........you had £22,000 and wanted to buy a reasonable motor that doesn't depreciate as much as your average Scooby?

 

RS FOCUS

 

2nd hand porsche 911 LHD or a 968 Club Sport with 5 grand left over for some racing togs!

 

993 Carrera
Cerbera
NSX (doesn't depreciate at all )
Caterham (second hand, they still go for big money )

 

Evo VI RS

 

Personally i'd forget the depreciation and buy a P1.

 

RS FOCUS

 

If I had £22000 (which I don't unfortunately!) it would be a MY03 EU Import STi! If I were you I'd keep your car at least two years - you can't expect to run a car (especially a UK supplied one) 6 months and not lose a fortune. The majority of cars from other manufacturers would have lost a similar amount. A lot of people seem to be wanting to sell their MY02 STis at the moment which is bound to push prices down. What is it you don't like about the STi?

 

RS FOCUS !

 

Andy Mid - Have you got your Focus RS yet? I would like to see it.

Thanks - and you can get your thread back on track now.

 

hi Dave - I picked it up on Monday and haven't stopped grinning since . I'll send you an email....

 

NSX
964 RS LHD
Caterham Superlight
Lotus Exige
Ferrari 308 GTS
Porsche Boxster

 

Ian - it's not that I don't like it. It's a cracking car, but there are several reasons why selling it would make sense for me - including self preservation! Also, my son's signed for the Coventry City academy and we're stacking up the miles with training, away matches etc. Plus, I've discovered that a family of five is a bit of a tight squeeze.

On their own, none of these would make me want to sell, but put them all together and there's a strong argument for opting out and getting something like the Audi Allroad (flame retardent clothing now in place........)

 

If it is self preservation then any car of value is attractive to the Car thieves they will nick the Audi i remember Police signs up near Holland park in London about 18 months ago about a woman who got stabbed for her Golf!

 

Ah you never said you wanted to preserve yourself. In that case, I don't recommend the Focus RS anymore.

 

An Octavia RS

Reasonably brisk , very cheap to run, plenty of room for 5 and the boot is large enough to live in. Best bit, you get £7,000 change from your 22k

 

couple of yr old audi S3

 

Lada or skoda

 

Reliant robin

 

Honda NSX

 

half of Nick Grist's 22B

 

NSX, enough said.....

 

For 22k, you'd be lucky to get a decent NSX. Might just get a high-mileage (90-100k) 91 'H.

They're even more expensive if you import from Japan.

 

PORSCHE 911 (993) C2 - LHD

GERMAN IMPORTED CAR
1994 272 BHP

Aventura green with grey leather
6 Speed manual gearbox
Air conditioning
Trip computer
Electric windows, mirrors & seats
18" Turbo alloys
Radio & CD player
Porsche alarm & immobiliser
Full Porsche service history
65,000 miles
£ 22,500

 

NSX might be a bit of a tight squeeze for a family of 5 as would the 911 and possibly the Skyline

 

tvr cerbera sound and look the dogs boll**ks and would just kill a porshe 911 turbo over a standing mile

 

Would have to be a monster R32 Skyline and i'd keep the change for the insurance.

 

Audi S4 Avant for 17k & spend the rest on tuning

 

What does a Honda NSX look like?

 

NSX gallery plenty more pix if u search for nsx gallery on google
Ray lol, c ya soon m8
Si