Hi all,
As some of you may remember, my dad purchased a 94' R129 500SL a few years back. His current circumstances are that he lives in Spain so would be buying a LHD car, either from Spain, or may travel further afield to France/Germany to get the right car (He got his 500SL from Germany and drove it to Spain from pick-up).
He's now thinking of replacing the car in the next few months but isn't sure what he'd like next.
Criteria is:
Budget of up to €20,000 (about £12,000).
Said today ideally would like a car that depreciates heavily in the first 5 years and he'd purchase it after that "new" period (ie 5 years old+ but anything up to 15 years old)
Must be 200bhp+ or close - nothing supercar fast but must be quick.
Handling is fairly unimportant (he never pushes it round corners) - much more important is comfort - be it interior and/or ride quality.
Must have 4 proper seats (larger 2+2s would be considered)
Convertible is a plus but not required.
Insurance/running costs are unimportant.
Just to give you an idea of what cars he's been considering:
- Golf R32
- Audi S3
- Mercedes CLK320
- wildcard being a VW Touareg
... Cant think of any more.
So I'll leave it in the capable hands of the OcUK Motor's team to see what you guys can suggest
Thanks!
As some of you may remember, my dad purchased a 94' R129 500SL a few years back. His current circumstances are that he lives in Spain so would be buying a LHD car, either from Spain, or may travel further afield to France/Germany to get the right car (He got his 500SL from Germany and drove it to Spain from pick-up).
He's now thinking of replacing the car in the next few months but isn't sure what he'd like next.
Criteria is:
Budget of up to €20,000 (about £12,000).
Said today ideally would like a car that depreciates heavily in the first 5 years and he'd purchase it after that "new" period (ie 5 years old+ but anything up to 15 years old)
Must be 200bhp+ or close - nothing supercar fast but must be quick.
Handling is fairly unimportant (he never pushes it round corners) - much more important is comfort - be it interior and/or ride quality.
Must have 4 proper seats (larger 2+2s would be considered)
Convertible is a plus but not required.
Insurance/running costs are unimportant.
Just to give you an idea of what cars he's been considering:
- Golf R32
- Audi S3
- Mercedes CLK320
- wildcard being a VW Touareg
... Cant think of any more.
So I'll leave it in the capable hands of the OcUK Motor's team to see what you guys can suggest
Thanks!
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