If you can afford the insurance, tax, and running costs, go for it. If you can't then steer clear - money pit!A friend's dad is trying to sell me his 2005 Porsche Cayman S for a price that is sort of too good to turn down...
Revolutions
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Haha, good point. It's been over 10 years since I've owned a car- it's not just a case of buying it & paying for a year's insurance...!If you can afford the insurance, tax, and running costs, go for it. If you can't then steer clear - money pit!
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GroeneLeeuw
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9 year old BMW 315 (E21), 4 speed gearbox in red.
Gave me problems, wasn´t a happy chap owning it.
Kept it for 3 years, trade it in for a Fiat Uno 75 that run on GPL, run fantastically and was fast (top speed was around 185 km/h!). Except for the fit and finish, liked the Fiat much better than the BMW, never owned a BMW ever again.
Gave me problems, wasn´t a happy chap owning it.
Kept it for 3 years, trade it in for a Fiat Uno 75 that run on GPL, run fantastically and was fast (top speed was around 185 km/h!). Except for the fit and finish, liked the Fiat much better than the BMW, never owned a BMW ever again.
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Go on then......😀A friend's dad is trying to sell me his 2005 Porsche Cayman S for a price that is sort of too good to turn down...
Revolutions
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JDL
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Quite true and a sensible statagy. Even if I could afford a new car, I would find a low mileage current car. We all know that just driving a brand new car out of the dealer's place and ten miles has knocked several hundred quid off its value.
You'd have to hope though that the first owner hadn't got rid of it because it's "Friday" car.
JDL
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ULEZ, is a real pain in the backside for an awful lot of people. Personally, I think it's outrageous tyranny.
I believe there's a candidate in the running for Mayor, who says he'll scrap it if he can get elected.
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Stuart83
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Some nice cars mentioned but I'm not one of them who had that experience in a first car.
I'm almost ashamed to mention it but as you dont know me by sight thus can't laugh and point at me in public.......
My first car was a 85' nissan sunny 1.6auto in beige more like the colour of runny sh?t.
It had all the toys of that yr like electric rear windows etc but "oh my" if you hit a bump with vigour a piece of one arch or even all would be left behind.
Once up to the higher end of the dial if left it would boil it's own coolant that said none of that was the problem it was its lack of anything entertaining about any of it.
Hands down the most boring car I've ever driven.
Jeremy Clarkson etc voted it as such yrs after I'd got rid and I remember nodding my head in agreement.
Every car usually has a few things that are a plus but not with this thing, put it this way I preferred the Austin maestro afterwards to it.
I do not drive now but had many scrappers even a Talbot samba with rear swimming pool before getting my favourite waft along Volvo t5 before health ment getting rid to my father.
I'm only 40 but first car ownership has gone from DIY repairs in the snow whilst belting ones knuckles with a hammer etc to lazy kids without even the rudemantery knowledge of how to fit a spare wheel just getting whatever their friends have on finance.
The mere thought of going to a scrap yard in the rain for spares to them would probably invoke a childlike tantrum
I'm almost ashamed to mention it but as you dont know me by sight thus can't laugh and point at me in public.......
My first car was a 85' nissan sunny 1.6auto in beige more like the colour of runny sh?t.
It had all the toys of that yr like electric rear windows etc but "oh my" if you hit a bump with vigour a piece of one arch or even all would be left behind.
Once up to the higher end of the dial if left it would boil it's own coolant that said none of that was the problem it was its lack of anything entertaining about any of it.
Hands down the most boring car I've ever driven.
Jeremy Clarkson etc voted it as such yrs after I'd got rid and I remember nodding my head in agreement.
Every car usually has a few things that are a plus but not with this thing, put it this way I preferred the Austin maestro afterwards to it.
I do not drive now but had many scrappers even a Talbot samba with rear swimming pool before getting my favourite waft along Volvo t5 before health ment getting rid to my father.
I'm only 40 but first car ownership has gone from DIY repairs in the snow whilst belting ones knuckles with a hammer etc to lazy kids without even the rudemantery knowledge of how to fit a spare wheel just getting whatever their friends have on finance.
The mere thought of going to a scrap yard in the rain for spares to them would probably invoke a childlike tantrum
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That Hillman had a couple of quirks to it - handbrake was on the RHS of the drivers seat and a foot-operated headlight main/dipped beam switch. Also owned a Mini where the the engine starter button was on the floorNot sure if this has been posted before but here goes
I'll kick-off with mine: 1966 Hillman Super Minx bought for £60 in 1975, (I think that equated to about 6 weeks wages for me in '75).
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