Been caning my GT 86 ...

[sasguru]

+1 but I guess the answer will be silence (so YES).

Hmmm

[sasguru]

Let's just say that my next car will NOT be a Toyota

By the time you get a house and a car you'll be old.

[AtW]

By the time you get a house and a car you'll be old.

I am already 6 years behind my own schedule!

[DimPrawn]

Is this the same sasguru that said anyone buying a brand new car is a cretin due to instant depreciation and only buys appreciating assets like all sensible wealthy types?

[TestMangler]

Is this the same sasguru that said anyone buying a brand new car is a cretin due to instant depreciation and only buys appreciating assets like all sensible wealthy types?

If admin introduced some rule whereby CUK posts had to be factual, you'd have f**k all to read while you were meant to be working. Well, that's what Phil Lynott told me in the bar last night.

[Old Hack]

I am amused really. All this cock waving over a car which would be around £25k I guess. So what?

As for running in, you don't really need to. You used to have to in the old days, as tolerances weren't uniform and each engine would be different, so you really did need to take it easy for a few thousand miles, to settle everything. I know, I didn't in a spanking new Fiat 1800 and blew it to bits within 200 miles. Nowadays, a small run of say 100 miles sees the engine worn in, as the tolerances are almost blue print.

As an aside, F1 engines are almost siezed from the get go as you have no tolerance gaps.

£25k on a japanese high volume sports car wouldn't be the thing I'd do if I was spending it. Be worth 15 next year, and 10 within 3. Might be fun, but you could buy more fun with a 2 year old M3

[DimPrawn]

£25k on a japanese high volume sports car wouldn't be the thing I'd do if I was spending it. Be worth 15 next year, and 10 within 3. Might be fun, but you could buy more fun with a 2 year old M3

Was thinking the same thing, for that sort of money you could be driving a 911 or M3 which would not depreciate as much as the major drop is already factored in, and is a much better car all round.

The Toyota looks like a cheap Kia or Hyundai and that interior I've seen better quality in a Lada.

[Old Hack]

Was thinking the same thing, for that sort of money you could be driving a 911 or M3 which would not depreciate as much as the major drop is already factored in, and is a much better car all round.

The Toyota looks like a cheap Kia or Hyundai and that interior I've seen better quality in a Lada.

It's not a well thought out purchase, imo, and you could have a 911 or M3 which wouldn't drop that much money. You could get an M3 CSL for that money and not lose a penny over the next 5 years and a 911 if sold within a year would drop nothing too.

No, there are a lot more cars about for that type of money that would be better in almost every measurable.

[MarillionFan]

I am already 6 years behind my own schedule!

Is that the one where you'd lose your virginity by 35?

[ZARDOZ]

Was thinking the same thing, for that sort of money you could be driving a 911 or M3 which would not depreciate as much as the major drop is already factored in, and is a much better car all round.

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911 worth considering but the M3 would be nothing but a money pit. A mate has one, I'm not convinced by the build quality and he's spent a fortune on it. Always seems to be something going wrong.