100 every month in a V8 CLK on the drive?

hmmm i see your point...but women..there a different species!

Instead of other interests the money would go into the car instead of new gizmo's. So outgoings as such shouldnt change.
Where talking about a budget rip that can get turned around over a few months.

[TW]Fox · 5 Jan 2011 at 18:58

Gadge said:
Instead of other interests the money would go into the car instead of new gizmo's. So outgoings as such shouldnt change.

So do that with savings, £2k wont buy much

Gadge · 5 Jan 2011 at 19:01

[TW]Fox;18149902 said:
So do that with savings, £2k wont buy much

I know if would just get spent on other things tbh.

Simon · 5 Jan 2011 at 19:05

It always amazes me how Fox seems to help so many people with advice, do people not think about things before posting threads like this?

Fox, you need to be a financial advisor.

[TW]Fox · 5 Jan 2011 at 19:07

I'm guessing that was sarcasm.

-Ad- · 5 Jan 2011 at 19:08

Corvette ZR1.

With fuel going up and the economic crisis V8 engined cars are going to plummet like witch in a lake!

Vita · 5 Jan 2011 at 19:08

Simon said:
It always amazes me how Fox seems to help so many people with advice, do people not think about things before posting threads like this?

Fox, you need to be a financial advisor.

Fox does give good advice, it's just how he gives it which annoys me at times. It's like he has BF's before he posts every reply. Love it.