What car to buy next?

[ruth11]

I'm tempted by a Porsche due to the cast iron residuals

As we have 2 911's, I think I'm in the best place to say "Go for it!".

Hubby has a 1987 3.2 Carrera and my car is a 1996 993 Carrera 4 Cabriolet (I'm a girl, it's allowed!) and it's the best thing ever.

Beautiful car and as you say, cast iron residuals. I've had mine over 2 years now and I can still sell it for as much if not more than I paid for it. Just make sure if you go 993, that you buy a 1996 on car, because the engine is more sought after and better than the 1994-1995 cars. (285bhp compared with 274bhp I think). Also doesn't cost much to maintain (as long as you go to a Porsche Specialist and not a main dealer).

Whatever you do, don't buy a 996 (unless it's a GT3)!

[poser]

A Hyundai Sonata

what a HIDEOUS looking car! You have insulted CUK with that Moose!

[ruth11]

Second hand boxster S ?

[Clippy]

Drives like a dream tho and worth stretching the budget a bit!

I did have an audi TT coupe and that drove really well - nice car......although pretty much all of my mates thought it was completely gay, practically a hairdressers car.....but they are all guys so I am not surprised!

IMHO, the Cayman is an underrated car and because of that, not many on the roads.

Appreciate the comment about the TT, but the new shape has grown on me and seems a bit more 'butch', image wise, than the previous shape - the 2.0T is meant to be a lot of fun.

[IR35 Avoider]

Is it worth spending £35K on a sports-car now, when in five years time 25% of new cars will be electric or hybrid, and the electric wheel motor technology means even the cheapest of them will have 0-60 time under 5 seconds?

(OK the five years time prediction was made by the guy who owns the factory that produces the eletric motors...)

Volvo have shown a concept hybrid version of their C30 (Yuk) using the electric wheel motors, but not the new battery technology.

Next year "The Lightning Car Company" are supposed to be bringing out something that looks like the traditional English sports car, it will use the new battery technology and have four electric wheel motors instead of the V8 the body was originally designed for. Unfortunately the price is 150K...

Guess when the first hybrid car with electric wheel motors went into production? Yes, I said went. It was in 1902, invented by some guy called Porsche...

[DimPrawn]

Is it worth spending £35K on a sports-car now, when in five years time 25% of new cars will be electric or hybrid, and the electric wheel motor technology means even the cheapest of them will have 0-60 time under 5 seconds?

(OK the five years time prediction was made by the guy who owns the factory that produces the eletric motors...)

Volvo have shown a concept hybrid version of their C30 (Yuk) using the electric wheel motors, but not the new battery technology.

Next year "The Lightning Car Company" are supposed to be bringing out something that looks like the traditional English sports car, it will use the new battery technology and have four electric wheel motors instead of the V8 the body was originally designed for. Unfortunately the price is 150K...

Guess when the first hybrid car with electric wheel motors went into production? Yes, I said went. It was in 1902, invented by some guy called Porsche...

Stupid post of the week.

I'm not buying an LCD TV. I'm waiting for the Star Wars 3D hologram out of R2D2.

[poser]

petrols in my veins - ill never substitute it for a pack of duracell batteries

[IR35 Avoider]

Stupid post of the week.

I'm not buying an LCD TV. I'm waiting for the Star Wars 3D hologram out of R2D2.

In my world a car lasts fifteen years, 7K is the most I've ever spent on one, and my current car has several years left in it. Given that at least two different manufacturers have promised to launch cars that contain technology I want next year, surely it's reasonable to hope that the exact model I want will be available in the near future, i.e. well before my current car expires?

Of course where I differ from some here is that I'm not willing to throw away say 25K on depreciation (and having a good time, theoretically) in the interim period.

Admittedly that fact it would never cross my mind to spend 35K on a car of any description means I should probably be staying out of this.

[sasguru]

Anyone who spends 35K on a car is clearly a chav. I bet it looks nice parked outside Baggy's council flat, though.

[IR35 Avoider]

petrols in my veins - ill never substitute it for a pack of duracell batteries

Yes, that was the comment of someone who drove the electric Elise (sorry Tesla) - it may peform the same as a petrol, but it sounds like a milk float. I suspect that the absence of internal combustion engine vibration will remove a lot of the pleasure from driving. (Does this mean it's not just women who would find sitting on a washing machine somewhat stimulating?)

(Incidentally the Tesla doesn't contain either the wheel motor or battery technology I'm always rabbiting on about.)