Chrysler crossfire
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Same. Look at the size of those wheels!
You don't seem them every day, which is a big plus point for a woman I guess
You don't seem them every day, which is a big plus point for a woman I guess
You don't see a Perodua Nippa every day, but there is a reason
There's one of these parked over the road from me. For reference, I live on a main road in the middle of a town of skag heads and old people.
It moves now and again but not much over the last two years I've lived here. Interestingly it's probably the only car that aint been stolen by "travelers" yet.
It moves now and again but not much over the last two years I've lived here. Interestingly it's probably the only car that aint been stolen by "travelers" yet.
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If you're buying it for the missus, it'll make a good car for her - unless she likes to compare the finer points of precision cornering and amazing handling, coupled with nimble gear changes and excellence in power delivery.
No, they aren't *that* good but who cares for the money? They look good, drive ok apparently but are for posing rather than thrashing around. £7k for that - buy it if it makes he happy.
No, they aren't *that* good but who cares for the money? They look good, drive ok apparently but are for posing rather than thrashing around. £7k for that - buy it if it makes he happy.
It was more than likely bought by someone who thought it was cool but probably can't run it very often, plus they park it on the main road.
That said, for 7k it's worth a punt if you can get a trade deal and flog it on if you end up disagreeing with it.
What is she running around in now?
Exactly my thoughts, the gearbox is a mercedes item so i doubt the gear changes will be either quick or precise, but it really doesnt matter, she drives at 4mph. This is not a thread about whether i should buy it anyway, i do not need others to tell me what cars to buy. The way i see it a car purchase is not something that needs to be considered too deeply, if she doesnt like it then it can be passed on
Totally
currently she has a Porsche Boxster S 987 (2005)
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One of my dad's friends had one of these from launch and sang its praises the whole time he had it. He's really into his cars as well, so they cant be that bad. Interior plastics were naff compared to what you might expect, but otherwise it seemed pretty nice.
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My sister had one of these, all i remember from it was the awfull interior plastics, the paint/covering was peeling off the heater and stereo controls, looked like someone had sprayed them with non plastic paint and it was rubbing off.
This was a couple of years ago and she doesn't have it now, so idea on reliabilty.
This was a couple of years ago and she doesn't have it now, so idea on reliabilty.
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Totally
Let her take one for a test drive and she'll change her mind as that is one hell of a downgrade.
Bloke in the office has one. He loves it, but then he's not a big car nut like you guys. His love is that he loves the way it looks, and the way it feels all american etc. I think he likes the way it looks so much that he doesn't care about 0-60 times, handling round corners at 70 or, probably, MPG. I don't think i'd be able to ask him the sort of questions you'd want answered, because he probably doesn't know himself.
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You must convince her to get a boxster, very nice cars and older ones won't really loose that much more value.