GF Car Buying Advice Required

[Vincent Vega]

That’s a rich female hairdresser’s or boutique owner’s car.
 

For around the same money I’d rather have a Mustang any day.

[A Red]

They're all fucking lovely, i'm going to get me one of those one day. I recently bought a sports car, well its a poor mans TT, a Toyota GT86, totally impractical but a brilliant entry level.

 

 

 

[A Red]

40 minutes ago, Colonel Kurtz said:

Nice car in a straight line but not so great at cornering. On a twisty road the Porsche would leave it for dead. 

Thats Top Gear land.

 

Its all about what looks good!

[rb14]

1 hour ago, A Red said:

I recently bought a sports car, well its a poor mans TT, a Toyota GT86, totally impractical but a brilliant entry level.

 

 

 

The GT86 is no poor man's TT. Its an absolutely brilliant car and deeply underrated. 

[rb14]

3 hours ago, Colonel Kurtz said:

Well youre a brave soul asking the GF which colour combo your “friend” should have in his £50k Porsche. 

Yeah, I knew that'd be coming. Only the true messiah would deny his divinity and all that. 

 

I really am stuck on which way he should go. The white is indeed hairdressery, but he doesn't give a fuck about that. The black is butch and he doesn't give a fuck about that either. Silver is safe, and therefore a bit meh. 

 

I'm tempted to suggest white with red roof and red leather. I reckon it'll look class. Noted re the resale value. 

[dockers_strike]

1 hour ago, Colonel Kurtz said:

Nice car in a straight line but not so great at cornering. On a twisty road the Porsche would leave it for dead. 

This. Not so long ago, the Mustang was running around on leaf spring suspension like an 1880s horse drawn cart would have!

[cochyn]

Silver, red seats, black hood. 

 

I know it's not in the choices, but I'm sure Mr Porsche will oblige when the chequebook gets slipped back into the silken pocket of your friend's cashmere coat.

 

Or get the cayman. 

[PestiRed]

8 hours ago, Vincent Vega said:

That’s a rich female hairdresser’s or boutique owner’s car.
 

For around the same money I’d rather have a Mustang any day.

if he must get a midlife crisis or girl’s car, the M2 would be way better
 

or he could remember that he’ll hardly ever drive it at its potential, he will probably barely put the top down and he should buy a proper car instead

 

[rb14]

8 hours ago, cochyn said:

Or get the cayman. 

Nah. It's a truly beautiful car the Cayman, but he's after a convertible. 

2 hours ago, PestiRed said:

if he must get a midlife crisis or girl’s car, the M2 would be way better
 

or he could remember that he’ll hardly ever drive it at its potential, he will probably barely put the top down and he should buy a proper car instead

As alternative suggestions go, the M2 wouldn't make my starting blocks let alone my mate's. The M2 offers nothing other than a steel convertible roof. Mr rb14 and I like our cars and flirted with an M4 a few years ago. We've never owned a car for such a short time. Absolutely awful. 

 

I'd struggle to remember a time when we didn't have a convertible. The roof is down loads. 

 

As for the "hardly ever drive it at its potential" argument, following that line of reasoning, surely almost no car is worthy of buying?

[Anubis]

White with red roof or all black. I don’t think silver with red roof works. I shall now vacate my position as the Gok Wan of cars.

[Elite]

2 minutes ago, Colonel Kurtz said:

You only get one shot at life.

 

Hot summer nights, driving back from the pub with the roof down, looking at the stars and the wife and the kids singing along to the radio, that's worth having in your life.

 

Nobody ever lies on their deathbed and says I wish I'd bought a more sensible car with a solid roof.  

Paul Walker?

[Bobby Hundreds]

35 minutes ago, Colonel Kurtz said:

You only get one shot at life.

 

Hot summer nights, driving back from the pub with the roof down, looking at the stars and the wife and the kids singing along to the radio, that's worth having in your life.

 

Nobody ever lies on their deathbed and says I wish I'd bought a more sensible car with a solid roof.  

I dont want to meet the person who lies on their death bed lamenting their choice in vehicles.

 

I dont want want meet dying strangers anyway so its a moot point.

[SasaS]

On 14/02/2021 at 11:49, Colonel Kurtz said:

You only get one shot at life.

 

Hot summer nights, driving back from the pub with the roof down, looking at the stars and the wife and the kids singing along to the radio, that's worth having in your life.

 

Nobody ever lies on their deathbed and says I wish I'd bought a more sensible car with a solid roof.  

If you are driving home from the pub on hot summer nights with your wife and children do watch the road and not the stars.

[johnsusername]

Has anyone used the new (ish) online car sales places? Like Cazoo and Cinch? 

[cochyn]

13 hours ago, johnsusername said:

Has anyone used the new (ish) online car sales places? Like Cazoo and Cinch? 

I haven't. And I might sound a bit 'old skool' but I can't fathom why anyone would buy a car without going to see it and checking it out first. Even with current restrictions, it's a lot of money to spend so why not just wait until they're lifted? I guess it's aimed at people who just want to buy 'a car' and crack on with their lives. 

[dockers_strike]

13 hours ago, johnsusername said:

Has anyone used the new (ish) online car sales places? Like Cazoo and Cinch? 

 

7 minutes ago, cochyn said:

I haven't. And I might sound a bit 'old skool' but I can't fathom why anyone would buy a car without going to see it and checking it out first. Even with current restrictions, it's a lot of money to spend so why not just wait until they're lifted? I guess it's aimed at people who just want to buy 'a car' and crack on with their lives. 

The idea with cazoo is you select and buy the car but try it out for upto 7 days and if you dont like, return it. But there must be some catch with this and they knock so much off the price to come and collect after you've used it.

 

I still favour good old fashioned go have a look and have a test drive. There's less people in car showrooms than there are in the supermarkets.

[Karl_b]

We need to buy something bigger than our Hyundai i20 and I couldn't resent spending such a large sum of money on anything more than a car. Eurgh. 

 

Anyway, we probably need an estate for dog/camping gear and have a £10k budget. I know a little less than fuck all about cars but the Skoda Octavia looks decent. 

[TheHowieLama]

On 14/02/2021 at 05:49, Colonel Kurtz said:

You only get one shot at life.

 

Hot summer nights, driving back from the pub with the roof down, looking at the stars and the wife and the kids singing along to the radio, that's worth having in your life.

 

Nobody ever lies on their deathbed and says I wish I'd bought a more sensible car with a solid roof.  

Unless the kids are sitting in the trunk that ain't happening in a Porsche.

 

Right now it seems like if you don't buy a Tesla you are purchasing outdated technology.

[VladimirIlyich]

6 hours ago, Colonel Kurtz said:

I’d get a second hand Mercedes estate. There’s over 150 on auto trader for less than £10k. The engines last for 200,000 miles easily, they don’t rust and you get to waft around in a Mercedes. There’s a reason every German taxi driver has one. 

You know it will breakdown or need parts replacing so I'm guessing those parts arent cheap?

[cochyn]

Skoda's are decent. All the cabbies round our way had them until the council forced them to buy hybrids. The Octavia 4x4 or Yeti might be best for camping at the wilder sites.

[ZonkoVille77]

5 hours ago, VladimirIlyich said:

You know it will breakdown or need parts replacing so I'm guessing those parts arent cheap?

 

Mercs and BMWs are great until you need parts replaced. Best I've found is Ford in terms of part price and availability. KIA are good too. 

[VladimirIlyich]

8 hours ago, ZonkoVille77 said:

 

Mercs and BMWs are great until you need parts replaced. Best I've found is Ford in terms of part price and availability. KIA are good too. 

This was my point. The reason I have a newish,5/6 years old,Fiesta is that I know the parts are easy to get hold of and at the cheaper end of the scale. Ford cars are also much,much more reliable than they used to be.

[mattyq]

I've had a Toyota for the last 10 years. The parts are really pricey but it's never gone wrong ever... amazing machine. Not the best to drive but functional and goes forever

[Scooby Dudek]

Same here for Toyota. 6 years and never had a single issue. 

Mates brother has worked for AA, for approx 20 years and says only twice has he ever been called out for a Toyota for an actual breakdown. 

[dockers_strike]

13 hours ago, cochyn said:

Skoda's are decent. All the cabbies round our way had them until the council forced them to buy hybrids. The Octavia 4x4 or Yeti might be best for camping at the wilder sites.

Was on the verge of buying the Octavia vRS a few years back. Personally, Id say Skodas are better built than VW and Audi even though they're the same platforms and group.

 

I wouldnt look past a Kia right now with their 7 year warranty. The XCeed looks very nice and even the humble Ceed estate looks decent. If anyone's not badge conscious, the new Dacia Sandero Stepway Comfort or Prestige are good cars and well worth a look at.