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Joshy

Joshy

Joshy

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I think I've got the same problem Mike has. I keep on changing my mind. Spectacularly. Again.

The story so far - Saw a car I wanted, put the Soarer up for sale, then decided to take it off the market again, then decided to put it back on again, the car I wanted sold the other day BUT I have been pining to do some more track days in the new year, so I decided to keep the car on the market and buy sometime a little more suited to pounding brands hatch and the like.

All good, until this morning on the way to work I decided that I quite like my car :mad::rolleyes:.

Seriously I can't stick to a single decision and it is starting to **** me off a tad. So I need help. Preferably a lot of shouting and some reality checks because if I don't I'll be forever changing my mind and making myself look like a bit of a tit.

So, I can:

A) Keep the Soarer, continue spending money on it as and when it needs it and enjoy it (Today's favourite). I really like the car, it does everything I want and need it to do, and with a bit of tidying up I think it'd be a great car (to me at least).

B) Run it into the ground (don't get the little bits and pieces I want sorting done), save my money and re-evaluate things when my insurance ends in March.

C) Sell it, put all my spare cash together and buy a "track car" (Yesterday's favourite)

D) Sell it and get a cheap runabout

E) ???

Any words appreciated. I need to make a decision by the end of tonight (eBay auction ends tomorrow).

Cheers :).
 
no, i think this thread is fine now

(please test drive a few things and proclaim how your car must really have 11ty million horse powers)
 
InvaderGIR said:
Sell it and buy something genuinely good?
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Like what exactly?

People have laughed at me in the past for saying this, but as far as I'm concerned for the sort of money that I can comfortably lay down there isn't much that is a significantly better "for me" than the Soarer.
 
Joshy said:
People have laughed at me in the past for saying this, but as far as I'm concerned for the sort of money that I can comfortably lay down there isn't much that is a significantly better "for me" than the Soarer.
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It cant be that good if you keep putting it up for sale, can it?

You might want to think its super amazing but it obviously isnt, or it wouldnt go up for sale until something you felt was better appeared on the horizon.
 
[TW]Fox;17663235 said:
It cant be that good if you keep putting it up for sale, can it?
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You might want to think its super amazing but it obviously isnt, or it wouldnt go up for sale until something you felt was better appeared on the horizon.[/quote]

I think it's got more to do with me having a hilariously short attention span when It comes to cars than it does with the cars that I've had being fundamentally crap (Not going to argue that they weren't though! :p).

I buy a car with good intentions, get bored 5-6 months later, see something else that interests me, buys that, rinse and repeat.

What I felt was "better" was more or less the same car with a manual box.

iaind said:
The "for me" bit is important - what are your actual needs and priorities?
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Here's the problem, I don't have. Not much need for fuel economy, reliability is pretty much a moot point as I enjoy doing the work myself. Age doesn't concern me (I naturally prefer older cars).

I'd like to say that mixing speed and comfort is important, but then again up until this morning my plan was to buy a stripped, caged track car, so perhaps comfort isn't too important :p

I guess I just want a car that feels/is special. Age, MPG, running costs (too an extent obviously), etc be damned.
 
Joshy said:
I guess I just want a car that feels/is special.
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Dont we all? Trouble is reality gets in the way and you are buying cheap cars.

I want something that is special as well, but I've come to realise unless you have a huge pile of money it wont happen. So I gave up :p
 
Our first customer coming up over the hill there son, see him, his names Josh!!! :D
 
Clarkey said:
What the heck is 'special' anyway?
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Interesting. Different. Something that seems a little more than a form of transport. It's the reason why I couldn't ever see myself driving a Fiesta. I don't need a form of transport, my Bus pass has that covered for a lot less than any car I can think of.

I might even take this as an opportunity to embrace my short attention span and start buying cars, running then for a few weeks and selling them back on. Something I've been looking at doing for a while.

Either way, I need some more opinions lads! Time is ticking, and I've told myself that I've got to make a decision tonight, and more importantly I've got to stick with it.
 
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