What to buy for £30k ?

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Re: What to buy for £30k ?

Post by Jess » Fri Jul 17, 2015 1:32 pm

Hmmm c63.... Never thought of that one. Good residuals ? I am pretty sure they must have a following as meant to be hooligans ;)

Gen2 997 would have been ideal and ticked boxes ok
What else ?

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Re: What to buy for £30k ?

Post by Shinobi675 » Fri Jul 17, 2015 1:39 pm

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Re: What to buy for £30k ?

Post by RossDagley » Fri Jul 17, 2015 1:55 pm

Lol Marc. Yes another mate has an r500 and it's just stonking! I've not driven it yet but he raves about it - I don't know if i have the minerals to drive it lol
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Re: What to buy for £30k ?

Post by marc1 » Fri Jul 17, 2015 2:13 pm

I've only had a PAX in one, but it was brutal! Very well driven though, so much fun had.

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Re: What to buy for £30k ?

Post by Shinobi675 » Fri Jul 17, 2015 3:52 pm

I've never even sat in one! But it ticks boxes like. "Do you love Lego?" "Do you like speed?" "Do you like corners?" So I was costing up a 420R. It was £38k for the kit :( seems a lot for grown up Lego!
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Re: What to buy for £30k ?

Post by bam_bam » Fri Jul 17, 2015 4:41 pm

Shinobi675 wrote:It was £38k for the kit :( seems a lot for grown up Lego!
But it's cheap to go fast, around corners, in a deathtrap...
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Re: What to buy for £30k ?

Post by Shinobi675 » Fri Jul 17, 2015 5:20 pm

That is very true :) I would worry about hitting the corners and loosing my legs...
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Re: What to buy for £30k ?

Post by Jess » Sat Jul 18, 2015 1:24 pm

Any other suggested cars ?

I also thought of the Maser Gransport. Seems to be the same 6 or 7 always for sale on Autotrader however...

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Re: What to buy for £30k ?

Post by Shinobi675 » Sat Jul 18, 2015 3:37 pm

Is worry about them though, poor residuals, expensive to service. Porsches are the best value is say, cheap to run in comparison (£360 full service 996, £1,150 full service rs6!).

Where abouts are you? If you do want a Porsche, try rpm technics near tring. If you call up Grieg he's a good guy and will happily talk you through what you could get etc. personally I'm thinking next year a 997 gen2 turbo from them.
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Re: What to buy for £30k ?

Post by Jess » Sun Jul 19, 2015 7:10 pm

Maybe a 996TT, but they are getting a bit old now. I am afraid of a Gen1 997 in case the engine is fooked.. If there is nothing better then I might go for the V8V with Sportshift.

Please let me know if anything different comes to mind.

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Re: What to buy for £30k ?

Post by bam_bam » Sun Jul 19, 2015 7:26 pm

Aston Sportshift, now there's a gearbox that makes the Beemer M5/6 SMG feel like it's from the future.
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Re: What to buy for £30k ?

Post by S4WON » Sun Jul 19, 2015 7:52 pm

Not sure you can get a 996TT for 30k nowadays.

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Re: What to buy for £30k ?

Post by Jess » Sun Jul 19, 2015 8:45 pm

I've seen the AM sportshift video on YouTube. Lol. Will be fine, have to own an AM once at least :)

Hmmm. If no TT996 then you guys need to help more.!

:)

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Re: What to buy for £30k ?

Post by Ian_C » Sun Jul 19, 2015 9:12 pm

I'd imagine you'd have an easier chance of finding a 'straight' 99TT than you would a V8V for 30k?

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Re: What to buy for £30k ?

Post by Shinobi675 » Sun Jul 19, 2015 9:35 pm

You'd struggle to get a straight 996tt for £30k. C4s are up to £25k at the moment.
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