And not one normal car to just do life in. and the yaris and alpine got sold yet ‘were sublime’ Tbh it’s just a churn of cars and not really understanding any of the purchase decisions or why you spend so much taxing and insuring so many cars. Sorry just had to say it as it really perplexes me why every car is amazing then sold within 3 months.
Merry Xmas
First of all Merry Christmas.
Only one car has been sold within three months, which was the Gen2 GR Yaris and well yes amazing it was but I was made a strong offer so I flipped it, made financial sense and I did 1000 plus miles so had my fun and got out with a few grand tax free in my pocket. Also also monetised my YouTube channel so a weee bonus.
Alpine still with me and owned for ten months now, I generally keep cars a year and move on as I enjoy trying different cars and to truly know a car I feel I need to own to discover as in general even an hour test drive is not good enough, not every dealership wants to loan me a car for several days only McLareb and Porsche have really done that.
My second shortest lived car was 991 GT3 and though great it was I feel was a bit I met my hero and did not live up to expectations its weakness was it did not feel special it was also only fun flat out at jail time speeds. So it went!
Only other time is when I can buy a car cheap so I know full well in six months I can move it without much loss, Giulia QF for example good to try, just like trying different stuff and stuff I buy even for a short time are great cars but to stay on the driveway it really has to pull at my heart strings.
Agreed on road tax and insurance yes it’s a nightmare and cost thousands, just taxes R8 as owned it a year now, £735 and insurance is due in a couple of weeks which will be around £2000 for the fleet.
Got no purchases planned just looking forward to getting McLaren back as it’s been in for a gremlin for weeks now so thank god for warranty which I’ve just renewed last week for two years at £4328 but worth it as I do love that car, if I ever went GT3 again have to be an old one but for now McLaren is probably best supercar I’ve owned and it will be sticking around for a third year.
Doubt I’ll ever sell Corvette as it cost zero to own, tax £0 and insurance is £150, it never breaks and it’s thirst for dinosaurs is fine and eventually the E30 be same and was always my dream car though battling rot is expensive as is upgrades, so doubt it will ever go plus it’s kind of my sensible car, well it’s got 4 seats and a big boot.