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Q: Best driver focused daily for 30k? UPDATED

Post by pHilli0 » Sun Aug 13, 2017 6:33 pm

You have 30k to spend on any car old or new. Only rules are:
  • must be brilliant to drive as a daily
  • fuel costs are not a consideration
  • able to carry 4 if needed, usually only 2
Go.

The list so far....fantastic suggestions :thumbsup:
Abarth 695 Competizione BiPosto
Audi B7 / B8 RS4
Audi RS3 / RS4 / RS6
BMW E34 M5
BMW E39 M5
BMW M3 / M4
BMW M140i / M240i
BMW 650i (cruiser more than engaging drive)
Camaro SS 6.2 V8
Ford Focus RS
Lotus Evora
Maserati Quattroporte
Merc C63 AMG
Merc A45 AMG
Porsche 997 Carrera S
TVR Cerbera 4.2
VAUXHALL VXR8 6.2i V8
Volkswagen Golf R
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Q: Best driver focused daily for 30k?

Post by Zoomer » Sun Aug 13, 2017 6:36 pm

997?
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Q: Best driver focused daily for 30k?

Post by Maniac » Sun Aug 13, 2017 6:38 pm

:popcorn: :popcorn:

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Post by ah- » Sun Aug 13, 2017 6:48 pm

https://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds ... of/7498207

Or a variant of that. Seems like 80% of them are diesels though :?
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Post by mmm-five » Sun Aug 13, 2017 6:55 pm

Small, twisty roads, then an Abarth 695 Competizione BiPosto...
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Faster sweeping roads, then I'd have my old e34 6-speed M5 back please (and use the extra cash to renovate/supercharge it)...
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Post by Marlon » Sun Aug 13, 2017 6:57 pm

. . .sorry lost interest after third bullet point :wink:
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Post by pHilli0 » Sun Aug 13, 2017 6:58 pm

Marlon wrote: Sun Aug 13, 2017 6:57 pm . . .sorry lost interest after third bullet point :wink:
LOL.. daily has to have some level of practicality.
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Post by pHilli0 » Sun Aug 13, 2017 6:59 pm

Zoomer wrote: Sun Aug 13, 2017 6:36 pm997?
Sound choice, as long as you could get a good 'un for 30k
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Post by pHilli0 » Sun Aug 13, 2017 7:01 pm

ah- wrote: Sun Aug 13, 2017 6:48 pm https://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds ... of/7498207

Or a variant of that. Seems like 80% of them are diesels though :?
Nice suggestion for a big 6 series. :thumbsup:
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Post by pHilli0 » Sun Aug 13, 2017 7:04 pm

mmm-five wrote: Sun Aug 13, 2017 6:55 pm Small, twisty roads, then an Abarth 695 Competizione BiPosto...
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Faster sweeping roads, then I'd have my old e34 6-speed M5 back please (and use the extra cash to renovate/supercharge it)...
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Never been in an E34 :o must have been great?
I had an E39 M5 on my list for this though.
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Q: Best driver focused daily for 30k?

Post by flimper » Sun Aug 13, 2017 7:30 pm

Golf R?
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Post by Yorkie Z » Sun Aug 13, 2017 7:33 pm

A Dirty M///

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Post by pHilli0 » Sun Aug 13, 2017 7:44 pm

Would love to give these a go. I wonder if they are horrible at cornering. Must be a big drama every time you drive though.
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Post by pHilli0 » Sun Aug 13, 2017 7:44 pm

flimper wrote: Sun Aug 13, 2017 7:30 pmGolf R?
Good shout. :thumbsup:
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Post by mmm-five » Sun Aug 13, 2017 8:17 pm

pHilli0 wrote: Sun Aug 13, 2017 7:04 pm Never been in an E34 :o must have been great?
It was, until the inevitable big bills came in at the same time. It wasn't the £1000 month maintenance costs of doing 25,000 miles a year in it (oil service every 3 months, inspection every 6 months), or the bi-annual EDC damper replacement (were ‘only' £500 each initially), it wasn't the £100-£130 fill ups of the 20 gallon tank.

I knew doing so many track days in it would accelerate the wear on everything dramatically, but it was as relatively hardy, and was fun in all weathers.

On track it was way too soft...even owith the EDC in sport mode, but that same mode was perfect for UK B roads...and you would arrive at your destination quite refreshed after a rapid drive...something the Z4M can't match.

Ultimately it needed an engine rebuild (low compression on #5) and a couple of EDC dampers (now £1200 each). Total bill at a specialist was going to be over £8k, on a car with a market value (at 160k miles) of about £5k. Even with everything in fixed and in perfect condition, I wouldn't have got more than £8k for it.

So I had a couple of years running big, sub-£1k barges...until they threw up a reasonable bill, and then they'd be dumped via eBay.

Got another e34 M5 a couple of years later...the 3.6 5-speed...and quite enjoyed the less torquey, but more free-revving nature of that (and the 100kg) weight saving over the later 3.8. It also had an engine problem, on a day trip to Trier when the Ring was shut, and once I'd driven it very carefully back to the UK (ADAC refused to transport it back home, despite me having the Plus level of covet) it took so long to diagnose the fault that I got fed up waiting and went out to view/buy the Z4MC.
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