Considering selling the Insignia VXR. What to replace it with?
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They're not always suggested. People here seem to want them on a shoestring, and are probably more often turned away and onto something less likely to throw up 4-figure bills than not.
Although you could probably get into something quite nice from BMW, but I'm no expert so won't even go there.
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As above. The issue is that cheaper ones are, generally, the older or less well looked after ones - the nice shiney newer ones tend to cost more than the typical budget in these sort of threads. So you end up stuck with the cars that you cant get a decent warranty on, have been owned by an increasing number of knuckledraggers, etc etc. To a point this was ok with the older ones as, although the bills were reasonably big, it wasn't going to break the bank if you had to spend up to a grand a year fixing stuff. But the newer ones with iDrive, etc etc etc are at the stage where they are now so complex that an older one with no warranty and dubious history is just a nightmare waiting to happen.
If you want to enjoy modern BMW ownership, buy a newer, more expensive, better condition one with a decent warranty.
They are fantastic cars - I doubt I'll buy anything else in the medium term - but its wrong to make the assumption that you can simply buy one for £7k and then just put petrol in it and buy the odd cheap tyre.
Well thats the thing - they are not. There is some sort of weird myth on this forum that everyone always gets suggested a BMW. In reality, a BMW is rarely a common suggestion in this sort of thread.
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For **** sake stop getting ideas absolutely, well above your station.
You can't afford a decent BMW that gets anywhere close to your requirements. What part of that are you seriously failing to process?
You're spending £7k (at a push), want average running costs and something around the 06 model year, and yet you're looking at old BMWs and supercharged Jaguars. Can you not see for half a moment just how ridiculous this is sounding?
£7k is chump change considering the cars that you're dreaming off. If you wanted to be driving Jaguars and BMWs you should have considered them when you had £20,000 pounds to play with instead of sinking it into a Vaxhuall.
Then you shoot down a perfect suggestion for being bland, but I'm going to try and ignore that because the irony of the fact that you drive a Vaxhuall is enough to make my head explode if I think too much about it.
Drop the age requirement and understand that such cars are going to rape your wallet and then perhaps we'll talk about Jaguars and old bmws, but at the moment you're in a dream land just a single level below our property developing Range Rover Sport wanting friend from last week.
You might have enjoyed a year living the life of sheer excitement and luxury in your Vaxuhall but it is time to Get a grip and come back to planet earth before you make yet another stupid decision.
Alternatively don't do this and provide us with yet more entertainment next time you make another thread.
RX8 resell price is dropping faster than you can conceive. It says it all when all car manufacturers are wanting inflated premiums for their cars with no flexibility in pricing, yet you can get a new RX8 for nearly £9k off book price. MPG equal to a supercar, quirky engine, engine rotors need replacing around 25k miles and with a nosediving car value... poor car. Unless you decided to stick an Audi engine in, of course...
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Why dont you keep the VX? firstly of all it ticks most of the boxes, you havent owned the car that long.
Surely there is ample room in the back for your kids, large boot room for projects, its not the most practical car in terms of MPG, petrol and parts such as tires are expensive, as you went for the VXR! - but as you have already stated you can afford this, in your situation with hindsight I would stick with what you have. I trust that you bought the car outright.
I think if you sell it, your going to miss all the toys and spec of the car, I think you`ll be making a mistake.
Either this or settle for something like the mondeo, maybe a lower spec so you can afford a newer model, doesnt seem right to me to trade in a 1 year old top spec insigia for a 5-6 year old car. You could easily get a 2-3 year old focus for £6-7K, there cheap to run and insure.
I did something simailair to you becuase Id thought it would be cheaper to run in the long term, also I needed a diesa - l circumstances do change. When I look back now I kinda wish id kept the Astra, my astra was newer than the diesal I went to, plus I got stung for a few repairs on the car I bought.
With regards to your original post, why dont you stagger your projects, if you paid 20K outright for this car you cant be that bad off, it sounds a bit extreme to sell the car, to unlock cash to do projects.
Surely there is ample room in the back for your kids, large boot room for projects, its not the most practical car in terms of MPG, petrol and parts such as tires are expensive, as you went for the VXR! - but as you have already stated you can afford this, in your situation with hindsight I would stick with what you have. I trust that you bought the car outright.
I think if you sell it, your going to miss all the toys and spec of the car, I think you`ll be making a mistake.
Either this or settle for something like the mondeo, maybe a lower spec so you can afford a newer model, doesnt seem right to me to trade in a 1 year old top spec insigia for a 5-6 year old car. You could easily get a 2-3 year old focus for £6-7K, there cheap to run and insure.
I did something simailair to you becuase Id thought it would be cheaper to run in the long term, also I needed a diesa - l circumstances do change. When I look back now I kinda wish id kept the Astra, my astra was newer than the diesal I went to, plus I got stung for a few repairs on the car I bought.
With regards to your original post, why dont you stagger your projects, if you paid 20K outright for this car you cant be that bad off, it sounds a bit extreme to sell the car, to unlock cash to do projects.
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It's awesome and feels very very planted no matter what speed you drive. It is full spec with 20's because it was a demonstrator model. It is unrestricted & driving 176 mph (legally, not on the road) felt like driving any other 'normal' car at about 100 mph. It was still very sturdy & responsive. It also takes people by surprise because unless you know about cars you'd just think its another Insignia. I've only seen 1 other the whole time i've owned it.
People constantly pull up at the lights wanting to race and to be honest, you cant help pressing the VXR button & just gunning it. Only ever been beaten once and that was by a BMW M5. I know other cars can, its not the fastest car, but I live in Gloucester where it's rare to see something nice. It's all boy racers and scoobys.
It's an option.
I could get the garden sorted this summer then stagger the others over the next year. But that's the other purpose of this post. If there isn't really an viable options (imo) then that's what I will do. So far it's either this or get the Vectra 2.8T V6 Elite for approx £4k. Then go to Courtenay Sport & get it remapped to the same map as the Vectra VXR Stage 1. So roughly 300BHP making it about as quick as my car now, only uglier inside & out, with less gadgets... But £15k ish in my pocket
But £15k ish in my pocket
I think you massively over estimate the value of your Insignia.
Its a slippery slope selling possessions to pay for other things, what you gonna do when you iron the 15k out?
Sell the 6k car and buy a bike, seriously keep that, get some value out of it, save up and do the garden.
I also doubt your going to see 20k for that car.
Sell the 6k car and buy a bike, seriously keep that, get some value out of it, save up and do the garden.
I also doubt your going to see 20k for that car.
I wouldn't iron the £15k (or for Fox's sake, £12k) out right away. I can always save up again. I'm just impatient & want the garden done before the summer along with a few other things. I think I need to take a good long think about what is more important. Having the nice car & save for garden and bathroom etc or sort the garden & bathroom out & save for a nice car...
Yes, its the same engine, just with a bigger turbo as the car is heavier and is 4x4
Off Topic but DM I had a dream you came with me to buy a car!
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I ****ed myself up properly last weekend and ended up in hospital tuesday, im having a week here to sort myself out, that was my wake up call with boozing that weekend bender
Iv been having some funny old dreams myself.