Which impractical car?

[DimPrawn]

Smart women maybe, but hey, the dumb ones go just as well

Yep. You don't want the smart ones anyway.

[sasguru]

Yep. You don't want the smart ones anyway.

How would you know?

[Grasser73]

Have you considered a Mazda RX-8?
A tad on the thirsty side (petrol and oil) but look, drive and sound great imo.

[DimPrawn]

Have you considered a Mazda RX-8?
A tad on the thirsty side (petrol and oil) but look, drive and sound great imo.

Four doors and four seats, how's that an impractical motor?

Apart from emptying it's tank of petrol and synthetic oil every 200 miles that is....

[Old Hack]

Oh no, not another one.
The only hope is that the dull pedant doesn't see it ...

That didn't take long did it; like a dog with an itch, you couldn't help yourself

Porsche will be fun and keep money, the Z the most fun and lose more money. But at that age, I'd go for the Z

[northernladuk]

Sorry but the Nissan is heavy nosed and slow witted.

Nasty engine. Noisy but not in a good way, unrefined and tacky.

Why would you want one?

For every reason you just mentioned.. Perfect

[DimPrawn]

For every reason you just mentioned.. Perfect

Perfect for pie eating northerners.

[Scruff]

The RMS issues are generally a lot of worriers concerned about nothing. Its a 15p oil seal which I had replaced twice when I had an OPC warranty. It immediately starts to "leak". When I say leak, its more like a sweat - never enough to even drip. They get replaced because the workshop can charge for an engine out, and they "leak" again.

I never renewed the OPC warranty after 3 years, since you are forced to have all your work done by the OPC (even the battery, tyres and wiper blades), since it isn't actually a warranty, but an Insurance Policy.

Insofar as bore-scoring is concerned, you only see people who mention it are people who have it (very few in real terms). As a pre-purchase inspection you just insist on them bore-scoping it for safety sake purposes...

More of a concern is the IMS (intermediate main shaft). If this goes, then its an engine rebuild. I belong to a group of over 1000 owners and, personally, I don't know anyone who this has happened to so far...

Similar issues affect different cars (BMW - Vanos units / M5 gearboxes, etc).

All cars have a risk involved...

[Old Hack]

If it's about fun, the Z will lose traction quicker, the Boxster has more refined handling.

If you want some proper fun, buy an Integra R and use it for track days. There are so many better cars for similar money to be honest.

[northernladuk]

Do yourself a favour and try the SLK 55 amg for a few pence more or maybe the old M3...much more fun cars.

I have it on my list to go test drive one of these. Even being an AMG I hate the SLK having a hairdressers car image but listening to the exhaust noise on YouTube I would get over it A hell of a lot of car for under 20k!