Finally ready to buy £27.5k max

NickXX · 27 Feb 2008 at 19:05

CBA reading this thread, but a a Merc SL would be a good bet. Maybe an M3 CSL.

--ki-- · 27 Feb 2008 at 20:00

OKi guys, thanks for all the input its good food for thought, I guess I will need to have a good long think over the next 2 weeks while I look for something (I am prone to impulse buying and suffering buyers remorse).

Thanks again.

[TW]Fox · 27 Feb 2008 at 20:01

NickXX said:
CBA reading this thread, but a a Merc SL would be a good bet. Maybe an M3 CSL.

Yes, just the car for somebody considering a diesel coupe.

triggerthat · 27 Feb 2008 at 22:43

If it was me, I'd get a 330D for around £9-10Kish.

[TW]Fox · 27 Feb 2008 at 22:44

triggerthat said:
If it was me, I'd get a 330D for around £9-10Kish.

Not going to get a minter for that.

Reality Bites · 27 Feb 2008 at 22:48

tbh, what the hell is a 24 year old who can't spell very well doing considering spending 27.5k on a car? and if you want to spend that much on a car, surely you have half an idea on cars and what you want?

wtf do you do for living? rob banks?

BIGWEB · 27 Feb 2008 at 22:57

the only car I can think of for around that budget which wont cost mega money to run is a 911 (993)

[TW]Fox · 27 Feb 2008 at 22:59

BIGWEB said:
the only car I can think of for around that budget which wont cost mega money to run is a 911 (993)

You are joking right?

BIGWEB · 27 Feb 2008 at 23:02

[TW]Fox;11191845 said:
You are joking right?

Depreciation will be tiny and the fact that he is looking at E92 BMW's and the associated costs that go with them with regards to servicing makes it a semi-option.

[TW]Fox · 27 Feb 2008 at 23:03

BIGWEB said:
Depreciation will be tiny and the fact that he is looking at E92 BMW's and the associated costs that go with them with regards to servicing makes it a semi-option.

A Porsche 911 is in another league of running costs over a BMW 330d!

BIGWEB · 27 Feb 2008 at 23:08

servicing from a porsche specialist will not be far removed from a main dealer BMW. Tyres will be similar as although the porsche will have bigger ones the BMW will have runflats. Fuel will be a lot more but will come nowhere near the depreciation differential between the 2 cars.

triggerthat · 27 Feb 2008 at 23:08

[TW]Fox;11191736 said:
Not going to get a minter for that.

Not even an early one?

[TW]Fox · 27 Feb 2008 at 23:08

I'm sorry but you are wrong.

[TW]Fox · 27 Feb 2008 at 23:09

triggerthat said:
Not even an early one?

A very low proportion of 2000 X reg 330d's are what you could describe mint and those that are tend to be more than £9k.

triggerthat · 27 Feb 2008 at 23:10

Did I say 9-10? Clearly 11K ish.

BIGWEB · 27 Feb 2008 at 23:14

[TW]Fox;11191893 said:
I'm sorry but you are wrong.

Im in a reasonable position to comment as I work for BMW and I am looking at buying a 996 in the next couple of months.

we will agree to disagree.

[TW]Fox · 27 Feb 2008 at 23:51

BIGWEB said:
Im in a reasonable position to comment as I work for BMW and I am looking at buying a 996 in the next couple of months.

And I own a BMW which I main dealer service and have looked into 996 running costs.

we will agree to disagree.

We could actually get housemaster to comment, as he owns a 911.

Housemaster, is a 911 appreciably more expensive to run than a 330 diesel?

BIGWEB · 27 Feb 2008 at 23:55

[TW]Fox;11192108 said:
Housemaster, is a 911 appreciably more expensive to run than a 330 diesel?

Lets re-phrase that to is a 993 more expensive to run than an E92 330d including servicing,depreciation and all other running costs.

[TW]Fox · 28 Feb 2008 at 00:13

Evo ran a 993 for a year.

That’s not to say it was a cheap car to run. In our 9000 miles with PHEC it was treated to two services, the first of which cost £906.43 at Porsche Centre Silverstone, the most recent, at renowned specialist Autofarm, coming in at £1059.56.

£2000 in one year for services. A BMW 330d would have needed what, an Inspection 1? At a whole £300?

If you are looking at running a 993 as a student you've got a heck of a shock coming!

Kingy · 28 Feb 2008 at 07:04

[TW]Fox;11192207 said:
Evo ran a 993 for a year.

£2000 in one year for services. A BMW 330d would have needed what, an Inspection 1? At a whole £300?

If you are looking at running a 993 as a student you've got a heck of a shock coming!

I don't think he's disputing that the 993 will cost more to run than a 330d, more that the TCO could be comparable. Remember, you did say that an 2004 330Cd would have depreciated by an average of over £4k per year...

I see his logic, I'd often thought that a carefully selected early 996 doing sensible mileage might have a comparable TCO to say a brand new Focus ST...

I know you won't let it go, so it would actually be interesting to break down the anticipated costs of both...