Cars in the financial doldrums that we should embrace now

Doctor Houx

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This was Goodwoods top 7 investment cars recently. As a Vanquish owner, I’m happy!

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Seven best sub-£100k investment cars to buy now (List) | GRR

From the CLK63 AMG Black Series to the 997 GT3…
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I was on a webinar with Tim Schofield head of car auctions at Bonhams. He thinks this downturn is short term, and the best longer term investments are 80’s 90’s and 00’s GT and sports cars as not too complicated to fix and are cars our gen grew up with and have good performance. Said Millennials have little interest in cars generally but zero interest in cars from before then that generally require loads of upkeep and have comparably poor performance. Says ultra complex recent supercars won’t be able to be fixed when their complex electronic systems break. Just his opinion but seems logical to me.
 
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In a time when every Subaru in the range was 4WD and every SAAB had a turbo (whether the low or high pressure variant), the SAAB was notorious for its torque steer but at least if fettled by Abbott this was supposedly tamed.

Does anyone have any personal knowledge or insight of the 9-3 or 9-5?
 
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What supposed to be wrong with the TT interior? I think they're one of the best put together interiors of the time.
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That’s the problem. Since that got rave reviews everyone has copied it. Be it a Hyundai, a BMW or a Discovery they’re all black with silver bits. And almost all aren’t as good as the TT. There’s just be 20 years where no one has designed an interior.
 
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Oneball said:
That’s the problem. Since that got rave reviews everyone has copied it. Be it a Hyundai, a BMW or a Discovery they’re all black with silver bits. And almost all aren’t as good as the TT. There’s just be 20 years where no one has designed an interior.
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I see your point now ;)
 
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Doctor Houx said:
This was Goodwoods top 7 investment cars recently. As a Vanquish owner, I’m happy!

www.goodwood.com

Seven best sub-£100k investment cars to buy now (List) | GRR

From the CLK63 AMG Black Series to the 997 GT3…
www.goodwood.com www.goodwood.com

I was on a webinar with Tim Schofield head of car auctions at Bonhams. He thinks this downturn is short term, and the best longer term investments are 80’s 90’s and 00’s GT and sports cars as not too complicated to fix and are cars our gen grew up with and have good performance. Said Millennials have little interest in cars generally but zero interest in cars from before then that generally require loads of upkeep and have comparably poor performance. Says ultra complex recent supercars won’t be able to be fixed when their complex electronic systems break. Just his opinion but seems logical to me.
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Interesting article, had me searching for a Superleggera!
My dilemma is, I 'could' have any one of those cars, but... I'd probably have to sell all my cars to get there.
First thing is, I hate selling cars, and to sell four privately is a major PITA.
Second, I'd be selling cars that aren't really shedding a lot of value, and fingers crossed, might go up (1991 500SL, Mk1 TT QS (with the Recaro Pole's), Exige V6, and GTS MC Shift).
So, accepting it's a first world problem, do I go large on one special car and save a load of money in tax and servicing? Or keep what I've got, enjoy the different experiences, spread the mileage, and maybe have net depreciation free motoring across all four?
I honestly don't know. Currently, four cars, plus my wife's Cayman S feels a little too many.
 
Mr S

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No idea about other criteria, but a VX220 is very cheap these days, especially when compared to a Lotus, which it shares most of its components with
 
midlifecrisis

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dgmx5 said:
In a time when every Subaru in the range was 4WD and every SAAB had a turbo (whether the low or high pressure variant), the SAAB was notorious for its torque steer but at least if fettled by Abbott this was supposedly tamed.

Does anyone have any personal knowledge or insight of the 9-3 or 9-5?
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Mr Pea of this parish has a Saab on his driveway.

We all know Pugs are good but I've seen a lot of hype about 205 GTIs especially 1.6's but you can pick up a bargain.

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1991 PEUGEOT 205 GTI 1.6

A superb example of one of the most celebrated hot hatches ever built, presented in very good cosmetic and mechanical condition.
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safrane

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I have a 9-3 2007 soft top... previous 900 based ones had the rigidly of wet paper towels, but the coupe was nice.
 
azapa

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  • e39 M5 or 540i
  • Boxster S (6 cyl) manual later version (981 or 987 at a pinch)
  • MC Shift GT
  • Gransport
(insert crazy but older 12 cyl Fezza here)

I'd tuck that lot away! All less that 30K, bar F car
 
gb-gta

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dgmx5 said:
In a time when every Subaru in the range was 4WD and every SAAB had a turbo (whether the low or high pressure variant), the SAAB was notorious for its torque steer but at least if fettled by Abbott this was supposedly tamed.

Does anyone have any personal knowledge or insight of the 9-3 or 9-5?
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I had a 9000CS (lpt) and later a black 9-5 Aero estate. Both great cars.
The aero was one of the best allround cars I ever had. Big enough to get pretty much anything in you’d reasonably expect, but not actually that big a car, certainly compared to modern cars. Very, very comfy, loads of kit as standard, plenty quick enough for a road car, once rolling, and mine was standard. It would take a pretty fast car to leave it behind. Cheap to buy, cheapish to run, looked quite smart for an estate, no-one ever nicks them. Almost a ‘sleeper’ really. Torque steer was not bad, but I used quality tyres, which makes a difference. It’s no 205gti of course, but it was pretty good on A roads at 8 tenths or so.
I’d heartily recommend one as an interesting, useful, daily. Values of nice ones have been firming up for a while now. Oh, and manual is the one to go for.
 
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